Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Brooke Schumm, USN was born in Ossining, New York on December 11, 1905. He was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1927. Captain Schumm's early years in the Navy were spent at sea where he served aboard the USS Utah, USS Hanibal, and the de- stroyers USS Borie and USS Stewart. In 1934, he was ordered to the Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, and in Iune of that year returned to the Naval Academy where he attended the Naval Postgraduate School for two years. From Iune, 1936 until Iune, 1939, Captain Schumm served on the battleship, USS Okla- homa. His subsequent pre-war service in- cluded duty at the Naval War Col'lege, New- port, Rhode Island, a tour as Navigator and Executive Officer aboard the destroyer USS Tarbell, and an assignment as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commandant of the lst Naval District. Immediately following Pearl Harbor, Cap- tain Schumm reported to the cruiser, USS San Diego, and served aboard that ship throughout World War Il. During the Battle for Okinawa, Captain Schumm was awarded 7 M4 1? , f f . fix . '-,fag N, ff Of -.2 X I j K wi, ff 'Q Q. ,M - 1, 2 . 6, '. 'wi M If iq . 4, , 5, . fi M, 41 f 1 I Af 1, . 'Q Q Captain Brooke Schumm, USN Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Salem. the Bronze Star with Combat V for Meri- torious Service. In addition to this, he wears the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with fifteen Campaign and Battle stars. These stars represent a roll call of all the major en- gagements with the Iapanese in the Pacific Theatre from Guadalcanal to the surrender in Tokyo, and include the battles of the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Rabaul. Kwajalein, Palau, Leyte, Gula, Iwo lima, and Okinawa. While serving on the USS San Diego, Cap- tain Schumm was selected to his present rank of Captain on March 20, 1945. Following the war, he was ordered to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, and served in the Enlisted Distribution Division from Oc- tober, 1945 until Iune of 1948. He then re- ported as Commanding Officer of the USS Okanogan, an Attack Transport in the Am- phibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet. Iust prior to his present command, Captain Schumm served in the office of the Secretary of De- fense for a period of three years. Captain Schumm relieved Captain Wil- liam K. Romoser as Commanding Officer of the USS Salem on October 9, 1952.

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Captain Robert B. Ellif, USN Chief of Staff, Sixth Fleet. Captain Robert B. Ellis, United States Navy, assumed the duties of Chief of Staff to Vice Ad- miral Iohn H. Cassady, Commander Sixth Fleet, in September, 1952. Prior to this assign- ment Captain Ellis had commanded the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines, one of the Sixth Fleet's three flagships and sister ship to the Salem. Captain Ellis was born in Durham, North Carolina on the twentieth of May, 1903. He attended public schools in that city and in Dalis- bury, North Carolina prior to his appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy in 1922. Following his graduation from the Academy in 1926, Cap- tain Ellis reported aboard the USS Pennsyl- vania for his first sea duty. On completing this tour of duty on the Pennsylvania and prior to the commencement of hostilities in the Second World War, he saw service on the USS Gilmer, the submarines S-31 and S-38, the USS Ar- kansas, the USS Canopus, and the USS Astoria. He also had duty on the staff of Commander Cruiser Division Four. Captain Ellis' pre-war shore duty included attendance at the Navy's General Line School and at Applied Communication Courses in the U. S. Naval Post Graduate School together with av Hug' 471111, .. 8 .. 1 fs? H fx K W-.J 'il duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions in Washington, D. C. During World War II the majority of the Cap- tain's service was in destroyer type vessels, primarily in the waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. During a four year period he was Commanding Officer of the destroyers USS Schneck and USS H. P. Iones and he also served as Commander Destroyer Squadron Three, Destroyer Division Fifty-eight, and De- stroyer Division Twenty-five. For his service in the Second World VVar Captain Ellis was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V dis- tinguishing device and two gold stars in lieu of a second and third award. In addition he is entitled to wear the American Defense Medal with the Combat the American Theatre Medal, the European Theatre Medal with three stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. Since the Second World War Captain Ellis has served again in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and later on the staff of the Commander United States Naval Forces in the Marianas, and in the Bureau of Naval Person- nel, as well as aboard the USS Des Moines as her Commanding Officer.

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Commander famer L. P. McCallum, USN Executive Officer, U.S.S. Salem. Born in Denver, Colorado on February 11, 1912, Cdr. McCallum entered the U. S. Naval Academy in 1931 and was graduated seventh in his class of 453. His first assignment was to the USS Arizona and duty as a Iunior Division Officer. In 1937 the Commander received orders to Submarine School, New London, where he began his career in the Silent Service. That same year Cdr. McCallum reported to the S-24 for duty as First Lieutenant and Assistant Approach Of- ficer. He later served aboard the S-22 and the S-18 in such billets as Torpedo and Gunnery Officer, First Lieutenant, Assistant Approach Officer and Executive Officer. He attended the Naval Academy Post Graduate School in 1941 and in 1942 reported to the Bureau of Ordnance for duty. After completing the course for pros- pective Commanding Officers fSubmarinel at New London in 1943, he served thirteen months as Force Gunnery Officer, Submarines, South- west Pacific Force at Perth, Australia. He then reported to the submarine Bream as prospective Commanding Officer. Cdr. McCallum saw action in the second battle of the Philippine Sea. It was here that UVM r .07 s the Bream badly damaged the Iapanese cruiser H.M.I.S. Aoba and several other large ships. During his command of the Bream he was cited three times for personal gallantry in action and awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with and Commendation Ribbon with Leaving the Bream in 1945, the Commander served as Ordnance Officer to Commander Mare Island Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet and as Executive Officer of the Naval Ordnance Plant, Forest Park, Illinois. In 1950 he assumed command of the de- stroyer Norris to take part in the Korean War and the Hungnam evacuation, where he en- gaged the enemy with shore bombardment while at the same time serving as sonar screen for the USS Missouri. For this act Cdr. McCallum received a Gold Star in lieu of a second Bronze Star. Detached from the Norris in Iuly 1951, he was ordered to OpNav as Section Head in the New Development Division. After fifteen months on this station, Cdr. McCallum reported aboard the USS Salem as Executive Officer where, on the 24 of August 1953, he was selected for promotion to Captain, United States Navy.