Chourre (ARV 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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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..

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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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Lieutenant Huffman, the ship's Chief Engineer, was born in Iefferson City Missouri. He entered the U. S. Navy as an enlisted man in 1928 and served in that capacity until 1942, at which time he was advanced to the Grade of Warrant Officer. He was commissioned in 1943 and has been on continuos active duty since entering the service in 1928. He has servedlon various ships and stations throughout his naval service and is a survivor ot the USS UTAH which was sunk on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor. 1 Lieutenant G. G. Weland, the Aviation and Repair Officer, first ente- red the naval service as an enlisted man in February 1938. Upon completion of recruit training he was ordered to duty aboard the carrier USS Lexington, and was attached to the communications division until May 1939, at which time he transferred to VB-2, one of the oarrier's air groups. He survived the sinking of the Lexington on 7 May 1942 and next saw duty aboard the USS Enterprise during the Midway campaign. LT Weland next saw dugy at the Naval Radio Material School, Naval Research Labatory, Washington, D. C. On 13 Iune 1943 he was transferred to the Navy's Guided Missle School, Clinton, Oklahoma, as an instructor. From 1944 until 1949 he was attached to various squadrons on the West 1 Coast. In December 1949 he was ordered to duty with the Bureau of Aeronautics, Electronics Division, and served there until Ianuary 1952 at which time he reported aboard the Chourre for duty. LT Weland was commissioned an ensign on 15 September 1943 and has been on contiunous active duty since 1938. He is married to Frances Hays Weland, Formerly of Clinton, Oklahoma, and is the father of one child. -8- I