Coral Sea (CVA 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER S. B. STRONG, USN, Executive Officer of the USS CORAL SEA, was born in Washington, D. C. in 1916 and graduated from the Naval Academy with the rank of Ensign in 1937. Prior to entering Hight training at Pensacola, Florida, he served on the cruiser USS VINCENNES. He Won his wings and was ordered to Scouting Squadron 5 aboard the aircraft carrier USS YORKTOWN. It was with this squad- ron that Commander Strong participated in the battle of the Coral Sea. He then participated actively for ten months in air Warfare against the Japanese as a pilot in scouting squadrons, based aboard the USS ENTERPRISE. Ordered ashore he served as Gunnery Officer of Armament Test at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent, River, Maryland. His next assignment was command of Bombing Squadron 85 and later of squadron VBF-85 on board the USS SHANGRI-LA, with which he saw action in the Okinawa campaign and attacks on the Japanese home islands. After the War, Commander Strong was attached to the Staff, Chief of Naval Air Technical Training at Memphis, Tennessee and to Composite Squadron FIVE, SIX, and Heavy Attack Wing ONE. His last assignment before coming to the Coral Sea was with the Joint Air Defense Board at Colorado Springs.

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