Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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C i V o -V CCJb 4 KoBKRT S. QUACKENBLSH Captain, USN AFTER attending CornwaH High School, ( ' ornw all. pw ork. and a Naval Preparatory Academy, (laptain Robert S. Qiiackenbii li wa appointed to the L. S. Naval Academy in 1923. He ua graduated with the class of 1927. In 1929 he was transferred from General Line service to the then infant Naval .Air branch, where, following graduation from the Naval School of Photography in 1932. he became concerned mainly with photographic work. During Vl orld ar II Captain Quackenbush became (Commanding Officer of the L.S.S. TANGIER, after ha%ing served aboard the U.S.S. ARIZONA and the U.S.S. SARATOGA. The Legion of Merit, Air Medal. Presidential I nil ( itation and the Order of the British Empire were awarded to him. Being the first officer to study photographic interpretation under the British, he estab- lished a similar school in the Lnited . tates uiion comjjletion of these studies. He was at the Bikini bomb tests as Photographic Officer. Following his expedition to the . ntarctic in 1946-47, he was Task Force Com- mander of the . rctic Replenishment Expedition to the Canadian . rctic which made him one of the few officers to cross both circles in the same calendar year by ship. Finishing these cruises to the icy ends of the earth. Captain Quackenbush became Commanding Officer of the Naval .Air Station, Key est. Florida, and later Chief of Staff to COMC. RDIV FOUR where he is serving at the present time.

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c. otnniandina Frank O ' Beirne Captain, USN Qi O CAPTAIN PRANK OBEIRNE wa,. born in Biloxi. Mis?. He lived in Illinois from early childhood until entering the L. S. Naval Academy in 1922. He received his wings in 1929. Following a short tour of sea duty, he returned to the Post Graduate School at Annapolis and later, the University of Michigan where he received a Master of Science in Engineering in 193.5. The following years found Captain O ' Beirne in tlie Pacific Theater with an occasional side trip to ashington. D. C During W orld ar . while in the Pacific, he served as Commanding Officer of tlie L.S.S. BRETON ( CVE-22 i and Chief of StaflF. COMCAOn SEVE.N on board the U.S.S. BON HOMME RICHARD. After another short tour in Washington at the National War College Captain O ' Beirne went to London as Assistant Naval Attache and Assistant Naval Attache for Air where he served until he returned to ashington for duty in the Strategic Plans Division. From there he received orders to the U.S.S. IVHD- W A as her eleventh Commanding Officer. For services rendered. Captain O ' Beirne displays the Bronze Star, tlie Air Medal, the Presidential L nit (atation. the Armv L nit Catation. the American Defense Service Medal witli one star, the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with three stars, the Philippine Defense Ribbon witli one star, the American Area Campaign Medal and the ' orld W ar II Victory Medal.

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COMM M)F.H ( AKLM.E INGRAM «as horn on M) April l ' »13. in Mill- edgeville, Georgia. After graduation from the U. S. Naval Academy witli the class of 1934 he was assigned to the U.S.S. CHESTER. In 19.37 Commander Ingram reported to NAS Pensacola for flight training and upon completion was assigned to Bomber Squadron 5 on the L.S.S. ORKTO N. After serving on the ()RKTO lip was assigned as Senior Aviator on the liglit cruiser. U.S.S. RICHMOM). In 1940 he performed shore duty at NAS Pensacola, Florida. In 1943 Conimander Ingram assumed command of S-3-Div and later. P-53. and in 1944 he served on the staff of ComFltAir ing FOUR. In the fall of that year he was ordered to NAS Alameda to serve as Chief Stafl Officer of naval air bases 12th Naval District and later as Executive Officer of NAS Alameda. Still later, he served as Executive Assistant of the Overhaul and Repair Depart- ment of AS Alameda. From 1947 to 1949 Commander Ingram served as Execu- tive Officer of the U.S.S. SICILY and in 1949 was ordered to the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, irginia. During 1950-.51 Commander Ingram was assigned to Bureau of Aeronautics and on 1.5 October 1951. he relieved Com- mander F. L. Ashworth as Executive Officer of the U.S.S. MID S .A . Commander Ingram is married, father of six children and makes his home in ashinglon. D. C. He holds the Secretary of the Navy commendation. Carlyle Ingra! i Commander, USN (L-xecutu ' e