Stein (FF 1065) - Naval Cruise Book

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Corporal Tony Stein, USMC Tony Stein was born in Dayton, Ohio on 30 September 1921, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stein. He attended grammar school in Dayton and went on to be a student at Kaiser High School. With the outbreak of World War ll, Tony Stein felt his patriotic duty and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Corporal Stein became an expert marks. man, and on several occasions sa ved the lives of his companions. On Boug- an ville, for instance, he knocked his commanding officer to the ground while simultaneously firing a burst into a nearby treetop in which a Japanese snip- er was concealed. Before the end of the campaign, he had single-handedly eliminated four other snipers. F ' The events of 19 February 1945, the day of the initial assault on lwo Jima, climaxed the wartime career of Corporal Stein. Stein 's Battalion had managed to isolate the hill by taking the narrow isthmus at the foot of Suribachi, but then became entrapped in a blazing Japanese crossfire which pinned down the entire unit. Using his improvised aircraft weapon, Corpo- ral Stein and his company commander, Captain Grove Wilkins, stepped out across I wo Jima as if they owned the place - and their amazing courage kept things going. Corporal Stein suffered minor injuries as his weapon was shot from his hands. His performance on the day of 19 February 1945, was truly instrumental in pacing ultimate victory. Less than two weeks later, he volunteered to help clear a ridge of Japanese snipers so that his company could capture an airstrip at the north end of the island. On 1 March 1945, he fell mortally wounded while charging enemy machine gun emplacements. The Medal of Honor was presented to Mrs. Tony Stein by RADM F. W. Pen- noyer Jr., on 19 February 1946. ggwb f ' .1 af: W ' WH ZZYIYW - 1 4 ef 4 f 4. ' - N- 'Wf we-+ M gs Jr , we L .:'gf,:w-Q' ismsx.

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Commander Roger Clinton Adams Commanding Officer Commander Adams was born in Bethesda, Mary. land on 1 7 November 1947. He graduated from the U..S. Na val Academy in June, 1970 with a Bachelor of Sci. ence Degree in Na val Engineering. Upon commission- ing, he was ordered to the USS JOHNSTON IDD 8211 where he served as Gunnery Assistant. He subsequent- ly served as Damage Control Assistant on USS RICH- MOND K. TURNER ICG 2015 Engineering Officer on USS COOK IFF10831: Material Officer, DESRON 5: Ex- ecutive Officer on USS LANG IFF 10601: and as Sched- ules OfficerfNavigator, CRUDESGRU 5. Prior to as-S suming command of STEIN, he served on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel and Training IOP 011 as Head, Fleet Man- power Requirement Determination Section. CDR Ad- ams is a 1981 graduate of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School where he earned a Master of Science Degree in Management. S is A W :- 'X si, I ri so 1 1 L XX -gsm X f Xg5sQQgJ,MfQQ 'HX ix: My as ki is A Nix L Commanding Officer A Commander Miller was commissioned on 3 No- vember 1972 under the Reserve Officer Candida te pro- gram. He augmented into the regular Navy in Novem- ber 1974. He reported to USS WALLACE L. LIND IDD 7031, serving as First Lieutenant. He subsequently served on USS ROGERS IDD 8761 as First Lieutenant and Damage Control Assistan tg commissioning crew of the USS ELLIOTIDD 9761, remaining onboard as Dam- age Control Assistant and Auxiliaries Officer. CDR Mil- ler's next assignment was as Operations Officer on USS DA VID R. RA Y IDD 9711: Engineering Officer on USS ANCHORA GE ILSD 361: served on the staff of the Depu- ty Chief of Na val Operations: Surface Warfare as Engi- neering and Damage Control Training Plans Action Of- ficer I OP 392E1g Executive Officer on USS HE WI TT IDD 9661, and Chief of Staff Officer for DESRON 13, before undergoing Prospective Commanding Ofhcer training enroute to S TEIN. CDR Miller relieved CDR Adams and assumed duties as the Commanding Officer of the S TEIN on 19 January 1990, while the S TEIN was inport Subic Bay, Philippines. A X --.-- L Commander Michael James Miller V gk .Q . t.sk st at