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5 Officer CAPTAIN JOHN F. REFO john Francis Refo was horn in Washington, D. C., on September 19, 1918, son of Mrs. Miles P. lMild'ff?fl L00 l ff1'1ff 5l Rfjf and the late Captain M. P. Refo, USN.. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Va., and Severn .School in Severna Park, Md. He received a Presidential appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and entered on une 12 1936. He graduated from the Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Nam on june 6, 1940. He subsequently advanced to the rank of Captain on April 1, 1959 After graduation, Captain Refo's first active duty was aboard the USS NEW MEXICO from june 1940 until August 19-52 Upon leaving the NEW MEXICO, he underwent two months of instruction at the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Cen ter, Melville, R.1., and then entered flight training at Pensacola, Florida The Cdptain was designated a Naval Aviator in May 1943, and served as an Assistant Flight Instructor at the Naval Air Station, Lake City, Florida, before becoming the Executive Officer o Bombing Squadron 127 in january 1944. Ile servedin b . t at capacity until March 1945, when he returned to Annapolis for instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School lAz'iatiori Ordnancel. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of T h l a Master of Science Degree in,Aeronautical Engineering. After leaving M.l.T., Captain Refo was assigned to the Guided Missiles Division of the Office of the Cflvief of Naval Oper ations, Washington, D. C., for a year, and then underwent special instruction at the Armed Forces Special Weapons ljffllf Sandia Base, N.M. He was Assistant Ordnance Officer of Composite Squadron 5 for five months, and then for the next thn years was Ordnance Officer of Composite Squadron 6 ljanuary 1949 until january 19521. For the two years follorring iw' was Project Engineer at the Naval Ordnance Test Statio , I . le C l' ' ' A V n nyo ern, a ifornza and then underwent two months rristrurtron will Heavy Attack Training Wing ONE. Captain Refo rejoined Composite Squadron 6 in April 1954, and served as Executive Officer for nine months and as Corn- manding Officer for fourteen months. After temporary duty on the Staff of the Commander, Naval Air Iforr-e, Atlantic-, iw 5f'7l'f'fl as Navigator of the attack aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL from june 1956 until February 1957, and as Operations Officer until December 1957. From january 1958 until August 1960 he was head of missile tests of the .Ypm-i'r1l Proj:-r'ts Ollncv KPOLARISI in the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. He graduated from the National War College in 1961, and became the Operations Officer on the Staff of 1 ommande-r tfarrier Division TWO. The Captain was assigned to the Missz'le Division in the Bureau of Naval Weapons, Nam Department, from September 1962 until july 1963, at which time he was ordered to duty as Commanding O er, IISS IIIE'NI:'IiOl.A I,4I 5lwt. He served in that capacity until August 27 1964 wh h , , en e assumed command of the anti-sulmiarim' air:-raft rarrirr IXXX RAN'- DOLPH ICVS-151, flagship of Task Group ALFA. Captain Refo was awarded the Legion of Merit, with citation as follows: For exf-eptiormlly meritorious eomturt in the per- formance of outstanding service from 14 january 1958 to 20 july 1960 as llead ofthe Strip Operations and 'lest Iirnm-lv Spvvnal P70ieCls Office. Responsible for the conduct of tests at light test ranges in aceorrlarirr- will- test rc-quin-rm-nts. lll'fll'!'lIl'4'5- plans and readiness criteria established for such tests, Captain Re o made I1 distim-tiife fontriluitimi tf,,,.md pqmpping the grfifli 32322-Zr:ZinllZ1al'f99l11t0ghd will? the blileet Ballistic Missile Weapon .Systern as a vital l',Xlf'PI.SIl77l of se-u porter. lN'Nlf'Hf' to the success of the Pizurahfi zfvanon Ofc jfcliujslffw mlsumd fha, ,IW lpshmk 0, Nw POLARIS IMPSIIF' Sh' Hmlly lmtmmznl devotion to duty tbmu boi! wgre Zccomp is'e2j.b.a1LtaQnRefo slolutstanrling learlerslwip, profrs.-.iorial ul-:lily and inspiring In addition to the ie ion 0fMerilB9lgt1gtuitt Rt e ltgaest traditions of the United .Stun s. Natal .Srrwir. American Campaign Medea' Eufoppan-LUHZP di1n'ldlefoF Ja!-. rorirwvndv the Aiiierir-rin Ir,-f,.,,.,,. g, ,,.,,, Muidl' ITT, 4 !dx,,'. ,pp Victory Medal: and the Na-Mona! D-elenSpfg'K1H- I lf MC ffqstern Campaign Medal: Asiutu -l'ur rin Lauipiitgn Mr flat. World Nm ll Caplain Refo has two Sons. Crulpr BfpLUff1ilC,C'Rff a . Ill' also liolrls the lnipert l'1-.tml Klint untill :fu rt Rtllifmrvfs Wvrldlv man at VP, and one daugble: Patricia. ppmkn. efo, now' u .Vt rlrtssniiiri ill flu- .Nui-:il '11 iiilwm- Ian tilmr Ra tw fl insh- ' 1 o . efo, who reside-. li lwr in lv- -il 'Lt'lPltlfItI, ' .gin tr 9 6 tl ' 0 fr J f ec no ogy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating in 1947 utll' '91, ,,-. ffn l l firs Iltll ri I rr in i Kr: r
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