Raleigh (LPD 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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viii' x llrx . EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER JAMES C. RUEHRMUND WAS BORN 21 AUGUST 1926 IN RICHMOND,VIRGINIA, D. HE GRADUATED THE SON OF THE LATE PAUL L. RUEHRMUND AND ELISE RUEHRMUN H SCHOOL IN RICHMOND HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY FROM HIG . IN JULY 1944, AND GRADUATED AND WAS COMMISSIONED ENSIGN IN JUNE, 1947. - PHIBIOUS FORCE, HIS FIRST SEA DUTY WAS IN THE USS SKAGIT IAKA 1051 IN THE AM FLEET SUBSEQUENT TOURS OF SEA DUTY ALL IN THE ATLANTIC FLEET, U.S. PACIFIC . , INCLUDED THE USS MACON ICA-1321 AND USS CHARLES P. CECIL IDDR-8351. HE SERVED ING THAT SHIP IN AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS COOLBAUGH IDE-2171, LEAV 1955 FOR A TWO YEAR TOUR OF SHORE DUTY AS A CIC INSTRUCTOR AT THE JUNE, U.S. FLEET AIR DEFENSE TEAM TRAINING CENTER, DAM NECK, VIRGINIA, IN THE USS RETURNING TO SEA IN JUNE, 1957, COMMANDER RUEHRMUND SERVED NORTHAMPTON ICLC-1I AND AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS NANTAHALA IAO-601 FROM AUGUST 1960 TO JUNE 1963 HE SERVED ON THE STAFF OF CHIEF,NAVY SECTION, JOINT U.S. MILIITARY MISSION FOR AID TO TURKEY IN ANKARA, TURKEY. HE RETURNED TO SEA IN JULY, 1963 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS RALEIGH ILPD-11, WITH WHICH COMMAND HE TOOK PART IN THE OPERATIONS OF U.S. FORCES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, APRIL - MAY 1965. HE IS SCHEDULED TO ASSUME COMMAND 1965. CDR RUEHRMUND IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER ELSIE F.G. EVANS OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. THEY AND THEIR FOUR SONS RESIDE IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. OF USS SAN PABLO IAGS-301 IN OCTOBER

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CIIMMIINIIING OFFICER 4- CAPTAIN EDWARD G.MILLER WAS BORN IN LEHIGHTON,PENNSYLVANIA ON 25 JANUARY 1918. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS ENSIGN IN FEBRUARY 1941. AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORLD WAR II HE WAS SERVING IN THE USS WASHINGTON IBB-561. HIS WAR SERVICE INCLUDED DUTY AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS GHERARDI IDD-6371 AND THE USS MEREDITH IDD-8901. SINCE WORLD WAR II CAPTAIN MILLER HAS SERVED TOURS AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS GREENWOOD IDE-6791, USS POWELL IDER-2151, USS GYATT IDD-7021 AND USS ROBERT A OWENS IDD-8271. HIS SEA DUTY HAS ALSO INCLUDED TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SIXTH FLEET. SHORE DUTY ASSIGNMENTS HAVE INCLUDED DUTY ON THE STAFF AND FACULTY AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE. HE HAS SERVED TWO TOURS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. CAPTAIN MILLER GRADUATED FROM THE ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE IN 1953, FROM THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE IN 1960 AND FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN 1962. JUST PRIOR TO REPORTING TO USS RALEIGH,CAPTAIN MILLER SERVED SUCCESSIVELY AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND THEN DIRECTOR OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY'S SHIPYARDS APRAISAL GROUP. CAPTAIN MILLER ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE RALEIGH IN JULY, 1964. CAPTAIN MILLER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MARY ALSA THOMAS OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS. HE IS THE FATHER OF THREE SONS OF THE LATE JEAN ANNE VIEREGG OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA AND THE STEPFATHER OF FOUR SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COMMANDER FRANCIS J. SURHE, US.

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