Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain James B. Cain, Chief of Staff, ComCarDiv SEV N Captain James B. Cain was born in Charlottesville, Georgia, on April 23, 1920. Upon graduation from Cramerton High School tNorth Carolinaj, he entered Gardner Webb College at Boiling Springs, North Carolina, from which he graduated in June 1940. Captain Cain entered the Navy on November 9, 1940, and reported for duty in the Navy V-5 program on April 12, 1941, and the Navy's Flight Training program at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Upon completion of flight training in October 1941, he was com- missioned an Ensign and designated a Naval Aviator. He served as a flight instructor at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, until July 1942, before going to NAS Miami, where he flew anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. In 1943, he served as an in- structor in fighter aircraft at Lee Field, Green Cove Springs, Florida. In April 1944, Captain Cain reported to VF-45 as Chief Flight Officer shortly before the squadron boarded USS TICONDEROGA. He was subsequently transferred with the squadron to USS SAN JACINTO where he saw action in the Pacific Theatre Campaign including the air and sea battles. In these engagements he was credited with nine Japanese aircraft shot down and a destroyer sunk in the South China Sea. For this action Captain Cain joined the ranks of U.S. Fighter Aces. At the end of World War II, Captain Cain was aboard the USS CUMBERLAND SOUND participating in the Bikini Atomic Test Program. For the next three years he was the Commanding Officer of VF-ATU-1 in Corpus Christi, Texas. In January 1951, after a year at the Nav Post Graduate School at Montere California he reported to Fighter Squadron ONE SEVEN TWO as Executive Officer, serving in Y Y, , that capacity aboard USS ESSEX during the first two years of the Korean conflict. A Captain Cain served as Commanding Officer of VF-212 aboard the USS WASP during a second deployment to Korea in 1953 and 1954. In 1955, he was selected to establish and command the Jet Transitional Training Unit at Olathe, Kansas. As Special Project Officer of Experimental Test Squadron THREE from 1957 until late 1958, he assisted in the development of the Navy's first supersonic jet fighter aircraft. Captain Cain served with Commander Air Group FOUR as Chief Staff Officer for two years. In 1960, he reported aboard USS WASP as Executive Officer. This tour of duty was interrupted after four months by a change of orders to the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island. ' ' T' A ' ' ' - A ' ' U US k' t t s 'n the area off th,eCOaSt IH 1964, Captain Cam became Commanding. Officer of the Fleet Store' Ship USS, REG L ma mg wo our 1 of Vietnam. He assumed command of the USS YORKTOWN on June 10, 1965, and made two more tours in the South China Sea. ln May 1966, he was detached and assumed his present duties as Aide and Chief of Staff to Commander Carrier Division THREE. Captain Cain has earned 32 medals and campaign ribbons, which include the Silver Star, four Distinguished Flying Crosses, 13 Air Medals and two personal Navy Commendation Medals. W A-ef' 21 'e eww - -' ' LZ.. UT. .

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ear dmiral incent de Poix, ComCar iv EVEN PVincent Paul de Poix was born in Los Angeles, California on August 13, 1916. He attended Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York, the Severn School, Severna Park, Maryland and Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy on appointment from the state of New York in 1935. He was commissioned Ensign on June 1, 1939, and subsequently advanced in rank, attaining that of Rear Admiral, July 1, 1965. Following graduation from the Naval Academy, he joined the USS MINNEAPOLIS and a year later transferred to the USS SICARD. Detached from that vessel in July 1941, he was ordered to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. Designated Naval Aviator, he had further training at Naval Air Station, Miami, Flbrida. Ordered to the South Pacific, he served from June 1942 until August 1943 with Fighting Squadron SIX on board the USS ENTERPRISE and the USS SARATOGA and later shore based on Guadalcanal. In that assignment he participated in the initial. assault on Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942 and operations in the Solomon Islands. For his outstanding service in the Guadalcanal area he was awarded the Air Medal and a Gold Star in lieu of a second similar award. ln September 1943 he joined Experimental Ordnance Development Unit 1911 at Naval Air Station, San Diego, and in March 1944, reported for instruction in Ordnance Engineering fAviationJ at the Postgraduate School, Annapolis, Maryland. From October 1945 until August 1946, he continued the course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Cambridge, from which he received the degree of Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering. Following an assignment which extended to January 1948 with the Aviation Fire Control Unit at the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California, he assumed command of Fighter Squadron EIGHTEEN-A. ' For two years, June 1950 to June 1952, he was Assistant Head of the Aviation Ordnance Branch, Research and Development Division in the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., after which he served as Aviation Readiness and Aviation Ordance Officer on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet. He served as Assistant Head, later Head, of the Air Launched Branch, Guided Missiles Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from July 1954 until June 1957, when he assumed command of Air Development Squadron FOUR based at the Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, California. In March 1959 he became Com- manding Officer of the seaplane tender USS ALBEMARIE QAV-57, and in November of the same year reported for instruction, at- tached to the Office of the Assistant Director for Naval Reactors, Division of .Reactor Development, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. ' . In September 1960, he was ordered to duty as Prospective Commanding Officer of the USS ENTERPRISE fCVAfNJ65J. When that vessel was commissioned on November 25, 1961, he took command and held it until July 1963, when he was detached for instruction at the National War College, Washington, D. C. on completion of the course in June 1964 he was assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D. C., as Assistant Director for Administration and Management and later as Assistant Director for Operational Test and Evaluation in the Office ofthe Director, Defense Research and Engineerjng. In ceremonies at Yokosuka, Japan, on August 9, 1966, he became Commander Carrier Division SEVEN and embarked on USS CORAL SEA for operations in Southeast Asia. , ln addition to the Air Medal with Gold Star and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, Rear Admiral de Poix has the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Purple Heart Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Expeditionary Medal.

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aptain . I ,f K Harold F. Lang, I Chief Qf staff, ComCarDiv EVE Captain Harold F. Lang, Chief of Staff for Commander Carrier Division SEVEN, was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy from his native New Jersey in 1939. Upon his graduation and commissioning on June 19, 1942, he was ordered to the cruiser MILWAUKEE. While aboard the MILWAUKEE he participated in the Murmansk Run - convoy and anti-submarine duty around the northern capes of Norway protecting munitions destined for the Russian war effort through the port of Murmansk. He was assigned to the cruiser SALT LAKE CITY in October 1944, where he served through the invasions of Iwo Jima-and Okinawa, and the subsequent occupation of Japan. He attended flight schools at Pensacola and Jacksonville, Florida, and was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1947. His first avia- tion assignment was with Attack Squadron 18-A flying TBM 'fAvengers and AD Skyraiders. After training at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, he became an armamentfweapons test pilot and served as Branch Engineering Director at the Center until April 1953. During the Korean War Captain Lang served as executive officer and acting commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 143, flying F9F-6 Cougar jets from the aircraft carrier ESSEX. In August 1954 he was assigned to the staff of Commander Fleet Air Hawaii as Attack Carrier and Air Group Training Officer. During a tour as Air-to-Air Guided Missile and Space Projects Officer at the Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, Calif., he began studying for a masters degree in Dynamics and Space Technology through the University of California. He received his degree in 1961. Captain Lang became commanding officer of Heavy Attack Squadron SEVEN in October 1958, and assumed command of Carrier Air Group SEVEN in March 1960. He then served as Operations Officer of the nuclear-powered attack aircraft carrier ENTERPRISE, program manager for all-weather attack aircraft in the Bureau of Naval Weapons, commanded the fleet oiler KANKAKEE and the super-carrier SARATOGA, and assumed the duties of Chief of Staff of Carrier Division SEVEN in November 1966. In addition to the Bronze Star QOkinawa - 19453 and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal fDominican Republic Expeditionjg Captain Lang wears the American Defense Service Medal, China Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal fwith three starsjz Philippine Liberation Ribbong European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal fwith two starsjg Victory Medal fWorld War 1111 Navy Occupation Service Medal fjapanlg Korean Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.