King (DLG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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REAR ADMIRAL JOSHUA W . COOPER , COM MANDER TRA I N ING COMMAND , UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET, WAS GRADUATED FROM THE U. S, NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1927. HIS DUTY ASSIGNMENTS HAVE INCLUDED COMMAND OF DESTROYERS, A DESTROYER SQUADRON, THE BATTLESHIP IOWA, AND AMPH 1 B lOUS GROUP THR EE AND PART I CI RATI ON IN THE PRINCIPAL SEA CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR. HE ISA GRADUATE OF THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE AT WASHINGTON, D .C . P RO- MOTEDTO FLAG RANKAUGUST 1 , 1 955 , HE SERVED AS CHIEF OF NAVY SECTION JOINT U.S. MILITARY AIR GROUP INGREECEAND LATER IN THE JOINT STAFF , JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF . HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE TRA IN ING COMMAND, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET IN AUGUST 1 96 . HE HOLDS THE NAVY CROSS, THE LEGION OF MERIT MEDAL WITH COMBAT V, THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH COMBAT V AND TWO COMMENDATION RIBBONS . HE IS MARRIED TOTHE FORMER RENA M . MC INTOSH OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUM- BIA, CANADA, AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, MRS. KLEBER S. MASTERSON , JR. AND THOMAS COOPER . HE RESIDES AT 266 I AVENUE, CO RON ADO , CAL IFORN I A W ITH HIS WIFE AND SON .

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