Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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cdr robert f. hunt CDR R. F. HUNT was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended school there before attending Wayne Univer- sity, also in Detroit. CDR HUNT entered the Navy Aviation Cadet fiight training program in January l942, and was designated a Naval Aviator in October l942. During World War ll, CDR HUNT served in various dive bomber squadrons and fighter bomber squadrons. He fiew combat flights from several islands in the Southwest Pacific. CDR HUNT has earned the Air Medal, together with Pacific and European theater ribbons. CDR HUNT was Commanding Officer of VA-72, the first A-4D squadron, from January i956 to July 1957. Subsequent to that tour he served on the staff of the DCNO lAlRi in Washington and attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk Vir inia On 2 , Q - 3 December l96O, CDR Hunt took command of Air Group FOURTEEN. cclr leonard 9. graning CDR Leonard G. GRANING, USN, was born in Roches- ter, N.Y. and attended elementary and high school in that city. He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of l944, in June l943. CDR GRANING served aboard the USS MOBILE lCLG- 3i in the Pacific Fleet during World War ll and then entered fiight training late in l944. He was designated a Naval Aviator in l945. CDR GRANING served with VBF-4, VF-2A, as LSO in CVG-l and CVG-3, and went to shore duty in l95O at NATC, Patuxent River, Md. CDR GRANING returned to the Pacific in T960 as Commanding Officer of VF-ll4 with F3H Demons de- ployed aboard the USS HANCOCK. CDR GRANING was assigned as the first Pacific Fleet F4H Squadron Commander and VF-i l4 introduced this weapons system to the Fleet. CDR GRANING reported aboard the USS LEXINGTON in March to assume duties as Commander CGFFIGF Alf Group FOURTEEN. ,,. ,,.,,,, ,..:,M,::.-4,K.r.-.-

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CARRHER lllllt GROUP ll Carrier Air Group FOURTEEN was originally commis- sioned in July l95O in ceremonies at Naval Air Station North lsland, San Diego, Calif. At this time she was. designated Carrier Air Group lOl. In March l95l this became the first all Reserve Air Group to deploy to- Korea, and thus earned the title of Minutemen in memory of our earlier historical reserves who came to the rescue in time of crisis at Lexington and Concord. ln l958 the air group was chosen to ioin the uss' RANGER ICVA-6ll at Norfolk, Va. They departed Norfolk on 26 April i958 and proceeded around Cape Horn to the ship's new home port at Alameda, Cali- fornia. Enroute they visited Port au Spain, Trinidad, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Valpariso, Chile, Lima, Peru, and Acapulco, Mexico. Air Group FOURTEEN made additional cruises to the Orient aboard the USS BOXER QCVA-2ll, in l955, aboard the USS HORNET CCVA-l2l, in T957, aboard the USS RANGER ICVA-oll, in T959, and aboard the USS ORISKANY KCVA-34l, in l96O. In December, l96O, preparations began for the present cruise. Marine Fighter Squadron 323 lVMF-323l replaced VF-l42. The deployment officially began on 9 November 1961. Stops were made at Pearl Harbor, Yokosuka, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Sasebo and Kobe. front row U. fo r.J: ens s. levenson, ltig c. l. haker, ltig d. e. bakko, lcdr d. c. parkhurst, cdr t.t. scambos, cdr r.f. hunt lcdr w l redmon, lt w. i. price Ill, ltig h. c. striedel, ltig p. b. reed. back row: robinson i.w. atcm, smyth t. e. atnan, spreen d. f. dk2 whitley t.c. sn, labbe l. n. sn, tolbert r. l. sn, sexton r. m. hmcm, dickens s. i. yn3, trueman r. k. atn3, bookout i.o. yn3, hailey p. k. sn st art I C dk2, beccarelli d. j. amsc.

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