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WATSON,Jr., Richard (Dick), LTJG Officer
 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Current/Last Primary NEC/NOC
135X-Unrestricted Line Officer - support of Naval Aviation
Current/Last NEC/NOC Group
Officer
Current/Last Duty Station
1958-1960, 135X, US Navy
Previously Held NEC/NOC
AD-0000-Aviation Machinist's Mate
AD-8243-A-3 Plane Captain (Flight Crew)
Service Years
1939 - 1968
Three Hash Marks
Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Junior Grade

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Not Specified
   
Other Comments:
My Naval Assignments have included many reserve squadrons that are not listed in the matrix.  They are as follows:

VP-907, Plankowner, commissioned July 4, 1946 and redesignated VP-ML-57 on November 15, 1946.  In February 1950, the unit was redesignated to VP-871 at which time I transferred back to active duty in February 1951.  The unit was redesignated VP-19 in February 1953.

I was subsequently transferred from VP-871 to VR-5, Moffet Field, CA in September 1952 and remained there until December 1954, upon going to the active reserve with VP-871 until 1957.  I had then transferred to ZP-871 (Blimp Squadron) from 1958-1960 and went inactive.
I am a qualified Flight Engineer in the following aircraft:PBY-5& 5A,PB2Y-3,PB4Y-2,R6D-1,PV-2,and the R6V.While in VR-5 I recieved a FAA Flight Engineers License and a FAA  A&E license.I  had already  gotten my pilots license in 1949.

On November 7 2007 I was honored to be inducted into the Combat Aircrew Roll of honor on the USS Yorktown
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Map Legend: 6%, 18 of 263 Territories
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 Duty Stations
US NavyFormal SchoolsNaval Aviation Schools/Aviation Free Gunnery SchoolVPB-44 Black Cats
VP-19 Big RedNAS - NAB - NAVAIRSTA - NAVAIRDEPOT/NAS Moffett Field
  1939-1939, USS Jarvis (DD-393)4
  1941-1942, AD-0000, Naval Aviation Schools/(AD) Aviation Machinist Mate A School
  1942-1942, AD-0000, Naval Aviation Schools/Aviation Free Gunnery School
  1942-1943, AD-8243, VP-44 Golden Pelicans2
  1943-1944, AD-8243, VPB-44 Black Cats2
  1946-1951, AD-0000, VP-19 Big Red6
  1952-1954, AD-0000, NAS - NAB - NAVAIRSTA - NAVAIRDEPOT/NAS Moffett Field
  1954-1957, 135X, US Navy
  1958-1960, 135X, US Navy
 Colleges Attended 
  1940-1941, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  1945-1945, University of Iowa
  1954-1957, San Jose State University
  1957-1958, Stanford University
 Recruit Training - Trainee/Instructor
  1941, Recruit Training Command (NTC San Diego, CA), 41-821
 Combat and Operations History
  World War 2*/Combat History Unknown - WW2 (1942 - 1945)3
  1942-1942 World War 2*/Battles/Battle of Midway (1942)14
  1942-1945 World War 2*/Combat History Unknown - WW2 (1942 - 1945)23
  1951-1952 Patrol North Korean Coast (1951 - 1952)6
 Military Association Memberships
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW)Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA)WW II Memorial National Registry
Naval Aviation Museum FoundationNavy League of the United StatesUnited States Navy Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)
United States Naval InstituteAssociation of Aviation OrdnancemenAmerican Legion
  1958, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) [Verified] - Assoc. Page
  1979, VP-44 Golden Pelicans Association - Assoc. Page
  1993, Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) [Verified]
  1995, Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA) [Verified]
  1995, WW II Memorial National Registry [Verified]
  1995, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation [Verified]
  1996, Navy League of the United States [Verified] - Assoc. Page
  1996, United States Navy Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
  1997, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) [Verified] - Assoc. Page
  2005, United States Naval Institute [Verified] - Assoc. Page
  2007, Association of Aviation Ordnancemen [Verified]
  2011, American Legion [Verified] - Assoc. Page
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