MCDOUGAL-JOHN

John S. McDougal entered the U.S. Navy in 1943 and following recruit training at Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho, he was assigned to duty as a Yeoman at the Office of Censorship, Chief Cable Censor (CCC), in Washington D.C.  This World War II organization, under the direction of the Director of Naval Intelligence, was primarily staffed by active duty Navy personnel.  In September 1945 at the conclusion of World War II the organization was immediately disbanded but at the request of the U.S. Army, members of CCC were recruited to serve with the Army’s similar organization being established in Japan.  Thus, McDougal was transferred to Japan where he served with the Naval Civil Censorship Detachment Japan.  In 1946 he returned from Japan to the United States where he was discharged from the Navy with the rate of Yeoman Second Class.

Submitted by CDR Roy A. Mosteller, USNR (Ret)