Iwo Jima (LPH 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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.qi Z' XXX! - ii X' 3 ., ..- ff' COMM DI G OFFICER CAPT. P. R. HAWKINS A native of Olathe, Kansas and graduate ofthe University of Kansas, Cap- tain Hawkins entered the Navy in 1951 and received his commission and designation as a Naval Aviator in May, 1952. He has served with Patrol Squadrons Twenty-three, Ten, and was Executive Of- ficer and Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron One. He has seen duty in a variety of places with those squadrons, both in the Pacific and Atlantic. He has served as Navigator aboard the now decommissioned USS Valley Forge CLPH-81 and as Commanding Officer of USS JUNEA U KLPD-102 prior to his duty aboard Iwo Jima. In addition, he has served at Naval Station, Rota, Spain, in BuPers, with the Logistics Directorate of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and with Fleet Air Wing Two at Barber's Point, Hawaii. Captain Hawkins has a Master of Science Degree from the University of Kansas, has completed the Naval Warfare Course and has attended the Armed Forces Staff College. He is married to the former Patricia Anne Olson of Washington, D. C.

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N , . . ag 'ly H 7? ef' tx 4: -,rl 2- 0, -ag Y qty' V45 U' for is EXECUTI E OFFICER CDR. W. C. POWELL Commander Powell, a native of Ahoskie, North Carolina, began his naval career in 1954. He entered flight training in Pensacola and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1956. His military career consists of a variety of duty assignments in a variety of places. He has served with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadrons One, Seven and Three, Training Squadron Twenty-seven Helicopter Support Squadron Four Cwhich was re-designated Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron flightj Thirtyj, and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron flightj Thirty-two, where he served as Commanding Officer in l973. Commander Powell has served in Key West, Florida, Corpus Christi, Texas, New Iberia, Louisiana, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, Lakehurst, New Jersey and Norfolk, Virginia. Commander Powell is a graduate of the Naval War College. He reported aboard Iwo Jima in September I974 and served as Operations Officer until March 1976, when he assumed duties as Executive Officer. Commander Powell resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia with his wife, the former Adelia Rhodes While of Windsor, North Carolina. They have two children: Leigh, 18, and Bill, Jr., l6. ,av si-'55