Iwo Jima (LPH 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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We May Never Pass Thflfr Way Again LIFE, SO THEY SAY, IS BUT A GAME AND THEY LET IT SLIP AWAY LOVE, LIKE THE AUTUMN SUN SHOULD BE DYING, BUT IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN LIKE THE TWILIGHT IN THE ROAD UP AHEAD THEY DON'T SEE JUST WHERE WE'RE GOIN' AND ALL THE SECRETS IN THE UNIVERSE WHISPER IN OUR EARS AND ALL THE YEARS WILL COME AND GO AND TAKE US UP ALWAYS UP AND THEY LET THEM DRIFT AWAY PEACE, LIKE THE SILENT DOVE SHOULD BE FLYING BUT ITS ONLY JUST BEGUN LIKE COLUMBUS IN THE OLDEN DAYS WE MUST GATHER ALL OUR COURAGE AND SAIL OUR SHIP OUT ON THE OPEN SEA CAST AWAY OUR FEARS AND ALL THE YEARS WILL COME AND GO AND TAKE US UP ALWAYS UP I WANNA LAUGH WHILE THE LAUGHIN IS EASY I WANNA CRY IF IT MAKES IT WORTHWHILE I MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN I THATS WHY I WANT IT WITH YOU CAUSE YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'M MORE THAN A FRIEIND LIKE I'M THE JOURNEY AND YOU'RE THE JOURNEY S EIND THAT'S WHY I WANT IT WITH YOU BABY WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAINJ' BY SEALS AND CROFTS C. 1973 DAWNBREAKER MUSIC COMPANY. USED BY PERMISSION ONLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Captain Brown began his naval career as an NROTC graduate of the University of Minnesota. Commission- ed in June 1953, he reported to Pensacola, Florida for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in September 1954. His first fleet assignment was Patrol Squadron Nine in Alameda, California, flying the PZV Neptune. Captain Brown returned to the Advanced Naval Air Training Command in 1957 for a tour as a flight instructor, training students in multi-engine air- craft. After completing the Combat Information Center Of- ficer course at Glynco, Georgia, Captain Brown report- ed to the USS Forrestal QCVA-591 where he served as Assistant Combat Information Officer. Following the Forrestal, he served in Air Anti-Submarine Squadron Twenty-Seven. He then was ordered to,Pensacola for helicopter transition training and qualified in rotary wing aircraft in January 1964. An operational tour in Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eleven was fol- lowed in 1966 by duty in Training Squadron One in Pensacola. Captain Brown returned to command Helicopter Anti- Submarine Squadron Eleven in 1969. Following his command tour he served on the Fleet Air Quonset Staff and was subsequently ordered to duty in the Advanced Systems Concepts Division of the Naval Air Systems Command. In 1972 he reported as Executive Officer of USS Guam CLPH-91 and participated in the Interim Sea Control Ship Evaluation. While onboard Guam, Captain Brown was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal. Detached in August 1974, he reported to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operation fAir Warfarej in the Aircraft and Weapons Requirements Branch, Following his tour, Captain Brown commanded the USS Charles- ton QLKA-1131 from August 1976 to December 1977. Enroute to the USS Iwo Jima he attended a four-month Senior officer Ship's Material Readiness Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Captain Brown is married to the former Marilyn .lean Zarones of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia with their three children: David, Barbara, and Richard. .i CUIWMANDING OFFICER f-Xjx K. ,fx 'Ilia' 'vw' KBKJLQNXNX l f NK 1? 1 I A R x my ..jflf K' .s, ' .K , , , X N X i, xii rl f N 1 .a .azz-lvil . Us ,1