Warrington (DD 843) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1954

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Lieutenant Commander De Cristofaro en- listed in the Navy in 1936, and after a tour of duty on destroyers was appointed to the U, S, Naval Academy where he was graduated as an Ensign in 1941. During World War Il he served in the Gunnery Departments of the USS WASHINGTON and the USS ALABAMA in the North Atlantic and Pacific Campaigns. Following the war he was designated a Navy Aviator' and served with Patrol Squadron 47 in China, Japan, and the Philippines. In 1950 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for service in Korea. Lieutenant Commander De Cristofaro served a two year tour of duty as Assistant Professor of Naval Science at the University of Rochester, after which he was ordered as Executive Officer of the USS WARRINGTON in August 1953. With his wife, Josephine, and their four children: James, Gene, Ellen and Anne, he makes his home at Middletown, Rhode Island. lieutenant Commander S. De Cristotaru V . 1...--M , 1,1 Nia. The Executive lltficer, 'lv -ga-1



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