Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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I front row Cl. To r.J: cdr r.r. rencldi, cdr w.e. keeler, cdr f. I. brody ir., cc1ptg.s. morrison, radm c. t. booth, copt s.b. strong, cdr i. n. behon ir., cdr o.c. o'Ieory ir., cdr r.i. dunn, cdr f.c. scztterthwoite. back row: It c. h. kretzschmcmn, Itig I. m. ccmant, Itig I. e. gerhordt, It c. r. bowling, lcdr v.w. moore ir., It w.d. turner, It w.w. ferguson, ens w.'F. noonon, It f. I. edwards. n01' pictured: Itig d.f. dvornik. . officers . . bond front row CI. 'lo r.J: speose i. h. musn, rydell D. i. mu3, walker r. r. musn, orFf i. e. mu3, radm c. t. booth, Ieveritt d. h. jr. musn, uphclm d. g. musn, sosser I. I. musn, Icudensloyer cm. k. mu3. buck row: copt s. b. strong, wcltkins r. I. musn, keck r. e. musc, Haig m. e. mu2, dogwell r. e. mui, heim r. G. musn, wheldon w. h. muc, Icdr v. w. moore ir., It c. r. bowing. not pictured: cmselmo p. c. ir. musn, profetc m. r. mus3 CCD IIIIE

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capi iim smclilcfbrm 0 slmm CAPTAIN Stockton B. Strong, USN, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1937. After a short sea-duty tour aboard the USS VINCENNES he was detached for flight training, receiving Naval Aviator wings in April, 1940. During his tour of duty with Scouting Squadron FIVE he was awarded the Navy Cross fer fiercely engag- ing in the combined attack of enemy bombing and torpedo planes and their heavy fighter support in the attack on Tulagi Harbor. In August, 1942 he transferred to Scouting Squadron TEN and was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as section leader of a s t' cou ang flight from the USS ENTERPRISE during the engagement of enemy naval and air forces near the Santa Cruz Islands. CAPT St h ' ' ' ' rong as held staff positions with the Ch ef of Naval Air Basic Training at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas and the Chief of Naval Air Technical Training, NAS, Memphis, Tennessee. He ioined the USS CORAL SEA as Executive Officer in S eptember 1953 and in March 1955 was detached for test pilot training at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Upon completion of training he served as Director of Armament Test until 1958, when he assumed command of the USS ONSLOW. Prior to assuming command of the USS LEXINGTON on July 8, 1960 he underwent a course of instruction at the National War College, Washington DC. In addition to the Navy Cross with two Gold Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Gold Stars, and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, Captain Strong has the Ameriqqn Defense Servige Medal, American Campaign Medal Asiatic Pacific Cam ' I - palgn Medal, World War Two Victory Medal, Navy Oc- cupation Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal CAPT Strong is married to the former Miss Mani Mar ' I querlte Graham. They live in Coronado, California with their two children. Q

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CC FWE front row fl. to r.J: salazar v. ir. rmsn, bianchi t. a. ir. pfc, caneron i. i. ptc, peterson I.w. ptc, radm c.t. booth, capt s.b. strong, sinatra m. p. cpl, rogers r. h. Icpl,' villarreal Icpl, whitman g. e. rm3, reed i.d. mn2. 'back row: It c. r. bowling, doak c.w. rmcs, sullivan c. i. rm3, benson r. g. sn, wright c. e. rn2, starkey g. t. jr. rmi, cook s. t. ir. ir. rmi, tarrish t. w. dm3, smith w. I. rmsn, sutherland r. v. ptl, watson e. v. dmsn, i s 1 i hammock I. o. rn2, Iassila r. a. rm3, smith r. t. rm2, mesh c. t. rm2, trigueiro I. rm3, blerer w. k. lr. rmc, Icdr v. w. moore ir. not pictured: worthern l.c. rm3 marines, communicators . . yeomen, stewards, and others. front row fl. to r.J: ondracek I.t. sn, spears h. m. sd3, wilson h. I. yn2, harris e. d. yni, radm c.t. booth, capt s.b. strong, hays k.v. yni, keenan o. g. yn3, spencer l.c. sm3, rcmio u.c. sn2, bello c.v. tn. buck row: It c.r. bowling, uson i. a. sdc, mondala n. sd2, delos santos n. i. sd3, barbon e. t. tn, badua i. I. sd3, griFtin d. I. yn3, mathis d.v. pn3, barker i.t. yn2, klick t. a. ir. sn, sedman i.w. bm2, hacker r. h. qm3, mctarland r.c. ir. yn3, tedderson r.e. akc, Icdr v. w. moore ir. not pictured: magrocia e.m. en3, grissom i. qm3, son luis t.v. tn