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' 3 I I I' I . I I I I If I I , .I' IQ I ,I ' I-' ' '- I' 1' I A I A I 'I . IVA. IX X? M, . 4 L, ti, .gr . XJ. II I II If I I I X ' ' , I , , . , fl 7 Q A77,I X I-KL-J,',St?fjf X iv I f I I I II I I I I I Rear Admiral John McN. Taylor, USN, serves as Commander Cruiser Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, with additional duty as Commander Cruiser Division SIX. He assumed his present post April 1, 1959 following a 2M year tour in the Pentagon, where he served as 9ssistant Chief of Naval Opera- tions for Naval Reserve. His present flagship is the guided missile cruiser, USS CANBERRA, with Norfolk, Virginia, as home port. Rear Admiral Taylor was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 1, 1905, and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922, gradu- ating with distintcion in 1926, thirteenth in a class of 457. His most recent promotion, that to Rear Admiral, was in July 1953. He performed a variety of gunnery and communication duties for his first seven years as an officer: aboard USS MISSISSIPPI, on the Staff of Commander in Chief, Battle Fleet, in the Staff of the Com- mandant TWELFTH Naval District, aboard USS PARROTT, an Asiatic Fleet destroyer, and in the battleship USS MARYLAND. He returned to the Naval Academy in 1933 to study ordnance engi- neering at the Postgraduate School. This course, completed in June 1935, was followed by a year of practical instruction in various ord- nance engineering activities. In October 1937, following a tour as ordnance repair officer of USS MEDUSA, he became aide and flag secretary for Commander Battle- ship Division ONE, later transferring to similar duties with Command- er Battleship Division TWO. A tour at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D.C., as Assistant Design Ofiicer preceded orders in early 1942 to the new light cruiser USS MONTPELIER. Serving as first gunnery ofiicer aboard that ship, he was awarded a Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry during an engagement with enemy destroyers in the South Pacific in 1934. His duties in the gunnery Held continued when he was transferred to the staff of the Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet. Partici- pating in the Gilberts, Marshalls, Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa campaigns, he also aided in the planning for the invasion of Japan, which never materialized because of the War's end. The Legion of Merit with Combat VII, was awarded the Admiral during this period for his pioneer work in developing doctrines and methods for pre-assult naval bombardment, and in directing naval gunfire support of amphibious troops and underwater demolition operations. Following World War II, Rear Admiral Taylor returned to Washing- ton, D.C., where he was in charge of the Design Department at the Naval Gun Factory for three years. In April 1948 he assumed com- mand of the attack transport USS GEORGE CLYMER, later becoming Chief of Staff to Commander Amphibious Group ONE. Then, follow- ing a year at the National War College in Washington, D.C., he com- manded Destroyer Squadron SIX in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In September 1953 he returned to amphibious duties, as Chief of Staff to Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. A year later, Rear Admiral Taylor became Deputy Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. In December 1954 he was ordered to command the Military Sea Transportation Service, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Area, with headquarters in London.. i In addition to the Silver Star Medal and the Legion of Merit with Combat f'V,I' Rear Admiral Taylor is entitled to wear the Navy Unlt Commendation Ribbon with Star, the Yangtze Service Medal,.the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, the Amerlcan Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with eight stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the China Service Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. - f....I.L.-,' . JL Q . I.:I1.gmz, -.1..,- N Q. . . at' A

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J l ' 1 iw f 4 ll! Y A iii J A' 7' T ' r Aff-.rw ffl IL . -A 1 1, xx,k l ijfii M -.LZ Walter Harlen Baumberger was born in McMechen, West Virginia, on January 27, 1912, son of Wesley R. and Virginia Elizabeth CChad- dockl Baumberger. He attended Parkersburg CWest Virginial High School, prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mary- land, on appointment from his native state in 1930. As a Midshipman, he played football and was a member of the N-club. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on May 31, 1934, he subsequently advanced in rank, attaining that of Captain, to date from July 1, 1953. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1934, he joined the USS PENNSYLVANIA and while attached to that battleship coached the ship's football team which won the fleet championship in 1937. Transferred to the USS HOVEY in May 1938, he remained on board that destroyer until July 1939, after which he served for several months as Assistant Football Coach at the Naval Academy. In Decem- ber 1939 he reported to the USS NEW YORK when the United States entered World War II, December 8, 1941, and subsequently partici- pated in the Algeria Morocco landing. Returning to the Naval Academy in June 1943, he served as an Instructor in Ordnance and Gunnery and also was Officer Representa- tive for Football in 1944. In April'1954 he assumed command of the USS ENGLISH. Under his command, that destroyer rescued personnel, including Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, USN, and his staff, from the burning carrier BUNKER HILL, which had been attacked by Japanese suicide planes off Okinawa on May 11, 1945. For outstanding service while in command of the ENGLISH he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat VH and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. Detached from command of the ENGLISH in May 1946, he briefly commanded the USS GAINARD and in September of that year joined the USS MISSOURI to serve as First Lieutenant, Navigator and Opera- tions Oflicer. Between September 1948 and J une 1951 he was again an Instructor in Ordnance and Gunnery at the Naval Academy with col- lateral duty as Ofiicer Representative for Track, Secretary to the Board of Visitors and a member of the exclusive Committee of the Naval Academy Athletic Association. After two years duty on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet,he reported in August 1953 as Commander Destroyer Divi- sion TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO. He next attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, August 1954-June 1955, and in July was assigned to the Politico-Military Policy Division CPacific-Far Eastj, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, -Washington, D.C. In July 1957 he assumed command of the USS TRUCKEE and in August 1958 was detached from that oiler for duty as Assistant Director for Captain Detail, Oflicer Distribution Division, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department. In February 1960 he assumed command of the USS CANBERRA. In addition to the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Bronze Star Medal with Combat HV , Captain Baumberger has the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European- African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one operation star, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two operation stars, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and the Phillipine Liberation Ribbon. ' COMMANDING OFFBCER USS CANBERRA CAG-2