Brooklyn (CL 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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BROOKLYN AVIATORS 1943 Somewhere in the Mediterranean standin left to ri ht S E 5 D.F. WEAVER, G.G. HERRING, D.A. LIANE Kneeling: M. PICCARD, N. JOLLIFFE, C. AIKENS, H. ECKHARDT. BROOKLYN AVIATORS with CREWS. 1943. Somewhere in the Mediterranean Standing left to right: M. PICCARD, N. JOLLIFFE, H. ECKHARDT, D.F. WEAVER, D.A. LIANE, C. AIKENS. Kneeling: 3rd from left - Joe GISH ARM3 2nd from right - Joe SWAN, ARM1, 2nd from left: M. PICKARD. tunable to identify the othersj BROOKLYN AVIATORS 1944 Flying Army Air Corps P-51 Mustangs on Temporary Additional Duty in Italy and also 'X Southern France. Lower left: R. SIKES Lower Center: H. ECKHARDT Center Lower right and upper right: Elmo MOSS ,n 5 i I if

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' ' 'Qian .l -:ff ' , ,muy I Wvwsmgawmuum Norfolk C0 Meets Friend in Chile Visit A USS NORFOLK - As his de- stroyer leader berthed at the Na- val Base at Talcahuano, Chile, the skipper, Capt. Parker B, Arm- strong, caught a glimpse of an old friend moored nearby. She was the Chilean cruiser O'Higgins, the former U.S. cruiser Brooklyn, and Armstrong's first assignment after graduating from the Naval Acad- emy in 1941. During a visit to the O'Higglns, the U.S. officer told Capt. Augusto Geiger Sthar, commander of the ship, of his four years service in the ship's gunnery and operations departments in the Mediterranean during World War IL , It V 1 E Vice Admiral Parker B. ARMSTRONG, USN Kretl , 28 June 1937 until 1 July 1978, 41 Years Naval Service. Decorations, Distinguished Service Medal ' Legion of Merit with 3 Gold Stars Secretary Defense Commendation Medal Navy Unit Citation. World War ll, Korean and Vietnam Campaign Ribbons. Vice Admiral Parker B. ARMSTRONG was born 13 November 1918 in Hartford, Conn. He married Jean Carol Bulick of Forrest Hills, Long Island, on 23 April 1943. To this marriage was born, Carol on 18 September 1945. She is now married and has two children. To the ARM- STRONGS a son, Daniel, was born 10 July 1949, and a daughter Alice on 25 June 1952. The ARMSTRONGS now live in Annapolis, Maryland. Admiral ARMSTRONG entered the Naval Academy in July 1938 and was graduated with a B.S. degree with the class of 1942 in December 1941 because of the immedence of the war. He attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Annapolis, Maryland, from January 1946 until June 1948.. The Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C., from August 1958 until July 1959. The Admiral enlisted as a Seaman Apprentice USNR, 28 June. 1937 and was Honorably discharged to accept the appointment as a Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy, .1 July 1938. He was graduated and Commissioned an Ensign 19 December 1941, and advanced through the grades to the rank of Rear Admiral, 1 August 1968 and on to V106 Admiral, 1 May 1975. His first assi nment was January 1942 to the USS BROOKLYN. Serving in the Gunnery Department and the Operations Department with Operations during World Wai II in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. He was advance from Ensign to Lieut. Cdr. From BROOKLYN to the cruiser Macon and further on to serve 15 years in all 9135595 of Destmyers and Destroyer Escorts. July 1964 until July 1965. was Commanding Officer, USS Norfolk CDL lt Makmg the annual UNITAS V cruise around S015