Forster (DER 334) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDB J ack CAMPBELL was first enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March of 1945. During 1945 and 1946, he served at the Naval Training Centers in Sampson, New York, and Bainbridge, Maryland. From 1946 to 1949, LCDR CAMPBELL attended Slippery Rock State Teachers College in Pennsylvania and from 1949 to 1953 the U.S. Naval Academy. After graduation from the Naval Academy, from 1953 to 1955, he served as Assistant Navigator and 5 Battery Officer aboard USS COLUMBUS QCA-741. From COLUMBUS, LCDB CAMPBELL was assigned as Engineering Officer aboard USS PHILLIP QDDE-4905 for a two year tour. From 1957 to 1959, he served as Flag Lieutenant and Aide to COMDESFLOT 3, work- ing for both RADM G. P. DONAHO and BADM B. J. SEMMES, Jr. From duty with the staff, LCDR CAMPBELL proceeded again to the U.S. Naval Academy where he served in the Executive Department from 1959 to 1962. In 1962 and 1963, he was assigned as Material Officer for the staff of COMDESBON 7 and during 1963 and 1964, he was assigned as Executive Officer of USS CHEVALIEB. QDD-8055 where he served until reporting to USS FORSTER QDER-3345 . LCDR CAMPBELL is married to the former H. Loretta DUCAN of Owings Mill, Maryland, and has three children: Sally Lee, age 10, Scott Curtis, age 8, and Susan Gail, age 6. ' To LCDR JACK CAMPBELL USN l 0 Vietnam

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' '- Y Y-- ':5 -1' 'W ' ' Upon completion of her FRAM overhaul in March 1957, FORSTER was transferred from Long Beach Naval Shipyard to Seattle, for duty as an early warning radar picket ship in Escort Squadron FIVE under Commander Naval Forces, Western Continental Air Defense Region. In J une 1958, FORSTER's homeport was changed to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where she became a unit of the Pacific Barrier Force, assigned duty on the Distant Early Warning QDEWJ Line. After serving 28 months in the Barrier Force, FORSTER reported to Commander Destroyer Flotilla ONE for employment as a unit of the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet. While a unit of the SEVENTH Fleet, FORSTER patrolled the Taiwan Straits, operated with Task Group 77.7 and served as Station Ship, Hong Kong. FORSTER also conducted a good will tour in the Philippine Islands visiting San Carlos, Negros, Surigao, Mindanao, Ormoc City, Leyte, and New Washington, Panay. In lVIay 1961 upon completion of her duties with the SEVENTH Fleet, FORSTER re- turned to Pearl Harbor and resumed her operations with the Pacific Barrier Force. On 19 September 1962, Admiral John H. Sides, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet presented the first Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy in the U.S. Pacific Fleet to the Commanding Officer, USS FORSTER, Commander Gordon R. Nagler, USN, for having achieved the greatest improve- ment in Battle Efficiency for the year 1962. On 29 December 1962, FORSTER departed Pearl Harbor, for three months employment in Operation Deep Freeze. After this employ- ment, F ORSTER returned to the Barrier. On 19 December, 1964, LCDR Jack Campbell, USN relieved LCDR .Ioel H. Berry, Jr., USN, of command at Pearl Harbor. On 241 March 1965, F ORSTER was ordered to the western Pacific where she became, one Q . I of the first units to participate in '4lVIarket Time coastal surveillance operations off the l D I coast of South Viet Nam. w, t- H From April through August 1965, FORSTER was assigned as a unit of Task Force 115, the South Vietnamese Coastal Surveillance Force. FORSTER made four Market Time patrols during this period and visited various ports along the coast of South Viet Nam, the I Philippine Islands, and I-Iong Kong. FORSTER departed the western Pacific and returned , N to Pearl Harbor arriving on 19 September 1965. After spending two months in a restricted shipyard availability and tender period, FORS- 55 TER conducted two weeks of type training followed by extensive preparations for de- U ployment. On 28 December 1965, FORSTER again departed Pearl Harbor for deploy- u5,N,T,L ment to the western Pacific where she resumed her duties as a unit of Task Force 115, the - Coastal Surveillance Force. AND NOW . . . I WEST PAC 6 6 an cl Sam, Y., SA, USN, reporting aboard for duty, sir.

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Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on 17 October 1927, LCDR DEAN is the son of Mrs. Herbert A. Dean of Waverly, Massachusetts. A 1944 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, he enlisted in the Navy in October 1944. After attending the Naval Academy Preparatory School, he received a Secretary' of the Navy appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1950. Upon graduation in 1954, he received a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned an Ensign. LCDR DEAN was promoted to his present rank on 2 February 1964. After graduation from the Naval Academy, he served in USS GEORGE CLYMER QAPA-275 and USS STOCKHAM QDD-6815 . After a tour as Aide and Flag Lieu- tenant to Commander Amphibious Group FOUR, LCDR DEAN commanded USS ACCOKEEK QATA-1811. He served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel and then attended the Naval War College. Upon graduation in 1964, he received a Master of Science degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University. He assumed command of USS FORSTER QDER-3341 on 22 June 1966. LCDR DEAN is entitled to wear the following campaign medals and ribbons: Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War Il Victory Medal, National Defense Medal with star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Viet Nam Medal, Philippine Liberation and Philippine Independence rib- bons. LCDR DEAN is married to the former Mary COREY of Lawrence, Massachusetts. They reside with their son and daughter in Honolulu, Hawaii. An aduwk LCDR HERBERT J. DEAN USN Back