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CAPTAIN NENIZY BRESS USN QOIIIINNVINQ 0 mv. - Z5 APRIL 1966 0 9 JAN 196 ' CAPTAIN BRESS WAS BORN IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1920. HE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THAT CITY UNTIL HIS ENTRANCE AT THE U S NAVAL ACADEMY. HE GRADUATED IN THE CLASS OF 1942. ENSIGN BRESS WAS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMISSIONING DETAIL OF THE USS DENVER CCL-581. AS ASSISTANT NAVIGATOR AND AA DIRECTOR OFFICER, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN. UPON COMPLETION OF SUBMARINE TRAINING, HE REPORTED TO THE USS TUNNY ISS-2.81J. HE SERVED ABOARD TUNNY AND USS TIGRONE ISS-419, IN PATROLS OFF THE RYUKJU ISLANDS AND JAPAN. FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II, HE PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION CROSSROADS, THE ATOMIC TESTS AT BIKINI ATOLL. HIS DUTY STATIONS THEN INCLUDED THE USS SKIPJACK CSS-1821, USS FINBACK ISS-230, AND USS FLYING FISH CSS-2293. FROM SEPTEMBER 1949 TO JUNE 1951, HE SERVED AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NAVAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. HE RETURNED TO SEA AS THE OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE USS POCONO CAGC-161, BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE USS REQUIN QSSR-4815, A RADAR PICKET SUBMARINE, AS HER COMMANDING OFFICER. DURING THIS PERIOD USS REQUIN OPERATED WITH THE US ATLANTIC AND SIXTH FLEETS. DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1956 TO APRIL 1959 HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ON THE STAFF OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IFLEET OPERATIONS AND READINESS7. HIS NEXT DUTY WAS AS OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE SIXTH FLEET FLAGSHIP, USS DES MOINES ICA-134,. HE THEN WENT TO USS BRISTOL IDD-857, AS HER COMMANDING OFFICER. DURING THIS TOUR, BRISTOL CONDUCTED A MERCY MISSION TO BRITISH HONDURAS WHICH HAD BEEN DEVASTATED BY A HURRICANE. IN 1962, CAPTAIN BRESS REPORTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOR DUTY ON THE STAFF OF THE DIRECTOR OF NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS IN 1964, HE TOOK COMMAND OF THE NAVY RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ACTIVITY WITH ADDITIONAL DUTY ON THE STAFF OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. IN 1965, HE WAS ASSIGNED AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, COMMAND, CONTROL AND ELECTRONICS DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL APRIL 1966. FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRO- MAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY, CAPTAIN BRESS HAS BEEN AWARDED THE LEGION OF MERIT. CAPTAIN BRESS IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER RUTH ANN KLOTZ OF FREDRICKSBURG, VIRGINIA. THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, TONI LEE, 19, AND LOU ANN, 16. MRS- BRESS AND DAUGHTERS RESIDE IN CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND WHILE CAPTAIN BRESS IS DEPLOYED. O O