Duluth (LPD 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain, Peter F5 Hedleywak Q - 1 N6sfa5 Scotiii citizen he attended 'wlth a Bachelor of Science

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Lieutenant Commander Robert Glenn Handlers ,..-,w,,x. , Lieutenant Commander Robert Glenn Handlers was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in August of 1947.VHe joined the NROTC program at Penn State University in 1965 and was commissioned an Ensign upon graduation in 1969. y g ' 1 LCDR Handlers was assigned as Gunnery Officer and Anti-submarine Warfareofficer aboard USS Dupont CDD-941D from january 1970 until june 1972. He was then transferred to the ,Navy Destroyer Schoolin Newport, Rhode Island, as at student until February 1973. His next assignment- was Weapons Officer of USS Blandy QDDA-943D until january 6, 1975, where he was transferred to the Naval Post Graduate School, Ivlonterey, California, where he earned a Master of Science Degree in:Oceanogra- phy. In September 1977, LCDR Handlersreported aboard USS Shasta CAE-335 as Engineering Officer until November 1978. I 1 , . V From,December 1978, until june 1982, he served on the staff of Commander, Naval Forces Japan as Assistant Special Projects Officer and japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Liason Officer. After attending Prospective Executive Officer School, LCDR Handlers reported togUSS Duluth CLPD-6D as Executive Officer in September of 1982 .,,p LCDR Handlers, awards include the Navy Com- mendation Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, ,Bat- tle Efficiency Ribbon, National Defense Medal and Sea Service, Ribbon. e , . , . P LCDR Handlers and his wife Keiko and daughter Kathleen reside in San Diego. E X e c u Y . 1 v e WOG l i --11.-str. 1, 1, ,H 1 ,,,,,,--m-E1 W, ,-,, r gl l U 'P 1 5 f i ii 5 Q Il f l 4 1