Zellars (DD 777) - Naval Cruise Book

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- 'f'.:1f'gTi ii. CCJMMANDINC3 GFFICER Norbert F. Walczak, CDR, USN Commander W.-XLC ZAK was born in Chicago, Illinois in January 1931 and was commissioned after complet- ing NROTC at Illinois Institute of Technology in June 1952. His first assignment was in USS ELDORADO QAGC-115, followed by CIC School Glenview, Illinois, then USS SPROSTON QDDE-5773, Staff, Com- mander Destroyer Division 253 and Staff, Commander Destroyer Flotilla FIVE, all at Pearl Harbor. He served in USS SAINT PAUL QCA-735 from 1960 to 1962, then served as Execu- tive Officer, IIS. Naval Radio Station QTJ Cutler, Maine. He comes to ZELLARS from USS HAYNSWORTH QDD-7005 where he served as Execu- tive Officer. Commander WALCZAK holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and received a BS degree in Com- munication Engineering from U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. in 1960. The following medals have been awarded CDR WALCZAK: National Defense, Korean Campaign and United Nations Service. CDR WALCZAK is married to the former Theresa A. Wozniak Of Chicago, Illinois. The WALCZAK'S have three children, Mark 195, Stacy 161, and Brian 125.

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uss ZELLARS DD 777 WX! - 1 Launched from the Todd-Pacific Shipyard at Seattle, Washington, on July 19, 1944, ZELLARS has served the Navy ' H J kN and her country long and well. Variously called Black ac , th 'Z' ' ' Z , or the Z Boat , ZELLARS has habituallybeen e ippin where things were happening: Okinawa, Wonsan, Punsan, Project . . . . C b Mercury, the Polaris Missile Testing Program, and the u an Q r ntine. For twenty-three years, she has taken on combat- ua a tant foes, heavy seas, and Admin Inspections in the manner ' - k 't. And of some of her younger sailors who say. loan hac i she has. 'lx K 17 FT, vi Ii, ff' I.,-A rf.:- if 'f '?' 1

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5 ,M EXECUTIVE CJFFICER 'SI' , James A. Major, LCDR, USN DEPARTMENT HEADS si 1 .I , fb I T' J-II 4. ji' Robert W. Stakel, Richard G. Anderson, LT, USN LT, USN SUPPLY T if 44 Edwa d G N1b1OCk ENS USN ENGINEERING Albert H. Mifcheu, LT, USN r . ' , !