Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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RONALD G. COGHLAN Principal Clerk Born in Brooklyn, New York, Chief enlisted with the U.S. Navy in 1927. After serving throughout the Pacific during World War II, he became Chief Yeoman and later taught at Yeoman School, Bainbridge, Maryland, during the Korean conflict. 1957 brough t retirement for the chief, after thirty years of a devoted Naval Career, and today he resides in Buzzards Bay with his wife and four children. Chief is always willing to give a guiding hand to the corps, and deserves a sincere vote of thanks for his assistance to the midshipmen beyond his bounds as Principal Clerk of M.M.A. Hey Chief, is the liberty list ready yet? THE CHIEFS Chief, a native of Arhngton, Mass., has been in uniform for the majority of his lifetime. After enhsting in the U.S. Army in 1937, he quickly rose to the grade of Master Sergeant. 1941 brought wed- ding bells for the chief, and today he is the father of a 16 year old son and a married daughter. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, he was commissioned and served in the infantry and Mihtary Police Corps acting as escort guard for the prisoners of war on our transports. He has received due recognition for his participation in the action of Europe, Philippines, Korea, China, Japan, and for a short time in Hawaii, Guam and the Wake and Midway Islands. The year 1959 saw retirement for the chief at the grade of Major, and shortly after he became employed as Security Police for the Atomic Energy Commission. Last year, however, chief saw where he was really ' needed, ' and he came to M.M.A. where he can be found every morning at 6:01 greeting us with a hearty, Cammon — Letzgooo or telling us a war story on the mess deck as our Chief Master-at-Arms. 24

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