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COMMANDER H. S. BOTTOMLEY, JR. EXECUTIVE OFFICER Each evening at IBOO, attention was piped over the IMC and we heard the dulcid tones of our Executive Officer greet us with, Good Evening Everybody . Com- . mander Bottomley's good nature allowed us in one happy hour to kid the broadcast XX-gnx- X., as reminiscent of Uncle Wiggley As a matter of fact, the nightly review of our daily work plus the report on events in the Task Force or the movements of the ship with another Port-of-call, did much to keep us informed and, as a consequence, a little happier. The Exec always included the highlights of the world's news and usually signed off with some news in a light vein. A typical day during replenishment would g find Commander Bottomley on the bridge 5 .rv keeping station, then if we had a shoot and GQ he would hustle to secondary conn, and in between he would wade through K, -f the paper work which flowed across his .,,,s- I desk in a never ending stream, ending up with a session with department heads at the eight o'clock reports. Frequently, he would make a tour of the ship alter taps and night prayer to see that the family was at rest. f Our Evecutive Ofhcer hails from South Z Jersey. He was born in Merchantville on October I3, I9I5, the son of the late tvtr and Mrs Harold S. Bottomley. He began his naval career at the United States Naval Aigrrrler-ty. A 'i'r :zu w N' zr, :nrt .-.hi-rif he graduated in the class ol I937. His tirst fleet assignment as an Ensign was inthe light cruiser CONCOQD tts- liz: for wiht training at Pensacola and ruccivcd his wings on the I5th of October l94O. Commander Bottomley fthen LTJGI was ordered to Borriiiinii Siiiiqiilrori 1 in '1 'ti he wr-'ig-it dllflflfj WWII GlJOOtd IltC COHICI5 SARATOGA, YORKTOWN, fwhich was sunk at Midwayl and ENTERPRISE Hi- .wi-fifirfillv awinwed command ol the Squadron in April I7-12 .-.ri fe ztilr ri lieutenant. Ho participated in decisive engagements during the first half of the Pacific war and was awarded the Navy Cross at Midway, two DfC's and an Air Medal during the invasion of Guadalcanal, Battle of Eastern Solomons, and the Solomons Campaign. Ho also y-,ggrg the Enterprise Presidential Unit Citation. ln September I9-13, ICDR Bottomley was Ordered to shore duty at NAMC, Philadelphia. as Ofhcer in Charge of thc Q fi Ship Experimental Unit which was engaged in conducting I if arrested landing and catapult trials with the latest fftOd0lS at Navy and Air Force aircraft. In I'?44, he was awarded f ,'-NJJWH the Air Medal for successfully crash landing aircraft to savc O f a crew member who was unable to bail Out. y rg Q ,ff' 'lf' g He was promoted to Commander in July I945, and was E to QQ lf ff' awaiting assignment by ComAirPac as an Air Group Com- lgx .mu fa'-'C rnander when the Japanese surrendered. gy G7 jfaggffctggiiy U His subsequent duty assignments included: Executive I v ' ' 222521100 ,,, . ornfef, uss rxrvswiw BAY icvwoi, Royal Navy Liaison 0 0 c x A ' 0 'c 'L .,, ' QS- Ofhcer for the U.S. Naval Attache in london: C0mm0fld'n9 9o1?i?q,?j Cv X ' f, Offiger at Fighter Squadron I3I, and Commander of Carrier to 6. 9 1 X X A Air Group 6. Commander Bottomley is a graduate of the QQ s Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, England, Und llle x Xxx S I '77 U, S. Armed Forces Staff College. X 5 He is the husband of the former Dorothy J. Filbert of Q Reading, Pennsylvania. They have four children, two dau- ghters, Barbara and Sydney, and two sons, Richard and Harold Sydney Ill.