Theodore E Chandler (DD 717) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN AT G. Q. COMDESRON NINE AND THE C. O. fix , A VISIT FROM RADM KELLY CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS THE C.0. LANDS A TONKIN WHOPPER WATCHFUL EYE NOONER

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J E-4 1-5 Q F T TJ f ws. '71-1 w Sung. 1 5 -1Nfj,'g x 6-5 M' 'fi-:'15?T?f3 '11'?NLf'?f?l-3-f-' '11-23--19' -f '-WPG' vig fqfwx g 022, W CDR J R Rockwood the late Amos W Rockwood and Melissa Rushton of Iona, Idaho Commander Rockwood IS married to the former Johanna De Reus of Adel Iowa and has two children Melissa, 9 and Betsy, 7 ommander Jerred R Rockwood was born 1n Idaho Falls Idaho on 23 February 1928 He IS the son of After h1s freshman year at Idaho State College Commander Rockwood transferred to the University of Idaho to complete h1s college education While there he was elected president of the University of Idaho Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Social Fraternity He completed the Naval Reserve Oflicer Tralnmg Course and earned his B S Degree ln Forestry On 7 August 1951 he was commissioned as an Ensign in the U S Naval Reserve Since that time he has done work in command Communlcatlons at the U S Naval Postgraduate School Monterey California and the Graduate Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College Newport Rhode Island Commander Rockwood s first sea duty was aboard USS Lyman K Swenson QDD 7295 where he served as ASW Officer and later as Weapons Ofiicer He received his first command as Commanding Oilicer of USS GULL CMHC-465 After two years of postgraduate work Rockwood served as a member of CINCPACFLT s Staff His next duties were as DESRON 13 Staif Operations Oflicer In November of 1960 he became Operations Officer of USS COWELL CDD-5475 From COWELL he was ordered to USS O BRIEN CDD 7255 as Executive Officer and then to the Naval War College Commander Rockwood came to the CHANDLER from BUPERS where he worked in Officer Placement Commander Rockwood IS authorized to wear the China Service Medal the National Defense Medal wlth Bronze Star the Korean Service Medal with 4 stars the United Nations Servlce Medal and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation Badge the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Servlce Medal with 3 Bronze Stars :li yij . . if D n 0. X.. li- EQJ ,, 5' NF ' ' gig, ry, . . 1 1 J' 53,55 .. Elf. C A PT' 9 5-3 ., ,. : X A 5 2 ' ' 71 1 7 3 7:7 ' 1 W I w . A-4 J M , ' , , A .--' n 1 ' 'gi . . ,yr Q 4 'QQ 9 9 9 ' 9 vi' . . . . . . . . . - - - . - . .31 Qj , , ' , ' . . . rm D l 0 I ' ' g ' - - 9 9 9 Iii 9 9 ' fl' 2 ,J , - ' 9 2,3 . . . . . f I 9 ' ,fi 3 ' 'xv asa, D . an iff? 9 - if - , . 'a 4 ' mf! mfs ' ' - - - Eff! F - - . . . . . . fl 7 7 .18 7 Qfg 9 , . 5513 FP '31, 'Gil

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ILCDR Lloyd H. Snider attended elementary and high school in the Los Angeles area, then attended a year of college in California at the San Bernardino Valley College. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy on 6 October 1948. Upon completion of recruit training in San Diego, he attended the Electronics Technician school at Treasure Island. After completing better than half the course, he applied for and was accepted by the Naval Academy Preparatory School at Newport Rhode Island. He competed for and Won an appoint- ment as Midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy. Mr. Snider was graduated and commissioned as an Ensign on 4 June 1954. His first duty assignment was on board the USS COLLETT CDD-7305 Where he was Communications Officer until December 1955. During this period the ship made a WESTPAC cruise. In January 1956, he reported aboard the USS AMMEN CDD-527D, flagship of COMDESDIV 212, homeported in San Diego, as Stai Operations Officer. After completing the Air Controller Course in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS JOHN S. McCAIN CDL-3D as Operations Oflicer, in March 1957. Again he was deployed to WESTPAC in 1958, but he returned to CONUS in 1959 to attend the Operations Analysis Course at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Upon completion of the course in June in 1961, LCDR Snider was assigned as Com- manding Ofiicer of the fleet ocean tug, USS APACHE CATF-673, homeported in San Diego. After again being deployed to WESTPAC in 1962, he was assigned, in July 1963, to Instructor Duty at the U. S. Naval Academy, working in the Naval Science Department as an instructor in the Naval Operations Courses. Assignment as the Executive OfHcer on the USS THEODORE E CHANDLER CDD-717D,c then homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, and operating in and around the waters of Vietnam, came in July of 1966. LCDR Snider was married on March 3, 1957, to the former Jan Walmar of San Bernardino. He and his wife have two children, a ten-year old daughter and an eight-year-old son. LCDR Snider has been autho- rized to Wear the National Defense Medal with bronze star, the China Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. IO