Epperson (DD 719) - Naval Cruise Book

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M OE DIVISIO FRONT ROVV QL to Rj: ETR3 Troendle, FTSN Rose, PNSN Tapia, ETN3 Short, ETSN Ostrom, ETRSN Anderson. BACK ROW: ETC Shiley, ETR3 Neideffer, ETR2 Bonavita, YN3 Taylor, ETRSN Peltin, ETN3 Ellis, ETN3 Lunsman, ENS. Jones. ' ' Through the leadershipiand drive of its division officer, Ens. J.R. Jones, OE Divison has reached its present state of capability and equipment reliability. The responsibility of maintaining the ship's radars and communication equipment is dele- gated to Chief Shiley and his Electronic Technicians. Chief Shiley, through his leadership and technical abilities, has enabled Epperson to make full use of its electronic systems. ' A In charge of maintenance and 'repair of the Air Search Radar and the Electronic Counter- measures System is Frank Bonavita. and the Surface Search Radar is handled by Richard Troendle, who instructs Charles Anderson and Thomas Peltin on repair and calibration of radar repeaters and other radar associated equipment. The communications branch is led by Steven Short who is backed up by Dennis Rose and Paul Ostrom. Our secretary in charge of all our paper work is Dean Neideffer. Our crypto repair technicians, whose work is so secret that it befuddles even them, are Charles Lunsman and 'Gary Ellis. On the health side of OE we have Bill Castonguay, who teaches Lotus Starkey and Larry Schohl how to take people apart and needle them back together again. Larry Rummer, in charge of the Ship's Oflice, holds down the Administrative work with the capable help of james Taylor and Ellis Bordelon. Juan julio and JAKE Tapian attend to the en- listed personnel records.

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