Union (LKA 106) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 Commander Louis C. Potter was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on 2I March I928. He joined the Navy as an Aviation Cadet on I2 July I946 following two years of attendance at the University of Missouri School of Engineering. On I2 December I946 he became Aviation Midshipman and served in that rank as a flight student and Naval Aviator until he was commissioned as an Ensign on I3 December I948. He served for 3 years with Patrol Squadron 2I in Atlantic Fleet Operations. Following tours with Ground Control Approach Unit I4 at the Naval Air Station, N.Y., and Air Transport Squadron 2I in the Pacific, CDR Potter attended the University of Kansas where he majored in Industrial Management and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in January I958. CDP Potter complyeged the General Line School at Monterey, California, in September I958 tiiindfgraduated from the Air Intelligence School in Washington, D.C.,,gin July I9Q,22zSubsequentIy, he served las Air Intelligence Officer on the unwkywoygember I96I. Commander Potter reported ?fne5ct.g,o Patrolesigib afisiziiervedfas, Q eratn,aM.f,,,Offgcer until December He then proceeded to Qrgef rf27e5z2.UfeI3?9eQC.e,duyfeayonce Qesaim Air Vdnzeetsrf fficer Straw I I! f A tafthe I UN I ON 0 Sepfernbeftl iI?968,yQomrnvndsmilktter. was fare 0 b '9f I o ' Q N ifiialifor- .swfwv gf 1 SQf IW I .vulgar I waz 9.wP'ifffSn f GNQZ: is , , iHff5U sf H f W EXECUTI li OFFICE COMMANDER LOUIS C. POTTER I I I 'A 3 I wx 2' I I 6 I

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CGMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN FRANK T. HAMLER, USN Captain Frank T. Hemler is a native of East Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Shaw High School, attended Purdue University, and went to the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was part of the Reserve Sixth Battalion, the original Ninety Day Wonders. Commissioned in 1944, he was assigned to the destroy- er USS MCNAIR QDD-697D as an engineering officer. He became a qualified engineering officer, an OOD underway, and then was accepted into the regular Navy. Captain Hemler then served in the USS ABBOTT, the USS ERBEN, and USS BUCKLEY, rising to Executive Officer. Flight training came next, at Corpus Christi, Pensacola, and Jacksonville. Subsequent squadron tours in All Weather Squadron 33, Attack Squadron l2 and 2l2, and Carrier Air Group l. Most recently he was Commanding Officer of VA-212, flying off the carrier USS HANCOCK. Captain Hemler has a master 's degree in Aeronautical Engineering atM. l.T. He's had duty in the Propulsion Branch of the Office of Naval Research. He had served as the Navy representative on the NACA committee for propulsion and then on the NASA com- mittee for propulsion. He has completed the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War Col lege.A combined tour of the Naval Electronics Laboratory, the Fleet Anti-Warfare Training Center in San Diego, and the Fleet Computer Programming Center, Pacific, enabled him to become a computer programmer, manage programmers makingaStrike Warfare Program, and be in charge of installing the original Navy Tactical Data System at a shore activity. a in em er a erve as eN v re re en ive .o he .loin S fices . ll Epffibie flgobtlOr5:E,i.5?dClp1CflgQl E-Jorlfnlqniagfl E1ndggbL1ftigbl,la3:l Slim' If ' Ins. 'Ml I A llfgllllfillllllllfllli'fllflllllltlllllll' Q fly if ff y . .gf .'f 'lil ' ey QA' F Muff Q fizlfiailllllill-f,,lll g'iml'lZlm'flToc 1 ': Ca tain He' 'li .fqri ai, if liA.1lft a a i X E-5 2:51..1hf.y.:Q5lfliiflil...Qlll.i lllllllltlfflfllfm 5 N lllllll' l lm 'tglllllll 5

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COMMANDING OFFICER United we Iond USS UNIUN 1 L I Inq '06 I fifi I I Q13 1 QUT! 'FfgiQEF::?lo32- 4 5 ' -Q ' Lf If I I, 41- ' fy 'I' 1' DECK I234 SUPPLY ENGINEERING OPERA IONS A B E R OR OI OS OE MED CAL M NAVIGATION