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Colwell, John B., VADM, USN (Ret.) 1909-. Youth in Nebraska; Graduate of U.S. Naval Academy, 1931; Battleship and Cruiser assign­ ments; Plotting Room Officer, USS Idaho on Atlantic patrols and in Iceland, 1941; Gunnery Offi­ cer, CO, SPAC Force, 1942-1944; CO, USS Converse, 1944; Naval proving Ground, 1945-1947; EXO, USS Missouri, 1947-1948; Fleet Readiness officer, Pacific Fleet, 1948-1951; CO, USS Glokomin, 1954-1955; Deputy Director, Fleet Ballistic Missile Project; CO, USS Galveston, 1958; Various assignments, CNO's Office, 1960; CO, Amphibious Group Four, 1961-1962; CO, Am­ phibious Force Pacific, 1964-1965; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 1965-1969; Retired in 1969.

Davidson, John F., RADM, USN, 1908-1989. Education, USNA, 1925-1929; Junior Officer, USS Utah, 1929-1930; Communication and gunnery duties, USS Arizona, 1930-1933; Submarine School, New London, Conn., 1933; Com­ munications Officer, USS Cachlot, 1934-1936; Bureau of Navigation, Washington, D.C., 1936- 1938; XO, USS S-45, 1938-1939; CO, USS S-44, 1939-1940; CO, USS Mackerel, 1940-1942; CO, USS Blackfish, 1942-1944; Training Officer, CO, Submarine Training Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1944; Officer Detail, BuPers, 1944-1947; CO, Submarine 62 Division 1948; CO, USS Orion, 1949; CO, Submarine 2 Squadron 1950; Student, Canadian National Defense Col­ lege, Kingston, Ontario, 1950-1951; Department of English, History and Government, USNA,1951-1954; CO, USSAlbany, 1954-1955; Assistant Director, Politico Military Policy Divi­ sion, Office of CNO, 1955-1957; Director, Politico Military Policy Division, 1957; Cruiser 5 Divi­ sion 1957-1958; Chief of the Navy Group, Joint U.S. Military Mission for Aid to Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, 1958-1960; Superintendent, USNA, and CO, Severn River Command, Annapolis, Md., 1960-1962; CO, Training Command Pacific Fleet, 1962-1964; Retired 1964.

Coye, John S., Jr., RADM, USN, 1911-. Education, USNA, 1933; USS Mohegan, 1935-1936; Student, Submarine School, New Lon­ don, Conn., 1937; USS Shark, 1937-1940; USS R-18, 1941-1943; CO, USS Silversides, part of South Pacific Force, and received citations for outstanding performance in combat, 1943-1944; Instructor, Submarine School, 1945-1947; CO, Submarine 52 Division 1948--1949; Staff, CO, Op­ erational Development Force, 1950-1952; CO, Submarine 8 Squadron 1953; Student, Naval War College, 1954-1955; Staff, CO, Second Fleet, CO, Striking Fleet Atlantic, 1955-1957; CO, USS Rochester, 1958--1959; CO, Naval Forces Marines, 1961-1962; Deputy Chief of Staff, CIC, Allied Forces, Southern Europe, 1964-1966; CO, Training Command, Atlantic Fleet, 1966--1968. Re­ tired, 1968.

Thach, John S., ADM, USN, 1905-1981. Education, USNA, 1927; USS Mississippi, USS California, 1927-1929; Naval Aviation School, Pensacola, Fla., 1929-1930; Squadron VF-I, USS Saratoga; Patrol Squadron 9, USS WRIGHT, 1934-1936; Scouting Squadron 6-B, USS Cincinnati, 1936-1937; Patrol Squadron 5-F; Panama Canal Zone; VF-3 Squadron, USS Saratoga; Developed Thatch Weave Technique for dealing with enemy in aerial combat, 1941; Navy Operational Training Command, Pilot Training, Jackson­ ville, Fla.; USS Yorktown and Battle of Midway, 1942; USS Lexington and Operation Forager, 1944-1945; Witness toJapanese surrender on USS Missouri, 1945.

Director, Training and Special Assistant, Chief of Naval Air Training, Pensacola, Fla., 1945-1950; CO, USS Sicily, 1950-1951, which saw action in the Korean War, including the Inchon landing; Naval Aide, Assistant SECNAV, 1951-1952; CO, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1953-1954; CO, Naval Air Bases, Sixth Naval District, Jacksonville. Fla.; CO, Carrier 16 Division 1957-1959; CO, Anti-Submarine Defense Force Pacific, 1960-1963; Deputy CNO (Air), 1963-1965; CIC, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1965-1967; Retired, 1967.

Hayward, John T., VADM, USN 1908-1999. Reminiscences of the role and impact of Navy Chaplains on his career and in the naval ser­vice, including Chaplains John Brady, Herbert Dumstrey and Edward Riley; Overview of Hay­ward's career, including enlisnnent in the Navy in 1925; USNA, Class of 1930; Flight training, 1932; WWII in South Pacific, 1943-1944; Director, Sandia Base, N.M., 1948; CO, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1956-1957; Deputy for R&D, 1957-1959; CO, Third Fleet and Presidency, NWC, 1966-1968. Appendix contains summaries of careers of various chaplains and report of commit­ tee that investigated the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, of which Hayward was a member.

Noel, John V Jr., CAPT, USN, 1912-1991. U.S. Naval Reserve, 1931-1932; Education, USNA. 1932-1936; Junior Officer, USS Astoria, 1936-1938; Communication duty on the staff, Commander Scouting Force, U.S. Fleet, attached to USS Indianapolis, 1938-1940; Minelayer USS Sicard, participated in Pearl Harbor and Cape Torokina, 1940-1944; West Coast Sound School, San Diego, Calif., 1944; CO, USS Lamson, 1944- 1945; Office of the CNO, Washington, D.C., 1945-1947; Stanford University, Calif., 1947-1948; Operations and Plans Officer, USS Mount Mckinley, 1948-1950; Instructor, USNA, 1950-1953; XO, USS Rochester, 1950-1953;XO, USSRochester, 1953-1954; Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C., 1954-1955; Head, Personnel Plans Branch, BuPers, 1955-1958; CO, USS Altair, 1958-1959; Naval Aide to the Assistant SECNAV, 1959-1961; CO, USS Springfield, 1961-1962; Naval Attache, Paris, France, 1962-1965; Retired, 1965.

LeeJohn Wesley, Jr., LCDR, USN (Ret.) 1924-. Transcript of the career of the first black man commissioned as a regular officer in the U.S. Navy on 15 March 1947. This includes his growing up years in Indianapolis, Ind., family back­ ground, education at Indiana University and enlistment in the Navy 1944; Training; Treatment of blacks in the Navy; Commission in the U.S. Navy Reserve, 1945; Ship assignments; Postwar educa­ tion and augmentation into the regular Navy; General Line School, Newport, R.I., 1947-1948; Duty in USSKearsarge and USS Toledo, 1948-1952, USSWright, 1954-1956, USSCotton, 1956- 1957, Naval Air Rocket Test Station, 1957-1959; CO, Oceanographic Unit, USS Dutton, 1959- 1960; Executive Officer, USS Aeolus, 1961-1963; Staff Officer NATO, 1963-1966; Retirement from USN, 1966. Employment with Naval Avionics, 1967-1989.

Wylie, Joseph C., RADM, USN, 1911-1993. Typescript treats his naval career from 1938-1972. Includes comments on the U.S. Naval Academy cruises, duty on the China Station in 1930s, including discussion of Navy Chiefs and Of­ ficers, WWII service including convoy duty in the North Atlantic and in the South Pacific, his au­ thorship of Combat Information Center handbook, the value of a Navy, Naval War College Course in Advanced Seapower, Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965, the Lebanon Cri­ sis, Attack on USSLiberty, Coup in Greece, 1967, assignments as CO, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla, Deputy Inspector General of the Navy and trip to Antarctica.

Rochetort, Joseph, CAPT, USN, 1898-1976. Enlisted, USN Reserve Force, 1918; Ensign, 1919; Service in USS Cuyama, USS Cardinal, USS Salisbury, USS Charleston, 1919-1922; USS Arizona, 1924-1925; Officer in Charge, Crypto­ graphic Section, Navy Department, with pioneering work in cryptanalysis, 1925-1929;Japanese Language Instruction, American Embassy, Japan, 1929-1932; Naval Intelligence Office, 1932- 1933; USS Hayland and USS California, 1932-1934; USS New Orleans and USS Indianapolis, 1938-1941; Officer in Charge, Combat Intelligence Unit, Pacific Ocean, Pearl Harbor, 1941- 1942; Staff, Office of Naval Intelligence, CN0, 1944-1946; Retired, 1947. WWII Battle Evaluation Group, Naval War College, 1951-1953. Discusses Naval Intelligence in WWII, with regard to Pearl Harbor attack, Battles of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf.