US Naval Training Center - Compass Yearbook (Bainbridge, MD)

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' C -- CAPTAIN HENRY FARROW, U. S. NAVY Commanding Officer Administrative Command CAPTAIN HENRY FARROW, u.s.N., became the Commanding Ofticer ot the Administrative Com- mand in February 'I95'l. Immediately before re- porting to his new duty ashore, he was Com- manding Otticer of the USS SEMINOLE CAKA 1045 which participated in the amphibious invasion ot Inchon, Korea and, later, in the evacuation op- erations at Wonsan and Hungnam, Korea. Following his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1926, he served in the destroyer USS ROBERT SMITH during the Second Nicaraguan campaign: In the destroyer USS EDSALL operat- ing in the Far East during the Sine-Japanese un- declared war: and, later, in various other im- portant blllets both atloat and ashore. During World War ll, he served successively as Commander Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FIVE in the Solomon Island campaign, as Commanding Officer of the destroyer USS ROBERT H. SMITH in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns: and as Task Group Commander of the Mine Force, Fifth Fleet, in Asiatic waters. Captain Farrow's many decorations include the Silver Star Medal with Gold Star, the Legion of Merit with Combat V Citation, the Bronze Star Medal, the Commendation Ribbon and Metal Pendant with Combat V Citation, and the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon IUSS ROBERT H, SMITHD. I

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t l f -- '- 511:4- Hut' CAPTAIN ROBERT HALL SMITH, U. S. NAVY Commander Naval Training Center CAPTAIN nossnr HALL SMITH, u.s.N., remi- vated and assumed command of the Naval Train- Ing Center on Feb. Ist, 1951. Prlor to assuming hls present duties, Captain Smith served as Chief of Staff to the Commandant of the SIXTH Naval Dlstrlct. Captain Smith has served wlth dlstlnctlon In many key blllets, both afloat and ashore, slnce hls graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy In 1922. 'I Durlngr World War Il, he served successively as Commandlna Oftlcer of the destroyer U88 HENLIY, as Commander Destroyer Dlvlslon SIVIN, fm- ' . and as Commander Destroyer Squadron TWENTY- TWO. As special recognition for service at Guad- alcanal, Phlllppine Islands and Borneo he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Legion of Merit with Combat V Citation, and a Gold Star In Ileu of a second Legion of Merit with Combat V Citation. Following the Japanese surrender In 1945, he returned to the United States to serve with the Tralnlng Command, Pacltlc Fleet-first as Com- manding Otllcer of the Fleet Training Center at San Francisco, and later as Commander Fleet Tralnlng Group' and Underway Tralnlng Unlt at San Dlegog p

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nlf R W, CAPTAIN FREDERICK WOLSIEFFER, U. S. NAVY Commanding Officer Recrult Training Command CAPTAIN FREDERICK WOLSIEFFER, U.S.N., assumed the dutles of Commanding Officer, Recruit Train- lng Command on 6 Aprll 1951. Prlor to reporting to the Tralnlng Center, he served as Executive Officer of the cruiser USS WORCESTER which par- tlclpated ln the support of the Unlted Nations ground forces. on the East Coast of Korea by blockade and bombardment of key enemy ports and posltlons. Slnce graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy l-If 1932, he has served afloat In varlous blllets ln battleshlps, crulsers and destroyers: and ashore as an Instructor of Mldshlpmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, andres Asslstantblrector of Tralnlng ' .'n- lv , 'ff 1 - NF KF ww' gr., Q in: ,,, - 7 'f 'fz w gfzwe w mg, , Wm ' syn! 1 W E . 7 at .fi 147' w, In the THIRD Naval District with administrative duties in connection with the College, Reserve and Fleet Training Programs. During World War ll, he served successively as the Commanding Officer of the destroyer USS WILKES in the North Atlantic, African and Euro- pean campaigns: and as the Commanding Officer of the radar picket destroyer USS CHEVALIER In the Aslatlc-Paclflc theater of combat operations. In addition to the many sorvlce and campaign medals awarded him, Captaln WoIsieffer's deco- ratlons include the Bronze Star Medal wlth Com- bat V Cltatlon, and the Commendation Ribbon and Metal Pendant wlth Combat V Cltatlon and Bronze Star In lleu of a second award. - see., 'I . ' 1