Stribling (DD 867) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander E. H. DUNLAP, Jr. assumed command of the U. S. S. STRIBLING QDD-867i in December of 1952. This is the Captain's first command in his fifteen years of naval service which includes varied sea and shore duty. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy in 1939, he began a tour of duty aboard the battleship COLORADO. Later being transferred to the NEVADA, he served until 7 December 1941 when he was wounded at Pearl Harbor. In addition to the Purple Heart recieved for wounds, he won the Navy Cross for his actions during the Japanese attack. After a long period of hospitalization he went to Notre Dame to instruct wartime reserve midshipmen. Prior to returning to sea duty, he was head of the Ordnance and Gunnery Department at Notre Dame and also co-author of the book Naval Ordnance and Gunnery . His next sea duty came in 1945 when he returned to the NEVADA as Gunnery Officer seeing the end of World War II aboard her. After the war he commissioned and fitted out the U.S.S. MANCHESTER QCL-83l aboard which he served as Gunnery Officer, following this he became Executive Officer of the U. S, S. BRUSH QDD-7453. Prior to assuming command of the U. S. S. STRIBLING QDD-867y, Commander DUNLAP was stationed at the Bureau of Personnel serv- ing as Head of the Officer Candidate Training Section. Upon completion of the ship'syard period in April 1953, Comman- der DUNLAP took the STRIBLING to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for an intensive refresher training program. While in the Carribean, the ship also visited Santiago de Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica. During that spring and summer, the Captain led the ship through Amphibious Training Exercises and also plane guard duty for the U. S. S. FRANK- LIN D. ROOSEVELT QCVA-421. On the 28th of August 1953, he began a world cruise aboardthe STRIBLING, taking her to the Far East where she operated in Korean and Japanese waters for four months. Leaving Japan in February 1954, began the journey back to the United States taking the ship around the world and to many famous ports in the Orient and in the Mediter- ranean. The Captain's awards include the Navy Cross, the Purple Heart, American Defense Medal with one star, Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two stars, American Theater Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Japanese Occupation Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.

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E M H 1 DUNLAP JR , CDR

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Lieutenant H, T. LAKE assumed the position as Executive Officer of the U. S. S. STRIBLING QDD-8677 on 1 May 1953. Mr. LAKE enlisted in the Navy on 20 A ril D 1937 and advanced through the ranks to be com- missioned an officer on 14 April 1944. After served as Staff Material his commission, he Officer for LCT Flotilla One and later served on the staff of Am hibi p ous Group One as Electron- ics Officer. During World War H he was ab d , oar LCT 410 in the Battle of Okinawa serving as Staff Ma- terial Officer for LCT Flotilla 34. enant LAKE attended Miami In 1948, Lieut University at Oxford, Ohio for two years. ' G, Mr. Before serving aboard the STRIBLIN R CVA- LAKE saw duty aboard the U. S- S- BOXE 4 'n 1951 217 which operated off the Coast of K0I'9a 1 and again in 1952. t L'euten21U Throughout his naval career, 1 Good - ds: LAKE has received the following algjsvice Me- Conduct Medal, American Defense - d 1 Agiatw' dal, American Area Campaign Me a , dal . Me 1 Pacific Medal with one star, Vlglgciiliz Service NaVY Occupation Service Medfill' Medal, United Medal, National Defense SGI'V1Ce ' n Libefatlo Nations Service Medal, Phiuppinedalwith one Medal and the Korean Service Me . . . . stars- silver star - in lieu of 5 bI'0nZe