Chourre (ARV 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Formosan operations and reported aboard the CHOUBRE on 20 Feburary Q I '1 el, i I i. xl- l S I l I l ll Il il gl 'V' i 1 4- 1. l l i l i I Ii I 1. Lieutenant K. W. MULLIGAN, the ship's Navigator, was born in Providence Rhode Island. He Was graduated from the Portsmouth Priory Preparatory School in Portsmouth, Pt. I., and entered Yale University in 1942. He left Yale in 1943 and accepted an appointment to the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point, New York. He went to sea as a Midshipman and participated in the invasion ot North Atricia, Sicily and Italy. He survived the loss ot his ship in the invasion ot Italy and Was awarded the Maritime Commission Enemy Combat Service Medal. In 1944 he was graduated from King's Point and retired a 10th Company Commander. In November 1950, Lieutenant Mulligan, reported for duty aboard the USS CHIMON CAKS-319. He served a tour with this vessel as First Lieutenant in the Korean and 1952. Lieutenant Robert R. Klamt, the ships Medical Oiticer, was born in Ashton, ftdaho. He was graduated irom the University of Idaho in 1942, with a Bachelor of Science degree and entered the naval service as an enlisted Inan shortly thereafter. After completion ot tuvo years general- service in the U. S. Naval Reserve he entered Greighton Medical School and received his medical degree in 1948. He is a member ot the honorary medical fraternity and served his internship at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California. Dr. Klamt established his own generalpractioe. He Was ordered to active service in December 1951. Lieutenant Iunior Grade E. M. Mayer, the ship's Dental Officer, attended Georgetown University, .Washington, D. C., graduating in 1951 with a DDS. Hel is a member of Cmicron and Kappa Epsilon Fraternities. Commissioned an Ensign, U. 'S..Naval. Iteserve, in September 1950, he saw duty at the Paris Island Marine Base and in early 1951 was transferred to the Brooklyn Naval Base, Brooklyn, N. YQ Prior to reporting to the Chourre on 1 September 1952, Dr. Mayer Was attached to the Third Naval District Mobile Operating Unit at New York. -9-

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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

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