Shangri La (CVA 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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hui at Iain .. Captain Lamb assumed his duties aboard SHANGRI-LA, April 4, I958, in Pearl Harbor prior to SHANGRI-LA's departure for the Western Pacific. His previous duty station was at the U. S. Naval Academy where he served as Executive Ofticer of the Aviation Department. ' The Captain's career started with his graduation from the Naval Academy in I94O, when he served aboard the USS BROOKLYN prior to entering flight training in I942. In October, I943, he reported aboard USS PRINCETON as Executive Officer of VF-29, flying the Grumman F6F. While aboard the PRINCETON he participated in the initial strikes on the Marianas Islands and the Philippines. During a mission over Manila, Captain Lamb was shot down and subsequently spent two months with the Philippine guerrillas before his rescue by submarine. He then reported aboard the USS LANGLEY ICVL-271 as skipper of VF-5I. Following World War II, he stayed aboard the LANGLEY as Navigator and Air Ofticer. Other duty stations the Captain served with were, VF-52, COMNAVAIRPAC, Armed Forces Stott College, BUAER, and on the staff ofthe Commander Air Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Captain Lamb is the holder of the Navy Cross and the Air medal, among other awards. . Catain Lamb was relieved as Executive Olilicer aboard SHANGRI-LA on July I6, I959, by Commander Crockett, and proceeded to his new duty assignment at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 5' W0 Q

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- ct Iain YesIon,- Captain Preston enlisted in the Navy in I93O and served aboard the USS LEXINGTON as a Radioman before passing the examination for entrance to the U. S. Naval Academy in April, I932. Upon graduation from the academy in I936 he reported aboard the USS OMAHA and later the USS MEMPHIS before being assigned to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida for flight training. While serving aboard the USS YORKTOWN during World Was II, he participated in the battle of the Coral Sea and later, the battle of Midway in which he received a slight wound. Other duty assignments for the Captain were, USS WOLVERINE, USS SABLE, Commander Carrier Air Group SEVEN aboard the USS HANCOCK and USS SHANORI-LA, USS SITKOH BAY, USS CORAL SEA, NAS, Memphis, Tennessee. Naples, Italy, as Chief of Public Information for the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe and the Naval War College, Newport R. I. Upon completion of the Advanced Course in Naval Warfare, he served two years with the office of Chief of Naval Operations as Head, Naval Warfare Plans. In July I958 he toolc command of the USS JUPITER, and served eleven months before assuming command of the USS SHANGRI-LA. I I If lltf I I, llll I Il it Il' , lli I IIIIIII III I II 1 1 I 'I 1 I

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.... ommander TOC ett EXECUTIVE OFFICER JULY 1959- CDR David Crockett, who reported aboard in early May and assumed the duties 'of Operations Officer, relieved CAPT W. E. Lamb, July 16, as SHANGRI-LA's Executive Officer while the ship was at Yokosuka, Japan. CDR Crockett, a native of Dallas, Texas, and a 1939 graduate of the University of Texas, has served aboard carriers for a number of years. His service was spent mostly in the USS BOXER, USS YORKTOWN, USS BENNINGTON, and recently aboard the USS TICONDEROGA. He reported aboard SHANGRI-LA from the TICONDEROGA where he served as Air Group Commander for 26 months. Other highlights in his career include a tour as Commanding Officer of Fighter Squadron 64, Commanding Officer of the Fleet Air Gunnery Unit, EL Centro, Calif., and as Bureau of Aeronautics representative at North American Aircraft, where he tested and purchased new aircraft for the Navy and the Air Force, notably FJf4's and F.iOO's. CDR Crockett has also had tours as Executive Officer of Fighter Squadron 191, and Operations Officer of Air Group 19. dl