Iwo Jima (LPH 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN DAVID A SCOTT 'B'- Captain David A Scott a native of Indiana attended the University of Alabama and later Purdue University where he graduated in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science degree He entered the Navy s V-5 flight program became an Aviation Cadet and received his wings in 1942 During the war as a fighter pilot in the South Pacific he served in various carrier and island-based squadrons He was credited with six enemy planes destroyed before he himself was shot down over Rabaul in New Britain As a result of this latter action Captain Scott spent ten days in a raft awaiting rescue After the war he served as a slight instructor in advanced training and with various fight- er squadrons until l949 He spent two years as an ordnance test pilot at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren Virginia' and in 1952 he was ordered to USS CORAL SEA CCVA-435 as Assistant Air Officer Captain Scott s later duties included. jet Flight Instructor at Beeville, Texas, duty with Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo, Cuba, command of an aircraft squadron in the Western Pacificg Special Weapons Officer on Commander, Carrier Division Seven staff, and Operations Officer and Navigator of USS RANGER QCVA-615. This was followed by duty with the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D. C. , and, prior to reporting to the IWO JIMA , as Com- manding Officer of USS MANATEE CAO-581. Among Captain Scott's awards are: the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart, and the Navy Unit Citation. His wife Sue, and their four children reside in Lemon Grove, California, His Oldest son is in the Marine Corps, two daughters attend Grossmont junior College, and his youngest son is in high school. Captain Scott's hobbies include hunting, fishing and golf. 4

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THE SHIP The USS TWO JIMA was launched on 17 September 1960 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, and commissioned there on 26 August 1961. She first entered her home port of San Diego on ll November 1961. In April of 1962, the IWO ,HMA was deployed to the central Pacific to participate in nu- clear tests conducted by joinst Task Force Eight. On return from this assignment in August the ship prepared for its first WESTPAC deployment. ln October 1962, the IWO JIMA depar- ted San Diego for WESTPAC. In mid-ocean she was directed to Cuban waters due to the crisis in Cuba. After the crisis she returned to San Diego. After an interim overhaul at Bremerton and refresher training in San Diego, the ship departed on 30 August 1963 for her first WESTPAC deployment. The IWO returned from WESTPAC in April 1964. From july 1964 to October 1964, the IWO was in Long Beach Naval Shipyard for its regu- lar overhaul period. The next two months were spent in underway training for her second WESTPAC deployment. On 5 February 1965, the IWO departed San Diego for Hawaii to pick up Marines to par- ticipate in Operation Silver Lance off the coast of California. After arriving in Hawaii on alert until ll March 1965, when she was relieved by the USS VALLEY FORGE and returned to San Diego. The IWO arrived in San Diego on 17 March and began preparing for her second deploy- ment with the Seventh Fleet. On 12 April 1965, the IWO HMA departed San Diego for the Western Pacific. . . N-ighg , fi ljildnnng

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COMMANDER RAE P. MADSON Nl 13' 'f If mr 4. Commander Rae P. Madson is from Albert Lea, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota in 1941, then entered flight train- ing at Pensacola, Florida. He was commissioned as a Naval Aviator in july 1944. He has had experience in heavy land-plane and sea-plane squadrons in Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, Panama Canal Zone and the Caribbean area. Other areas of duty include japan and the Philippine Islands. A tour on board the USS PINE ISLAND QAV-125 was followed by assignment to the Pentagon in the War Plans Branch of Aviation Plan- ning. He has served as aide to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Operations and Training, and as Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron 48. He was a student at the Naval War College in the Naval Warfare class of 1963. Commander Madson remained on the staff of the Naval War College for one year prior to assuming duties as the Executive Officer of the IWO HMA. He was relieved as Executive Gfficer in October 1965 by Commander W. j. Porgy. Commander and Mrs. Madson and their son, Steve, reside in Coronado, California. 5