Stoddard (DD 566) - Naval Cruise Book

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u ,i 5 tal 8 ' 5 771770472726 Commander Charles L. Wall, Commanding Officer of the STODDARD from June of 1962 through February of 1964, graduated from Berea College in Kentucky in 1942. As a student he enlisted in the Navy's V-7 program, cotnmenc- ing active duty at the U.S. Navy Midshipmatfg School in October of 19412. He was commissioned Ensign, USNR, in February of 19-13. ln August of the same year, following further training in Diesel Engineering at Cornell Univer- sity and in Anti-Submarine VVarfare at Miami, lfloridzt, Idle was assigned as Engineering Oliicer of USS PC -181. Operating from Casablanca, Morocco, PC ,181 escorted convoys off North Africa and in the Mediterranean area with commander Wall athourd. lle assisted in the decommissioning and tlrltwrjt- nl that -,glint tu tltt- l'tt-nth fN.txy tn ,lttntt of lfltl-1 l'tttttttt.ttttlt-r Vhtll w.t- tht-tt .ts-tgttt-tl ln tht- V55 PC ISHS serving in the Pacific area, where he mrttet ntttftl nt the mt-.t ton ot ltw ,lnn.t llt- sttrx-ttl :ts lin 'inet-rin 1 Olhcer. Executive Oliicer :tml I I iw is t l'utttttt.ttttltttg Uthtvr -ti tlt.tt xt A tl I-'t-lltttt-:tag Wtttl-l War ll ht .tttt tttttl .t rt-gulnr Navy cotntnissitm and served as Director of Nnvn Utltvtr l'tuwttrtttntt1t, St.tttlt. XX'.t lnttgttttt trot-nt .l:ttttmt'y 19-17 until August of that year. Comtnantler Wttl tht-tt stun-h-d nt tht Nami Mtn- t.tl lint Stltool tn Newport. lil prior to becoming Executive Oiiicer of the V53 lll.Xl'lll'.NKU .Xl'lt1i,',1 tn ultttttt til lfllfi, llttrtng tht- littrt-.nt tlttttltrz, t7 tnttmndt r XX':tll st-rx-t-tl :ts Cotntnztntling Officer of the USS LS'l'l12Ifl and its Utwmttotis ttlht-er ot' the V55 Ill-1NIlI-LlQSt JN IJIJ 735 . hoth operating in Korean waters. Followint-Z 'll' l. 'lll 'l- ll N1'l'i'i no UlliV'f U1 9il1ftUlf'- VS. Navy Recruiting Station and Ofhce of Naval OfiiCCf l'rm'ttrt'titt-ttt in L.ll1t'li'tI1A3ll, Ohio, llu Kim-tcr's degree in lin-iness .'Xdministration :tt Xavier Vttivetsity, In .Xttgust 1935. he lwmttie lixecutivt- Utlit-gr nf tht- VS5 fUXll l'UN ITU T03 and relieved :ts Ctttnmantling Uiiit'v..'t tif Xiu' V55 lililflxvl ,-XPIiD1g:.1 in xjarch of l SUT, l-'nllowing duty with tht Nm-ft-ilk group- -.xdlamic Rtsserve lilmt. until August 19:31, ht- tt-3, aggigned ag U lf'UlI -'xfblfiillil Chief of Staff. ,l-l Division United Nmlmlf CWWNGUIJ. VS. Force-s. Korea until relieving as Cezntitmtding Otlicer of the STODD.-XRD, Cemtnander Vl'all is married to the former lean E lrlamsen of Forest Grove. Oregon. They have three sons :md IWU daughters. ring this period. from ,lztnuztry 19515 to july 1955, he obtaittffil 3 ,..1.- I 'xi X' ,S ,A we , ,wi --.vi . , ' .ae viz' -t 32. 'i t. 1 V 'P' 4, 1

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,,,:Qn,,, I I 1...-4' Stisvbo, Hong Kong, the watt-rs of ilu- gn-:it l'.n'itii , 08111105 recalling rm-morit-s of tht- people and plan-s, at-.1 and att-t-I which forlllulutt' tlit' lille of at tlt-struyt-riimii on duty. The STODDARD was built by 'Fudd Sliipynrds, inc.. in Tacoma VVashington and laum'lu-tl on Nov.-in bcr 19, 19-Ill. Sht- was commissioned and lu-vgiiiie it lighting unit in April or 19111. Tln- tin-att-r of in-tion in which she played her part of XVorld XYar ll iw tln- Samc in which she steams today: the Kurile Islands, Okinawa, the islands of tht- linal strike at the ,lapant-sv H0mcland. ln wartime action she earned decorations for the American Campaign, the Asiatic-Pacific Cam- paign, World War I1 Victory, Navy Occupation Service. China Service and National Defense Service. She was tietommissioned at the end of the war only to be lltcommissioned in March of 1951 at the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, this time to serve in the Atlantic lllli Mediterranean Seas. In December of 195-1 STUD' DARD returned to her home in the Pacific to play llel' role in a peacetime Navy. , . .1 ,, if .hilt it. ' i lit ivl.i'v lUHl.lls ill' Vnlllltt Iiatifni U! lat-r i-- i train .tix-E Ili- min lt! ,tyiitui xxlw iimii ln: li' .ti .t lzxixiij lui in x-.itll .i in-i-tuigtliqi .mtl lite!-'xx -it it Hum ln r-lint xt-.ug it-im lu-1 limit' inn! iii Nm lhttgtt, l.ililfiU,,,,' 5It1Illl,hlCli 1-nirm-w-l to rin! 5--in 1-t N-.iiilf .still Nm I'miirrt'u In ill- 5-utils l'.s.i'1t llaiiffg I-v .iii Il.tli.i .mel Navi fe'.tl.m4i, to l'.m.ii:i.i -iuimtg tin- IW' ' Vtilmu vriw f- :mel tin iiiiixn-miie por: iirrtnnniimg tli- Vilma .md lulamai St-ns. Slit- .ii-i--i in ill' ..iru.it1Hri nf ilu 'liaullu-in islands in lf'.t.v .mfs r- vm-3 hrwl-. ffirmn funn tlivn sinking lr--iglitvr uit I-nff.n lil lftlurtinry all lflhfl Upvrniirig .is .1 mimi Hi lk 'eifflhli r lhvieimi Till until .hugilfl Hi lii'tll and -inn' gt-1 pair! of 171'-trujvvr lIivi'siull 213 S'1'UIJIl.XRIJ lists luwn JiXX'Hflll1l tllv lintilt' l'lllic'it'tlt'S' I-1 in 10.3.1 lftfwtl. :mtl lfi'3l, :mtl ilu- .fXttti-Stilnimrim- on livt- nrrrisimis invlufling ilu- past llirm- yt-airs Through years ni' war and pr-:tw S'I'UI1Ii.fXKlJk rvrnrd 1135 bgcn 3 xfltfy of t'Xt't'llt'I1t'i'. May this book, dedicated to the men make her steel decks ring with life. , convey to its reader that STODDARD t S quality-excellence. Q, - 1 WA ' ,af wg .1 -.ii '

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07776525 Commander Theodore I, Murgzm, 131:11 .m:zfi::g Ofliccr nf the S'I'UIJIJ.XkIJ from If:-If unify lr IWC! through the prcncm, vnu, Inrn in I-infra:-I In-..r4:.r1 on MBE' ZH, 1918 SHUI UIlI1'5Il7fI 151 KIA' eff IJCCIJUTIIKI' I, IHIIII Il! XIJ1x'U!1,IIt'l1fgI.1 w'f'.m his Brest tnur nf duty un I1 bmi fin- INS NILXI. MIQXICU IBIS UU, Ifruzn !Iw NI'.I.I. NIIUXII Ii A. wcm ru Ihr IBS WHII'I'I,I-Q UI: fl A ' Axiialic FI:-vt, -.vrving an IIII' I'II1LfZfI'I'. - - I1-' I 1 In IU-IU, Ifmurnsuuh-r NIwrg.m r.-fnrzi.-.I 'U I N Y' MMI jHIm'lI I III' hqu.uIr4-fx ' III.1. ,I Il iswnlw-fl in vrqn-rmu-m.nI 1---Ifmng -.2 H..:,.n fr . IIIMII spvc1I ASV! xlxrtmv Im!! Ir: ' Mmm' 'I'nrp1'4Iw Hom! 5qu.uaIrffz: I L - ....,,,, 1M .I -2 A IJ! Ilulkm-IIy uf IIII'.N Ixlnlclr IXVINIIXIZII IIIHIU. IVIIIII' HI NIAIIIIJ .lIur.lI'4I I'I I Ia I In l'U!lIllll'IHIQ'lI Inf .uul r'.'u-um! .1 If ,Inpnm--w wrupu-:I re-frm-rf. I-.Iwniy 1-vmla-rl cupturr .mal rr.-I-v..-'I HIIIVI'-. IIIIN' 'I'R.XII.X,I.XIXIIf 1.x.u-. -.1lIu.w4w1-: Iimmlmn I uur!Iu Nlnrnm-N -In I'--rmf Wil! IWIII an pf!-slvllvr HI u..1r HI I-Ik .-XI IIN' 1'um'Iu-lull HI !Iu' -.w..xr I In Iiuwhug XIan'Imu'rv .mal NI.mn!.n.f IIHH ns an l.Ivuu-nam spun-wr gr.uI1- WPIII In I.I!ll' SVIIUUI IH N1'u.pnrI If 5K'!'Vt'tI its lIH'v.'r IIIVII Iv.mm'r'. UIIII1 MI':I.I.I':'IUIAIf I,.XI'.X IAN' .ls I'.IfwI I 1 mn' 11ne.QtL5-'fv Q A- -:mm I: 1 V- vm n XI w f XIV- .XI!Inn1gI1 I'I'.lI was Iewl Ill um ' -f XXII- :NN .f EE w V- I'.11x2L-, I'--rnm.smIv: Murgun I If I NN IIQXIZXI XINUIQ I f I I I I-I .1 !rmIn'l In: l'l' Imzllw II If Ixgw' I I a f i' II. IIIVH vprllwcl IIN' QIHI NIH! ,IW-I .x 1, 'sr ICI!II.IIIIIIl'I HI XXLIIYIKI XYLII' Ill' -I' .III'I XY'N.'1.IffII I-'-1 xx'-III ' XI 'fhfiff w v- I I 2 M In I.Igf.nm I-r .ut I54'lI1I4HJllHIl'l'lNlfIl'lI KW-Hx I II.-IM if' N' 12 YU-f'v In -Ilsgfw 'rnxgwrurm-:male-rut In IIIIT :UNI 5.1 JIIln,4Il4I fl-r If mm i'Y'qlT.I!TI .If :In I'n1w-rf-ity uf Iclnlmnml IIWII I w'-vw r r-'-.rx-.HI ':- I:1'x?vn.s:ar I1-rxmrxxlv-:mx IH III-'DU III- lIN'll 'f llfl v INN XIIIIXX 'IN uzirn I -1 '.x'Iae'n Ile' rrpnrtf'fI In thc' IISS mln Il II-'flzzmfiufaf XI'-M5121 ww- .fu-x:gf!1e'4fI in IIN- Nm-nl Ilrflngnlri' I'n:' :sw IX-M. IXRQ: E .-I .HMI IfI.'s.'n :HMI Upflfl prmlmtiutl I I.zr:. rrmraf I'Hrzit::.1mIr'r .fav-I1I11f'fI rhe- I'1XI'f'IlIIV6' I,m1'4'I s Mzffm Hivrv In ITUH Iw '.v.'1R IIKiILfNf'fI In rhq- KI'lNNI':'I'H II IIXIIIQY IIIlI'I Til .12 I'Qxf-I'11riw- I,I'IIf'f'T. I'H:um.z:1fnIf'r Hwrggm was I'l:f:f-c'11tivc- Umrer :mfI, SUI!- -r-gzzrnrij.. Il-rn:n.amI1np: fH'IHc'f-r uf thc- N:xv:xI fNI:ng:szi11c and Nw: IM-pl-I: .ar N.-wpnrv R, I. in 1938 :md 19.39. Ile than wr-nr :H :hr INS II.XNC'fK.'K VCV.-X199 as Gunnery 0253.-rr Ufrnnmnrlr-r Mnrgan mme In the S'I'ODIrJ.-XRD fr-vm :hu IIt'f4fIlQLlilfIl'fN of the Support .'Xc'tivilies, Saigon, 'Vu-r NKNI. which In- cnn1misAifrnccI in july 1962.