John F Kennedy (CVA 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER K, COMMANDER C.E. WYNN, JR. Commander Carl Everett Wynn, Jr. was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo. A few years later his family moved to Memphis where he spent his childhood and attended Memphis State University. ln 1951- he entered the Navy and began flight training at Pensacola, Fla., and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1953. His first assignment was with Fighter Squadron EIGHTY-THREE. He returned to Memphis in 1955 and served with the Naval Advance Training Command there. Between 1959 and 1961 he served with Fighter Squadron ONE-TWENTY-ONE and ONE-FlFTY-ONE home-based on the West Coast. After a year of training at Glynco, Ga., he reported aboard the aircraft carrier Midway lCVA-41l. Subsequently, he attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1965. Following a brief tour with Training Squadron TWENTY-FOUR in Beeville. Texas, he attended to Armed Forces Staff College in 1967 and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He returned to Fighter Squadron ONE-TWENTY-ONE in 1968 and then went on to Fighter Squadron NINETY-SIX where he served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer until late 1970. During this assignment, he made two deployments to Southeast Asia aboard the aircraft carriers America lCVA-66l and Enterprise lCVAN-65l. He studied at the Naval War College and received a Masters Degree from George Washington University prior to reporting aboard the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy lCVA-67l in 1971. He served as Operations Officer for more ' ' E t' Officer in March than a year before becoming Kennedys fourth xecu ive 1972. Commander Wynn's personal decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, three Air Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat

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COIVIIVIANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN ROBERT H. GORMLEY Captain Robert H. Gormley assumed command of USS JOHN F. KENNEDY lCVA 67l on October 1, 1971. His most recent prior assignments include duty as Commanding Officer, USS WHITE PLAINS lAFS-4l and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans for Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force Seventh Fleet lTask Force 77l. Captain Gormley was born in Ventura, California, and attended elementary and secondary schools in California. While a student at the University of Texas, he received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy and was graduated in 1947. He also studied at both the Naval War College and Harvard University. and received a masters degree from Harvard in 1963. Following commissioning, Captain Gormley served in the Atlantic Fleet destroyer USS PUTNAM lDD-757l. Subsequent to designation as a Naval Aviator in 1950, he served in a variety of assignments: carrier-based fighter d . an anti-submarine squadrons: jet training units: and on the staffs of the Commanders of Carrier Division SEVENTEEN, the Operational Test and Evaluation Force, and the Atlantic Fleet's training air group. ln 1965. ONE. The squadron, flying the F-4B Phantom ll jet fighter-bomber, de lo ed to D Y Southeast Asia on board the attack carrier INDEPENDENCE for combat air operations a ' N ' ' gainst orth Vietnam. Subsequently. Captain Gormley became Commander Attack Carrier Air Wing SEVEN in INDEPENDENCE. Following that he served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense lSystems Analysisl in Washington, D.C. Captain Gormley assumed command of Fighter Squadron FORTY Captain Gorml Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star. ey's personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, the

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER CAPTAIN F.G. FELLOWES, JR Frederick Gale Fellowes, Jr. was born in Buffalo, New York on 12 January 1930. son of Elisabeth Fellowes Bettner and the late Frederick G. Fellowes, Sr. He graduated from Tucson Senior High School in 1947 and attended the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College prior to entering the United States Naval Academy in 1949 on appointment from his native state. Graduating in 1953, he was commissioned an Ensign and subsequently advanced in rank to that of Captain, to date from August 1971. After graduation from the Naval Acdemy in 1953, he was assigned to USS WINSTON lAKA 941 in San Diego, California. In January 1954, he entered flight training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, and was designated a Naval Aviator on 22 April 1955. His first squadron was Attack Squadron 46 at Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida. ln June 1959, he became Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Chief of Naval Air Training, Pensacola, Florida. ln 1962, he began training in the F-8 in Fighter Squadron 174 and then joined Fighter Squadron 11 in August 1962. In July 1969, he became the Personal Aide to the Chief of Naval Operations. serving under both Admirals Thomas H. Moorer and Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr He was detached in February 1971 and subsequently reported to his present assignment as Executive Officer, USS JOHN F. KENNEDY ICVA 671. Captain Fellowes has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with two gold stars in lieu of second and third awards, the Meritorious Service Medal 15 Strike!Flight Air Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal with C b om a Distinguishing Device and 2 gold stars in lieu of the second and third awards th N U ' C ' ' ' ' e avy nit ommendation with bronze star in lieu of the second award, the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and various campaign medals for action during two combat tours in Vietnam. Captain Fellowes departed KENNEDY March 17, 1972, to become Commanding Officer, USS SAN DIEGO IAFS-61.