Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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STAFF SIXTH FLEET UFFICERS FLEET MARINES Col. J. H. Tinsley. Lf. COL B. McSI1ane 4 3 B 1, - I L U2 tx U , V , '15 EZ EZJ -E? ,X fl! Cu , . ,Jr D FLAG INTELLIGENCE LCDR R. 6. I-Iarfman, CDR J. E. Whaffon, LCDR R. E. Courfin, LCDR R. J. Franek E xx, .aff v Q nn NH' 'E .,. A I '24, W I

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Captain Freeman was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on 18 August 1905. He attended Walthaiii, Mass., high school before entering the U. S. Naval Academy in 1923. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on 2 June 1927, he subsequently advanced to the rank of Captain, to date from 20 March 1945. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1927, he served in the light cruiser Marblehead. After in- struction at the submarine school in New London, Connecti- cut, he qualified as a submariner and served as the Engineer- ing Officer of the Submarine S-30. Prior to World War II CHIEF UF STAFF he served in the Pecos, Portland, R-11, S-31, and commanded the S-34. During the war he commanded the Submarine Skipjack, was Flag Secretary to Commander, Submarine Force, Seventh Fleet, and Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, after which duty he became Executive Officer of the Cruiser Augusta. Following the war, he commanded the Drew, Williamsburg and Reina Mercedes. For the past five years he served successively on the staff of SHAPE, as Assistant Naval At- tache in Paris, as Commander Service Force, Sixth Fleet, and as head of the Foreign Military Aid Branch of the 1nter- national Affairs Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. ln addition to a Commendation Ribbon with Star and the Army Distinguished Unit Badge, Captain Freeman has the Yangtze, National Defense, Atlantic, Pacific, Philippine De- fense, World War I1 Victory, and Occupation medals. Captain Freeman is married to the former Phyllis Yates of Coronado, California. 77

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X XXI i I I ELAW,FLEET LOGISTICS, I XX BLIC INFORMATION AND FLAC ADMINISTRATION I X LTIO R. O. MIQIIQQIS, CDR H, H, HOIIOH, 'E X CART E, D. Sfanley, Jr.. CDR L. R. Hardy, I LCTWR T. E. Bw, III Ian Irantj LCDR E. w. HOIIOway. FLAC COMMUNICATIONS ' ENS L. I-Ioward, LTJO J. LesrIICIc. LTJO T. J. BII JI, ff, ' Jr LCDR N. W. GIII, LT D. BMIIMQII, LTJ6 I RI. Q , I I I-Ioward, LTJO L. B. BaIdrI:,Ic, ri' X . I I I I I I I I I FLEET OPERATIONS FRONT ROW: LCDR W. E. Donnelly, Jr., LT I-I. S. Parrish, LT W. I-I. Wal- voord, LTJO C, W. Shepherd, LCDR J. M. Eaddis. BACK ROW: LCDR Weiss, Dr. J. R. Engel, CDR W. L. CLJFTIS, Jr., CAPT R. L. SITITIey, CDR E. A. Shuman, CDR B. E. WOrCesIer,