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Relaxing in the erew's library after duy is done. - days activities go into nightime operations. I 1 f I The flight deck glows with lights which direct the recovery and launching of night flights. l i 1 1 l w r Night crews come to work and day crews relax by utilizing the library with its many books, From 'sails to sattelites, are built in the hobby shop writting letters to love ones, building models in the hobby shop or strumming their favor- ite tune ' Y ,,,, I Don Muse strums a favorite tune. 298
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Captain Charles A. Iarrobino, Commanding Officer Captain Charles Anthony Iarrobino was born in South Natick, Massachusetts on August 24, 1915. He entered the Naval service in May, 1938 after graduating from Boston College in 1937 and was commissioned Ensign in August, 1939. He reported to the USS RANGER as a Naval Aviator that same year as Material Ofhcer of VS- 42 until May 1942, when he was ordered to the USS ESSEX as Landing Signal Officer and later as Assistant Air Oflicer. While on board the ESSEX, and after his promotion to Lieutenant he was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander before reporting to the Staff of Commander Fleet Air, Quonset Point Rhode Island in October 1944 as Officer-in-Charge, Carrier Qualification Train- ing Unit. During the six months preceding his assignment to the General Line School at New- port, Rhode Island, he served as Aide and Flag Lieutenant and Personnel Officer on the Staff of Commander Fleet Air Quonset. In 1947, he re- ported to NAS JACKSONVILLE for a fiight refresher course and, upon completion, he was ordered as Commanding Officer VA-75 which was embarked in the USS LEYTE. After a year as Commanding Officer, VA-75, he returned to NAS QUONSET POINT as Inspec- tion Officer and was promoted to Commander in 1949. Upon completion of this tour of duty, he On the bridge. ' I . Captain Iarrobino with Cdr. Jack Stuart Navigation Officer. spent the next two years aboard the USS PRINCETON as Air Officer and earned the Navy Unit Citation for.. .Hexceptionally meritorious service during operations against enemy agressor forces in Korea . He reported to the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1952 as an instructor in the Department of Aviation and later became Depart- ment Executive Officer through the period up to September, 1954. He completed a course in Jet Transitional Training at NAAS, KINGSVILLE, Texas before returning to sea as Commander Carrier Air Group Seven aboard the USS HORNET and remained there until January 1956. His next assignment came in February in February 1956 as Assistant Head of the Distribution Detail Branch in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and, the following year, was transferred to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in that same capacity. While in Washington, D.C., he was promoted to his present rank and was given orders to report to the National War College as a student in the class convening August 1958. Upon graduation he was ordered to the Staff of Commander Carrier Division SEVEN, in which he served as Oper- ations Officer from July 1959 until January 1961. In March 1961, Captain Iarrobino assumed com- mand of the ammunition ship USS MOUNT KATMAI and, a year later, reported to the USS ORISKANY as Commanding Officers. In addition to the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal and Commendation Ribbon, Captain Iarrobino wears the Presidential and Navy Unit Citations, the Pre-Pearl Harbor Medal, American and Pacific Theater Medals, Korean Service Medal, Japanese Occupation Medal, United Nations Medal, National Defense Medal, and the Korean Presi- dential Unit Citation. His parents reside at 29 Peace Dale Road, Needham, Massachusetts. He is married to the former Jessie C. Bourneuf of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and they have three children, Robert, Anne, and Charles, Jr. They are present- ly residing at 756 J Avenue, Coronado, Calif. 9
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