King (DLG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER M. E, BUSTARD , SON OF MR . AND MRS . EARL BUSTARD, WAS BORN IN HARRISVILUE , UTAH JULY 1 1 , 19 16. HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 21 , 1 94 2 . AS AN ENSIGN HE PLACED IN COM M ISS ION AND ASSUMED COMMAND OF USSYP408 WH ICH WAS ASSIGNED ESCORT AND ASW ASSIGNMENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST. IN JULY O 1943 LT (jg) BUSTARD WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS AMESBURY (DE— 66) WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC CONVOY RUNS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. FROM NOVEMBER 1944 UNTIL EARLY 194 6 LT BUSTARD SERVED WITH THE U.S. ARMY AS GUNFIRE LIAISON OFFICER . FROM MID 1946 UNTIL DECEMBER OF 1947 LT BUSTARD WAS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS GEORGE (DE-697) serving in the western pacific along the china coast and in the FORMOSA STRAITS. after a year at the general line school in MONTEREY, LCDR BUSTARD WAS ORDERED AS COM- MANDING OFFICER USS LSMR— 401 WHICH TOOK PART IN THE INCHON INVASION IN 1 95 . FOR THIS ACTION, LCDR BUSTARD WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR WITH ' V . IN DECEMBER OF 1950 LCDR BUSTARD WAS ORDEREDAS DIVISION COMMANDER OF LSR DIVISION 32 AND RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR FOR ACTION WITH HIS DIVISION AGAINST COMMUNIST FORCES IN WESTERN KOREA. IN DECEMBER OF 1 95 1 LCDR BUSTARD RETURNED TO TH E UN ITED STATES AND WAS ASSIGNED TO OFFICER PROMOTIONS IN THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL. TWO YEARS LATER HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE USS SILVERSTEIN (DDE-534) in pearlharbor . in june of i 955 cdr bustard took command of USS CARPENTER fDDE-825) THE flagship OF squadron 25 also based in pearl harbor. TWO years later cdr BUSTARD WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE IN NEV PORT , RHODE I S- LAND WHERE HE SERVED FOR ONE YEAR AS A STUDENT, FOLLOWED BY TWO YEARS AS AN INSTRUCTOR !N THE NAVAL WARFARE COURSE. CDR BUSTARD WAS DETACHED FROM THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AND ORDERED TO THE USS KING ' Dl.G- 10) IN JUNE 1 960 . CDR BUSTARD IS MARRIEDTOTHE FORMER FLORANCE RUTH BUEHLER OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, MICHAEL, STEPHEN AND DAVID.

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PROVINCETOWN , MASSACHUSETTS, IN DECEMBER 1927, HE HAD TEMPORARY COMMAND OF THE SALVAGE FORCE THAT RAISED THE SUBMARINE. HE WAS AWARDED A GOLDSTAR IN LI EU OF A SECOND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN DUTY OF GREAT RESPONS I B ILITY AS COM MAND I NG OFF ICER OF THE SALVAGE FORCE ENTRUSTED WITH THE RAISING OF THE USS S-4 . AFTER SERVING AS COMMANDER, AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS , SCOUTING FLEET , FROM JUNE 1 , UNTIL AUGUST 2 , 1 928 , HE WAS NAM ED ASS ISTANT CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS , NAVY DEPARTMENT , WASH - INGTON ,D.C,,ANDSERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FROM AUGUST 1928 UNTIL APRIL 1929. HE COMMANDED THE NAVAL AIR STATION , NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, THE NEXT YEAR, AND IN JUNE OF1930ASSUMEDCOMMAND OF THE USS LEXINGTON , which he COMMANDED FOR TWO YEARS . HE COMPLETED THE SENIOR COURSE AT THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, IN APRIL 1933, AFTER WHICH, WITH THE RANK OF REAR ADMIRAL, HE SERVED AS CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS, NAVY DEPARTMENT, UNTIL JUNE 1936. DURINGTHEPERIOD JUNE 1936 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1937, HE HAD DUTY AS COMMANDER OF AIRCRAFT , BASE FORCE, AND FOR FOUR MONTHS THERAFTER WAS COMMANDER, AIRCRAFT SCOUTING FORCE, WITH ADDITIONAL DUTY AS COMMANDER PATROLWINGONE. IN JANUARY 1 93 8, HE WAS DESIGNATED COMMANDER AIRCRAFT , BATTLE FORCE , WITH THE ACCOMPANYING RANK OF VICE ADM i RAL . IN AUGUST 1939, HERE PORTEOFORDUTYASAMEMBEROFTHE GENERAL BOARD OF THE NAVY, AND IN DECEMBER 19 4 RETURNED TO SEA AS COMMANDER PATROL FORCE, U.S. FLEET. ON FEBRUARY 1 , 1 94 1 , HE WAS DESIGNATED COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ATLANTIC FLEET, TO SERVE IN THE RANK OF ADMIRAL . HE WAS APPO INTED COM MANDER IN CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES FLEET ON DEC- EMBER 20, 1941, AND ASSUMED COMMAND DECEMBER 30, 19 4 1 . THE DUTIES OF COMMANDER IN CH lEF UNITED5TATES FLEET, AND CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, WERE COMBINED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER OF MARCH 12, 1942, AND THE NEXT DA Y H E WAS NOM INTED CH I EF OF N AVAL OPER AT I ONS B Y PRES I DENT ROOSEVELT, ANDCONFIRMED TO THAT OFFICE BY THE SENATE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS FROM MARCH 18, 1 942 . BY ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED DECEMBER 14, 194 4, THE GRADE OF FLEET ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY THE H IGH EST GRADE IN TH E NAVY WAS ESTABLISHED FOR C ERT A I N OFF 1 C F RS ON T H E ACTIVE LIST OF THE NAVY. TH E PRES IDENT OF TH E UN ITED STATES , ON DECEMBER IT, 1 44, NOMINATED, AND BYAND WITH THE ADIVCE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, APPOINTED ERNEST J. KING A FLEET ADMIRAL OFTHE UNITED STATES NAVY. ADM I RAL KI NG ACCEPTED THE AP PO I NTM ENT AND TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE ON DECEMBER 20, 1944. FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CONCURRENTLY AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF Oh THE U. S. FLEET, AND CHIEF »- OF NAVAL OPERATIONS , DURINGTHE WORLD WAR 1 1 PERIOD, FLEET ADMIRAL KING WAS AWARDED A GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF THE THIRD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. ON DECEMBER 15, 1 94 5 , FLEET ADM I RAL KING WAS RELI E VED BY FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. N IMITZ . USN, ASCHIEFOF NAVAL OPERATIONS , AND FROM THAT TIME SERVED IN AN A DV 1 50R Y C APAC I T Y IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. MARRIED IN 1905 TO THE FORMER MARTHA LAMKIN EDGERTON OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ADMIRAL KING HAD SIX DAUGHTERS AND A SON, L I EUTE NANT CO M M AN DE R E RN EST J. KING, JR., USN USNA 1944 ). HE DIED AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ON JUNE 25, 1956.

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EXE ¥E OFFICER COMMANDER MCFARLAND, THE SON OF COMMANDER AND MRS. F. G. MCFARUAND WAb BORN 28DEC EMBER 1924. HERECEIVEDHlS COMMISSION FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. AFTER RECEIVING HIS COMMISSION CDR MC FARUAND REPORTED FOR DUTY AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AN LSM AND IN 1947 TOOK COMMAND OF THE LSM 454. AFTER GRADUATING FROM GENERAL LINE SCHOOL IN 194 9 HE SERVED WITH VARIOUS GUIDED MISSILE UNITS. IN 1955 HE REPORTED TO THE USS BOSTON (CAG-I)aS ASSISTANT MISSILE OFFICER. HE REMAINED ON THE BOSTON UNTIL HE REPORTED TO THE GUIDED MISSILE TRAINING DIVISION OF BUREAU OF PERSONNEL IN SEPTEMBER 1956. FROM JULY 1959 UNTIL REPORTING TO THE KING, CDR MCFARLAND SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS ROGERS (DDR-SyG ) WHICH IS A PACIFIC DDR . COMMANDER MCFARLAND ' S WIFE ' S NAME IS GWENDOLYN AND TH EY HAVE TH REE SONS , THOMAS .TIMOTHY AND THEODORE. THE FAMILY CURREf-ITLY RESIDES IN LA MESA, CALIFORNIA.