Lincoln County (LST 898) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lt. Ward relieves Captain Bowen as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. LINCOLN COUNTY CLST 8985 A 'fig sf, 1 W .Q ,.-:' 7 A I f Meritorous Mast for Chief MORRISg FULLER, b , 2' sf, BMlg BRADWELL, CSIg WAISSELL, GM2. V K COOK, QM2 was not present. ' iiir L Z wi . 4 Peace Monument at ground zero in Nagasaki: JaPan'

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ll ' f A ' ' ' PWGKZ' L'LT.f ' v ar .1 ' w H:Ar. re! 1... , ,,,,,,q Tl-IE CAPTAIN L. J. E. WARD The CaPtBil1 was born in Fargo, North Dakota, but his family later moved to California. Lt. Ward graduated from San Pedro l-ligh School, San Pedro, California in l9Li8 and received a C0nQfeSSi0rIal appointment to the Naval Acadamy. l-le received his Ensign bars in l952. His iiI'St duty was aboard the U.S.S. ORISKANY CCVA 3LQ, serving as Assistant Navigator and HAI! Division Officer. ln l95Ll he went to the U.S.S. BEGOR CAPD I27D for duty as Operations Officer. l-le received orders to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California in I956. While there he studied nuclear physics and later did a years thesis worlc at the University of California Radiation Laboratory. Lt. Ward received a M.S. in Physics in '959- His next duty was as Executive Officer aboard the U.S.S. Douglas Munro CDE ll22D. He served there a year before receiving his orders as Commandlng Officer of the LINCOLN. The CaPtain is married and has two sons, David and Milne. l-lis family resides at San Pedro.