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Home Town Gainesville, FL
Last Address 113 Gator Trail Melrose, FL 32666
Date of Passing Jan 14, 2017
Location of Interment Forest Meadows Memorial Park West - Newberry, Florida
Charles Wesley Larson II, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017. He was born in Gainesville and a graduate of P.K. Yonge and the University of Florida. A 24 year career Naval Officer retiring with the rank of Commander.
He was preceded in death by his daughter Sarah Claire Larson, and is survived by his wife Sarah Gaskins Larson, two sons, Charles Wesley Larson III, and Kevin Lee Samuel Larson, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be private. Arrangements by MILAM FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES, 311 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601,
(352) 376-5361.
Published in Gainesville Sun from Jan. 22 to Jan. 23, 2017
Executing "Honey Do" lists and looking for jobs around the house. Driving my John Deere lawn mower tractor around the woods and neighborhood. In short, not much.
Other Comments:
Gainesville (FL) Area Chamber of Commerce September 1977 - September 1984
Kissimmee(FL) Chamber of Commerce September 1984 - May 1985
Putnam County (FL) Chamber of Commerce May 1985 - January 2010
Vietnam War/Tet 69 Counteroffensive Campaign
From Month/Year
February / 1969
To Month/Year
June / 1969
Description This Campaign period was from 23 February to 8 June 1969. The overall composition of the SEALORDS task force in South Vietnam reflected the growing role of the Vietnamese Navy in the war. The newly elected administration of President Richard M. Nixon formally adopted as U.S. policy the Vietnamization program early in 1969.
The naval part of that process, termed ACTOV (Accelerated Turnover to the Vietnamese), embodied the incremental transfer to Vietnam of NAVFORV's river and coastal combatant fleet and the logistic support establishment. ACTOV was more than the provision of material, however, for the Vietnamese Navy needed training in the operation, maintenance, and repair of the U.S. equipment and in the efficient functioning of the supply system. Leadership skills at all command levels required improvement as did the general morale of naval personnel before the Vietnamese Navy would be able to fight on alone.
Spearheaded by the 564 officers and men of the Naval Advisory Group early in 1969, the U.S. Navy integrated Vietnamese sailors into the crews of American ships and craft. When sufficiently trained, the Vietnamese bluejackets and officers relieved their American counterparts, who then rotated back to the United States. As entire units came under Vietnamese Navy command, control of the various SEALORDS operations passed to that naval service as well.