![]() ![]() In April 1949, Ensign Smith reported to the Naval Air Basic Command at NAS Pensacola for flight training. In August 1947 he reported to the Naval School, Academy and College Preparatory, at Bainbridge MD., as a mathematics instructor. In March 1947, Ensign Smith reported to the light cruiser Wilkes-Barre (CL 103) as Assistant Division Officer for a Goodwill Cruise to England and Norway. in Combat Information Center (CIC) Operations. Upon commissioning, Ensign Smith first reported to NAS Jacksonville, FL., for instruction, followed in September 1946 by additional instruction at the Naval Radar Training School, St. According to the Lucky Bag entry, "Smitty" was a very hard worker who "burned the candle at both ends" to get through "juice" (Electrical Engineering) and math, which would be ironic given some of his jobs later in his career, when he was an expert in both. ![]() He played in the backfield of the football team. ![]() Naval Academy with the wartime accelerated class of 1947, graduating in June 1946. ![]()
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