Kemper (LSJ 854) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE SKIPPER LT Dav1d R CAMPBELL was born mn Greenvllle NIISSISSIPDI on October 6th 1939 He later moved to Tucson Ar1zona where m 1957 he graduated from h1gh school H15 Naval career began shortly thereafter when he came on actlve duty 1n a reserve status wearlng the Whlte hat of the enl1sted man In th1s capacxty he attended two Naval schools Av1at1on Fundamentals at Norman Oklahoma and Av1at1on Electronxcs Techn1c1an A School 1n Memph1s Tennessee After graduat1on he was stat1oned at Naval A1r Faclllty Ch1na Lake Callforma There he performed dut1es of h1s rate 1n electromcs ma1ntenance and repa1r He also served as a fl1ght crew radloman logg1ng many hours 1n the a1r In May 1959 he was selected for the Naval Enl1sted Sc1ent1f1c Educat1on Program QNESEPJ and was transferred after a n1ne week preparatory school 1n San D1ego to the Un1vers1ty of New Mexxco at Albuquerque where he recexved a Bachelor of Sc1ence Degree 1n ClV11 Eng1nee11ng graduatmg 1n June 1963 The next step up the latter occured at graduated and commlssloned an Ens1gn on 22 November 1963 He served h1s f1rst sea duty as an off1cer on board the USS BAUER QDE 10251 Whlle servmg on BAUER he ga1ned valuable experlence as Commun1cat1ons Offlcer Combat lnformat1on Center Offlcer Electronlcs Materlal Offlcer and Reglstered Publ1cat1ons Custod1an Our Sklpper got h1s f1rst look at the Western Pac1f1c from June to December of 1964 when BAUER deployed Dur1ng that t1me DE 1025 was attached to a Hunter Kxller group off the coast of V1etnam He re turned to Newport R I 1n December 1965 and attended the Naval Destroyer School June of 1966 found h1m on h1s way to Mayport Florxda where he reported aboard the USS MCCAFFERY QDD 860i to serve as Englneer Off1cer He was thoroughly fa,m111ar w1th MCCAFFERY's eng1neer1ng plant when she deployed to the Western P8C1f1C ln February 1967 untll September he kept her movlng Whlle she gave support w1th her guns and later part1c1pated IH operat1on SEA DRAGON KEMPER COUNTY welcomed LT CAMPBELL aboard on December 16 1967 her new Commandlng Offlcer Slnce he f1rst raxsed h1s r1ght hand to be sworn 1nto the Navy LT CAMPBELL has earned the Navy Good Conduct Metal Wlth one bronze star the Natlonal Defense Medal the Vletnam SSFVICB Medal w1th three bronze stars the Republlc of V1etnam Campalgn Medal the Navy Achxevement Medal and the trust and respect of h1s crew LT CAMPBELL resldes xn lmper1al Beach Cal1forn1a w1th h1s w1fe L1nda and thelr two ch1ldren Bram and Scott f' P 'W J 2 Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. After five very demanding months, he was , as