Tazewell (APA 209) - Naval Cruise Book

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xXXXXX 'atv XXxxXxxxxxxxggxxxxxxxxxxyxxxxxxxxxxxx,xxxxX XXXXXyxxxxxxxxx,s.xxxx eww, an s. 5. '7ayewell Herbert Doyle Ragle was born the 19th of May 1918 on a ranch at Lov- ington, New Mexico. In 1921 his family moved to Olton, Texas, which has been his home ever since. After graduating from Olton High School, he attended Wayland Junior College at Plainview, Texas. Chaplain Ragle then attended McMurray College, Abilene, Texas, where he received his degree in Bachelor of Arts, then South- ern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. He held his first pastorate while eighteen years of age and was associated with the Methodist Churches in Center Plains, Plastico, Borger, 'Wellington, and Shamrock, Texas. It was while serving as Assistant-Pastor of the Univer- sity Park Methodist Church in Dallas, that Chaplain Ragle came into the Navy. He attended the Naval Chaplain's Training School at Williziinsburg, Vir- ginia, for three months and was then assigned as Chaplain at St. Albans Naval Hospital. He remained at the Naval Hospital in New York from September 1943 until June 1944, when he was transferred to the Small Crafts Training Center, San Pedro, California. It was in August, 1944, that Chaplain Ragle received his orders for duty aboard the U. S. S. Tazzewell. After his release from the service, Chaplain Ragle plans to become Pastor of a Church in the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church. The Chaplain has been married since December 1942 and a daughter, Sarah Catherine, was born February 1945 while the Tazewell was at Palau. His family now resides at 2818 Roberts Street, Abilene, Texas. . 36 ll. HERBERT DUULE HHGLE