Allen M Sumner (DD 692) - Naval Cruise Book

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' ,,4.............-.1 Captain Frederick Malcolm Radel was born in Juneau, Alaska on luly 27, 1915, .and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939- He 1H1UauY Served m the Confmunfca' tions department aboard the cruiser, USS NASHVILLE, followed by a tol1r21S Cflglfleeflhflg officer in the destroyer USS DALE. As an Ensign aboard USS DALE in Pearl Harbor On December 7, 1941, he took the USS DALE to sea as Commanding Officer until sub- quently relieved the following day. Since departing the cruiser USS NASHVILLE, Captain Radel has spent the re- mainder of his ten years sea duty in Pacific Fleet destroyers. Captain Radel gained his experience as an executive officer aboard the destroyers USS COGHLAN and USS SHIELDS. Following a brief tour of duty in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, he returned to sea to command the destroyers USS MURRAY and USS WALDRON. In November 1946, he reported for duty on the Staff of Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier followed -by a tour of duty on the Staff of the Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College in 1948. He returned to sea in March 1950 as Commanding Officer of the destroyer GURKE d d ' h an serve wit the SEVENTH Fleet during the Korean War He returned ashore in October 1952 and served in the Office of Naval Operations and Staff of Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet before assuming command of Destroyer DiViSiOI1 92 in July 1958. Captain Radel has recently completed a tour of duty in the Office of Naval Operations before reporting to assume command of Destroyer Squadron SIXTEEN. In addition h S'l ' . to t e 1 ver Star Medal Captain Radel holds the Bronze Star Award with Combat V g Navy Unit Commendation Medal, American Defense Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with seven n u u i e gagement stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star, Korean Service Medal and National Defense Service Medal. Captain Radel is married t h f Q o t e ormer Frances Price of Glen Ridge, New jersey. Captain and Mrs. Radel have two children, Frances C. and Kerry M. CAPTAIN F. M. RADEL fe, S i X . .A

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.P 7 ,,..,....- Captain Audley Hill McCain USN was born in McCormiclc, So. Carolina and attended schools and Th C' d ' e ita el College in that state before entering the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. from which he was graduated in 1942. Upon being commissioned an Ensign in l942,he served in the destroyers BRISTOL, AULT and BLACK in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific during World War ll. Assignments during this period included all ship departments, duty on the staff De- stroyer Flotilla THREE and Executive Officer of the BLACK. During this period he Was promoted through Lieutenant. The period immediately following the war, while con- tinuing to serve as executive officer of BLACK QDD-6665, was spent in operations in Northern China and the Yellow Sea, and the occupation of that area. A three year post graduate course in guided missiles was completed from 1946 to 1949 followed by assignment as executive officer of the destroyer RUSH which operated in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and in the Pacific during the Korean War. After com- pletion of this assignment he spent two years in research and development of weapons systemsn in the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington This was followed by a two year ' assignment at Supreme Headquarters Allied Pow- ers Europe in France, where he served on the staff of the Supreme Commander. Returning to sea, he assumed command of the destro e Ch l y r ar es J. Badger followed in l957 by assignment to and placing in comm' ' ission as Commanding Officer, the new destroyer BIGELOW, built at Bath, Maine.During this tour in BIGELOW C ' ' fl h' aptain McCain served as ags ip of the newly formed Commander South Atlantic Force in that command's initial visits to the African continent in the A l ' ' t antic and Indian Oceans and up the Congo River. This tour at sea was followed by a three year as ' ' of th B signrnent in program management . e ureau of Ordnance and later the Bureau of Naval Weapons where he dealt rin- cipally with the new weapons s P I I ystems now under construction or being introduced in ships of the Navy. From this assignment he assumed h f D t e rank of Captain and command o estroyer ONE SlX TWO in December 1961, , . ,. -.. .ar .- -.,-,-.-..v.-, ww,-,Y.---, -..-:-f-eff---.f.v. . .H Y .. ,, , CAPTAIN A.H. MCCAIN Xglllx' 1 K sse' - X W fW 4, 'ZQZZ f if if W . , ii, QMS, ,ly 4- wi-' 'QW f if ,, iff Qifflcx, Cf,