Desron 16 - Naval Cruise Book

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DEDICATION TO THOSE WHO WAITED SO FAITHFULLY AT HOME

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CAPTAIN CHARLES W. TRAVIS, USN Commander Destroyer Squadron Sixteen Since World War II Captain Travis has served as Commanding Officer of the destroyer DOUG- LAS H. FOX, on the staff of the U. S. Naval Post-Graduate School, as Executive Officer of the cruiser WORCESTER, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, as Commanding Of- ficer of the repair ship VULCAN, and again in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as Head of the Logistic War Plans Branch. Captain Travis assumed command of Destroyer Squadron Sixteen on i November 1958. Captain Travis married Esther Burlason Talley of Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 1935. They have two daughters, Linda, age seventeen, and Bar- bara, age thirteen. The Travis family resides in Annapolis, Maryland, where they have lived since 1941. Captain Charles D. Travis, USN, is the son of Mrs. Irene Owen Travis and the late Mr. B. B. Travis of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He attended public schools in Murfreesboro and was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy by the late Honor- able Ewin L. Davis. Captain Ti ' avis graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933 and for the next eight years served in battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. During World War II Captain Travis served as Gunnery Officer of the battleship NEVADA. He participated in the invasions of Northei-n France and Southern France in the European theater and in the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in the Pacific theater. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Commendation Ribbon during this wartime service.