Hornet (CVS 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPT W. M. PARDEE, USN Commanding Officer Captain William M. Pardee, commanding officer of USS HORNET, was bom Sep- tember 20, 1920, in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1943 and served in destroyers in the Asiatic-Pacific theater during World War II. He was designated a Naval Aviator following flight training in June, 1948. Naval flying duties have been primarily with antisubmarine warfare squadrons, having served with VS-21, VS-31 and VS-37, and as Commander, CVSG-53. He also served in the Pentagon with the ASW Div ision on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. Captain Pardee was commanding officer of the Pacific Fleet oiler USS MISPILLION (AO-105) before assuming his present command. He is married to the former Jane Tupper of Calais, Maine, and has three children, William, Jr., Catherine, and Diana.

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RADM E. P. AURAND, USN Commander ASW Group ONE Rear Admiral Evan P. Aurand, Commander Antisubmarine Warfare Group ONE, Embarked in HORNET, was bom in New York City on June 10, 1917. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1938 and served in LEXINGTON {CV-2), STURTEVANT (DD-240) and MCCORMICK (DD-223) before reporting to flight training at NAS Pensacola. He was designated Naval Aviator on January 1, 1941. He was awarded the Navy Cross when he sank an enemy ship in the face of heavy antiaircraft fire during a dive bombing attack off Lae, New Guinea. He commanded VFN-76 aboard BUNKER HILL participating in the carrier attacks in the western Pacific in 1944. Admiral Aurand also commanded the first jet squadron in the Pacific Fleet in 1947. Other highlights in bis career mcluded XO of HANCOCK, Naval Aide to President Eisenhower from 1957 to 1961, commanding officer of GREENWICH BAY (AVP-41) and later INDE- PENDENCE (CVA-62). He was Assistant for Systems Analysis in the Navy Program Planning Office when he was nominated to the rank of Rear Admiral in May 1964. He is married to the former Patricia Riley of Seattle, Washington, and has one daughter, Margaret Lucille Aurand.

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CAPT B. D. LUCAS, USN Executive Officer Captain Burke D. Lucas, executive officer of USS HORNET, was bom April 12, 1924, in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He entered the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet in 1943 after attend- ing Oklahoma University. He was commissioned and designated Naval Aviator in 1944. After completing operational flight training, he reported to VPB-123 in 1945 and served in patrol planes until 1948. He transferred to single-engine aircraft and reported to the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pa. Other Navy assignments have included duty with VX-1 and VX-3; USS SALISBURY SOUND, as navigator; VR-3, and as OmC of the GCA Unit, NAS Atlanta. He graduated from Oklahoma University in 1954 and from the Naval War College in 1962. He received helicopter training at Ellyson Field, Pensacola, Fla., and HS-TEN. Before assuming his present assignment. Captain Lucas was commanding officer of Helicopter Antisubmarine Warfare Squadron FOU .