Gatling (DD 671) - Naval Cruise Book

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- .G Ex ,J- K 1 CDR. W. D. OWEN, a native of Vermont, graduated from Green Mountain Junior College and the U. S. Naval Academy, An- napolis, Maryland, Class of 1941. During.World War ll he partici- pated in the following naval engagements: North Atlantic Patrol, 1941, Salameau and Lee, New Guinea, Marshall and Gilbert Islands, Battle ot the Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, Sicilian Campaign, Philip- pine Campaign, Iwo Jima, Formosa and Okinawa Campaign, Attacks on Japanese Mainland. CDR. OWEN is survivor ofthe sinking ofthe carrier YORKTOWN during the Battle of Midway. After World War II, he graduated from the Post Graduate School, Annapolis, Maryland, served on the Staff, Commander Battleship-Cruiser Force, Pacific Fleet, and later in London, England, on the Staff, Joint Ameri- can Military Advisory Group. On 2 July 1952 CDR. OWEN took command of the GATLING.