Coontz (DDG 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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.- 2 5-.'f'3t,1f .-iff-3 A -'fi' Till' T 3 an--e':'e-555-.:P1.-ies:'f'fSf2?Ef-N 2g,3'-'i '4 ffl Q: -5 5 int .eNU-F-if ?' Commander Clifford P WILLOZ Jr was born in Baton Rouge Louisiana on 14 April 1940 Shortly thereafter his family moved to New Orleans Louisiana where he lived until entering the Navy in 1962 He graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy on 28 May 1962. Tours of duty include service aboard USS BORDELON IDD-8812 USS POWER CDD-8392 as Operations Ofhcer USS TALBOT CFFG-41 as Executive OfHcer and on the staffs of Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six and Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group Eight. He assumed Command of USS COON TZ KDDG-402 on 28 September 1979. Shore duty assignments were 'on the staff of the Chief of Na val Operations and the staff of the Commander in Chief fl if I my ...mf COMMANDER CLIFFORD P. WILLOZ J R. iii? COWANDING OF FIOER Atlantic Command Commander WILLOZ is a graduate of Class ll Department Head Course U.S Naval Destroyer School the Defense Intelligence School and the Senior OffiC6f Ship Material Readiness Course During his career Commander WILLOZ has 136611 awarded the Meritorious Service Medal the Navy Commendation Medal the Legion of Merit and the Defense Meritorious Medal Commander WILLOZ is married to Mary Bfleffe WILLOZ of New Orleans Louisiana Commander 2Hdg Mrs. WILLOZ have three daughters Jeanne Lisa and Gabrielle and make their home in Virginia Beach Virginia H 1 Jil' ' K a 4 f Y . . , ' 5 9 Y . . I , I , I I U U O 5 . . Q ' ' l 0 O . . Y I . 01 9 , 9 , , 1 ' . 7 s . 9 'Q 1 .. , . . , , 3 ' 7 .. , . . ,

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.A A . A V if .Adm1ra1,R.gE.. Coqntgjaig. d u Robertvntl-idwardq1Coontzghvvats ,.t.v 111.15 .?f'1.'lQ,fft1.8621.iin Hannibal, Missouri. 'Hefgradl12fCd 1ff017? lflaflflibaf COUEE9 in'l880, Annapolis 'in 1.885 and..bf?C3IZ15tR631-AdfI1l'F3hin -19.19. During fhafouf veafs12ffer.aW0f1dv1Wafel1H..W1?'Ch 11C.WaS1.vChiCf.Of ., NHYH1 1Q0pffra fiona esedfaifaf Coontz was a sta unch advoca teofanAm.erican. Navy f'second toJnone .W He became Commander of fthe, ,Fleet in..p1923a-and 1-was retired fbecause'5ofdage J w During his years activity in Unc1e,:Sam'si Navy, he served Tas Commzandant of flylidshipmenfaat pAnnapolis, Governor of Guam, Comdmandantof thePugct,SoundfNa vy Yard and the Fifth Naval7District.. V td ' be W , Coontz never saw salt 'wa tefunftil he decided to attend the Naval Academy. There .he .wastnoted-.for hisf remarkable memory and also wasratedeespecially good inwgunnerye He was notedaasa Hghtergf vOnce,1when 'still an ensign, he .took a patrol of fourmarines 'intoan Alaskan ,Indianf'Camp and captured 125. fully armed redskins byfboldlywalking up to them, pushing asidejthe Chiefs shotgun, whichhad been leveled atlihisstomach, and convincing, tthemjthatd it the l'td Fifth' Naval at Norfolk, . Virginia., Admiral 'of the United foreign cruises as of the service. A Coontzfsi capabilities came from V Was.-1 described by .Josephus Daniels, the Navyf undef President , Wilson, .as 1 , a man judgement who has the conHdence as much. as ,anyone in 5itQ d' Secretary A Everythinghe has ever done in the Navy done, splendidly. 7' Asidantekamplet of his emciency, it is recalled that in 1913, heilwas placed ff, command of the Battleship Georgia, 3that,thed ship .was'ar'zhe.1borrom of the list in Gunnery. he iW3S'll1'AjCOI1'lIT13IId, the Georgia rose to Hrst place in , their fleet in ,dtl Gunnery. ' Admiral,,Coontz wasaboard the Charleston when that ship participated fin the amusing capture of Guam in 1898. Later inthis career, he served as Governor of the tiny island. Convinced then that murderers had been dealt with too lightly' by his predecessors, he announced that he was a 'fhanging 'Governor .' There were no murders while he remained on duty on the island. While Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Coontz in 1922 led. as successful Hght to prevent the Enlisted personnel of the Navy from being reduced below 86,000, an aftermath of the 'Naval Limitations Conference. Q Admiral Coontz died at Puget Sound, Washington, on 26 January 1935. , X V 1 J d an mumg d. 1 was hopeless to oppose the United .States1Na,vy. d a . 'd,, 9 9. V 'During an ,assignment to North waters. he . V ,t I' ' f 9 . I Augusta Cohen,'ofdSitka,',Alaska. t,i1 Thdljfvvois,ons,fBenton-J 1- d ' E '- and Kenneth,.died buteMrs.',1CoontZ,a1ndia,daughter!Bgfgh3,. 1 1 -. s'd' .9 7 . A 1 sufvfvedgag A ' s ' 1 if 1 9 v 1' Admiral A and - True ' X x sixty fourth.