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-.-1--ia -Q.-, - , Chief of Staff and Aide CAPT Leroy V. SWANSON, United States Navy CAPT Leroy V. SWANSON was born in Oneida, Illi- nois, on 11 November 1915, and was graduated from Brad- ley University in 1937. Immediately upon graduation he entered the Navy as an Aviation Cadet. His first duty as- signment was with Scouting Squadron TWO, which at that time was assigned to the carrier USS LEXINGTON. After a tour as instructor at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida he reported aboard one of the original escort car- riers, USS CORE, where he was one of the early participants in the submarine battle of the Atlantic. CAPT SWAN- SON's next duty station was in Torpedo Squadron 50 where he helped commission the light carrier USS BATAAN. He first served as Executive Officer and then as Commanding Officer of this squadron in the Pacific. This sea duty followed by a tour as Operations Officer, NAS, Miami, Florida and a tour as Officer in Charge of the Carrier Qualifications Unit and Landing Signal Officer School located in the Pensacola area. CAPT SWANSON attended the General Line School in 1947 and, upon completion of this course with distinc- tion, became Commanding Officer, Attack Squadron 45 aboard the carriers USS ROOSEVELT and USS MIDWAY. After a tour in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations he became Commander Carrier Air Group SEVENTEEN. During the latter tour he participated in an around the world cruise aboard USS WASP and arrived in the Pacific in time to close the Korean War. After a short tour ashore on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training at Corpus Christi, Texas, he was assigned as Executive Oflicer of USS SHANGRILA. CAPT SWANSON was then ordered as Commanding Officer of the Naval CIC School in Brunswick, Georgia. While there, he was selected for duty with Operations Directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Following this he was ordered to duty as Commanding Officer, USS HALEAKALA. Next came a year at the National War College, Washington, D.C. From the War College he was ordered to duty as Commanding Officer, USS INDE- PENDENCE, one of the first ships on the scene in the recent Cuban emergency. CAPT SWANSON reported to Commander, Carrier Division ONE as Chief of Staff and Aide on 23 Septem- ber 1963.
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