Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMA DING OFFICER C. F. EMMLFR CAPTAIN CHARLES FREDRICK DEMMLER was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York on August 28, 1923. He is a graduate of San Diego State Col- lege. He was commissioned as an Ensign and was designated a Naval Aviator in January of 1945. His initial tour of duty was with Experimental Fighter Squadron TWO HUNDRED, where he re- mained until January of 1947. Following this tour, he served with Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETYTTWO aboard USS BOXER and aboard USS PRINCETON. In 1949 he was assigned to the Fleet All Weather Training Unit Atlantic. From 1951 until 1955 he completed tours of duty with Jet Photo Reconnaissance Squadron SIXTY-TWO aboard USS BENNINGTON and with the staff of Commander Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet. In August of 1955 he began Test Pilot training at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Mary- land. Upon completion of Test Pilot School he was a Test Pilot at the Service Test Division of the Naval Air Test Center. During this period he par- ticipated in the early developmental tests of the Navy's first Supersonic aircraft such as the F-8, F- 4D, and F-11. DRED NINETY-THREE aboard USS BON HOMME RICHARD. After attending the Air War College, Maxwell AFB, he commanded Attack Carrier Air Wing TWO aboard USS MIDWAY. After returning to the east coast, Captain Demmler became the Executive Officer of USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT in January 1964. n Upon completing this tour, he was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force as Commanding Officer of USS YANCEY, an Amphibious Assault Cargo Ship. His most recent tour of duty has been as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operation with Com- mander SEVENTH Fleet in the Western Pacific theater. Captain Demmler is entitled to wear the Legion of Merit with Combat Vg the Navy Unit Commendationg the American Campaign Medal, the China Service Medalg National Defense Service Medal with star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with star, the Order of Vietnam Medalg the Vietnam Service Medal with five stars, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal with device. He is married to the former Miss Clare O'Connor

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CO MA DI G OFFICER JAMES' W. NCE CAPTAIN JAMES WILSON NANCE was born in Monroe, North Carolina, on August 20, 1921. He attended North Carolina State College before enter- ing the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, wheremhe was graduated and commissioned Ensign in19 . He served in the Pacific during the last year of World War II on board the battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA and began his flight training in 1945. He continued flight training in 1945. He continued flight training until July 1947, having been designated a Naval Aviator on December 17, 1946. He served with Fighter Squadron NINETY-TWO until December 1949, and then served as a flight instructor for two years. In February 1952 he was assigned to Fighter Squadron THIRTY-FOUR, and three months later to the staff of Commander Car- rier Division Two. In June 1953 he became Opera- tions Officer of Fighter Squadron SIXTY-ONE. From April 1954 to July 1955, on an exchange pro- gram with the Royal Navy, he flew test flights and qualified on all operational aircraft in the British Navy, as well as made the first carrier landing on H.M.S. BULWARK. Back in the United States, he served until July 1957 as a Project Pilot, and made the first carrier land- ing tests of the A3 Skywarrior on USS FOR- RESTAL. After graduation from the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, in June 1958, he rennrted as Light Attack Officer with Air Develop- by all Navy light attack aircraft. In July 1960, he assumed command of Attack Squad- ron EIGHTY-THREE, attached to USS FORRES- TAL. In January 1962, he became Air Operations Officer on the USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. From July to September 1963, he had instruction with Attack Carrier Air Wing EIGHT based on board USS FORRESTAL. In December 1964, he was as- signed to the Strategic Plans Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He graduated from the National War College, Wash- ington, D. C., in July 1967, with a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University. The next month, he assumed command of the USS RALEIGH, to the USS FOR- RESTAL to assume command in December 1968. After being relieved by Captain Demmler in Novem- ber 1969, he was assigned to the Strike Warfare Division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions and promoted to Rear Admiral. He is entitled to the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with silver star, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Serv- ice Medal with bronze star, and the Philippine Lib- eration Ribbon with star. He is married to the former Miss Mary Lyda Faulk of Cocoa, Florida, and they have four children. His mother is Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Nance, who resides .. -- .... 1 1 1- Ann F ll,...,.+A... C+.-Dar