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Contact Info
Home Town Brooklyn, NY
Last Address Pensacola, Escambia, Florida
Date of Passing Aug 24, 2009
Location of Interment Barrancas National Cemetery (VA) - Pensacola, Florida
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section A-22, Row C, Site 14
CDR Norman E. "Norm" Schrader, Jr
Birth: Dec. 6, 1937
Death: Aug. 24, 2009
COMMANDER NORMAN E. SCHRADER
1937-2009
Commander Norman E. Schrader Jr., USN (Ret.), "Norm", 71, of Pensacola, Florida, passed away on August 24, 2009 in Atlanta, GA., while visiting his children.
Norm, son of the late Norman, Sr. and Doris Schrader of Rochester, NY, was born on Dec. 6, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Hempstead High School in NY where he lettered in several sports, and where he recently celebrated his 50th class reunion. Norm enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1956. He received his commission and designation as a Naval Aviator in 1958. He had an extremely successful 21 year career. Highlights include serving two tours in Viet Nam as a helicopter pilot with the SEAWOLVES where he was highly decorated including two Air Medals, two Navy Commendation Medals and numerous campaign and service awards. In 1974 Norm assumed command of Helicopter Training Squadron 18 at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Fl. Following retirement from the Navy, he was base manager and flew for Air Logistics in Venice, LA for 17 years. Norm loved the Navy, and in retirement he enjoyed serving as a volunteer at the National Museum of Naval Aviation and with the Blue Angels. He also served in the Volunteers in Public Service with the Gulf Breeze Police Department.
Headstone Inscription: "Have a great U.S. Navy day!"
Burial:
Barrancas National Cemetery
Pensacola
Escambia County
Florida, USA
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (68)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.
In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.
