US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES P. MASON, USN COMMANDANT N. A. I. T. C. - N. A. T. C. Rear Admiral Charles P. Mason, USN, has had a prominenT parT had unusually wide experience afloaT and ashore, and mander of The Naval Air Training Bases. Admiral Mason was graduaTed from The U. S. Naval Academy in 1912. years wiTh The FleeT before reporTing for TlighT Training aT N. A. 8., was designaTed Naval AviaTor No. 52. During World War I, he served in France inspecTing and TesTing aircraTT. American-builT LiberTy-moTored seaplane delivered in Europe. Following The War, he organized The TirsT seaplane paTrol squadron in The Pacific, ever aTTempTed by The Navy and conducTed The Navy's firsT TesT of a carrier's funCTions in fleeT maneuvers. Admiral MasonTs impressive record includes service on The USS LANGLEY, famous as The firsT carrier ever ordered TO duty wiTh The TleeT, and laTer on The carriers USS SARATOGA and The USS YORKTOWN. He Took command of The USS HORNET one monTh afTer her parTicipaTion in The bombing raid on Tokyo. The Navy Cross was presenTed To him for ouTsTanding service as skipper of The ill-faTed USS HORNET aT The Time of her gallanT TighT againsT overwhelming odds off SanTa Cruz. He was laTer commander of The Task force of converTed carriers in The SOUTh Pacific area, and subsequenle was made Commander Air Solomons Islands. He remained in command of The Air Forces in Guadalcanal Area for Two monThs. Admiral Mason was decoraTed as a Grand Officer of The Order of The Southern Cross, by The ATTache for Air of The Brazilian Embassy in recogniTion of The aTTenTions, services and spiriT of cooperaTion exTended by The Brazilian Air Force. in The develcpmenT of Naval AviaTion. He has is now Chief of The Naval Air lnTermediaTe Training and Com- Following graduaTion, he spenT several Pensacola. Winning his Wings in 1917, he He has The disTincTion of flying The TirsT led The TirsT IOng-disTance flighf Page 24 meek..- -......-... .T owe. e:ru....-..-u e.

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REAR ADMIRAL HEWITT C. RAMSEY, USN J 1, Rear Admiral DewiTT C. Ramsey enTered The U. 8. Naval Academy in 1908 and was groduoTed wiTh The class of 1912. Following groduoTion he served on board The U.S.S New Jersey, U.S.S. MonTono, U.S.S. Nashville and The USS. Tingey, unTil 1916 when he was assigned To duTy 0T The Naval Air SToTion, Pensacola for TlighT Training. He was designoTed Naval AvioTor No. 45. He has served on board The U.S.S. Pennsylvania; U.S.S. Columbia; as insTrucTor 0T Pensacola,- U.S.S. WrighT; Novie goTor aboard The U.S.S. Langley; in command of The Training ovioTion squadron qT The Naval Academy,- ExecuTive Officer of The U.S.S. WrighT. In 1934 he assumed charge of The The AviQTion SecTion, Ships MovemenTs Division, Office of The Chief of Novel OperaTicn. LoTer he become ExecuTive Officer of The U.S.S. SorCTTogo. Rear Admiral Ramsey had a command QT sec: from May unTil OcTober 1942. He served in The Office of The Commonder-in-Chief, Pacific FIeeT, unTiI March 1943, when he assumed command of 0 Task Force in The SouTh Pacific. He has been deToched from ThoT ossignmenT wiTh orders To duTy as Chief of The Bureau of AeronouTics, Navy DeporT- menT, WoshingTon, D. C. He assumed ThoT duTy on AugusT 6, 1943. Rear Admiral Ramsey has been awarded The Navy Cross For exTraordinery heroism and deTingUished service during occupoTion of Guadalcanal, Tulogi, and The BoTTIe of The Solomons. He also holds The Mexican Service Medal, FleeT Clasp, AsioTic-Pocific Area Campaign Medal, and The DecoroTion 0nd Diploma Commondeur del' Ordre Grand Bucoe de lo Couronne de Chene, Tro'm Luxemburg.

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REAR ADMIRAL J. J. CLARK, USN Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark, USN, arrived aboard NAS, Corpus ChrisTi, on 27 June 1945, To assume command as Chief of NAITC and as commander of NATB. The famed commander of a carrier division in The FirsT Cariier Task Force recenle reTurnecl frcm combaT in The Pacific, he had been on duTy in ThaT TheaTre for four years. A naTive of Pryor, Oklahoma, Admiral Clark aTTended The Naval Academy and was graduaTed wiTh The class of 1918. He enTered flighT Training aT Pensacola, Florida and IaTer in 1925 received his designaTion as a Naval AviaTor. During World War I, he served aboard The USS NorTh Carolina, which was engaged in convoying Troops across The ATlanTic. Since Then, he has served The following Tours of duTy: 1919-1922, desTroyers in European waTers; 1922-1923, DeparTmenT of Seamanship and NavigaTion aT Naval Academy; 1926, Senior AviaTion Officer aboard The USS Missis- sippi; 1928-1931, ExecuTive Officer aT NAS AnacosTia, D. C,- 1933, Commanding Officer, FighTer Squadron Two aTTached To USS LexingTon; 1933-1936, member of Board of lnspecTion and Survey; 1937-1939, ExecuTive Officer, FIeeT Air Base aT Pearl Harbor, and offer a brief Tour of dUTy wiTh PaTroI Wing Two, reTurned as ExecuTive Officer of The NAS aT Pearl Harbor. For service in command of a Task Group in The Pacific, Admiral Clark was awarded The DisTingUished Service Medal and The Navy Cross. He also wears The VicTory Medal, EscorT Clasp, for service on The USS NorTh Carolina during The firsT world war; The American Defense Service Medal wiTh a bronze A for service on The YorkTown which cperaTed in acTual or poTenTial belligerent conTacT wiTh The Axis forces in The ATIanTic Ocean from 21 SepTember 1941 To 11 OcTober 1941, and 31 OcTober To 4 November 1941, and also The AsiaTic-Pacific Area Campaign medal. AWAxxxxxwz22