Lynde McCormick (DDG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lieutenant Commander Milton Jackson, Jr., born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, enlisted in the Navy in December 1948. By 1958 when he at- tended Officer Candidate School, he had ad- vanced to Chief Petty Officer. Upon graduation from OCS in August 1958, he was commissioned as an Ensign. Sea duty assignments include tours on USS CANBERRA CCAG-29, USS WITCH IDD-8481, USS GRIDLEYIDLG-211 and USS FOX CDLG-331. Additional duty assignments include a tour at Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center, San Diego as an instructor in the Naval Tactical Data System section. Shellback Jackson. The XO's enjoying our Brisbane party. Milton Jackson, LCDR, USN Preparing for the plane ticket drawing.

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Leland S. Beedle, LCDR, USN Lieutenant Commander Beedle enlisted in the U.S, Navy in January, 1947 and served in USS 'FACONIC IAGC-172 and USS RANDOLPH ICVA-152 as an Elec- tronic Technician. Commissioned as an Ensign LDOITQ from Chief Electronic Technician in 1957, Mr. Beedle was assigned as CIC Officer in USS R. E. KRAUSE CEDD-8491 charged with the conduct of all Research and Development Projects prosecuted by that experi- mental destroyer. Moving to the Staff of Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force in 1960, Mr. Beedle functioned as a Project Officer for the test and evaluation of Combat-Direction Systems for three years. In 1963, Mr. Beedle was assigned as the Techni- cal Director of the National Observatory of the United States. In 1966, Lieutenant Commander Beedle reported to Commanding Officer USS JOUETT as the ships first Operations Officer. In January, 1968, Mr. Beedle relieved Lieutenant Commander W. DONLAN as Execu- tive Officer, USS LYNDE MCCORMICK and served in that capacity during the second half of the ships third deployment to the combat zone off Vietnam. In the absence of Commander Rovvden in June and July of 1969, Mr. Beedle served as Commanding Officer, USS LYNDE MCCORMICK IActingj. Lieutenant Commander Beedle is a native of Illinois. He is married to the former Gene Marilyn Moss of Granite City, Illinois. They have one son, Michael Lee. Testing WESTPAC goody stowage during the Weekly compartment inspection. Capturing the entertainment for posterity. FANTAIL, BRIDGE. The XO's picture of Hong Kong - withvthe lens cover on. '

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Captain C. W. Cummings Captain C. W. Cummings, U.S. Navy, a native of Porterville, California, assumed command of Destroyer Division ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO on 11 August 1967. He reported from duty as Commanding Officer, USS COONTZ CDLG-92. Subsequent to graduation from Porterville Union High School, he received two years of undergraduate study at Stanford University. Following Stanford he entered the United States Naval Academy from which he graduated in 1946. Previous sea experience includes billets aboard USS DULUTH fCL-872, USS GUNSTON HALL KLSD-51, USS MOUNT MCKINLEY IAGC-71, and USS BRADFORD KDD-5452, where he served in the Engineering Depart- ments, Weapons and Operations Department. He served as Executive Officer in USS BROWN CDD-5462 prior to attending the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island. Following a tour on the staff of Commander- in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet he assumed command of USS CARPENTER CDD-8252. Captain Cummings attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. prior to as- suming command of USS COONTZ IDLG-91 on 14 August 1965. During his tour on COONTZ, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V , the Navy Bronze Star, and the Republic of Vietnam Navy Distinguished Service Order. The Commodore busily working on the gun report. Relaxing in the pilot house.