Theodore E Chandler (DD 717) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding Officer COMMANDER ROBERT F.. CONNALLY, III, USN Commander Robert F., Connally was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 30 May 1929 and now makes his home in Manasquan, New Jersey. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in 1952 and commenced his naval career through the Naval Officer Candidate program shortly thereafter. His early assignments were in the destroyer BRISTOL fDD-8573 as Communications Officer, in the minesweeper BOBOLINK CMSCC07-25 as Executive Officer, and in the Communications Security Section of the Naval Security Group Detachment located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. From Hawaii, successive tours were s ent as a student at the General Line School in Monterey, California, as Assistant Weapons Officer in the heavy cruiser BREMERTON CCA-1.305 and as Executive Officer of WALDO COUNTY CLST-11635. Suhseq uent assignments included tours in the Stategic Plans Division in Washington and as Executive Officer of the destroyer HULL QDD-94-55. Commander Connally, in addition to graduating from the General Line School, USN Postgrad- Eigtlf-iegghmplplixlhtilvdlntjenigeyl,UC0a1lifcir1Qia,dis adgiaduate of the School of Naval Warfare at the Naval War G I p , . e' s an , an olds a Masters Degree in International Relations from eorge Washington University. He served as the Senior Advisor, Vietnamese Third Coastal Zone and as Commander, Southern Surveillance Group Cllask Group ll5.3l with joint headquarters in Vung Tau, Republic of Vietnam. Prior to reporting to the CHANDLER he was Exec t' Off' of Uss ANCHORAGE CLSD-365. ' U We A Ice'

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