Renville (APA 227) - Naval Cruise Book

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During our temn th the Si zcnth Iilret, the Wrestpaf. area has been ulatzvelv qllici hu' a In sr om, zo quzrt, a hmzoal clenzancling tht 11. host naclinesx ut tl-nat h it Ju ' za'lc one, infil- tration and opt 11 azcl to 1-11 L onznmm t sapportra ,,hr.ls has 'rntznuecl throug- hout Southeast elsza Ihr RI+NV1lI1f, as a nzentoer 01 . Seventh Fleet Ready G1 oztp, has mazntaima' a rozzstant alert and been reatly ana' capable of puttzng lllafzne troops quickly and cyjzmtzztly ashore anywhere in the area. lfVe have been the 'oanguarcl of the 'C Ready Power for Peace Fleet. D Without becoming in'ool'oecl in conflict, we have niacle a sahstantical contribution to peace as a force in reaa'iness, a cleterrent force against aggression, a mean- ingful job - well clone. . . 1 1 ' ' ' 1 I L 2',J J I ' 1 v K , X , V q . 1 i . . . . - 1 g -1 ' 1 ,- Q A ' if 1 I s 2 f . . . 9 - -2 lj ' 1'1 1 JJ, 11 J n , --. - I , , . . - 1 - ' ' ' 1 1 1 , 1 in . 1 . . 1 ' I1 1 W I' 'Y . . , - , , A ,, , 4 , , 1 J 1 1 Q I ,, , 1 ' 1 ' ' ' 1 1 , . . , , x n ' . . . . . - - 1 1 1 1 A am, y William O. Kuencer was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Aviation Cadet program in August 1942. He took his initial training at Corpus Christie, Texas. Ensign Kuencer's initial assignment following training Was with VP-135, a patrol squadron of PBY's operating in the Aleutian Islands. ln 1943 he joined VB-135, a PV-1 bombing squadron, also flying in the 4, Aleutians, Attu, and Adak. Later in 1943 Lieutenant jg Kuencer spent a year island hopping in the central Pacific ' area, bombing Japanese airfields and shipping. As a Lieutenant in 1944 he Was a flight in- l giiifffi i ii, structor, at Beaufort, South 4 Carolina, and then joined a A 2 -.- fighter squadron in 1945 in Commander William O. Kuencer Jacksonville, Florida, which at Executive Officer, USS R nvill the end of the War became a training squadron. In 1947 he joined VR-6, a transport squadron which covered all of Asia. In 1948 this same squadron went to Germany and participated in the Berlin Airlift. Lt. Kuencer spent three months on the airlift and then returned to a transport training squadron in California. Lt Kuencer Was promoted to the rank of LCDR during his tour of duty at the Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D. C. From there he Went to become Air Operations Officer on the Staff of Alaskan Sea Frontier, Kodiak, Alaska. During 1955--56 LCDR Kuencer Went to Westpac aboard the USS Princeton, as Assistant Air Officer. He attended the University of Southern Californials special course in Aviation Safety Program in 1957, and then proceeded for duty at the Aviation Safety Center, Norfolk, Virginia. In 1960, before reporting as Executive Ofhcer of the RENVILLE, Commander Kuencer attended the Armed Forces Staff College. A native of Los Angeles, California, Cdr. Kuencer has a wife and three children: twin boys and a girl: all waiting for his return to Coronado, California. -.r.. 1,

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