Vesole (DDR 878) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ewcufizfc 0 ficcr LCDR A. W. PATTEE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ARTHUR WILLIAM PATTEE WAS BORN IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE HE ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS FOLLOWED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY AT BUZZARDS BAY, MASS. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS ENSIGN, USNR UPON GRADUATION IN 1952. LCDR PATTEE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY UNTIL 1954 WHEN HE ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OFFICE, PUSAN, KOREA. SUBSEOUENT BILLETS WERE WITH MSTS IN MOJI, JAPAN, AS FIRST LIEU- TENANT ON THE USS WRANGELL IAE-1213 AND AS OPERATIONS OFFICER ON THE USS CONY IDDE-5081. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WERE FOLLOWED BY TOURS AS OPERATIONS OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COM- MANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON THIRTY-SIX, AND THEN TO NEWPORT TO THE STAFF, COMMANDER DESTROYER DEVELOPMENT GROUP TWO. IN 1964, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PATTEE AT- TENDED THE COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE AT THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE WHERE HE ALSO PARTIC- IPATED IN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY EXTENSION PROGRAM AND RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. IN JULY 1965, HE BECAME THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON THE USS VESOLE IDD-8781. IN ADDITION TO THIS BILLET, HE SERVES AS STANDBY HAM RADIO OP- ERATOR WICHQ. Department fr' ads LT P. A. MURRAY OPERATIONS OFFICER LT J. S. WOODARD ENGINEERING OFFICER WEAPONS OFFICER LTJG W. H. MOTT SUPPLY OFFICER I' LT F.P. D'ASCENSIO

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E......- L ...-............ .. ,LLL........,,.n.--.......,....-....,.....................,...-..... .....-....A Hail ap fain Hager COMMANDER CLARENCE EARL BOGER, U.S.N. CLARENCE EARL BOGER WAS BORN IN ZIHLMAN, MARYLAND, ON DECEMBER 12, 1924, SON OF IRA AND MARY 1BROWNI BOGER. IN 1927, THE FAMILY MOVED TO AKRON, OHIO. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON MAY 18, 1943. IN NOVEMBER 1944, HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE V-12 PROGRAM AND ATTENDED PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. UPON COMPLETION OF V-12 TRAINING, HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE NROTC PRO- GRAM AND ATTENDED DUKE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING IN JUNE OF 1946. HE WAS COMMISSIONED ENSIGN ON JUNE 4, 1946 AND WAS ORDERED TO THE USS PC-618 AND SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. FROM THERE HE REPORTED TO THE USS JEFFERS1DMS-271. SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS TOOK HIM TO THE USS SAUFLEY 1DDE-4651 AS THE ASW OFFICER AND TO THE ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT WHERE HE SERVED ON THE USS CORAL SEA 1CVA-431. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WERE FOLLOWED BY A TOUR AT THE GENERAL LINE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, AND THEN TO THE USS AVENGE AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HE NEXT HAD COMMAND OF THE USS SAGACITY UNTIL JANUARY OF 1958 WHEN HE REPORTED TO THE USS O'HARE AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS EARLE B. HALL. IN JULY OF 1963 COMMANDER BOGER WAS ORDERED TO THE STAFF COMMANDER CRUISER-DE- STROYER FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET, WHERE HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT READINESS AND TRAIN- ING OFFICER FOR NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. IN FEBRUARY OF 1966 HE REPORTED TO HIS PRESENT ASSIGNMENT AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS VESOLE IDD-8781. COMMANDER BOGER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS ELAINE EVERSOLE OF AKRON, OHIO. THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, RANDY, 18g BARBARA, 143 AND BONNIE, 3,

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Z? strayer Dizfi ian 242 Staff R I: M I W I . 4 I, 4 I Z I ' I ' 5 ,I LEFT TO RIGHT BACK ROW: LT R. L. ARDIZZONE, USNQ LTJG C. E. SCHAFER, II, USNQ LT H. M. GOETZ, CHC, USN3 LT W. E. SCOTT, MC, USN. FRONT ROW: GENDRON, G.D., YN2, USN, CARDENAS, B.V., TN, USN, WILSON, E. M. ISRI, RMI, USN. - ,I CHAPLAIN GO ETZ CONDUCTING PROTESTANT DIVINE SERVICES, FOR DESRON 24 ON BOARD VESOLE PRIOR TO OUR DEPLOYMENT. I I OUR JOLLY GREEN DOCTOR. '