Gurke (DD 783) - Naval Cruise Book

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V THE y ,, COMMANDIN t oFF1cER Commander Joe L. Holland was born in Russellville, Arkansas. He attended Abilene High School and Abilene Christian College, graduating from the latter in 1957. He was commissioned an Ensign, USNR, through the ROC Program in June 1957. Commander Holland has prior destroyer experience in USS SOUTHERLAND QDDR-7433 as Operations Officer, USS W!Ll-IOITE QDEB-3975 and USS JAMES C. OWENS QDD-776i as Executive Officer, and Staff Commander Destroyer ELEVEN as Chief Staff Officer. Other duties have included of- ficer in Charge, Harbor Defense Unit, Lewes, Delaware, one year at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, receiving a letter of Completion in Engineering Science, and three years in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations lFleet Operations and Readinessi, Washington, D.C. Commander Holland reported to GURKE from the U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, where he received the Bronze Star with Combat V and the Joint Services Commendation Medal while serving as an Assistant Inspector General in the Office of the inspector General. Commander Holland wears the following: Bronze Star with Combat Joint Service Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Ex- peditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal Q4 starsj, the Viet- nam Campaign Medal 11960-J, and the Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Civic Action Medal. Commander Holland is married to the former Miss Mary Roberta Long of Newport Beach, California, and has one son, Christopher Robert, age six. They reside on the Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan.

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