S . ' T 31 X .o .1- -- ' I uf' . . 1 4 fl 213 ' ' -, 1 . wi-4' .. A' .... wtf- W., , 14 nu.: 4 - , ' . X A. ' .v 'FT .,. . ' 41 rx 7 1 az N' Xux ,.., if Commancler Coz' was horn in Farragut, Iowa on hlay fi, 1921, the son of .Un anal 1Wrs. Ralph E. C'o,1'. He wasAz'alea'1'ctor1'an at Farragut Iligh School and an honor gracluate at W'entworth .Uflzbtary .Xcaclenzgh Le:cz'ngton, AIl.SSUllI'l., bcjore entering the If S. Naval ,rlcaclemy in 1940. hhvlllqll' at the Jlcadelny he was presfclent of the Qzzartercleclc Society ancl the ,lrt Club, Regimental .ld- jutant, and a member of the championship intercollegiate fencing team. .X member of the class of 19-I4 he was commissionecl 157151-gil in June 19-13. Following gracluation from the Na-cal ,'1C'LlCll'IIlvX', CVUIIIIIZCIIICIUI' Coz' sercecl in the battleship USS 111.1110 H313-425 in the Pacific area during U'orlcl U'ar 11. .X-fter the war he serrvecl in FSS .UJIDIDCJX C1911- 731D as gzznnery officer. Ne.1't he was able to attend The Johns flop- hins Un1 zt'ers1'ty where he majorecl in ordnance engineering, earning his n1aster's degree in Electrical EllgI.Il4'L'I'I'llg'. Putting th is ecperience and learning together C'ommander C'o.z' was able to be in on the early stages of missile clezfelopment. He sercecl as Gznznery Officer on board USS RIC'H,4XRIJ If. KR,ll,'S1f, as Nlissile Test U.U5cer in USS BIISSISSIPPI, and as Sznfzce to .Ur Gzzicled .Uissile Project Ojjlicer on the staff of the Clzief of Na-cal Operations. Commander C'o.c was E.z'ec1ztiz'e Ojicer of USS DECHXTUR CDD-9365 placing her in commission at the Boston Narcal Shipyard, in December 1956. He then went to the Bureau of Nlllflll YVeapons as TERRIER ana' T.r1RTAR Research and Defzwlopnzent Project Ofcer and Program llanager. Further training was had at the US. ,Ur Force YVar College at .Nlalfwell Field, .Uabama Commander Cox reported to the SllfJUI Z'I.S0l' of Shipbuilding, Bay City, Aliclzzgan to see his next command, the USS ROHISON CDDG-125. She was in the early stages of outfitting and haa' to be made ready for duty. He rocle with her to Boston where ROBISON was placed in commission on December 9, 1961. CO1W1W.UVDER CUX is nlarriea' to the former Evelyn Brewer of .x2ll1LIfJ0ll'S, 1UarAv- land, anal ha-we lhree chilclren, Gena, Vance, jr., and Tonznzqv. The-V now reshle in C'orona1lo, l'al1'forn1'a. CCMMANDER D. V. CCX COMMANDING OFFICER USS ROBISON DDG-12 Q 5,4 ' e 1 zllw Q.. le, 4
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