University of South Carolina NROTC - Salvo Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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T H E COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN JOHN H. FITZGEREL, USN This year Captain John H. FITZGEREL entered his second year as Commanding Officer of the NROTC Unit of the University of South Carolina. Captain FITZGEREL came to the Unit from his last tour as Executive Director of the Navy Department of Legislative Affairs. Prior duty stations include the Chief of Staff, Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam and Commanding Officer of the destroyer, USS VOGELESANG. Other recent assignments were Strategic Operations Officer, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Congressional Liaison Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. During his career which began in July, 1942, Captain FITZGEREL has served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict. Captain FITZGEREL received his baccalaureate degree from Muhlenberg College in Pennsyivania and a Master's Degree in international Affairs from George Washington University. He is also a graduate of the Naval War College Senior Course. Captain FITZGEREL and his wife Jessane have four children. Their son, Hill, graduated from George Washington University and is presently teaching in Aboisso, Ivory Coast. Their eldest daughter, Nancy, is presently a junior here at the University. Daughters Betsey and Carol reside with their parents in Columbia. We of the NROTC Battalion look forward to the continued exceptional leadership of Captain FITZGEREL in the future as we have seen in the past two years.

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WILLIAM T. MARTIN We pause for a moment to reflect on a late friend known only by a few. 3 friend whose lasting gift to us was the solemn hope that courage could be born anew; for his laughter fiiled us with gladness and his parting has left us subdued and yet, it was the depth of purpose that gave his Iife such merit, and his strength must be our courage too. lN MEMORIUM

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COMMANDER F. L. MC GEACHY, USN Commander McGeachy began his Naval career in 1946 when he enlisted in the Navy. He earned an appointment to the United States Naval Academy and was graduated and com- missioned in 1951. In the past the Commander has been assigned as the Aid Ship Readiness, Readiness Reporting Officer and R81D coordi- nator on the staff of the Commander-in-Chiet, Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor; Assistant Operations Officer on the Staff of the Chief of Navai Air Basic Training; Officer-in-Charge of Com- posite Squadron Five iVC-51 at NAS Cubi Point in the Republic of the Philipines; Maintenance Officer on the Staff, Commander Fleet Air Quonset; Flight Leader in Training Squadron Two iVT-21, NAAS Whiting Field; and Safety and Maintenance Officer in Attack Squadron Sixty Five iVA-651. Commander Mc Geachy has served and operated on several of our attack aircraft carriers, and is currently the only aviator on the NROTC Staff. The Commander reported to the NROTC Unit at USC in September of 1970 as the Executive Officer. He and Mrs. McGeachy and their 5 children reside in Columbia. MAJOR EDWARD M. RINGLEY, USMC Enlisted Budget Major Ringley was commissioned as a second lieutenant in January, 1959, after the Officer Candidate Course at Quantico, Virginia. After initial assignment for training at the Basic School, he joined the 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and served with that organiza- tion until March 1962. Major Ringley's assignments have in- cluded Platoon Commander and Executive Officer of a Rifle Company, Combat Cargo Officer aboard the USS Chilton iAPA-381, Officerrin-Charge of recruiting for the State of West Virginia, and Operations Officer of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines in Vietnam. He attended Amphibious Warfare School, Ouantico, Virginia from February 1967 to August 1967. Prior to arriving at the University of South Carolina, Major Ringley was the Officer for the Military Personnel Marine Corps appropriation at Headquarters Marine Corps. He received his baccalaureate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1958 and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from West Virginia University in 1969. LIEUTENANT ALBERT GOLDFINCH, USN Lieutenant Goldfinch enlisted in the Navy in April 1960 and served four years in various phases of the Submarine Nuclear Power Training Program. He was seiected for the Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program iNESEPi in 1964 and attended . Vanderbilt University, graduating in 1968 with a Mechanical Engineering Degree. Foliowing DOS and commissioning in June 1968, Mr. Goldfinch served 21 months as the Damage Control Assistant in the USS Forrest Royal tDD8721. A one year tour with the Naval Advisory Group, and Vietnam preceded his as- signment to USC as Senior Class Instructor. 4