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THE OLD MAN Captain David Brvan , Jr . Commanding Officer of the MONTICELLO, WAS BORN in China on July 12, 1915, the SON OF Dr. David Bryan, Sr . a Southern Baptist Mis- sionary, and the FORMER Mildred Rose Thorne . Coming TO the United States at the age of twelve. Captain Bryan attended high school in Livingston, Alabama and received his B .S . DEGREE AND M . A . IN MATHEMATICS AT THE University of Alabama prior to volunteering for THE Navy in 1941 . Captain Bryan WAS commissioned an Ensign in January 1942, having attended officer candidate school aboard THE Prairie State. His wartime service included tours IN the engineering departments of the U.S.S. GEORGE F. ELLIOT AP-13 the U.S.S. FULLER AP-14), THE U.S.S. POINSETT !AK-205 and the U.S.S. BOW- DITCH AGS-4 While serving with these vessels the Captain participated IN history, as beach guard officer andassault wave commander in the original landings at Guadalcanal, Tulagi , Bougainville, and Okinawa. Bi i Following the war he was Executive Officer of the U.S.S. CAVALIER i APA-ST ' iand THE U.S.S. GALILEA (AKN-6 !. In July of 1947, he attended the General Line School at Newport, Rhode Island after which he remained to instruct in Engineering. In August 1950, he became Executive Officer of the U.S.S. POWER (DD-839) WHERE he served until Feb - RUARY, 1952 WHEN HE RELIEVED AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE U.S.S. JOYCE (DER-317). IN NOVEMBER 1952, Cdr Bryan returnedto Newport and was assigned to the U .S . Naval Officer Candidate School, first as Military Director and then as assistant Officer in Charge. He commanded the U.S.S. CLARENCE K . BRONSON ! DD- 668) FROM November, 1956, to August 1958. He served AS Director of Naval Personnel on the staff of the Commandant, First Naval District from August 1958 UNTIL October 1960. In November 1960, he took com- mand of the U.S.S. MONTICELLO (LSD-35). The Captain now makes his home in Coronado, Cali- fornia where he resides with his wife, the former Sara Ramsey Browder and their youngest daughter Emilie. Anne, the other daughter, is married and lives in New York,
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