Rogers (DD 876) - Naval Cruise Book

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' 1 LCDR J. R, Roepke Just a little too short Q ,4- ,, X Y.. 'L r FQ 'i' sg in-Q X ' ' N 2 1 1 E 1 Q36 E 'P +A, .t - NN ' f .1 , X ' EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR John Roy Roepke was born in 1926 in Water- loo, Iowa. Upon graduation from high school he enlisted in the Navy and began his training at the Fort Lauderdale Fire Control Operator School. His first tour of sea duty was served aboard the USS BURDO CAPD 1335 and in- cluded operations in the Pacific Area during World War II. Having advanced to Fire Control Technician Second Class, our present Executive Officer was chosen for' mid- shipman training at the U, S. Naval Academy in 1949. While at the Academy he played varsity football and lacrosse, being named an All American lacrosse player in 1952. ENS Roepke received his commission in 1953 and reported to the USS Sandoval CAPA 194D asMain Propulsion Assistant. In July 1955, LTJG Roepke became the Engineering Officer for the USS Henry W, Tucker CDDR 8751 He then preceeded to the U, S. Naval Post Graduate Schoolin Monterey, California where he received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1959. July 1959 saw our XO return to sea as Commanding Officer of the USS Summit County CLST 11463. TWO Yea-V5 later he became an instructor at the NROTC unit of the University of Notre Dame. Then in July 1963 he reported to the Naval Advisory Group Vietnam as an advisor to the U COTDS junk force and the Vietnamese Naval Academy- While on duty at Nha Trang he received the VietnameSe Medal of Honor lst Class. He reported to his present duty station in August 1965. LCDR Roepke is married to the former Dorothy Freschauf of David City, Nebraska. The Roepkes have two children, Timothy John, 7, and Kimberly Suzanne, 4-

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OMMANDER Carroll Doyle Clark, United States Navy, was born in Rodney, Iowa, in 1926. He received his early education in Iowa public schools, and upon gradu- ation from high school in 1944, enlisted in the Naval Aviation Cadet CV-55 Program. Transferring to the NROTC program, he attended St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa, and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating from the latter with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1946. His commissioning as an Ensign in the Naval Re- serve was followed initially by assignment to Auxiliaries. He subsequently transferred to the Regular Navy, and was assigned as Second Division and After Battery Of- ficer to the USS Leyte CCV 325, employed in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In 1949 he reported to the USS Min- doro CCVE 1205, as Gunnery Division Officer, later as Radio Officer fleeting up to Communications Officer. In 1951 he reported for duty to Commander Air Force, Atlantic Fleet. A year later he commenced train- ing with Underwater Demolition Training Unit tt ONE and, upon graduation, reported to UDT it ONE for United Nations Operations in Korea. He attended Line School at Monteray, California in 1954, and then reported as Operations Officer to USS Lyman K, Swenson CDD 7295 at Long Beach, California. . From August 1957 through May 1959, he served as head of UDT training in Little Creek, Virginia. During this period he revamped UDT training and also won parachutist wings at Fort Benning, Georgia. Commander Clark deployed again to Seventh Fleet in June of 1959, this time as Executive Officer aboard USS Picking CDD 6855. Detached from the Picking in October 1960, he assumed command of USS Grapple CARS 75, in Pearl Harbor, that November. He then reported to the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, where he completed the Command and Staff and the Naval Warfare Courses, and served two years on the staff of the senior course. Upon completion of this duty, he reported aboard USS Rogers CDD 8765 on 3 July 1965 for duty as Commanding Officer. Commander Clark is married to the former Carolyn Grey Dorn of San Mateo, California and has two children, Linda Carol, 8, and Darwin Lawrence, 3. COMMANDING OFFICER Look at that rat's nest! 35

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