Tours of Duty
Above: USS Pine Island (AV-12), from a photo on display at the PBY-Naval Air Museum, Oak Harbor, Washington
RLD's USN Tours of Duty
1939 – Enlisted in US Naval Reserve (USNR), Applied for Aviation Flight Training
5/10/39 – Enlisted as Seaman Second Class, Class V-5, for 4 years at Seattle Washington (apparently a formality).
5/16/39 Applied for Flight training as an Aviation Cadet, USNR, through Thirteenth Naval District, US Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Seattle, Washington
Address: 4511 20th N.E., Seattle, WA
1939 Began Active Duty, Aviation Cadet, USNR, Flight Training School
9/39 – 7/40 NAS Pensacola, Florida
1940 Commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy
4/15/40, By Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940 – 1943 – Patrol Squadron Forty-Two, NAS Seattle, Washington (Sand Point) (WWII Aleutian Campaign)
7/40 – 2/43 Personnel Officer, Ordnance Officer
1943 Patrol Squadron Forty-five, NAS Seattle, Washington (WWII Aleutian Campaign)
3/43-11/43, Commanding Officer, Executive Officer
1943 Married Marjorie Jean Culler
October 23, 1943, Seattle, Washington
1943 – 1945 – Naval Air Training Command (WWII)
Instructor, Officer In Charge, Navigation Squadron
10/43 – 8/44 NAS Jacksonville Florida
8/44- 4/45 NAS Shawnee Oklahoma
4/45 – 11/45, NAS Clinton, Oklahoma
1945 First Daughter Born
Feb. 3, 1945 Dianne Jean Donley (later Hofbeck)
718 Pottinger
Shawnee, Oklahoma
(from Dianne’s Baby Book)
at 9 months moved to Wilbur, Washington (while Dad was in Georgia?)
1945 – 1946 Combat Information Center School (CIC), US Naval Schools, Brunswick GA
11/45 – 3/46 Student (??)
1946 – 1947 – USS Boxer, Oakland, CA., (Liberation of the Philippines)
3/46 – 2/47 Combat Information Officer, Assistant Air Officer
Address: 3037 Humboldt
Oakland, Calif (Dianne’s baby book: moved there at 20 months old)
1947 – 1949 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass
2/47 – 2/49 Bachelor of Science
Address: 58 Stoneham, Mass
Dianne’s Baby Book: moved there at 2.5 years
1947 Second Daughter Born
August 4, 1947 Patricia Jane Donley (later Hendrix)
1949 [Department of the] Chief of Naval Operations, the Pentagon
2/49 – 8/49 Assistant Head of Electronics Section, Air Warfare Division
Address: 1800 Block Linda Lane, Jefferson Village, Falls Church, VA
1949 – 1952 NAS Coronado California (Korean War)
8/49-2/50 [Division of} Commander, Air Force, Pacific – Student
2/50-3/51 Patrol Squadron Forty-Two, Executive Officer
6/52- 7/54, Patrol Squadron Forty-Six, Commanding Officer
Address: 730 H Avenue, Coronado, CA
1952 – 1954 – [Division of the] Chief of Naval Operations, the Penatagon
Head of Instruments and Navigation Section of Air Warfare Division
Address: 937 Ridge Road, Columbia Pines, Annandale, VA
1954 – 1955 [Division of the] Staff Commander Fleet Air, Whidbey Island
7/54- 12/55 Operations Officer
Address: Quarter II, NAS Oak Harbor, WA
1955 – 1957 USS Pine Island, Coronado, CA
12/55 – 6/57 Executive Officer
Address: 640 (610?) Country Club Lane, Coronado, CA
1957 – 1959 Field Command Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico
6/57 – 12/59 Deputy Director, Operations Division; Chief of Stockpile Operations Branch
Top Secret Clearance
Address; 3000 Georgia St. N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico
1960, Retired from the US Navy
Awards and Campaign Ribbons
Distinguished Flying Cross
4 Air medals
Navy Unit Commendation
Asiatic – Pacific W/1 Star
American Campaign
Philippine Independence
Navy Occupation
China Service
Korean Service
United Nations
National Defense
5/10/39 – Enlisted as Seaman Second Class, Class V-5, for 4 years at Seattle Washington (apparently a formality).
5/16/39 Applied for Flight training as an Aviation Cadet, USNR, through Thirteenth Naval District, US Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Seattle, Washington
Address: 4511 20th N.E., Seattle, WA
1939 Began Active Duty, Aviation Cadet, USNR, Flight Training School
9/39 – 7/40 NAS Pensacola, Florida
1940 Commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy
4/15/40, By Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940 – 1943 – Patrol Squadron Forty-Two, NAS Seattle, Washington (Sand Point) (WWII Aleutian Campaign)
7/40 – 2/43 Personnel Officer, Ordnance Officer
1943 Patrol Squadron Forty-five, NAS Seattle, Washington (WWII Aleutian Campaign)
3/43-11/43, Commanding Officer, Executive Officer
1943 Married Marjorie Jean Culler
October 23, 1943, Seattle, Washington
1943 – 1945 – Naval Air Training Command (WWII)
Instructor, Officer In Charge, Navigation Squadron
10/43 – 8/44 NAS Jacksonville Florida
8/44- 4/45 NAS Shawnee Oklahoma
4/45 – 11/45, NAS Clinton, Oklahoma
1945 First Daughter Born
Feb. 3, 1945 Dianne Jean Donley (later Hofbeck)
718 Pottinger
Shawnee, Oklahoma
(from Dianne’s Baby Book)
at 9 months moved to Wilbur, Washington (while Dad was in Georgia?)
1945 – 1946 Combat Information Center School (CIC), US Naval Schools, Brunswick GA
11/45 – 3/46 Student (??)
1946 – 1947 – USS Boxer, Oakland, CA., (Liberation of the Philippines)
3/46 – 2/47 Combat Information Officer, Assistant Air Officer
Address: 3037 Humboldt
Oakland, Calif (Dianne’s baby book: moved there at 20 months old)
1947 – 1949 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass
2/47 – 2/49 Bachelor of Science
Address: 58 Stoneham, Mass
Dianne’s Baby Book: moved there at 2.5 years
1947 Second Daughter Born
August 4, 1947 Patricia Jane Donley (later Hendrix)
1949 [Department of the] Chief of Naval Operations, the Pentagon
2/49 – 8/49 Assistant Head of Electronics Section, Air Warfare Division
Address: 1800 Block Linda Lane, Jefferson Village, Falls Church, VA
1949 – 1952 NAS Coronado California (Korean War)
8/49-2/50 [Division of} Commander, Air Force, Pacific – Student
2/50-3/51 Patrol Squadron Forty-Two, Executive Officer
6/52- 7/54, Patrol Squadron Forty-Six, Commanding Officer
Address: 730 H Avenue, Coronado, CA
1952 – 1954 – [Division of the] Chief of Naval Operations, the Penatagon
Head of Instruments and Navigation Section of Air Warfare Division
Address: 937 Ridge Road, Columbia Pines, Annandale, VA
1954 – 1955 [Division of the] Staff Commander Fleet Air, Whidbey Island
7/54- 12/55 Operations Officer
Address: Quarter II, NAS Oak Harbor, WA
1955 – 1957 USS Pine Island, Coronado, CA
12/55 – 6/57 Executive Officer
Address: 640 (610?) Country Club Lane, Coronado, CA
1957 – 1959 Field Command Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico
6/57 – 12/59 Deputy Director, Operations Division; Chief of Stockpile Operations Branch
Top Secret Clearance
Address; 3000 Georgia St. N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico
1960, Retired from the US Navy
Awards and Campaign Ribbons
Distinguished Flying Cross
4 Air medals
Navy Unit Commendation
Asiatic – Pacific W/1 Star
American Campaign
Philippine Independence
Navy Occupation
China Service
Korean Service
United Nations
National Defense