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f- .-Ze 2. 4 M, fs , at SS ' 'irc J 5' 7'fas 6 , .M . Wa.. J. rf.. iT, TE. 5 Born in Little Rock. Arkansas, Captain Small was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June l948. After a brief tour in USS PHILIPPINE SEA, he entered flight training. and was designated a Naval Aviator in November 1949. Flying TBM's, he was first assignedytot a night attack squadron at North Island, California. Subsequently, this squadron wasvredesig-A nated VS-25. and Captain Small completed two WEST PAC deployments flyingAF 'fGuardians'.' aboard CVE's. In l952, he was ordered to the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, I-'loridarwhere he was an Anti-Submarine Warfare tactics instructor in the Senior Course. During this ttour he. served as an exchange Instructor at the Canadian Maritime College, Halifax. In September? l954, he was ordered to Staff. Carrier Division SEVENTEEN as aide and I-'lag rLieutenam4 completing two additional deployments to the Western Pacific. I J ,tr yvvv In I956 he was reassigned as aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander Task Force ployed in BON HOMIVIVE RICHARD. In January I957. Captain Small transitioned Skyhawk at lvloffett Field and was ordered to Attack Squadron II3, homeported at Mitrztiiiyttgrgff California. After a WESTPAC deployment in SHANGRI-LA. he was selected for at the U. S. Air Force Academy. Colorado. where he served three years as manding Cadet Wing. During this tour, Captain Small flew a number of USAF aircrafttriynclfuifdignjgffj FIOI and FIO4. Captain Small attended the Naval War College in 1961 andupongfgradtiatyitofnt giyrq assigned to the Staff, Commander-in-Chief. U.S. Atlantic Fleet, where he served as tAei r .yOpgg q:... tions Officer and Deputy Director CINCLANT Joint Reconnaissance Center. In ttyyit was selected to command VA-65, one of the first squadrons to train in the command tour of twenty months included formation of the squadron, deployment to Vietnam aboard CONSTELLATION. I I 1 Q fi In July I966, he returned to Oceana as Commanding Officer Attack Squadron the A6A training Squadron. On I2 September I967, Captain Small reported aboard as Operations Officer: he assumed the billet of Executive Officer in July I968, to the former Janet Cubbisontof Long Beach, California and resides in Virginia ...... ..,. .... .... . . . , . ., . . J ,, .,,. ,,.. , J... . Executive fficer ' ' , I i Y - A ggfiglf'-gtg.
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