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Executive Officers CDR. J. H. Foxgrover January 68 to August 68 CDR. N. E. Larsen June 67 to January 68
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Captain H. S. Matthews, Jr. Captain H. S. Matthews was born on May 5, 1921. Captain Matthews is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tulane University where he re- ceived his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in mathematics. He was designated a Naval Aviator and com- missioned an Ensign in the United States Navy in August 1943. During the remainder of World War ll he served in a bombing squadron in the European Theatre where he flew fifty combat missions for which he was awarded the Air Medal. After World War ll the Captain served a tour as a test pilot at the Naval Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland. Other post war tours included duty on several aircraft carriers as a carrier pilot, ship's company officer and a mem- ber of the staff of Commander Carrier Division TWO. He commanded Jet Attack Squadron 113 and Carrier Air Group TWO, and served as the Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier USS HANCOCK CCVA-193. As Hancock's Executive Officer he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for his role in the initial retaliation strikes on North Vietnam in February, 1965. ln May 1965. he reported to the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he was awarded the JCS Commendation Medal for the work done there. Captain Matthews took the helm as the eleventh Commanding Officer of the dock land- ing ship USS HERMITAGE CLSD-341 on April 14, 1967, one week before the ship departed for an eight month cruise off Vietnam as a member of the United States Seventh Fleet. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with com- bat V and the South Vietnamese Navy Dis- tinguished Service Order Medal for meritorious service while commanding the HERMITAGE during operations against the Viet Cong in- surgents and North Vietnamese Regular forces. For this tour in the Seventh Fleet, with Captain Matthews in command, HERMITAGE was awarded the Navy Meritorious Unit Award. Captain Matthews assumed command of USS INDEPENDENCE on September 2, 1968, in Golfe Juan, France. Captain Matthews and his wife, the former Floye Youmans have three daughters, Kathryn Anne, Patricia and Patti Anne. 27
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N 4: 1 CDR. J. L. Gracey August 68 to January 69 ,I .-as CDR. D. E. Moore January 69 to Present IQ'
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