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US Navy emblem CDR Charles P. Rozier
1961-1963		 Cecil Logo

 
The Skipper
      Commander C.P. Rozier, a native of Sparta, Georgia, entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940, after three years at Emory University. He was commissioned upon graduation in 1943.
      While serving in USS TUSCALOOSA (CA37), he participated in the regarrisioning of Spitsbergen October 1943; the Normandy invasion, Cherbourg bombardment, and Southern France invasion, 1944; Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles, 1945.
      In other tours of duty afloat, he has served as Gunnery Officer in USS BASILONE (DDE 824), Executive Officer in USS DASHIELL (DD 659), Commanding Officer in USS WOODSON (DE 359), and Operations Officer in USS LITTLE ROCK (CLG 4).
      He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering fro Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Management and Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
      Since Commander Rozier took command on 9 October 1961, the CHARLES P. CECIL has realized its capabilities and risen to be a leader in Destroyer Squadron 26.

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