Following graduation and reporting to USS MEMPHIS were two years of sea duty for Chick. Then there was flight training at New Orleans, Pensacola, and Fort Lauderdale, ending with five years of duty involving flying in VTB-type aircraft.

Chick's resignation was accepted by the Navy in June, 1947, while serving, in the rank of LCDR, as Air Officer on Staff, Commander Philadelphia Group, 16th Fleet, engaged in the "Mothball" preservation of cruisers, light aircraft carriers and auxiliary vessels at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Chick's civilian career, which was to follow, started with the General Electric Co. Philadelphia office in the transportation division. The GE Company was one of several supplying the railroads and supporting them in modernizing their motive power from steam to diesel electric locomotives.

A shift in emphasis by the GE Company in 1954 led to a move joining the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, NY, and continuing to work with the railroads, but now in the Southeast based out of Washington, D.C.

In 1962, an expanded sales effort to utilize the locomotive diesel engine for stationary power and for marine propulsion, led to a transfer to the company office at Schenectady and later to the engine plant in Auburn, NY, as marketing manager. A move to St. Louis, MO, as Regional Sales Manager was followed in 1974 by a move to the same position in Los Angeles and the Western Region.

Retirement in 1982 finds the Obrists living in Fl Toro, CA, playing golf and keeping watch on the Marines flying their F/A18 fighters in and out of Fl Toro Air Station. Their two daughters have increased the family to include their husbands and five grandchildren. They believe they are fortunate to have retired there in California, within reasonable traveling distance to one daughter living in Honolulu and the other in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Rue's first assignment was to the cruiser PHOENIX, which survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor to continue fighting in the South Pacific. In September, 1942, he was detached from PHOENIX to attend Submarine School training at New London.

Throughout WW II, he served in submarines BASS, CACHALOT, SAURY, GROUPER and KINGFISH in the Atlantic and Pacific, finishing the war as commanding officer of LAPON, during decommissioning. Following a short tour in REQUIN, he was stationed for three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in electrical engineering.

In 1949, he returned to sea as executive officer of COLLETT during the Korean War. This was followed by a two year's command of ABBOTT in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, three years on OpNav's ECM staff and a two-year tour on Joint Staff in Anchorage, followed by a year at sea as executive officer of WORCESTER.

Rue served his final tour of active duty as executive officer of NavSta, Charleston, South Carolina. His wartime service earned the Bronze Star Medal and Presidential Unit Citation. He retired from active service 1 July 1960.

Following retirement from the Navy, he joined McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis as an electronic systems engineer, dealing primarily with missiles and spacecraft. Besides working for McDonnell, he wrote articles for Navy publications, such as Proceedings and Submarine Review, as well as editorials for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Global Democrat. He belonged to several local organizations and particularly enjoyed the international affairs groups. He was active in ham radio and helped many others get started in the hobby. Golf was high on his agenda; he played at least three times a week. He and Lew were proud of their son, who is a tenured professor at West Point, and has written a successful novel, "Shades of Gray," soon to be made into a movie.

Be died on 20 December 1988, of cancer, in St. Louis. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lew, of 9 Oak Bend Drive, St. Louis, MO 63124; by a son, LCol. Timothy R. O'Neill, USA; and by two granddaughters, all of West Point.

Stan joined the cruiser CHESTER, operating out of Pearl Harbor at the outbreak of WW II. After action in the Marshalls, Coral Sea, experiencing a torpedo hit at Guadalcanal, he applied for sub duty. He married Anne Murphy after Pearl Harbor. Sub School came in 1943, and orders to CUTTLEFISH, training other school students. Mary Lynn arrived May 10, 1943 and William Stanley August 2, 1944. In November, 1944, Stan flew to Perth to be Exec of POMPANO. After two war patrols, the war ended and orders to CARP arrived. October, 1946, found the Orsers in Bremerton, Stan as Aide to ComNavBase. Theresa Anne was born February 12, 1947. In 1947, Stan reported as Exec in HAMNER in San Diego. Judith Christine was born December 7, 1949. In July, 1950, HAMNER raced out to support the Pusan Perimeter, one of the first destroyer reinforcements from the United States. Later in 1950, he reported to the Staff of ComTraPac, as Anne was not well. His initials are on some of the blueprints for the Naval Electronics Building which was being constructed. This necessitated many flights to Washington. Anne passed away in August, 1951.

August, 1952, found Stan at Fort Leavenworth, to attend the Army Command and General Staff College. In May, 1952, Janice Louise Lehman, and sons, Randolph 13, and Martin 9, joined the family. Later, both boys were legally adopted, proudly carry the Orser name.

In 1953, Stan took command of the destroyer LAWS, and in 1955, returned to the Naval Academy as Exec of Seamanship and Navigation. In 1958, the family was again in San Diego; Stan was Commander Landing Ship Squadron One. Upon making Captain, another change of duty: Staff ComPhibPac as Force Readiness and Training Officer. Then, to Captain of SEMINOLE, June, 1961. The Pentagon, of course, was a natural next, serving in OPNAV. A real "highlight" came in 1965, as counterpart to CNO, Chinese Navy, Taiwan, as Chief, Navy Section MAAG. He briefed, advised, counseled senior Chinese officers including Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek.

Stan's retirement billet as Chief of Staff, Commander, Western Sea Frontier, was rewarding. He received two Legion of Merit awards for the last two billets. After thirty years in a rewarding career, he retired July 1, 1970. Retirement brought world travel, golf, gardening and club affairs. He was always energetic, ever on the move, happy whether tackling a tricky staff assignment, sea challenge, golf ball or pruning roses. More than what a man does is what he, himself IS. Akin to the sundial, Stan recorded only sunshine hours. He made his transition January 7, 1980, leaving a devoted family that will ever miss him -- brother, wife, six children and fifteen grandchildren.

Ozzie reported to SARATOGA (CV-3) upon graduation and after two-and-a-half years and two torpedoes, was assigned to commission LEXINGTON (CV-16). He married Bettie Ann Bourgette enroute, the marriage resulting in three sons and a daughter. In LEXINGTON, Ozzie served as Gunnery Officer, and was awarded the Silver Star Medal and Purple Heart, and 15 battle stars for the Pacific.

On detachment after the end of WW II, Ozzie attended the PG School for a year in Annapolis, then the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania for two years, where in 1947, with the recent completion of the historic ENIAC computer, he was initiated into the complexities of computers. Following the awarding of the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree, he was Executive Officer of SOUTHERLAND and later Commanding Officer of TWINING during the Korean War.

The family was reunited for three-and-a-half years at the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, followed by another two years on the Joint Staff, Far East Command, in Tokyo.

This was followed by XO of the Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility, White Sands, New Mexico; then in 1960, as Commander Mine Squadron Seven in the Pacific. After a year of this last sea command, Ozzie was ordered to be the Bureau of Naval Weapons Representative, Sunnyvale, CA, to participate in the POLARIS and TRIDENT activities.

Ozzie retired in 1964 and went to work for the Aerospace Corporation as Sunnyvale Resident manager for Satellite Orbital Operations. After almost 17 years at this busy position, Ozzie again retired, but immediately went to work for the System Development Corporation to develop satellite systems control software. In 1986, he gave up office hours and expanded his hobbies of breeding iris and day lilies. His iris have worn top honors from the American Iris Society.

Ozzie and Bettie had two grandchildren. Their permanent address is 1199 Crandano Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.

Bettie died in 1990. Ozzie is now married to Toshiko.