Chourre (ARV 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lieutenant Ccmmanoer W E Leutloff, the ship's Operations Officer, Lieutenant Commander Argento, The ship's Personnel and Administrative Officer, hails from Rochester, New York. He attended Syracuse UniverSity where he completed a pre-dental course. In April 1941 he joined the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet and shortly thereafter received his commission. During the War he was attached to patrol plane squadrons in the South Atlantic and in the Atrician Campaign. Since the end ot the War Lieutenant Commander Argento has served as Plane Commander in Air Transport Squadrons in the Pacific and has instructed instrurneht flying at U. S. Naval School All Weather Flight at NAS Corus Christi, Texas. comes from St Anne Illinois He attend Aeronautical University of Chicago between September 1940 and August 1942 and then was employed by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, San Diego, California. He entered the Navy in 1942 and served with the Overhaul and Repair Department, NAS Lakehurst, N. I. and with the Hedron Detachment, Naval Station, Azores. In May 1946 he was released from active duty and returned to the Consc- lidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation as an! employee in the Engineering Department. During this time he completed his education at San Diego State College, receiving a BA degree. In September 1950, Lieutenant Com- mander LEUTLOFF was recalled to active duty, serving a tour oft duty at NAS Midway Island before reporting to the USS Chourre. -5-

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Commander John W. Roberts, Executive Oflicer, was born in Redlands, California in 1915 and was .graduated from the University of Redlands in 1937. He became a Naval Aviation Cadet in 1939. Commissioned an Ensign, USNR, in May 19405 he became a multi-engine pilot and saw duty in the South Pacific from June 1941 to June 1943 flying Dumbos in the Guadalcanal and Bouganville campaigns. Returning to the states he was instructor, Maintanance Ofiicer and Operations Ofiicer at various Naval Air Stations until the end of the War. In September 1946, Commander Roberts transferred to the regular Navy and since that time has served as Commanding Officer of VP-HL3, 4 and 13, based at Barbers Point and Kaneohe, Commanding Oflicer of the Flag Administration Unit at Air Force Pacilic Fleet Headquarters and finally in February 1952 as Executive Oliicer of this vessel. Commander Roberts wears the American Defense Ribbon with one star, the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with three stars, the American Area Ribbon, World War II Victory Ribbon, the Korean Area Ribbon and the United Nations Ribbon. He is married to Mildred Clark Roberts, formerly of San Diego, California. They have two daughters aged 8 years and 14 months. -5-

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Lieutentant Commander Ioseph A. Kriz, the Supply Officer, was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Following his appointment to the Naval Academy he was commissioned as Ensign in Iune 1942. Two years aboard the USS North Carolina operating in Southern and Central Pacific waters followed. In January 1945 he transferred to the Supply Corps. Since then tours of duty were performed at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D. C., the Naval Supply Depot, Balboa, and the Navy Catalog Office, New York. In 1950 he was ordered to the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University and reported to the USS CHOURRE in June 1952. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NOEL GIBBONS, Gunnery Officer, entered the navy as Ensign in 1942. He graduated from Colgate University, Cum Laude, with a B. A. Degree. During the war He served aboard Patrol Craft and Mine Sweepers in the Atlantic and Carribean areas. After his release to inactive duty in 1945, He worked with Eastern Airlines of New York City. In 1943 He joined the Shell Oil Co. organization in the marketing division at lackson Heights, New York. During this time He was active in the Organized Reserves and at His recall to duty in December 1945 He was Commanding t Officer of 3-50 Organized Reserve, Surface Division at Brooklyn, New York. -He reportedaboard the Chourre on February 21, 1952 4 LCDR Gibbons is married to the former Miss Qlftuth Woods of Edinburg, Texas. Their residence at the Lpresent being, 1165 C North Osage Drive, Tulsa, V Oklahoma. -.7..