Vesole (DDR 878) - Naval Cruise Book

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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. '

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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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276,011 rfizfzg eufpvrf I .. If LAST MINUTE sooo-EYES COUPLED WITH SAD GOOD-BYES WAS THE ENTHUSIASM OF THINGS TO COME. SAYONARAH TAKE IN THE BROWIH