John McCain (DL 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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E ff -.4-if.-.1-'1'f: .,cm... -,za-f i CDR John Turner WELLS, USN Commanding Officer, USS John S. McCain QDL-3J Commander Wells was born in Rock Port ' ' 'n January 1926. He attended the University of Nebraska, NW Missouri State Teacher? egrep, at utaiil from Rice Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree. Commander Wells Wg, !Yge'fr1nji3EidnbdMaE,gan.i Ep gn on 5 June 1946. Between 1946 and 1951, he served aboard the USS Henry -A.lj.Wiley Staff, and theeUSS Henderson CDD-7855. Following a year at GZp'eigl3,.fI5ine Sclgooll, NQIontereyr,RQg1Qf'i1fprnia, Commander WELLS Went to the USS Valley Forge QCVA-45D V, First Liteuteinaiit. And in August of 1953 he returned to Monterey to attend the PG School. V gf lm Week He Was next ordered to BuPers ,i vq ,fi v e H qnlg s rve as Editor of publications for CIC, ASW, and Communications. From here he Sy i fderggd, i1i MSepEem GWowfji1Q5i62f-Ftfiil the USS Meredith CDD-8905 as the Operations Officer and later the X. Eve M4155 Q13 1 In January of 1959, he reported t OPNNAV COP-:,iifl9IQrte.,bmservfeaetgs Ifleiliik, Surface ASW Test and Evalua- tion Section. Upon completion of t -iskduty, Atlygtiistl ciifer196t1 he was oildered to the USS Hooper CDE-1026D as the Commanding Officer. beg K if A ll C0ff11T1aHdef Wells then entered theta.-5 my Iigrkeg Sliaff holleigle. ,fi From there he came to his present billet as the Commanding Officer oflfthe f Jo A S ll71rC.CaliI1 Si. Commander Wells' decorations, cdHnpaj se viceiilmeidxa s inglude: Navy Unit Commendation with one star, Korean Presidential Unit Citizitief 5 American Camipiailf ne4jMeda1S Victory Medal World War H5 Navy Occupation SSIVICS Medal, China Service Medlalg Natiqpffl Defense Service Medal- Korean Service Medal with four C45 stars, United Nations SiervpicemMeglLa.leftiArmed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Commander Wells is married to the former Margialfeit A. Stroop of Coronado California Their three boys are, John Turner, IV, age 13, Michael Christopher, age 11, and David Allen age 10.

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LCDR William HOW3fd Hawkins, USN Executive Officer, USS John S. McCain CDL-35 Lieutenant Commander Willian H. Hawkins was born 16 September 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His Naval career began when he enlisted in the Navy in February 1943. He served as a hospital corpsman until November of 1944 when he entered the Navy V-12 Office Candidate program. He attended Dubuque University and Northwestern University until May of 1946 when he was honorably discharged and returned to civili- an life to complete his education. After graduation from Phillips University in 1948 he received a comission as ENSIGN, and returned to active duty in December 1950. From 1951 to 1961 he served in various billets ashore and aiioat and was Operations Officer on the USS TOPEKA CCLG-SD for the two years prior to reporting to MCCAIN in May of 1963 as Executive Ofncer. Lieutenant Commander Hawkins is married to the former Delores Anne Allen of Ardmore, Oklahoma. They have two daughters, Cheryl Anne, age 16 and Paula Denise, age 11 and are presently residing in Honolulu, Hawaii.