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CAPTAIN GEORGE A. O'CONNELL, JR. Captain O'Connell, born in Birmingham, Alabama, was educated in the public schools of the West, and was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy in July 1931 by Senator Henry J. Allen, of Kansas. After grad- uation in 1935, he was commissioned Ensign, U. S. Navy, under probation for two years, as was the custom. He did his probationary service in USS .,,. TEXAS lBB 351. He went ashore in November 1945, and was thereafter rotated in the normal sequence. pw' '1 . ? All' b,-5, Summarizing his service at sea, he served two years in battleships, we . three years in cruisers, twelve years in destroyers and one year in mine- craft. War experience was gained from beginning to end, embracing both major theaters of the war. Most notable were Pearl Harbor and the Sur- render Ceremony in Tokyo Bay. The Battles of Cape Esperance, Koman- dorski, Normandy and Okinawa came in between. I Duty ashore comprised chiefly of staff duty. Joint Staff experience included JCS ltwicel, the first being in 1947, which probably qualified him as a charter member , combined staff duty included the UN and NATO, Navy staff duty included OPNAV, BUPERS, and DESLANT, and he served a short tour of interdepartmental staff duty with the State Department. f'v gl! I l?t4!lll1-llH'l 1 Captain O'Connell attended the usual fleet schools in gunnery, engineering, operations, ASW and.mine.warfare. Ashore, he attended the Naval War College, the Armed Forces Staff College, and a .special comptrolIer's familianzation course at the Navy Graduate School of Comptrollership, at George Washington University. , ' 'll'-rat . X 1 - ... J:-M +1 '- o 1 , v 1 . ,N ' -sl it J fn ,. ' Al ' f . Q 45 1 J. it 'jf ,H ilk? .47 -' 1 Z J Isa., I sf XM I 5 H '!fE ,i N if Q, ! V ..- Y K K . . 1 .. 1 A U4 . , f . ' S 1 1 lf' t' ,,,l l l Li 4. V 'ffgns 'pi I . WE :r A 'l ,Q qi -fa: 9 1 - 1 f . A , is Y :lt ll 6 l :Li K Y Y! ,, , . 5 ., 1 ' :M gf A ' . F BACK ROW: Sayre, J. L., SMC, Gagniere, L. F., RMCS, LTJG G. F. Hamilton, LCDR E. A. Delelice, CAPT G. A. O'Connell, Jr., LCDR J. J. Holden, LTJG D. W. Walls, Simmons, A. F., YNC. FRONT ROW: lilly, C. F., SD3, Ortega, l.. P., TN, Masolabe, F. A.. TNI MC' Sweeney, W. J., YN2, Dobbins, D. G., RM3.
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