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Captain llnfflll' EQDZQLILO, H S Wulf? Captain Victor Delano, U. S. Navy, son of the late Captain Harvey Delano, was born in Wash- ington, D. C., on December 20, 1919. He attended Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island and later Severn School, Severna Park, Maryland. Captain Delano entered the United States Naval Academy in July 1937 and graduated on February 7, 1941 when he was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy. He was advanced to the rank of Captain on July 1, 1959. His first duty assignment was a Junior Gunnery Officer on board the USS WEST VIRGINIA KBB-483. He was serving in this capacity on December 7, 1941 when WEST VIRGINIA was sunk at Pearl Harbor. He was then ordered to the USS PENNSYLVANIA KBB-389 and then to USS SAN JUAN CCLAA-541 aboard which he served through August 1943. From January 1944 until August 1945 Captain Delano served aboard the USS WEDDERBURN CDD-6849 as the Gunnery Officer and later as the Executive Officer of that ship. During this period WEDDERBURN saw considerable action in various Pacific campaigns. His first command at sea came when he was assigned to the USS SHOVELER CAM-3825. In addition to serving as Commanding Officer, he was Commander of Mine Division 23 until June 1946 at which time he returned to the Naval Academy as a postgraduate student in Ordnance Engineer- ing for one year. ' From June 1947 until February 1949, Captain Delano attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he received a Master of Science Degree in Physics. He then joined Joint Task Group 3.1 at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory as a Program Director for the Department of Defense Atomic Effects Tests. He remained at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory until Nov- ember 1951. - He returned to sea again as Commanding Officer of the USS EVERSOLE CDD-7895 in January 1952, and served aboard her until July 1953, when he reported as a student, to the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. He completed his studies in January 1954 and, until August 1956, worked in the Office of the Assistant Director for Nuclear Applications fResearch and Develop- mentj in the Bureau of Ordnance. In August 1956, he reported for duty on the staff of Commander Second Fleet as the Assistant Plans Officer. He was detached in August 1958, and reported aboard the USS NEWPORT NEWS QCA-1485 as Executive Officer. In June 1959 he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as an Assistant to the Director of the Long Range Objectives Group. In August 1961, he was assigned to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces as a student until June 1962. Captain Delano has been awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V, Navy Commendation Rib- bon with Combat V, and Air Force Commendation Ribbon in addition to various campaign and serv- ice medals from World War II, the Japanese occupation and Korean service. He is married to the former Jacqueline Stinson of Senta Fe, New Mexico. They have one daugh- ter and one son.