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l-IIS book is abouT The UniTed STaTes Ship FooTe lDD 5I ll, The
men ThaT wenT To sea wiTh her and The iob They did TogeTher.
In This collecTion oT Taces Trom every corner oT The naTion and oT
such snapshoTs as may be Taken oT an operaTing warship, perhaps
may be discerned some oT The personaliTy oT The FooTe, some oT
The elemenTs ThaT, combined, made oT her The characTer ThaT she was.
Among These Taces are Those oT The men ThaT raised The com-
mission To her Truck in I942g ThaT shared her TirsT anger -- againsT a
U-boaT in The ATlanTicp ThaT TelT her near-morTal wound oTT Bougain-
ville: ThaT exulTed in her vicTory over Kamikaze aircraTT in The Philip-
pines: ThaT one unbelievable nigh+ olll l-lagushi Beach aT Okinawa
when The TirsT hinT oT peace was aired, knew Tor an insTanT some-
Thing oT The paradox oT her deadly mighT.
For, Though we didn'T oTTen admiT iT ouT loud, The l:ooTe was all
oT us, and all oT us made up The FooTe. We shook her down, we Took
her ouT, we ToughT her all around The world, and we broughT her
back home. We had her boilers on The line and her guns sTanding
ready and when she was needed we gave all she had.
The FooTe's iob is well done, we're proud oT her and glad ThaT iT
is The men who knew her ThaT are going To puT her away up The
river in abeyance Tor World War Ill.
Our TondesT hope is ThaT she is never used again.
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LITTLE BEAVER
The image of LiTTle Beaver painTed gaily on The side of all "LiTTle Beaver" Squadron ships has been a
familiar sighf since The early days of The war. LiTTle Beaver was adopTed as The squadron's insignia aTTer a
h' h rankin officer remarked, "They work like a group oT liTTle beaversf' The name sTuck and. by permission
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Here is a replica of LiTTle Beaver by "Gene" SchnaubelT, STaTf ArTisT, as iT appears on our ship.
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O Those men who gave Their lives while serving aboard This ship,
we humbly dedicaTe This book. NoT only do we dedicaTe This
book, buT we shall have a solemn prayer in our hearTs Tor Them and
Their loved ones always.
We were so close as shipmaTes, They seemed as broThers To us:
so we would like, here, To quoTe a TiTTing poem.
"LiTTle broTher, Think oT me-
From your grave beneaTh The sea:
Pray Tor us whose Thorns are deep-
STrengThen us who mournTul weep.
LiTTle broTher leT us pray
ThaT God will granT we meeT some day:
ThaT l may clasp a hero's hand
ln The greaT eTernal land.
LiTTle broTher, how l miss
Our bygone days oT boyish bliss:
l hope you died wiThouT much pain . .
'l pray you haven'T died in vain."
-KEVIN J. FINN
Now ThaT. The war is over we know Tull well ThaT They did noT die
in vain, Tor The world is on The road To peace-A peace we pray
will make This a humane world Tor God and his kingdom.
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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, U.S.N
900 Milwaukee Avenue
Deer Lodge, lvlonlana
OW rhal if is all over and we are scallering in all direclions il is hoped +ha+
i "Shipma+es" will bring back many fond memories in +he years ro come. The
fad Jrhal such a book exisls is an indicaiion of The spirii and unily of lhe crew. To
command The Poole during a porlion of rhe war has been my greaiesl privilege.
To a greal crew of a grea+ ship, well done and Jrhe besf of everyihing in whal-
ever you choose for The iuiure.
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AM graTeTul Tor This opporTuniTy To express
my appreciaTion To The oTTicers and men who
served wiTh me during The sTirring days and
nighTs oT operaTions which we shared in The SouTh
PaciTic and in The Philippines. The eTTecTiveness
oT a TighTing ship, like any oTher organizaTion, is
dependenT upon The loyalTy and uniTy oT acTion
oT every man in The crew. l am proud oT The
record oT This period, and oT The men who made
iT. Many who served wiTh us lasT Their lives rin
The service oT our counTry, and in combaT wiTh
The enemy. LeT us pay humble TribuTe To Their
memory, and leT each oT us in his own way insure
ThaT These men did noT make a useless sacriTice.
.
' B. L. AUSTIN
COMMODORE, U.S.N.
ALSTON RAMSAY
CAPTAIN, U.S.N.
O The gallanT oTTicers and crew oT a gaIlan+
TighTing ship, a well done Trom your TirsT
Commanding OTTicer. T
From The shores oT ATrica To The shores oT
Japan, via The sloT, you have ToughT a good
TighT. NeiTher The enemy's 'Torpedoes, guns,
bombs nor Kamikaze plans sTopped you. You
were wounded buT you wenT back To TighT again.
l am proud To have had a small parT in sTarT-
ing you on your TighTing career. l shall always
cherish The memory oT my days on The FooTe
and The shipmaTes l had There, especially Those
who ToughT Their lasT TighT on ThaT long road To
Tokyo.
l appreciaTe This opporTuniTy To wish you all
The very besT, in or ouT oT The Service, and To
again Thank The old Timers on board Tor Their
splendid work and True loyalTy in The diTTiculT
days when we were shaking down.
Very sincerely
SI-IIP'S HISTORY
oT I942, The FOOTE was commissioned in CharlesTown Navy Yard,
BosTon, MassachuseTTs. ThaT was a cold day. A skeIeTon crew had broughT her down
Trom BaTh, Maine, where she was consTrucTed and They had broughT her aT Top speed.
Ice coaTed The boaTs and supersTrucTure. The ship sTayed around BosTon Tor a Tew
eks and Then made a shake-down run To OuanTanamo Bay, Cuba, along in The IaTTer
N laTe December
we
parT oT January I943.
When The FOOTE was commissioned she had a quarTer inch oT linoleum on nearly
every TooT oT her deck space and since ThaT was iudged To be a Tire hazard every IasT
biT oT iT had To be scraped up and Thrown over The side. In addiTion To This Tull Time
iob There were drills and inspecTions and seasickness, ThaT banded TogeTher To keep The
crew Trom resTing. The ship arrived back in BosTon To Take on a Tew exTra guns and a
Tew new men on February I8, I943.
We sTayed in The yard Tor abouT a monTh unTil March oT "43" and Then wenT To
Casco Bay, Maine, Tor more Training duTy. Few men aboard will TorgeT The suTTering
one had To go Through To make liberTy - anchored a million miles Trom The nearesT
land and only a whaleboaT Tor TransporTaTion. The TemperaTure mosT always seT below
zero as we made our way Through The choppy waTers oT The Bay Towards The coasT. You
Thawed ouT whenever you reached a warm spoT leaving a puddle oT waTer wherever
you sTood. There was'n'T much There anyhow, mosT oT The crew managed To geT Thrown
inTo The local BasTiIe Tor some minor inTracTion oT The rules. There was one nighT ThaT
ChieT OuarTermasTer P. A. Campbell Tried To pay oTT a PorTIand BarTender wiTh a bag
Tull oT pennies-Too many pennies.
Early in April we leTT New York convoying a group oT merchanT ships bound Tor
Casablanca, French Morocco. IT was There ThaT we goT our TirsT TasTe oT Toreign liberTy,
aTTer an unevenTTul Trio across. The nighT we arrived a red alerT was seT Tor Three enemy
aircraTT reporTed in ThaT viciniTy which we knew noThing abouT Till The nexT morning.
MosT oT The crew goT ashore aT leasT once while we were There. The only English
The naTives speak well was, "FIVE DOLLARS" . . . and up. Nice liTTle place, Tull oT
sleezy looking Arabs ThaT looked as Though There was noThing They would like To do
beTTer Than TiT Their knives To our ribs.
We shoved oTT Trom ATrica laTe in April arriving back in BosTon on The 8Th oT
May I943. By This Time The word was preTTy well circulaTed ThaT we were To Take
COMMANDER DESTROYER SOUADRON 23 aboard and head Tor The beauTiTuI blue
PaciTic in a week or so Tollowing our arrival in BosTon. We Took The SOLIADDOC5
aboard and moved on down The CoasT To NorToIk where our TirsT Skipper CapTain
Bernard L. AusTin, was relieved oT his command by Commander AlsTon Ramsay.
CapTain AusTin Took over The duTies as DIVISION COMMANDER oT DESDIV 45
aboard The USS SPENCE. On May I8Th I943 we were given our IasT liberTy on UniTed
9 I 2
STaTes soil - alThough we didn'T know iT Then - Some oT The boys goT inTo Trouble
wiTh Those pleasanT NorTolk shore paTrolmen Tor having Their haTs aT The wrong angle
on Their heads.
On Ivlay I9Th we IeTT NorTolk bound Tor Coco Solo, Canal Zone. We spenT a
shorT Tew days aT Balboa on The wesTern side oT The big diTch. We leTT Balboa on
June 3rd, i943 wiTh The USS CLAXTON and had an unevenTTuI voyage To Noumea
New Caledonia, arriving on June 28Th. fl
There Tollowed a period oT Two or Three monThs consisTing oT convoy, drills and
anTi-subramine warTare. In SepTember oT 1943 we Toined up as a uniT wiTh DesTroyer
Squadron 23: CI-IARLES AUSBURNE TDD57OT, SPENCE TDD 478T, CONVERSE TDD
509T, EOOTE TDD 5I IT, DYSON TDD 572T, STANLY TDD 478T, TI-IATCI-IER TDD 5l4T,
and The CLAXTON TDD 57lT, all welded inTo a uniT desTined Tor The Solomon Islands
Tame as The "LITTLE BEAVER SOUADRON'." DESRON 23 was Toined wiTh TE39.
The heavier uniTs oT The Torce comprised The USS COLUMBIA TCL 56T, USS DEN-
VER TCL 58T, USS IVIONTPELIER TCL 57T and The USS CLEAVLAND TCL 55l.
The lasT days oT SepTember and The TirsT days oT OcTober are a mass oT TighT-
ing memories. We made almosT nighTly runs up "TI-IE SLOT" The narrow corridor oT
waTer ThaT bisecTs The Solomon Islands-so narrow ThaT larger uniTs Than a desTroyer
were helpless in iT. lVlosT oT our sailing we did aT nighT because oT The consTanT ThreaT
oT The enemy airpower. In Those days America was noT as sTrong in The Solomons
as she mighl have been.
By day we would lie in PorT Purvis on Florida Island across The channel Trom
Guadalcanal. We made our own liTTle recreaTion beach and had swimming parTies
over The side when we were aT anchor. Islanders would come ouT in Their "Bum BoaTs"
and skin The hide oT The crew Tor souvenirs which in general were carved Trom ma-
hogany wood. Here again iT was The same as Casablanca .... The only language The
naTives knew was. . . "FIVE DOLLARS" ...and up.
Some nighTs we sTayed in porT and had movies on The TanTail. IT seemed ThaT
every Time we did This The Japs would sTage an air-raid on Guadalcanal. They would
send abouT I5 planes over I-lenderson Eield while we sTood aT our baT+le sTaTions
waTching and waiTing all anxious To geT back To The movies. EighTing a war is one
Thing buT why make iT personal by robbing you oT your movies.
On The las+ nighT oT OcTober we were up The sloT wiTh The PATTERSON and
The lvIcCALLA hunTing Tor barges when The IVICCALLA had a sTeering casuaIiTy and
rammed The PATTERSON sheering oTT her bow and killing eighT oT her crew. We
screened The Two inTured ships during The nighT and in The morning we Took aboard
CapTain E. R. Walker, COMDESRON 4, Trom The damaged PATTERSON. By dawn
a Tug Took Them under Tow while we sTayed, To convoy a group oT LST's To Vella
Lavella. There was also a number oT APD's in The convoy. When They had unloaded
aT Their desTinaTion we headed To The rear area wiTh The APD's leaving The LST's
beached. We had TusT arrived aT New Georgia Passage when we goT word ThaT planes
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were aTTacking The beached I.ST's. Orders came Through ThaT we were To reTurn and
screen The TIOaTing TreighT Trains againsT TurTher aTTacks. The USS CONVERSE and
The USS JENKINS accompanied us To The scene OT acTion.
One OT The LST's had been hiT bad and was burning. The Tire and rescue parTy
was called away Trom Our ship To aid The burning LST. We began TO circle abOuT
and in a Tew minuTes gOT word ThaT anOTher TIighT OT Twelve TO TiTTeen enemy aircraTT
was approaching and had eluded our cOmbaT airpaTrOI.
This was our TirsT TasTe OT whaT mighT be called "ACTION." A couple OT The planes
aTTacked us, One OT Them coming Trom dead asTern, dropped several bombs which
landed TiTTy TeeT broad on The pOrT beam. The OTher planes never gOT ThaT close.
The damage TO The enemy was Tour or Tive planes: One deTiniTeIy by The EOOTEQ One
probably by The EOOTE: One by an LST: One by The CONVERSE and One by a Triendly
TreighTer. We suTTered a Tew shrapnel holes and Tive minor personnel casualTies. We
were an exciTed and lucky bunch.
We IeTT The Torward area Tor EspiriTu SanTOs in The New I-Iebrides abouT The
8Th OT OcTOber and sTayed down There unTiI The 26Th OT OcTober when we joined
The cruiser Task Torce and proceeded To cover The American landings on Treasury
Island. We really ThoughT we were in Tor sOmeThing wiTh a Torce ThaT size buT The
Japs never showed Their Taces and everyThing wenT OTT according To plan. So Tar
as we know There was only one ship damaged in ThaT operaTiOn. The USS CONY which
Took Two severe bomb hiTs.
Toward The IasT OT OcTOber we goT underway wiTh TE 39 To cover The landings
aT Empress AugusTa Bay, Bougainville. We swung norThwesT under cover OT darkness
and bombarded The Buka-Bonis airTieId area To prevenT shorT range aerial inTerTerence
wiTh The landings. The Japs really goT iT poured On.Them ThaT nighT. There iusT seemed
To be no end To The sTream OT shells ThaT poured Trom The cruiser's guns. IT was quiTe
a sighT. AT dawn The Task Torce bombarded The ShorTland Islands group aT The sOuTh-
wesTern Tip OT Bougainville. AT This Time The Task Torce Commander goT word ThaT
a Jap Torce was heading Toward Empress AugusTa Bay and we were Ordered To
inTercepT.
Three hours beTore dawn On The 2nd OT November The Task Torce made cOnTacT
wiTh The enemy Torce and a melee ensued. AT 0301 hours a Japanese Torpedo ex-
ploded under The EOOTE'S TanTaiI, Taking I9 good men wiTh iT. In addiTiOn To These
I9, I5 men and I oTTicer were wounded. For a Tew minuTes iT was Touch and go wiTh
shells popping around us and Tlares IighTing The nighT sky buT The cruisers ringed us wiTh
a smoke screen aImOsT immediaTeIy and The acTiOn sTarTed To move away Trom us.
ATTer we were hiT Paul Caldwell WT 3fc said ThaT he came ouT OT The aTTer Tire-
room and said To himseIT, "IT I sTand here. one will hiT here Tor sure. I beTTer keep
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moving," and so he did. We all TelT like ThaT. When a snopper plane came overhead,
we Tired on him, no one Topside knew we were going To open Tire because we ThoughT
The acTion had IeTT us behind. ThaT's The sTuTT oT which grey hairs are made.
The Tollowing dawn our Task Torce came back over The horizon. The USS TI-IAT-
CI-IER passed us a Tow line and began To Tow us aT Tive knoTs buT iusT as The Tow
line was secured 60 enemy planes appeared and passed overhead going direcTIy Tor
The cruisers. They never even Tipped a wing in our direcTion buT There were a number
oT TervenT prayers said while our TaTe hung on The Tip oT some Jap airwing Com-
mander's Tongue. The cruisers drove The planes oTT and abouT ThaT Time a beaTuiTuI
IiTTIe TIeeT Tug, The USS SIOUX, arrived To Tow us back To PorT Purvis. IT may be
only a Ii+Tle rusT-buckeT To some, buT ThaT morning The Queen Mary couldn'T have
looked any beTTer.
We arrived in PorT Purvis a Tew days laTer and sTayed a monTh alongside The
USS WHITNEY geTTing paTched up well enough To make The Trip Trom There To
EspiriTu Tor Tinal repairs beTore reTurning To The UniTed STaTes. We had no screws,
we had no rudder, all oT The aTTer TwenTies and The depTh charges were gone and
gun :l:l:5 was iammed in Train, everyThing up To The base oT gun :l:l:5 was a ToTaI loss
and The resT oT The ship was buckled like a model "T" chassis.
On November 28Th I943 we sTarTed Tor EspiriTu escorTed by The USS SELF-
RIDGE who had had everyThing blown oTT Torward oT The bridge in a running baTTle
wiTh some Jap desTroyers. ThaT was on odd sighT, an auxiliary Tug Towing us and
a crippled desTroyer escorTing us. We sTayed in The New I-Iebrides unTil January 2OTh
when we were suTTicienTIy paTched up To reTurn To The UniTed STaTes behind a I9I9
Tanker, The S.S. GULF STAR. The BOBOLINK IATO I3II, which had Towed us Trom
PorT Purvis, was To be hiTched asTern oT us and used as a rudder. We moved along
aT a speed ThaT varied Trom 3 To 6 knoTs unTil we ran inTo rough weaTher, The Tail end
oT a hurricane, and snapped our rusTy Tow cable. We rolled around helplessly Tor
Three days while The crew caughT sharks Trom The quarTerdeck and beaT Them on The
head wiTh chipping hammers. We were Towed To Pago-Pago, TuTuiIa, American
Samoa, To awaiT The arrival oT a new Tow cable and The boys goT The TirsT look aT
reasonably civilized womanhood. We conTinued our journey on February 4Th I944
and arrived in San Pedro CaIiTornia on March 4Th I944.
There sTarTed The greaT days. lmmediaTely upon arrival in San Pedro we were
puT inTo drydock. By The Time The ship was well inTo The dock The TirsT liberTy parTy
was sTraining aT The leash. The dock Toreman called over and Told The G.Q.D. ThaT
he'd have The gangway over in abouT Two hours, iusT as soon as The keel seTTIed on The
blocks. By ThaT Time The whole bunch scheduled To sTarT on leave was sTanding on The
TorecasTIe shiTTing Trom one TooT To The oTher. The execuTive oTTicer, LT. Comdr. M. S.
Schmidling, came ouT and yelled over To The Toreman, "I'II give you Ten minuTes To
geT ThaT goddam plank over here Tor These boys or I'm going To know The reason why!"
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A Third oT The crew sTarTed oTT Tor Their ThirTy days immediaTely and pracTically
all The resT wenT ashore as one man Tor Their TirsT sTaTeside liberTy in nearly a year.
There's no poinT in going inTo deTail abouT The liberTies ThaT were made and The hell
ThaT was raised. ExcepT Tor a Tew highlighTs, They are memorable in anyone's book.
We sTayed in San Pedro Tor Tour monThs unTil The beginning oT July when we
wenT To sea again on a Trial run. The old Tub perTormed like clockwork, much To The
disappoinTmenT oT many oT us, who had hoped There would be someThing wrong wiTh
her, since Los Angeles was abouT as nice a spoT To TighT The war in as any we could
Think oT. We wenT down To San Diego Tor a shorT while Tor Training exercises and
as Tar as any oT us knew we were To shove of-T Tor Pearl l-larbor wiThin a week.
All oT a sudden we Tound ourselves in San Francisco Bay wiTh several monThs oT
Training duTy sTreTching beTore us. l shouldn'T say "sTreTch" really. DuTy like ThaT doesn'T
sTreTch, iT shrinks. A Third oT The regular crew was Taken oTT and billeTed on Treasure
lsland and once a week a hundred new recruiTs were broughT aboard and shown The
workings oT a desTroyer in acTual operaTion.
Twice a week we sTeamed down To San ClemenTe lsland and 'back wiTh anTi-
aircraTT pracTice and surTace Tiring on each run. ThaT lasTed well inTo The monTh oT
OcTober.
On OcTober 24Th, l944 we sTeamed under Golden GaTe and headed once more
Tor overseas. We were lucky, because The resT oT The "l.lTTl.E BEAVER SQUADRONH
had liTTle more Than a monTh in The UniTed STaTes and we had had nearly eighT. Luck
or no luck, Though, iT was sure Tough To be going under The Golden GaTe bridge Tor
The lasT Time. We arrived in Pearl l-larbor in The early days oT November I944, and
according'To The word ThaT was circulaTing around The ship we were To sTay There
Tor aT leasT Two weeks or possibly a monTh. The very nighT aTTer our arrival we were
ordered alongside agdock To Take on high-prioriTy supplies To be TransporTed im-
mediaTely To UliThi 'Caroline lslands. UliThi'? Where The hell was UliThi. l-'lad we cap-
Tured iT yeT or did The .laps sTill hold iT. We dragged ouT every available map and
abouT one in Ten had The Carolines lisTed. We goT underway nexT morning aT TwenTy-
Tive knoTs and Toamed our way Toward EniweTok, Marshall lslands. which was To be our
TirsT Tueling sTop. From There we wenT direcTly To UIiThi.
We sTayed aT UliThi AToll long enough To geT some idea oT whaT The .laps would
be up againsT when They ran head on inTo The FlFTl-l FLEET. There were ships all over
The place as Tar as The eye could see. lT was sure a big change Trom The handTul oT
ships ThaT had ToughT in The Solomons Campaign. From UliThi we moved on To Kossol
Roads, Palau lslands, and The dope was ThaT we were To ioin up wiTh one oT The
carrier Task Torces ThaT was Turnishing air cover Tor The LeyTe landings. We lay
around waiTing Tor several days wiThin sighT oT The largesT Jap sTronghold in The Palaus.
BabelThaup. IT was said ThaT There were sTill several Thousand acTive Japs on The
island. The Japs ThaT were sTill on This island had developed The Trick oT swimming
ouT To our vessels in The dead oT nighT and blowing Themselves up againsT The sides
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or occasionally boarding a vessel wifh a low freeboard and frying fo carry off supplies
or slhf a few fhroafs. Accordingly. a number of fhe boys were insfrucfed in fhe use
Q l fi fornmy gun and posfed fore and aff as senfries. Nofhing ever happened . . .
lusf like if never does when you're all ready for if.
A few days lafer we sailed off fo rendezvous wifh several carriers off Mindanao.
We escorfed fhem for a couple of weeks and several fimes were affacked by small
formafions of enemy planes. Affer a few weeks we puf in fo lvlanus Island in fhe
Admiralfy Group. A
If was here fhaf we gof our firsf look af ships fhaf fhe Jap's Kamikaze flyers had
plowed. The AULICK had faken fwo of fhem. The CLAXTON was also fhere wifh a
couple of shell holes in her. Bofh ships were members of our squadron. While we
were fhere in lvlanus some of us wenf ashore for "recreafion." "Recreafion" consisfed
of a fwo hour boaf ride, a couple of boffles of beer, a hof sun, and plenfy of sand.
Lafe in November we moved up fo Leyfe. A couple days prior fo our arrival fhe
air raids had been numerous and fierce, buf affer we arrived fhey suddenly slacked
off and excepf for an occasional "Bogey" if was quief mosf of fhe fime. Abouf fhe
middle of December we escorfed fhe firsf resupply fo Mindoro. The landing ifself
had been a snap and fhe damage fo fhe fleef had been very lighf buf affer we had
been on our way for abouf fhree days we sfarfed fo gef "Bogies" quife frequenfly.
Af firsf fhey were iusf single spoffer planes. An occasional lighf bomber would sneak
in over fhe wafer and drop a few bombs info fhe convoy buf we suffered no damage
af all unfil fhe evening of December 2l, when we wenf fo general quarfers in earnesf.
Fiffeen planes affacked fhe formafion and fhree of fhem headed for fhe FOOTE. All
were suicide planes. They iusf kepf boring in. The five inch guns opened fire and fhen
fhe forfies, and fhen fhe fwenfies, and fhen fhere was a wrenching and crunch of an
explosion and fhe OLD FOOTE liffed her fail ouf of fhe wafer and shook herself all
over like a wef dog. "l'lif sure as hell!" Buf we weren'f hif we were iusf shaken up
preffy badly. Thaf plane was a Jap "Toio" and fhe official reporf sfafed fhaf he
crashed fen lIOl yards off fhe porf beam. Af fhe same fime a second plane came
up fhe sfarboard side and fried fo crash info our bow buf fhe capfain gave fhe com-
mand "Hard leff rudder" and fhe plane exploded in fhe wafer a bare hundred' feef
away showering fhe decks wifh pieces of fuselage. The fhird plane came direcfly over-
head buf changed his mind and decided fo affack fhe convoy. According fo several
eye-wifnesses he was hif and smoking when he furned away from us. We suffered no
permanenf damage buf power was ouf fhroughouf fhe ship for several minufes.
Two of fhe LST's llarge slow fargefsl in fhe convoy were damaged and sunk.
There were a number of cifafions given for performance of dufy in fhis acfion all of
which will be lisfed in ofher porfions of fhis book. We picked up fwo of fhe survivors
from fhe LST's. One we fook aboard from a merchanf ship affer fhey had picked
him up, fhe ofher we picked up ourselves iusf as if was geffing foo dark fo see. Thaf
boy was preffy badly burned buf was fhankful fo be alive. Anofher few minufes and
if would have been so dark fhaf we would have missed him complefely.
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We had almosT conTinuous general quarTers unTil we reached LeyTe on ChrisTmas
Eve. The mosT any oT us wanTed Tor a ChrisTmas presenT was a Tull nighT's sleep, buT
The Japs weren'T playing SanTa Claus, so we spenT all oT ChrisTmas Eve, and mosT oT
ChrisTmas day looking up inTo The skies Tor planes. Several days laTer we were well
aT sea escorTing The TirsT wave oT Troops carrying craTT desTined To Take The beach-
head aT Lingayen GulT on Luzon.
We weren'T sure whaT we were geTTing inTo aTTer The small TasTe oT Jap "DO-
OR-DlE" spiriT we had had aT lvlindoro, An experience like ThaT gives rise To a loT
oT nasTy ThoughTs. I-lowever, we made The iourney in comparaTive peace and quieT
excepT Tor a Tew minor incidenTs in which we, as a crew, had noT acTive parT. One oT
Them was The ramming and sinking oT a Japanese midgeT submarine ThaT had Tired a
"Tish" aT The CRUISER PHOENIX . . . The ship ThaT was carrying General MacArThur
To his beachhead. AnoTher "can" did The ramming . . .when The convoy came abreasT
oT Manila Bay, during The nighT, a lone Japanese desTroyer oT The I-laTshuhara Class
was spoTTed. I-le never had a chance: Desdiv 45 opened Tire on him and iTs doubTTul
ThaT The crew ever knew whaT hiT Them. We were on The oTher side oT The TormaTion.
The morning oT January 9Th, l945, Tound us lying liTTle more Than a sTone's Throw
OTT The Lingayen invasion beachhead. The heavies were Tossing Tons oT shells righT
over our heads as we lay To waiTing our Turn. AT This Time The USS COLUMBIA re-
porTed ThaT she had been hiT by a suicide bomber and had incurred well over a
hundred casualTies. OTher Than ThaT, Japanese air acTiviTy was pracTically negligible,
To our inTense relieT. The ships which had parTicipaTed in The pre-invasion bombard-
menT didn'T geT oTT so lighTly, we learned laTer. We Threw someThing like 500 rounds
oT Tive inch ammuniTion inTo WhiTe Beach j:l,'2 ThaT morning, and aT TirsT we received
no reTurn Tire, buT when The heaT oT The TirsT Tiring had died away and The Troops had
landed wiThouT opposiTion, we sTarTed To geT reporTs oT shore baTTery opposiTion.
The USS JENKINS, abouT IOOO yards away, was hiT by a Three inch shell in gun qEl:5
handling room. ShorTly ThereaTTer, one oT The shore baTTery shells landed close aboard
our ship on The sTarboard quarTer. The shore baTTery ceased To exisT immediaTely
Tollowing The incidenT.
Lingayen was an easy landing, as amphibious landings go: G.l. Joe wenT ashore
sTanding up and so did lvlacArThur. AT l-I-hour There was no aerial opposiTion, buT,
as I said beTore, The NAVY Took a considerable beaTing on iniTial bombardmenTs. ITJS
a wonder ThaT we missed iT. We leTT Lingayen on The evening oT January lOTh wiTh
a convoy oT empTy TransporTs headed Tor LeyTe. We had iusT abouT reached The
harbor enTrance when a couple oT Jap planes sneaked in Trom somewhere, and There
we were righT in The middle oT iT. One oT Them crashed inTo The waTer and The oTher
smacked inTo The supersTrucTure oT one oT The TransporTs.
We sTayed in l.eyTe a Tew days and Then Turned righT around and wenT back
To Lingayen: This Time we were desTined To sTay unTil lvlarch, l945. Though There's
noT much To be said Tor our sTay, mosT oT iT was paTrol duTy, digging a big ruT in
a liTTle space oT ocean, back and TorTh like a pendulum. The Jap's had been broken in
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The Philippines and They knew iT . . . we began To realize iT as day aTTer day oT This
duTy wore on and noThing happened. Then, iusT as we were beginning To geT used
To The place, we goT orders To reporT back To LeyTe and Thence To IvIoroTai, Tor
inclusion in whaT we supposed would be anoTher invasion armada. When we goT To
LeyTe we were ordered To escorT Two LST's To Manus while They loaded wiTh supplies
and Then reporT To IvIoroTai Tor orders. By This Time iT was April I3Th and we had
all Tigured ThaT we were going To be in on The invasion oT Borneo. Somebody had plans
Tor us. -
AT This Time, our capTain, Commander AIsTon Ramsay was relieved by our presenT
capTain, LT. Commander I-I. W. IvIcEIwain and iusT To upseT all The nice prophesies
we had made Tor ourselves The ship Turned around and headed back To LeyTe To
ioin up once again wiTh DESRON 23 as a compleTe squadron. CompIeTe, ThaT is, buT
Tor The absence oT The USS SPENCE IDD 5I2I which had been sunk in a Typhoon
oTT The norThern Tip oT Luzon a Tew monThs previously.
While we passed The days in LeyTe geTTing The ship inTo condiTion The idea began
To dawn on us ThaT we were going To Okinawa as repIacemenTs Tor The desTroyers
which had gone down in ThaT hell-hole. The USS CALHOUN had been assigned To
The "LITTLE BEAVERSH as a replacemenT Tor The USS SPENCE, buT aT The Time she
was assigned she was headed Tor Okinawa and wiThin a Tew days we goT word ThaT
she Too had been sunk. Nice, brighT TuTure we had To look Torward To.
Finally, in The early parT oT May we headed Tor The Ryukiusg USS CI-'IAS. AUS-
BURNE, USS DYSON, USS CLAXTON, USS EOOTE, USS. CONVERSE, USS AULICK,
USS TI-IATCI-IER, and The USS BRAINE which had been assigned The USS CAL-
I-IOUN'S place on our TirsT Team.
When we came coasTing inTo Okinawa ThaT morning in May we expecTed The
worsT. The TighTer-direcTor on The island designaTed raids sTarTing wiTh number one
aT midnighT and conTinuing in numerical order unTil The Tollowing midnighT. When
we arrived iT was abouT six A.IvI. Icivilian Timel and The raids were already up To Twelve.
We had a loT oT hoT Times in Okinawa, whaT wiTh The planes and The Typhoons.
The Typhoons The navy and marine TighTer piloTs had no conTroI over, buT There is
noT one oT us who wouIdn'T spend his IasT haIT dollar buying a drink Tor Those TighTer
piloTs Tor The iob They did againsT l'IirohiTo's boys. NeverTheIess TighTer piloTs or no
TighTer piloTs, we hadn'T been in The area a week beTore our squadron had losT Two
oT iTs acTive ships. The USS BRAINE Took Two hiTs and managed To sTay aTIoaT and
The USS TI-IATCI-IER Took one and sTayed on Top.
There are a loT oT Things ThaT mighT be said abouT The Time we spenT in Okinawa,
buT The memory is sTill a biT Too Tresh Tor a compleTe reTrospecTive look aT iT. We
did our share oT The TighTingg we added a Tew more planes To our score, and a num-
ber oT grey hairs To mosT heads, and we are living To see TuIlTiImenT oT The adage
"HOME ALIVE IN 45."
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One nighl in Augusl we heard lhe word lhal lhe Japanese were crying "uncle."
The whole island ol Okinawa seemed lo erupl sponlaneously wilh lracers culling lhe
sky in all direclions and llares lalling like burning leaves lrom a lree.rl suppose we
were all a lillle dizzy wilh happiness lhal nighl. The island commander even had lo
call a phony air alerl in an ellorl lo slop lhe liring, loul lhe looys on lhe loeach didn'l
give a damn, lhey kepl righl al il. During lhis period lhe FOOTE made lesls lo see
il lhelanchor could loe successlully used as a yo-yo. Thal is lo say, we were doing
palrol duly day aller day and each lime we came in lo luel we would drop lhe hook
and reporl lor duly lo lhe lask unil Commander hoping lhal we would slay al anchor
al leasl long enough lo gel mail. Bul no, each lime lhe anchor would iusl gel good
and sellled on lhe bollom and lhen we were oll again.
So, on lhe l6lh ol Augusl I945, lheklapanese surrendered and lhe war lor us
came lo an end. We hadn'l done much, really, loul our paramounl achievemenl was
slaying alloal. ln lhe kind ol war lhal lhis one lurned oul lo be, lhal's good enough
in anyone's book.
Bul don'l go away yel, we're nol linished, and lhe besl parl commences now.
We swung around lhe hook in Buckner Bay lor a lew weeksnol knowing exaclly whal
was going lo become ol us, bul lending a willing ear lo scullleloull lales aboul lhe
lleel going lo lhe easl coasl lor a grand homecoming on Navy Day and lhe whole
squadron ol "LITTLE BEAVERSH going along. The lOlh ol Seplember when we gol
underway wilh homeward-bound pennanls llying, headed lor Honolulu and ulli-
malely home.
Now iusl alooul lhe whole oullil is busled up inlo small individ-ual lives. This ship
has had a good bunch ol boys on il and when lhe chips were down we worked logelher
like clockwork. No more can be said ol any ship and crew.
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3278 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
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DR. HERBERT V. ALLEN JR.
3653 Erie Avenue
Cincinnaii, Ohio
Pre-War - Medical Sludenl
Pos'r-War - Pradrice of Medicine
1
SIDNEY M. ARNOLD
23I8 Soulh Claylon SI'ree'I
Denver, Colorado
Pre-War - Accounfing in
Public UI'iIi'ry
Posl'-War - Cerfified Public
Accounfing
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D. P. POLATTY, JR.
IO6-33 Dirmars Boulevard
Long Island, Ne-.'.fYorI1
Pre-War - Navy
Pos?-War - Navy
SYLVAN HUGH MEYER
I635 Wes? Wesley Road
A'IIanI'a, Georgia
Pre-War - Sfudenf
Pos'I-War - Journalisi
WILLIAM G. DUGHI
I63O Jones Sireei
San Francisco, California
Pre-War - Marine Engineering
Pos?-War - Eorgeifing The war
EDWARD H. KRUSE
Box 3245. Roufe 2
Redwood Cify, California
Pre-War - College Bum
Posf-War - Plumbing 3: Healing
Coniracior
ARTHUR B. FOWLER
Windlnam, Conn.
Pre-War - Insurance
Posl-War - Insurance
JAMES C. DIBBLE
Vevay, Indiana
Pre-War - Farm Credii
Adrninislralion
Posl-War - Farm Credil
Adminislraiion
EARL W. CREWS
208 NorII'1 Drexel
Gullnrie, Oklahoma
Pre-War - Road Macliinery
Business
Posl-War - Road Machinery
Business
.IORDON HAROLD ASHLEY, JR.
4-I6 4JfI1 Sireel'
Gralwarn, Texas
Pre-War - SI'udenI
Posl-War - Civil Engineering
-- Conslrucrion
ROBERT CODY FULLER. JR.
La Fayelle, Alabama
Pre-War - Men's CIoII1ing
Posl-War - ---
ROBERT LeBARON
575-20+Iw Avenue
San Francisco, California
Pre-War - Srudenl
Posr-War - Frozen Food Business
- Broker
RICHARD H. HOLDCRAFT
R. R. 4, Box 88
Muncie, Indiana
JOHN E. WASON
4038 Norlln Illinois Slreef
Indianapolis, Indiana
Pre-War - Sludenf of Polilical
Science
Posr-War - Recorder of Wills
- Dead End, Ind.
FRANK CALVIN JOHNSTON
70I Arlinglon Ave.
' Brislol, Virginia
Pre-War - Sludenl
Poslr-War - Navy
COY WILMOT BRICKLE
4706 Luvalie S+ree'r
Columbia, Soulln Carolina
Pre-War - Oil Business
Posl-War - Oil Business
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AMADOR "CI-IICO"T ABBOT
83I Olive Slreel
Sania Barbara. California
Pre-War - Shipper
Posl-War - Weiqhflifler
ALBERT "JACK" ADAMS
8828 Miami Sfreel
Omaha, Nebraska
Pre-War - Baker
Posl-War - Grocery Business
CLARENCE "REBEL"-ALWES
I79O Mellwood Avenue
Louisville, Keniucky
Pre-War - Sign Shop
Posl-War - Seille down
JOI-IN "JACK'l' AUGUST
I I5, NorI'h Evereil Avenue
Scranlon, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Pioneer
Posi'-War -- School Teacher
ROBERT PETER BARSKY
3406 Waveland Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Pre-War - Toolmaker
Posl'-War - Toolmaker
SETH "wEARY" ABBOTT
R-I. Belpre, Ohio
Pre-War - Farmer
Posi-War - Farmer
HARDIN ADAMS
Bourbon, Illinois
Pre-War - App. Machinisi
Posl-War - Machinisl'
RALPH "SNUCKS" ANTKOWIAK
93l Easi Clarke S+ree'r
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pre-War - Machinisl
Posl'-War -Businessman
ROBERT LE ROY ALDRICH
5I0 Pine Slreel
Slillwaler, Oklahoma
Pre-War - Wesiern Union
Posl-War - School
WILLIAM BASS
I435 W. Jefferson Slreel
Louisville, Kenlucky
Pre-War - T.V.A.
Posl-War - T.V.A.
HARRY ANTHONY BEACH
Broadway
New York. N. Y.
Pre-War - School
Posf-War - School
ERNEST "BENNY" BENSON
2209 Avenue
Toledo, Ohio
GERALD "BIS" BISSELL
l405 6+h Avenue. S.E.
Cedar Rapids. lowa
Pre'-War - Sheeimeial Worker
Posl-War - Sheelrneial Worker
JAMES "JIMMIE" BOCCA
252 E. 77+h S'rree+
New York, N. Y.
Pre-War - Newspaperman
Posi-War - Newspaperman
ANTHONY "TONY" BOHACK
308 Bradford Sireel
Wilmingfon, Delaware
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Pos?-War - Truck Driver
ORRIS BENNETT
Thurmond, Wesr Virginia
Pre-VVar - Ailended School
Posi-War - AH'end School
LYNDEL "LYN" BIBY
Nash. Oklahoma
Pre-War - Farming
Posi-War - Farming
GEORGE BLAIR
l2I2 Washingron Sfreei
Hollislon, Massachusefls
Pre-War - Shoe Worker
Posi-War -Shoe Worker
GEORGE "SMlLES'? BOGUSH
623 Townsend Sireel
Wilmingron, Delaware
Pos?-War - Welder
Pre-War - Welder
ROBERT "BOB" BONTZ
R.F.D. Box 403
Vienna, Virginia
Pre-War - Alrended School
Posf-War -- Arrend School
HAROLD "HAP" BARNES
I728 Easi Rice Sireei
Springfield, Ohio
Pre-War - Foreman
Posi-War - Foreman
OTTO BOCK
I28 Locusl Avenue
Wesfville, N. J.
Pre-War - Layoui' Dralisrnan
Posl-War -- Layoui Drafisman
KENNETH LEO BOECHE
645 E Sfreei
Chula-Visra, California
Pre-War - Crane Operaior
Posi-War - Crane Operaior
RALPH "BUCK" BOSI-I
3IO Blaine Avenue
Marion, Ohio
Pre-War - Bus Driver
Posl-War - Bus Driver
LAWRENCE BRUGGERMAN
2I3I Fauver Avenue
Dayion, Ohio
Pre-War - Supl: Eyr. Eyier. Co.
Posi-War - Supl. Fyr. Fyier. Co.
GLENN BLOOD
78I Pierponi Sireel'
Rahway, N. J.
GEORGE "FATSO" BODO
39 Fourlh Sireei
Leomisier. Massachuselis
Pre-War - Lea+her Worker
Posf-War - Traveler
HEATH BOOTH
Sandy. Ulah
Pre-War - Farmer
Posi-War - Farmer
SYDN EY BRAITHWAITE
I7l47 Ashery Pl.
De+roi+, Michigan
Pre-War,- Cadillac Molors
Pos?-War - Cadillac Moiors
WILLIAM "BICK" BICHAN
I6 A6 W-Brook
Defroif, Michigan
Pre-War - Aiiended School
Psi-War - Alrend School
HAROLD "DUDE" BRAITHWAITE
295 W. 3rd Norfh
Manli, U'rah
Pre-War - Rancher
Posi-War - Rancher,
JOHN "JOHNNY" BRENNAN
4 Lexingion Avenue
E.'Bos+on, Massachusells
Pre-War - Aflended High School
Posr-War-Aufomobile Mechanic
CHARLES "CHUCK" BURGESS
516 W. MI. Hope Avenue
Lansing, Michigan
Pre-War - School
Posf-War - Sfeam Engineering
CHARLES "RED" BU RNSED
I28 Soujrh Carolina Avenue
Dayion Beach, Florida
Pre-War - Aufo Mechanic
Pos?-War-Au+o Mechanic
BRUCE "FRIDAY" BEECHER
2374- Norlh 3O+h S'rree'r
Miami, Florida
Pre-War - Newspaper Pressman I
Posf-War - Newspaper Pressman
CHARLES BRANDENSTEIN
202 Eugene Avenue
Daylon, Ohio
Pre-War - Toolmalcer
Posl-War - Toolmalcer
RUSSELL "RUSS" BROWN
550 Lincoln Avenue
Ogden, Uiah
Pre-War - Farming
Posi-War - Farming
WILLIAM "BILL" BURGESS
I85 Transil S+ree+
Providence, Rhode Island
Pre-War - Rigger
Posi-War - Rigger
ELWOOD "BUD" BAXTER
I4 Bremond Sfreei
Belleville, New Jersey
Pre-War - Alle-nded School
Posl-War - Alrend School
WILLIAM "BILL" CAIN
Blair, Soulh Carolina
Pre-War - Machinisl
PosI4War - Machinisl
SALVATORE "CAPPY" CAPALDO
37' Hyafl Slreel
Providence. Rhode lsland
Pre-War - Consfruclion Worker
Posl-War - A1"rend Trade School
CHARLES "CARIE" CAREY
37 Darlmoufh S+ree'l'
Worcesler, Massachusefrs
Pre-War - Machine Shop
Pos?-War - SeH'le Down
UGO "CAT" CATALDO
I664 N. Marshall Sireel
Milwaukee. Wisconsin
Pre-War - Tool 81 Die Maker
Posl'-War - Aiiend School
JOSEPH "JOE" CHARTIER
88 Main'S+ree+
Chicopee Falls, Massachuseiis
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posl-War - Truck Driver
JAMES MALCOLM CLEVENGER
l635 Cone Slreel
Toledo. Ohio
Pre-War - Machinisf
Pos'r-War - Machinisi
VICTOR "VIC" CARBAUGH
Slephen Cily, Virginia
Pre-War - Jeweler
Posl-War - Jeweler
RAYMOND "CAS" CASKEY
R-2 Box I2D
Dulufh. Minnesofa
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posl-War - Elecfrician
HOWARD "GAS" CHAMBERS
288 W. Ramona Sireel
Veniura, Calif.
Pre-War - School
Posi-War - School
BERNARD1"CHUD"CHUDZIK
IO6' Beech Slreef
PaH'erson, New Jersey
Pre-War - Cabinei Maker
Pos?-War - Ailend Trade School
I.
DAVID FRANKLIN COLE
27I S. Main Slreel
Mansfield, Ohio
Pre-War -- Tool 81 Die Maker
Pos?-War -- Tool 81 Die Maker
rizxncis Busn
I:laleiiEddy,' New York
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - School
SANTOS "CARD" CADENAS
R.D. Box 454
San Angelo. Texas
Pre-War - Lumberiack
Pos+-War - Truck Driver
HOWARD LEE CHADWICK
BOX IIZ7
Le Velland, Texas
Pre-War - Farmer
Pos?-War - Farmer
' ORIVILLE COLLINS
Box 205
Anihony, Texas
Pre-War - Baker
Posi-War - Ba Icer
KIRK "COFFEE CUP" CUPP
Circleville, Ohio
Pre-War - Office Work
Pos?-War - Office Work
JOSEPH "CAPPY" CAPITOSE
405 W. 6OIh S+ree'r
Chicago, Illinois
Pre-War - School
Posi-War - School
MICHAEL "MIKE" CASATELLI
l l84 58+h Sireel'
Brooklyn, New Yorlx
Pre-War - Fisherman
Posl-War - Fisherman
ROBERT "BOB" CHIADO
644 S. Kenwood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Pre-War - Civil Service
Pos'r-War - Civil Service
CLAXTON "C5UNNER" COOPER
Pavo, Georgia
Pre-War - Farmer
Posi-War - Farmer
' EARL JOSEPH CURRAN
300 S. 63rcI SIree'r
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pre-War - App. Machinisi'
Posi-War - App. Machinisr
JOHN "JACK" CONNELL
I23 Ocean Grove Avenue
Ocean Grove, Massachusefis
Pre-War - Office Work
Posi-War -- Adverfising
RICHARD "REX" CRAIG
Box 35
Henryeiia, OkIahorna
Pre-War - Horse Trainer
Posi-War - Horse Trainer
CHAS. "CHUCK" DANNISON
Souih Haven, Michigan
CHESTER DODD
Box 6
Deseri Hoi Springs, Caliiornia
IRVIN EDISON EVANS
3 I 5 Sfraley Avenue
PrinceIon,.Wes+ Virginia
Pre-War - Railroad Worker
Posi-War - Railroad Worker
GEORGE W. CONNORS
823 E. 89'rh Sfreef
Chicago, IIIinois
Pre-War - Machinisf
Pos?-War - Machinisi'
STANLEY "SKI" CZERWINSKI
A 438 Shirley Sfreef
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Pre-War - Machinisr
Posf-War - Machinisi
CHARLES FREDERICK DENIG
ZZI9 Lorring Place
Bronx, New York
Pre-War - Elecfrician
Pos?-War - Farming
JOHN "DUKE" DUKE
437 Cherry Sfreei
PoI"rsI'own, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - School
Posf-War - School
SPENCER "EDDY" EDDY
IO22 E. I4IsI Sfreei
CIeveIand,'Ohio
Pre-ar - IncIus'rriaI Engr.
Posr-War - Meihods Engr.
JAMES "BUCK" DELAN EY
I64O Wes'r Walnul Slreel
Shamolcin. Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Clerk
Posl-War -- Allend School
GREGORY WARREN FERRITTO
2905 Independence Avenue
Niagara Falls, New YOFI4
Pre-War - Alrended School
Poslr-War - AHencl School
JOSEPH "JOE" FLORES
7I2 Ruiz Srreel
San Anlonio, Texas
Pre-War - Aircraff Mechanic
Poslr-War - Aircraflr Mechanic
WAYNE "FOG" FON KEN
Bridge S'rreeI
Grundy Cenrer, Iowa
Pre-War - A'r+enclecI School
Posl-War f Farming
ROY "CLlPPER" FUGATE
Urbana, Missouri
Pre-War - Barber
Posl-War - Barber
JOSEPH "JOE" ENGEL
395IA SI. Louis Avenue
S+. Louis, Missouri
Pre-War - Draflsman
Posl-War - Drallsman
HERBERT "RED" FINGER
Roule No.3
Lincolnlon, NorI'h Carolina
Pre-War - School Boy
Posr-War - Play Boy
CLAUDE OLIVER FOLEY
Sugar S+. R-7
Lima. Ohio
Pre-War -- Machinisr
Pos+-War- Machinisf
WILLIAM "WILL-IE" FOSS
24 Mairland SIree'I'
Millon, Mass. ,
Pre-War - School
Posl-Wa r - I Free-lance Wriler
THOMAS B. FULLER
I8345 Collins .Slreel
Tarzana. California
Pre-War - Riveler
Posl-War - Eleclrical Shop
JACK "STINKY" DAILY
3I2 Hawlhorne Slreei
I-Iouslon, Texas
Pre-War - School
Posf-War - School
DENVER "BOB" DORSEY
Bergoo, Wesl Virginia
Pre-War - Railroad Worker
Posl'-War -- Railroad Worlcer
JACK "JACK" C-BARTNER
Box B, Franklin, Kansas
Pre-War - Ailended School
Posi-War - Afiend School
ROBERT "BOB" GILLENWATER
I3952 Minoclc Sireel
Delroil, Michigan
Pre-War -4 Riveler
Posl'-War - AHencI School
MICHAEL "MIKE" GOURNEAU
Thorne, Norih Dalcoia
Pre-War - Farmer
Pos?-War - Farmer
ROBERTJDAVIS
243 N. Menard Avenue
Chicago. Illinois
WILLIAM DIETZEL
4039 CIaraiSI'ree'r
Bell, California
ROBERT EDWARD GILL
2240-Asbury Avenue
Evansfon, Illinois
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - School
STANLEY MILTON GOODE
32 Souih Isi S+ree'r
Alhambra. California
Pre-War - ResI'auran+ Work
Posi'-War - Resfaurani' Work
VIRGIL GREER
3I78 Soufh 3rd Sfreei
Louisville, Kenluclcy
Pre-War -- Repiile Farm
Posi-War - Replile Farm
ANTHONY "TONY" CSENTILE
8 Hudson Slreel
Lowell, Mass.
Pre-War - Cloih Inspeclor
Posl-War - Mailman
EDGAR "6OTCH" GODSHALL
Green Lane, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Shipyard Worker
Pos?-War - Shipyard Worker
DANIEL "DAN NY'f.' HARPER
2239 S. California Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Pre-War - Shipping Clerk
Pos?-War - A'r+end School
WEN DELL "RED" HENDERSHOTT
605 I5 Slreel
Bismarck, Nor+h Dakola
Pre-War - Farming
Posf-War - Farming
JOHN "JACK" HOWARD
RD- IiChenango Bridge
, New York
Pre-War - Cabinel Making
Posi-War - Milk Business
KENNETH FRED OLOVER
Cordova, Alabama
Pre-War - Texlile
Posi-War - Texlile
PATRICK "PAT" HALL
30 I 7 Calverl Avenue
Overland, Missouri
Pre-War -- Aircraltl Worker
CHARLES "CHUCK" HELFRICH
I33 Soulh Penn Sireel
Aldeniown, Pennsylvania
Pre-War -- Plumbing
PosI-War- Plumbing
RODNEY "ROD" HOLDRIDGE
I48I Lewis Avenue
Long Beach, California
Pre-War - School
Posl'-War - School
GARRETTA' "DOC" HUNTER
2827 E.'AdmiraI Courl
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Pre-War - Eleclrician
Posl-War - EIec+ricaI Business
LLOYD "GREG" GREGORY
93-4If2 Dannison Avenue
Columbus, Ohio
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posl-War - Allend Trade School
LOUIS "LOU" GROSENICK
Lakeside
Alexandria, Minnesola
Pre-War - Eleclrician
Posl-War - Eleclrician
JAMES HAHN
Roule I
Pallonsburg, Missouri
Pre-War - Conslruclion
Pos?-War - Conslruclion
KEITH "SKIN" HAYS
l9IO 47+h S.W.
Seallle, Washinglon
Pre-War - Shipyard Worker
Posl-War - Navy Career
EOY HEEFI NGTON
Ward, Arkansas
Pre-War -- Farmer
Posl-War - Farmer
LYOLD "GRlFF" GRIFFITH
Kansas Cily, Missouri
Pre-War - Nighl Clufb Manager
Posl--War - Nighf Club Manager
JOHN "GUS" GUSTAESON
5208 N. Clark Slreef
Chicago, Illinois
Pre-War - School
Posl-War + School
ORVAL "RED" HARMS
R-I, Albany, Oregon
Pre-War - Mechanic
Posl'-War - Mechanic
EARL HEAD
2424 BenI'on Road
Possier Cily, Louisiana
Pre-War - School
Pos?-War - School
ROBERT HEATH
I9 Carnarvon Slreel
Fair Haven, Vermonl
Pre-War - Sludenl'
Posl-War - ElecI'. Engineering
ROBERT HURST
26 E. 2nd SI'reeT
Oxford. Alabama
Pre-War - Mechanic
Pos?-War - Mechanic
ALBERT "AL" JAOOTKA
I82I I Persking SIree'r
Redford. Michigan
Pre-War - She1'Ime+aI Worker
Posl-War - Sheelrnelal Worker
JAMES "JIM" JENSEN
2060 W. 94+h Slrreei I
Los Angeles, California
Pre-War - Machinisl'
Posl-War - Machinisl
NICK JOHNS
552 W. I88I'h S'rreeI
New York, N. Y.
JOHN "JACK" KEARNS
I33-27 85+h S+ree'r
Ozone Park, New York
Pre-War - Horse Racing Ass'r.
Posl-War - Horse Racing Ass+.
ANTHONY "SKI" ISKRZYSKI
2449 W445+h s+fee+
Chicago,, Illinois
Pre-War - Spol Welder
Posf-War - A'r+encI School
MATHEW "MITCH" JANUS
2720 W. 25+h S'rree+
Chicago., Illinois
Pre-War-Worked in Machine
Shop
Posf-War - Work in Machine
Shop
ORADIE LEROY JOHNSON
Box No. 22'
Oil Hill, Kansas
Pre-War - Pipe Filler
Posl-War - Pipe Filler
CARL "KAL" KALHORN. JR.
37I I Soulh 25I'h S'rreeI
Omaha, Nebraska
Pre-War - Bank Clerk
Posl-War - Bank Clerk
ARTHUR "ART" KILOR
364 Knickerbocker Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
Pre-War - Sperry Gyroscope Co
Pos?-Wa r - Sperry Gyroscope
Co.
ANTI-IONY "TONY" KLIPFEL
Benlon, Missouri
Pre-War - Diesel Engineer
Posi-War - Diesel Engineer
DALE "BABY" KRU LL
I582 Fairfax
Denver, Colorado
Pre-War -- School
Posf-War - School
OTI-IO LONG
Ossian, Indiana
Pre-War - Telephone Service
Posl-War - Telephone Service
ENDA "BONES" LOUGHLIN
73 Harrison Sireel
Leornisier. Massachuseiis
Pre-War - Clerk
Posl-War - Sieamfifler
GENE SHEPPARD LUMLEY
Arlingfon, Georgia
Pre-War - Clerk
Posi-War - Selile down
EDWARD "ED" KOZUI-I
Dayion, Ohio
Pre-War - Eleclroplafer
Pos'r-War- General Consiruclion
JEROME SAMUEL LASLEY
l785 l9l'h E Slreel'
Eugene. Oregon
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - School
JAMES "SKIN" LORD
3657 Broadway
New York, New York
Pre-War - Allended School
Posl-War - Alrencl School
ETTRO "CISCO" LUCIA
IZOI Walnuf Slreel
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Sieel Worker
Posl-War-1 Pool Room Manager
HENRY "MICKEY" MALONE
IO95 Sumner Avenue
Springfield. Massachusells
Pre-War - Blue Prinlerx
Posi-War - Siuclenf
FRANIQFORTE
85I Lalce Sireel
Elmira, New York
PosI-War'- Relire
RICHARD "DICK" LAWLESS
66 Newe S+reeI
Eas'I Orange, New Jersey
Pre-War -- Accoun+an+
ROBERT LOUCKS
I59 N. Franklin S'rree'r
Washingfon, Pennsylvania
Pre'-War -- School
Pos'r-War - School
JOSEPH MALLON
4506 Benlon Boulevard
' Kansas Cify, Missouri
Pre-War - School
Posf-War - School
JAM ES N EVI LLE MATLOCK
Box 97, Kilgore, Texas
Pre-War -4- Allended School
Posi-War - Alfend School
RAYMON "RAY" JENSON
I43 Cleveland Avenue
I-Iarlford. Conneclicul
Pre-War- Machinisl
Posf-War -- Machinisf
ROGER LEO LEBEL
3 VWeybosseH S+ree'r
Melrhuen, Massachusells
Pre-War - Allended School
Posl-War - Carpenier
WELDON "TOBY" LOUK
RFD 4
Jefferson, Iowa
Pre-War - Farming
Posl-War - Farming
WILLIAM "BILL"
MARTIN-CULET
Box No. 658
Youngsfown Poland Rd.
.YoungsIown, Ohio
Pre-War 4 A'r'rended School
Pos'r-War - M usician
NILE"IRISI-II' McGEE
RFD2
McMinnville, Tennessee
'Pre-War - Salesman
Posf-War - Salesman
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THEODORE "TED" MOTTOLA
70 Easl Lenox Slreei
Roxbury, Massachusells
Pre-War - Racing Assislani
Posi-War - Racing Assislani
JOHN "MAC" MacAU LAY
I2I0 Washingfron Slreei
Hoboken, New Jersey
Pre-War- Navy
Posl-War - Navy Career
ELMORE "ELMO" McCRELLlS
36l Colle e Sireel
9
Louislon, Maine
Pre-War - Texlile
Posl-War - Texiile
THOMAS "MAC" McINTYRE
Hepziloah, Wesi Virginia
Pre-War- Mechanic
LLOYD McLEAN
8240 Marlowe Avenue
Delroil. Michigan
Pre'War - Lalhe Operaior
Posl-War - Laihe Operaior
THOMAS "TOM" MANGINES
20 School Slreei
BricIgep5or'r, Conneclicui
Pre-War - School
Pos+-War- School
WILLIAM "MAC" McCOY
I425 E. Prospeci Sireelr
SeaHle,iWashingI'on
Pre-War - Allendecl School
Posl-War - Chemical Research
JAMES "J. P" McGRATH
53 I9 Monroe Sireel
Chicago, Illinois '
Pre-War - Building Consirucfion
Posl-War - Building Consiruclion
ROBERT McKEE
6I6 W. Knoll Drive
Hollywood, California
Pre-War - Bufcher
Posl'-War - Alaska lumber
PHILLIP PERRY MONTE V
Box 74 - Po
Decoio, California
Pre-War - Farming
Posl'-War - Farming
LARRY MOORE
820 Garner Sfreef
Salinas, California
JACK "JACK" NASFELL
2946 Childs Avenue
Ogden, Ufah
Pre-War - Affended School
Posf-War - Seffle Down
BYRON LORIS NELSON
A-I Box 2, Waubay, S. Dakofa
Pre-War - Farming
Posf-War - Elecfrical
Engineering
DONALD 'JBU NNY" N EWELL
804 5+h Avenue
Aurora, lllinois
Pre-War- Farming
Posf-War - Farm Agriculfure
PAUL GEORGE NESETEVIAK
Leaverworfh Road
Shelfon, Connecficuf
Pre-War - Toolmaker
Posf-War -'Toolmaker
JAMES "JlM" MORAN
2822 Telegraph --
Oakland, California
Pre-War - Affended School
Posf-War - Affe nd School
CHARLES "CHIZ" NEARHOUSE
I3 I 8 Garfield Sfreef
Wabash. lndiana
Pre-War - School
Posf-War - Neon Business
FRANK CHARLES NELSON
304l Mickle Avenue
Bronx, New York
Pre-War - Office Worker
Posf-War - Business
WALTER "SKI" NIEBRZYDOWSKI
907 Hess Avenue
Erie, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Apfprenfice Machinisf
Posf-War - Affend School
JOSEPH "JOE" PALADINO
2Ol 2lsf Sfreef
Brooklyn, New York
Pre-War - Shipping Clerk
Posf-War 5 Shipping Clerk
PAUL MIKLO
437 Morlon Streel
Sherron, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - Merchanl Marine
MARCUS MONCRIEF
Box 42, Mc,Faddin, Texas
Pre-War - Slockman
Posl-War - Oil Business
JAMES WESTELY McCARTY
303 Navaroo Slree-I
San Anlonio, Texas
Pre-War - Walchmaker
Posl-War - Walchrnaker
RICHARD KELLER NISSLEY
I42 Purilan Avenue
Delroil, Michigan
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - School
PHILLIP EUGENE PARKER
37 Soulh Collage
Hughesville, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Texlile
Posl-War - Texlile
RICHARD "DICK" MILNER, JR
404 Norlh Second Slreel
Union Cily, Tennessee
Pre-War - Shoe Culler
Posl-War - Bollom Land Bool-
legger
JOHN "RUSSIAN" MATTUS
238 Franklin Avenue
Harlford. Conneclicul
Pre-War - Tool Maker
Posl-War - Tool Maker
ROBERT "BOB" McCREA
534 Wesl Websler Avenue
Muskegon. Michigan
Pre-War - Office Work
Posl-War - Office Work
ROBERT O'CONNELL
IO5 Greenend Avenue
Middlelown. Rhode Island
Pre-War - Machinisl
Posl-Wa r - Argricullu re
RICHARD "DICK" PECK
Peck Lane
Wesl Cheshire, Conneclicul
Pre-War - Circus Man
Posl-War - Farming
WILLIAM "BILL" PATSOS
452 Trernonl Slreel
Bosion, Massachuseils
Pre-War - Prinler
Posl-Wa r - Prinler
JOHN THOMAS PRICE
6l43 Websler S+ree+
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - School
CASIMER "SKI" RACZKOWSKI
I885 Liddesdale Avenue
Delroil. Michigan
Pre-War - Mechanic
Pos+-War - Resiauranf Business
LLYOD "RICH" RICHARDS
4I29 36'rh S'rree+
San Diego, California
Pre-War - Allended School
Posf-War - A'r'rend School
TURNER "RICK" RICKLES
Chico. New Mexico
Pre-War - Rancher
Posf-War - Rancher
JOHN "JOHNNY" PORTER
802 Cedar S'rree'r
Sand Poinl, Idaho
Pre-War - Lumber-iaclc
Posf-War - Plumber
ROBERTi"BOB" PULLMAN
208 7+h Slreelg Norlh Easl
Huron. Soulh Dalcola
Pre-War - Caddy
CHARLES REEPS
290 Kenl Road
Upper Darloy-Pennsylvania
Pre-War- Railroad
Posl-War - Locomolive Fireman
ROBERT "RICH" RICHARDSON
454 Sirylcer Avenue
S+. Paul, Minnesola
Pre-War- Meal Paclcer
Pos+-War- Meal Packer
EDWARD "EDDIE" RISK
SIS Norlh Division Slreel
Peelcslcill, New York
Pre-War - Welder
Posl'-War - Sfearn Engineering
RALPH "PlNKY" ROOY
7006 Kenne+h Avenue
Parma, Ohio
Pre-War - Tool 81 Gage Maker
Posi-War -Tool 81 Gage Maker
PABLO SALDANA
2429 S. La recl Slreel
San Anfonio, Texas
Pre-War - Consfrucfion
Posf-War - Cons+ruc+ion
ROYAL "TOM" SAWYER
I I I9 Wilmingion Avenue
Dayion. Ohio
Pre-War - Toolrnalcer
Posi-War - Toolrnalcer
HAROLD "SMlTTY" SCHMIDT
6219 Wes? Park Avenue
S+. Louis, Missouri
Pre-War - A++ended High School
Posl-War - Fa rrning
RAYMOND "RAY" SCHOEBEL
3626 Norlh 5+h Slreei
Milwaukee. Wisconsin
Pre-War - Sfeam Filler
Posl-War - Sfeam Filler
JACK "JACK" RU EWELLER
24I8 Allaniic Avenue
Long Beach, California
Pre-War - Press Operafqr
Posf-War - Press Operaior
EDWARD "SANDY" SANFORD
l865'fQ Louis Avenue
Long Beach, California
Pre-War - Bus Driver
Pos+-War - Bus Driver
LaVERN SCHAFFER
I525 E. 6+h Sireei
Hufchinson, Kansas
Pre-War - Farmer
Posf-War - Farmer
GENE "SCHNOZ" SCHAUBELT
San Diego, California
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posi-War - Married
DEARLD "DEE" SCHULLIAN
l806 Chesfnuf Slree-'r
Quincy, Illinois
Pre-War - Telephone Elecfrican
Pos+-War - Telephone Eleclrican
NED SCOTT
I26 Gold Avenue, S.U.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Pre-War- Dralbrsman
Posl-War - Drallsrnan
ROBERT "BOB" SHERMAN
623 Rrace Sireel
Slowe, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Apprenlice Balcer
Posl-War - Baker
BU RT SKEEL
I8 I 5 Chapman Avenue
Easl Cleveland, Ohio
Pre-War-Tool 81 Die Maker
Posl-War-Tool 81 Die Maker
LESLIE "GENE" SPAIN
Rochesler, Illinois
Pre-War- Farming
WILLIAM "BILL" SWARTEAGER
6827 Norih Lincoln Slreel
Casper, Wyoming
Pre-War - Cowhand
Posl-War - Cowhand
FLOYD GEORGE PAUL SI-IELTON
6926 Windward Avenue
Cinncinaii, Ohio
Pre-War - Molion Piclure
Operalor
Posi-War - Molion Piclure
Operalor
DONALD ORIVILLE SIDERS
R-I LaEon'raine, Indiana
Pre-War - Farmer
Posl-War - College
VICTOR "VIC" SMITH
Rainy River
Onlario, Canada
Pre-War - General Worlc
Posl-War - General Work
WILLIAM "BEN NY" STONE
92 Franklin Slreel
Walerlown, Massachusells
Pre-War - Allendecl School
Posl-War - Eleclicia n
WILLIAM "JERRY" SYKES
I5O 2nd Slreel
Wesl Newlon, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Eleclrician
Posl-War - Elecfrician
ARNOLD FU RRIS PAGEL
2932 Poislord Avenue
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Pre-War - School
Posi-War - School
DELBERT "SCOTTY" SCOTT
520 Souih I6+h Sireei
Omaha, Nebraska I
Pre-War-Aiiended High School I
Posi-War - Aliend School
THOMAS "TOM" SIRTOFF
47 I 4 S. Ridgeway S'rreeI
Chicago, Illinois
Pre-War - Baker
Pos?-War - Navy Career
RALPH "MURPH" SPECHT
35I5 Darnen S'rreeI
Chicago, Illinois
Pre-War- Bellhop
Posi-War - Mechanic
ROBERT HAYDEN STEAD
l73I E Slreei
Q San Bernadino. California
Pre-War - School
Posi-War - Navy Ca reer
FRANK "RICH" RICHARDSON
320 Souih Amas Avenue
Springfield, Illinois
Pre-War - Drug-Siore Cowboy
Posf-War - Booilegging Business
HOWARD "HOWIE" SILLS
28I4-A Norih I7+h Sfreei
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posi-Wa r - Truck Driver
HENRY SIWIEC
3230 Belrnoni Avenue
Youngsiown, Ohio
Pre-War - Cab Driver
Posi-War - Cab Driver
ROBERT EDWARD STARK
433 Harrison Sireei
S. Bend, Indiana
Pre-War - Toolrnalcer
Posi-War -- Toolmalcer
LOUIS TAIOEN JR.
2568 4Ih Wesi SIree'r
Seaiile, Washingion
Pre-War - Aiiended School
Posi-War - Aiiend School
J. "SCRIV" SCRIVEN
I I I S. Oak Sireel '
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Pre-War - Siore Keeper
Posf-War - Oil Business
WAYNE TALLON
R-I Warner, Oklahoma
Pre-War - School
Poslr-War - School
EDWARD NEIL TI-IEIL
Roufe I, Box 25l
Spanaway. Washinqlon
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posl-War - Mechanic
JOHN "STRAWBERRY PICKER
TOEFER
R-I BOX 23 I
Siaylen, Oregon
Pre-War- Farming
Pos'r-War -- Fa rming
JAMES TRAMONTIN
6I5 Eas'I E Sfreei
Iron Mounlains, Michigan
Pre-War- Insurance man
Pos'r-War- Insurance man
GEORGE "SMILIN6" SEAMAN
I99 Sherman Avenue
Inwood, New York, N. Y.
OREN "TEET" TETER
IOZVQ Sou+h Albion Avenue
Burley, Idaho
Pre-War - Bus Driver
Pos?-War - Bus Driver
CARL MICHAEL TIERNEY
4OIO Laurel Sfreei
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pre-War - Cabinel Maker
Posl'-War - Cabinel' Maker
FRANK "FRENCI-IIE" TOUCI-IET
Box 97
Younqsville, Louisiana
Pre-War - Gas Slarion
'AI'1'endanI
Pre-War - Gas Slalion
Alfendanf
ALDO "AL" TRON
Valdesef Norlh Carolina
Pre-War - Bus Boy
Posf-War - Navy Career
GEORGE "TUT" TUTTLE
Souihwesl I-Iarbor. Maine
Pre-War - Accounling
Posi-War - Accouniing
OSCAR "WAG" WAGN ER
SI I N. Monrose Sireel
Mason Ciiy, Iowa
Pre-War- Filling Siaiion
Operaior
Posi-War- Filling Siaiion
Operalor
EDEN WRIGI-IT WARREN
292 Oueen Sireei
Kingsion, Onfario, Canada
Pre-War - School
Posi-War - School
LOUIS "LOU" WERNICK
492 Easi I-Iousion Sireel
New Yorlc, N. Y.
Pre-War- Shipping Clerk'
Posl'-War - Businessrna n
ROBERT WILLIAMS
I 73 I W. Walnui S+ree+
Shamolcin, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Preizel Balcer
Posi-War - Preizel Baker
ELM ER "AL" VOLDRICI-I
l8ll S. 49'I'l'1COUrI
Cicero. Illinois
Pre-War - Mechanic
Posi-War - Mechanic
WALTER JOSEPH WARD
Ringgold, Georgia
Pre-War - School
Posi-War - Truck Fa rmer
WILLIAM "TEX" WELLS
I6 Rainey Sireei'
Ausiin, Texas
Pre-War - Opiician
Posi-War - Opiician
CLAUDE ERNEST WIGGINS
Box 306
Pine Glass.ParIc, Florida
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posi-War - Navy
WILLIAM "BILL"WILSON
I I25 Larch Sireei
Indianapolis, Indiana
Pre-War - Machinisi
Posi-War - Machinisi
THOMAS TALBOT
904 PearI Lake Road
Warerbury. Conneciicuf
Pre-War - Irnmigrarion Ageni
Pos'r-War - Business Execurive
HARRY TISDALE
R-I Box I996 Mouniain Veiw.
CaIifornia
Pre-War - Earrner
PosI-War - Farmer
WILLIAM "WILKY" WILKINSON
I33-24 85Ih Sireef
Ozone Park, New York
Pre-War - Type-wriIer repairman
Pos'r-War - Srereoiyper
ANTONIO AGUINAGA
I257 PorFer SI'reeI
De'rroiI, Michigan
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posf-War -ll-
JOH N BALLARD
VaIenIine, Nebraska
Pre-War - Rancher
Pos'r-War - Rancher
ALBERT "AL" BATH
4I2 RoberI's Avenue
Syracuse, New York
Pre-War - Toolrnaker
PosI'-War - Toolmaker
ABSENT FROM MUSTER
JAMES "JO-MO" BELCHER
35I4 Plumb SIree+
Housron. Texas
Pre-War - Oil Business
Poslr-War - Oil Business
ROBERT BIBB
Ba'resviIIe, Arkansas
Pre-War - General Work
Posf-War - GeneraI Work
VICTOR "VIC" BIRTALAN
9805 MI. Auburn Avenue
CIeveIancI, Ohio
Pre-War - Machinisi
PosI-War - Machinis'r
48
EDWIN VIRGLE TICE
606 Knox S'rree'r
I'IousIon, Texas
Pre-War - Swifchrnan
Posi-War - Swifchman
FRANKLIN "ABE" WEBSTER
Willow Creek, Monrana
Pre-War - U. S. Foresi Reserve
Posi-War - U. S. Foresf Reserve
DONALD "ZEKE" ZUKOSKY
I302 I7+I1 S+ree+
Moline, IIIinois
RICHARD "FRENCHY" BLAN-
CHETTE
I54 Quebec Square
DanieIson Ciiy, Connecricui
ARTHUR "BOISIE" BOISCLAIR
89 Redingion S+reeI
Swampscoii, Massachuserfs
Pre-War -- G.E. Press Operaior
Posf-War - SeaHIe Down
THEOPHILUS "JACK" BOREN-
SKI
Main S+ree'r
Rock'IaIIs, Connecficuf
Pre-War- Machinisi
Posr-War -A+Iend Trade School
DAVID "DAVE" BROWN
Main S+. Smilhlown
Long Island, New York-
Pre-War - Business Execulive
PosI-War- Longshoreman
PAUL CALDWELL
I I32 Zenia Avenue
Daylon, Ohio
Pre-War - School
Pos?-War - App. Machinisl
PAUL CAMPBELL
2Ol7 Riverside Avenue
Somersel Cenlre, Massachusells
BERNARD "SI" CANARY
245 Wesl Main Slreel
Lebanon, Kenlucky
Pre-War - Drug-slore Cowboy
Posl-War - Navy Career
JOE CAN NY
620 Norlh Cooper Avenue
Allumera, Iowa
GLENN CARVER
I39 Penn Avenue
N. Rochesier, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Railroad Worker
Posl-War - Barlender
FRANK A. COLLINS
I7I Foresl Hills Slreel
Jamaica Plains
Boslon, Massachusells
Pre-War - College
Posl-War - Linolype
CHESTER CONNER
I l40 N. Cusler Slreel'
Wichila, Kansas
Pre-War - Conslruclion
Posl-War - Conslruclion
JOHN "CHINK" CONNOLLY
IOI Hamillon Slreel'
Harrison, New Jersey
Pre-War - General Work
Posl-War - General Work
LeRoy "YOUNG SWEDEN DAHL
I2 I 2 Frye Avenue
Peoria, Illinois
Pre-War - Farming
Pos'I-War - Machinisl
HAROLD DRINKWINE
208 MI. Airy
SI. Paul, Minnesola
Pre-War - Armour
Posl-War-Armour
Joan EVERETT DUNLAP
Pahokee, Florida
Posl-War - Farming
JOSEPH ENGLISH
Pre-War- Machinisl
200 Rowson Slreel
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - School
ROBERT FRANK ERHART
204 Norlh Mincer Slreel
Slaiclord, Kansas
Pre-War - Farming
Posl-War - School
JOSEPH "JOE" FORGUS
2I5 Halladay Slreel
Jersey Cily, New Jersey
Pre-War--Gen. Molors Man
Posl-War-Gen. Molors Man
JOHN EDW. GALLAGHER, Jr.
I00 Mosholu Parkway, Soulh
Bronx, New York
Pre-War - Navy i
Posl-War - Navy
ALLAN "GARY" GARRISON
95I4 Sauery SIree'r
Delroil, Michigan
Pre-War-Aulo Execulive
Pos+-War- Gen.'SaIesman Mgr.
MARTIN J. GARRITY
4640 Elm Courl
Denver, Colorado
Pre-War - Navy
Posl-War - Liquor Slore
or Tavern business
JAMES "SAGE" GEORGE
425 Bala-Verde Avenue
Monlerey, California
Pre-War - Wailer
Posl-War - Liquor Dealer
DONALD "DON" HALTERMAN
600 E. Valley Boulevard
Almonle, California
Pre-War - Truck Driver
Posl-War - Truck Driver
RAY EDWARD HARKER
2467 N. Claibonne
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pre-War - Navy
Posl-War - Michinisl
49
GEORGE HIGHTOWER
R-3 Box 433
Texarkana, Texas
Pre-War - Laborer
Pos'r-War- Delivery Boy
WILLIAM "HOAG" HOAGLAND
SOI S. Jason SIreeI
Denver, Colorado
Pre-War - School
Posl-War - School
NED "SCOTTY" HURLEY
I26 Gold Avenue
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Pre-War- Drallsman
Pos'r-War - Drallsman
LEMON ISAAC
General Delivery
Waskom, Texas
JIMMIE LEE GUSTER
Spring, Texas
EARL "JOHNNY" JOHNSON
22275 Wyman Slreel
Delrroif, Michigan
Pre-War-Allended Trade School
PosI'-War- Molder
I ROBERT PROUT KEWLEY
363 Sou'Ih Universily Boulevard
Denver, Colorado
Pre-War - Sales Engr. lPeddlerl
Posl-War - Sales Engr. lPeddIerl
JOHN "JOHNNIE" LeCLAIR
Two I-Iarbors, Minnesola
Pre-War - Lurnberiack
Posl-War - Lumberiack
DAVID LeCLAIR
2246 Siuarl Sfreel
Denver, Colorado
Pre-War - Linolype
Poslr-War-4 Press Operalor
GEORGE E. LESER
cfo Mrs. Chas. Miller RRI
Gosporl, Indiana
FRANCES JOSEPH LIPENSKY
7 Ferry S+ree+
Trenlon, New Jersey
Pre-War-Tool 81 Die Maker
Posl-War-Tool 81 Die Maker
EDWARD "ED" MAZEPA
Diaz S+reeI
Iselin, New Jersey
Pre-War - Produclion Foreman
WILLIAM "DUB" McCORKLE
R.R. 64 Box I39
CharIoI'Ie, Norih CaroIina
Pre-War - MoIder
Posi-War - MoIder
JACK "MAC" McDONELL
23 IO, I2Ih Sireei
Sf. Joseph, Missouri
Pre-War- Meai Packer
Pos+-War- Meai Packer
DONALD KARL MEITZNER
803 N. Washingion Srreer
RoyaI Oak, Michigan
Pre-War - La+he Operaior
Pos+-War- Laihe Operafor
FRED M ELLOTT
Bellville, Ohio
EDWARD R. MILLER
305 Easi Orange Sireer
Lancasier, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Indus'IriaI Accouniani
Posi-War - God knows, buf a
civilian.
JOSEPH "HONKY" MOLNAR
IZO9 Mechanic Sireer
Beihlehem, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - S+eeI Worker
Posr-Wa r - S+eeI Worker
JOHN MORGAN
59I2 Reach Srreei
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JOSEPH MORRIS
I23I Kenrucky Sireei
BowIing Green, Kenrucky
Pre-War - School
Posi-War - SchooI
RICHARD MUTERSPAUGH
3 I 5I Ruckle Sireei
Indianapolis, Indiana
Pre-War - Bank Bookkeeper
Pos'r-War - Ariend School
PAUL JOHN McNULTY
4227 Passmore S+ree+
PhiIadeIphia, PennsyIvania
Pre-War - TooImaker
Pos?-War - Toolmaker
JOE NEY
Hondo, Texas
HENRY NISSEN
2I07 S. Charu'H'e
Rosemead, CaIiiornia
JOHN "PAT" PATTERSON
I546 Noe Sireei
San Francisco, California
Pre-War - Saiesman
Posi-Wa r - Salesman
JOHN WILLIAM PEFFLEY
524 E.237+I1 Sireei
Long Beach, California
Pre-War - GeneraI Work
Posi-War - Travel
NORMAN "PHIL" PHILLIPS
I323' S. Chicago Avenue
Frepori, Illinois
Pre-War - Machinisi
Posi'-War - Machinisi
LESLIE "LES" PINNELL
7 Hooker Sireei
Washingion, Missouri
Pre-War- Work in Resiaurani
PosI-War- Work in Resiaura ni
PAUL "PEE-PEE" POSKEVICH
S 2420 Grand Avenue
Sioux Ciiy, Iowa
Pre-War - Worked in Siockyard
Posf-War - Siockya rd Work
GERALD THOMAS POWER
85 I927Ih Sireei
Bellerose, Long IsIand, N. Y.
Pre-War - Aircraii Worker
Posi-War - Navy Career
RAYMOND "RAY" ROMANO
I7I5 I4JrI'1 Sireei
Rockford, Illinois
Pre-War - Atiended SchooI
Posi-War - Mechanic
HAYDEN "SEN" SENSENIG
I I6 Norman Sireei
Wesi Lawn, PennsyIvania
Pre-War- S'reeIworker
Posi-War-Sieelworker
BENJAMIN 'BEN' SPINGATH, Jr.
7028 MiddIe+on Slrreer
Hunringion Park, CaIiiornia
Pre-War - U. S. Foresi Reserve
Pos'r-War- U. S. Eoresi Reserve
CHARLES STEED
2I2 Souih 4+h Sireei
Ironion, Ohio
Pre-War- Marke+ Manager
PosI-War- Marker Manager
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JAMES PATRICK SWEENEY, Jr.
25 Sevenih Sireei'
New Bedford. Massachuseiis
Pre-War-- Marine Hardware
Pos'I-War- Marine Hardware
MARVIN "MIGGS',' TRAHANT
7I5 Souih Arihur
Poca'reIIo, Idaho
Pre-War - Road Cons'IrucI'ion
Posi-War - Road Consiruciion
HERBERT "DUKE" TRAVERS
Deaneiorge
Deane forge
WiIIiamsburg, Virginia
Pre-War - Musician
Pos'r-War - Aire-nd Schooi
GEORGE EDWARD TURNER
Burkesville, Keniucky
Pre-War - Navy
Pos'I-War - Mechanic
CHARLES LEO VENABLE
5823 Prairie Avenue
Chicago, IIIinois
Pre-War - Press Operaior
Pos+-War- Press Operaror
ANGELO JOSEPH VERONA
739 Large Avenue
CIairIon, PennsyIvania
JAMES ELWOOD WARD
2l68O GiIcres'r Cour'r
OakdaIe Gardens
EerndaIe, Michigan
Pre-War- SchooI
PosI-War- Police force
MARSHALL "WOLF" WOLFE
I I Greenwich Sireei
Nairona, Pennsylvania
Pre-War - Sheeimeral worker
Pos+-War-Sieam Engineering
GEORGE DAVID WRIGHT
434 VaIIeHe Sfreei'
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pre-War-Diciaphone Service man
Posi-War-Diciaphone Service
man
JOHN YOUNG
2I Second Sireei'
EIIwood Ciiy, PennsyIvania
Pre-War - Band Leader
JOSEPH YOUNG
623 Asbury Avenue -
Ocean Ci+y, New Jersey
CHARLES WESLEY ZOBI
Mechanicsville, New York
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in This Torce musT be ghosTs.
This Torce, which Tokyo Radio says has been sunk since The beginning oT The
Bougainville campaign, has a record unegualled by any desTroyer ouTTiT in This area.
Since November IsT I943 iT has sunk IO Japanese Warships, damaged Three oThers,
shoT down aT leasT I22 enemy planes, bombarded Buka on The norThern Tip oT Bou-
gainville Island Twice and The enemy seaplane base in The ShorTIands once.
The C5hosT Torce, accompanied by cruisers, meT and conquered an enemy Task
Torce The nighT oT November I-2 oTT Empress AugusTa Bay, Bougainville Island, sink-
ing Tive ships. ATTer The engagemenT, The U. S. Torce was aTTacked by an esTimaTed
60 Jap plane armada. The desTroyers shoT down I2 and The cruisers bagged 5 oThers.
SanTa Ana RegisTer
December I 5, I943
When The Yanks smashed aT Japs in Empress AugusTa Bay, Admiral Aaron "Tip"
Merrill showed ThaT a Mississippi born genTleman could also be a TighTer. The name
oT The Commander oT The Task Torce was wiThheld in reporTs oT The baTTle and noT
revealed unTil Admiral "Tip" was presenTed a Navy Cross aboard his own Tlag ship,
a cruiser in The SouTh PaciTic.
As relaTed laTer by The Admiral, "reconnaissance showed I2 enemy ships ap-
proaching our area. We opened Tire abouT 2:40 A.IvI. They reTurned Tire almosT im-
mediaTely and senT planes in The air To drop Tlares over our TormaTion. You undersTand
ThaT in These nighT acTions everyThing is as vague as can be. We exchanged Tire wiTh-
ouT a break Tor an hour and IO minuTes unTil The enemy sTarTed To wiThdraw. Then
we pursued The enemy ship Tor an hour longer unTil 5 A.IvI. while They were reTreaTing
inTo The Solomon Sea."
LaTer reconnaissance esTablished ThaT Tive ships had been sunk. This was The de-
cisive nighT baTTle oT November I-2 in which accuracy oT Yank Tire sank a Jap cruiser
and Tour desTroyers and made possible'The landing oT our armed Torces on Bougain-
ville. "Tip" received The Legion' oT IvIeriT Tor his work in The shelling oT Ivlunda and
Vila. Following This baT+Ie The Admiral uTTered a quesTion ThaT has become a classic
ThroughouT This area and received iusT abouT The kind oT an answer you would expecT
Trom Admiral "Bull" I-Ialsey.-The signalman sTared aT The message in inTeresT, smiled
and Then relayed iT.-"Bagged Two desTroyers. WhaT's my IimiT?"
When The answer came back The signalman was ready To choke. "No limiT," was
I-Ialsey's answer. "IT's open season Tor The basTards." ,
From "Our Navy" magazine-
Ivlid November l943
The monTh oT November has been a glorious one Tor The DesTroyers oT Task
Force XX. During This period ships oT DesTroyer Squadron XX have been involved in
The Tollowing acTions:
III FirsT bombardmenT oT Buka Island I- November 43
I2l BombardmenT oT ShorTIand Islands I I- November 43
l3l NighT surTace engagemenT oT Cape Torokina, Bou-
ganville Island I-2-November 43
l4l Day air aTTack by enemy planes oTT Bougainville Island 2- November 43
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Commander DesTroyer Squadron XX, Commander DesTroyer Division XX and The
DesTroyer CapTains oT This Squadron have ThroughouT The currenT operaTions, demon-
sTarTed The bold, deTermined, aggressive leadership which wins baTTles. The oTTicers
and men oT DesTroyer Squadron XX have been resoIuTe and skilled in Tollowing The
wishes oT Their leaders. lvluch damage has been inTlicTed To The enemy's ships, insTalla-
Tions, and personnel. They have maTerially conTribuTed To The growing Japanese TraiT
which Commodore Burke so apTly describes, "When They make up Their minds To run,
They Ief noThing inTerTere wiTh carrying ouT Their decision."
ln addiTion To The above acTions This ship was on separaTe duTy Trom iTs squadron
during The period 24 SepTember I943-OcTober 4, 1943 and operaTed under The conTrol
oT Commander Task Force XX. During This period while operaTing wiTh Task Force XX.X,
The ship parTicipaTed in a barren sweep beTween Kolombangara and Choiseul Islands
on The nighT oT 30-SepTember-l OcTober. Also as a uniT oT Task Group XX.X, during
daylighT oT OcTober I, I943, This ship parTicipaTed in repelling an enemy dive-bomber
and TighTer aTTack oTF Niarovai, Vella Lavella, Solomon lslands.
lnserTed ln our service records.
OTT l-lagushi Beach The nighT ThaT Okinawa erupTed pyroThechnics in celebraTion
oT The TirsT rumors oT Jap surrender, older members oT The crew oT This 2lOO-Ton
desTroyer, grimly saTisTied, could remember a nighT oTf Bougainville almosT Two years
previously, when a Nip Torpedo blew oTT her sTern, snuTTed ouT The lives oT I9 oT her
men, and leTT her helpless in The dark waTers oT Empress AugusTa Bay righT in The midsT
of a raging air and surTace baTTle. ATTer This unTorgeTable nighT Commander AlsTon
Ramsay, USN, oT Salisbury, NorTh Carolina, said To his men: "We are going To a
navy yard To be repaired aTTer which we will reTurn To geT our revenge."
The FooTe reTurned To The STaTes Tor a new sTern, Training and re-Training. STill
under The command oT Commander Ramsay The 5l l made Tor The PaciTic war area
in laTe CDcTober I944 in Time To assisT in The Tinal sTages oT The l.eyTe compaign,
screening "jeep carriers" whose planes were saTeguarding The convoy lanes along
which viTal cargoes were sTreaming To The Philippines.
When newly-capTured lvlindoro was an embaTTled island surrounded by a sea oT
Tar Trom impoTenT Japanese, The FooTe was in The proTecTing desTroyer van ThaT ToughT
iTs way wiTh The TirsT resupply ships To The brand new American airTields There. On This
Trip The Special ATTack Corps, Japan's suicide airmen, made a bid Tor "ETernal
Glory." Two oT Them Tound iT - Trom The business end oT The FooTe's guns - and The
resT were splashed by oTher ships oT The TormaTion or puT To TlighT by The concerTed
acTion oT all.
ReTaliaTion again was The l:ooTe's when she moved in wiTh Three oTher DesTroyers
To wiThin l5OO yards oT WhiTe Beach qli2 aT Lingayen GulT on January 9, I9-45, and
pumped round aTTer round oT Tive inch shells inTo Japanese shore posiTions, baTTeries,
Troops, and observaTion posTs, soTTening up The area Tor our armed branches and The
"Tin can" sailors did Their biT while The heaT oT rapid Tiring blisTered The painT on
Their guns.
The nasTiesT, and yeT The mosT saTisTying iob oT all was Okinawa. Now skippered
by l.ieuT. Comdr. l-l. W. Mclflwain, USN, oT Deer Lodge, MonTana, The FooTe in early
May joined The pickeT desTroyers, ThaT Tar Tlung ring oT "Tin cans" whose mission iT
was To warn The landing beaches, The TransporTs, oT approaching enemy aircraTT and
To beaT down The Nips when They Tried To geT Through: and They Tried oTTen.
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In consTanT sTreams The Japs senT Their Kamikaze IDivine Windl suicides To sTrike
again and again aT The pickeT desTroyers and aT The bombarding ships close inTo The
islands. The Navy's announcemenTs reveal The Toll we paid Tor a Ryukyus BasTion. In
This TheaTer The FooTe added anoTher sure kill To a IisT oT Jap planes knocked down,
and aT Aguni and Iheya Islands marked up scores Tor Two bombardmenTs and landing
assisTs. BuT Two gunners. badly wounded by bomb shrapnel, paid The bill Tor The FooTe's
Okinawa Tour.
And now wiTh The uniTs oT a vicTorious TIeeT, The "5I I" comes home. In December
she will mark her Third birThday, This Time a peaceTuI one.
. Brooklyn Eagle
REMEMBER THIS?
NOTICE TO ALL HANDS
I. ETTecTive I5 May and ThereaTTer, all hands will wear shirTs Topside aT all Times.
2. When General OuarTers are sounded Tor air aTTack, wear heImeTs, IiTeiackeTs, and
Tlashproof cIoThing. Flashburn oinTmenT has been issued To all exposed sTaTions. IT
should be used To replace TIashprooT cIoThing only when This cIoThing inTerTeres wiTh
carrying ouT your job.
3. Okinawa is an acTive area oT operaTions. Vessels in This area are subiecT To aTTacks
Trom aircraTT, suicide boaTs, suicide swimmers, Torpedoes and driTTing mines. In order
To provide maximum proTecTion All hands Topside should keep a IookouT and reporT
anyThing suspicious To The 0.0.D. immediaTeIy. IT you are resTing Topside beTween
waTches, do your resTing near your baTTIe sTaTion. Remember ThaT air aTTacks aT Oki-
nawa are pracTicaIIy cerTain To happen.
4. Many desTroyers have been sunk here in The IasT six weeks. The aIerTness oT all
hands can prevenT our ship Trom ioining Them.
BE ALERT and ON THE JOB
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SHIP'S ACTIVITIES
I-IERE is a saying in This man's Navy lno oTTense To The WAVESI ThaT "The besT
ship you were ever on was The one you iusT came oTT-and The one you are iusT
being TransTerred To." Well, during The war lremember?I The acT oT being TransTerred
To oTher ships or sTaTions happened as oTTen as you are able To pick up a REIVIBRANDT
Tor a small minT- meaning ThaT TransTers were VerboTen, buT ThaT you land only youl
were an indispensable man. ResulT: The EOOTE was To be our home-and-Teeder even
Though iT meanT To puT up wiTh some wild broncho riding and a IiTTIe spam wiTh de-
hydraTed spuds now and Then. BuT sailors have guTs Imore or lessl and They can Take
anyThing ThaT is dished ouT To Them, and while They served in The go-geTTer Tincan,
The FOOTE, They learned all The Tricks and Trade oT naval war-Tare. I-Iowever, They
also learned someThing else which is Twice as imporTanT To The individual selT - The
arT oT relaxing beTween The Trying ordeals oT war.
The TirsT crossing oT The EquaTor when The ship was en-rouTe To New Caledonia
Trom Panama inTroduced some 300-odd men-all young and inexperienced To war-
Tare. Some had never seen a gun Tired excepT in The G-lvlen Tlickers aT The local
TheaTre, and as many never had a waTer-pisToI in Their hand - noT To menTion Tiring
any oT The ship's guns.
There They were-supposedly wiTh Their TirsT case oT war-nerves buT The only
Thing They were worried abouT was geTTing wacked in The rear oT Their anaTomy. Only
abouT ThirTy men had previously crossed The EguaTor and as Tull Tledged Shellbacks
They had quiTe a Time whipping The green Pollywogs inTo The proper shape IOUCI-I!!I
Tor Their accepTance inTo The I-Ioly Order oT King NepTune. The poor Pollywogs were
accused OT having commiTTed such horrible crimes as spiTTing inTo The sea: preparing
lousy iamoke lcoTTeeI: sleeping in The Torpedo Tubes, eTc., eTc., and even ThaT oT
reTerring To Themselves as sailors. A guy couldn'T win Tor loosing - buT whaT
Tunl Everybody was as happy as could be - and why noT? IT isn'T every day ThaT
one geTs his hair chopped oTT by a Royal Barber, and a Tree medical examinaTion
by a Royal DocTor. A Tree dive inTo yesTerday's garbage and a Tree shower under
a Tull pressure Tire hose squirTing good clean sea waTer. Some Tun, buT whaT an honor
oT having been duly iniTiaTed inTo The I-Ioly Order oT King NepTune.
IvIosT sailors are good beer drinkers and They were worried no end abouT obTain-
ing Their TavoriTe quenching liquid ouT There on Those beauTiTul liTTle Gardens oT Eden
in The likewise blue-beauTiTul PaciTic Ocean. They boys had Their beer whenever They
managed To geT To some nice beach beTween "naval aTTairs"- and Then They had To
drink ThaT 3.2 sTuTT, which was guiTe all righT wiTh everybody Ibecause There wasn'T
anyThing else To drinkl.
America's number one sporT has always been baseball, and naTuraIly iT was The
same Tor The EOOTE. The TavoriTe recreaTion oT our greaT Tin-can sailors was soTTball,
and The FOOTE produced a loT oT good soTTball players. lvlazepa, The gunner's maTe,
was voTed The number one player on The Team-a Team ThaT once deTeaTed The
SouTh-PaciTic soTTball champs, The U.S.S. DIXIE. WiTh such greaT soTTball players as
I-Iommes, French, lvlolnar, Oodshall and oThers, The EOOTE made quiTe a name Tor
iTselT among The soTTball playing ships and sTaTions in The PaciTic TheaTer oT War.
The Ordnance Division walked away wiTh The honors in an inTer-divisional soTTball series,
and The winners happily consumed several cases oT 3.2 beer in Their hour oT vicTory.
Newspapers and magazines used To arrive weeks To monThs laTe in The PaciTic, buT
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CURRENT EVENTS
QBy G. H. Blood, RM2cl
Without a doubt, the most talked of
topic in recent weeks has been the
forthcoming meeting of the NBig Threen..
Britain, Russia and the U.S. The
American Public as a whole first began
to take notice of the situation early
in October, close on the heels of an
Allied disagreement over the explosive
Polish question...At that time it be-
came evident to even the least inter-
ested parties that jurisdictional pol-
icies would have to be agreed upon by
all concerned, and soon. Since the out-
come of our national election was still
in doubt, the president's hands were
figuratively tied, as Britain and Rus-
sia would undoubtedly hesitate to rely
on the word of one who perhaps did not
represent the opinion of the American
majority. This would ap ear to be
QContinued on page 23
THE SHIP BY STATES
There have always been arguments
about which state is the best in the
Unior, and for us to try to settle
that one would be sticking our necks
out too far. However, there have been
just about as many arguments about which
state is best represented on board.
This one we can answer, and with straight
dope.
A careful tabulation was made and
the results will undoubtedly be sur-
prising to some, especially the Nat-
ives of Mass. The great majority of
states are represented, the only
not having a native son on board
Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico,
Virginia. New York leads with a total
of 28 sons of the Empire State, while
Ohio fsurprised?D is a close runner-
up with 26 followed closely by Penn-
sylvania, with 253 California, with
Zhg Illinois with 23g and Massachus-
etts with 2O. Those are the states
most heavily represented. Next came
Michigan, Missouri, Texas ani Indiana,
ones
are
and
each of which has more than 10 men
on board but less than 20. Michigan
and Missouri, who lead
have the same number.
represented have 10 or
this last list,
All other states
less represent-
atives, and most of them have more than
one.
Perhaps the most surprising thing
about these statistics is the number
from Mass. as the consensus of opinion
on board seemed to be that she was
best represented. It is our opinion
that this was due, in a large part, to
the fact that all the other New England
states are comparatively well represented
If you want to know exactly how many
men on board from any of the states,
see Wright, Y2c.
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regardless how old They were They were eagerly snapped up and read by all hands.
During Theo dark and hard-ToughT days oT The Solomon campaign, The FOOTE began
To publish iTs own paper. Willie Foss conceived and developed iT and became The
ediTor oT The bi-weekly newspaper, The FOOTE-NOTES, which slogan was "The
GreaTesT LiTTle Paper ATloaT."' A Tour-page mimeograph sheeT, iT broughT To The
crew The well needed "liTT" wiTh a menu oT humor, saTire and inTernal gossip which was
The delighT oT all hands, even Those who were The buTT oT The iokes. When aT The
reTurn oT The FOOTF To CaliTornia, Foss wenT To The hospiTal, George D. WrighT, The
liTTle man Trom New Orleans Took over The ediTorship and kepT The FOOTE-NOTES
on Top oT The liTTle papers. LaTer The man wiTh The pills, "Doc" Gary l-lunTer Took over
The job and kepr The banner Tlying. As an added aTTracTion, during The regime oT
WrighT and l'lunTer, TalkaTive penswinger, Gene SchnaubelT became The sTaTT arTisT.
IT is his drawings ThaT you see scaTTered ThroughouT This book.
The FOOTE also had iTs own liTTle Madison Square Garden. The crew would
geT TogeTher and rig up The TanTail lThaT's The aTTer end oT The shipl and have The
pugilisTic boys show us The manly arT oT selT-deTense and The grunT and groan rackeT.
Yes, There were many a greaT baTTle oT The cenTury ToughT in a Triendly and sporTing
Tashion on The TanTail. One well remembers Those hecTic slugging maTches beTween
"Rough House" Dannison and The Tormer Michigan welTer weighT champ Reed, and
The round-house baTTles beTween MidgeT Siders and Muscles Brennan. Joe Jacobs
could never produce TighTs like ThaT.
WiTh The memories oT FisTicana we musT also remember The greaT sTage-shows,
The l-lappy-l-lours ThaT was produced aboard The MighTy 5I l. During The lull in The
war The TalenTed boys would geT TogeTher and puT on several good acTs. The spec-
TaTors would siT, sTand and hang like monkeys To waTch and enioy Themselves. Among
The Taces one will always remember is ThaT oT Tom Berry, The whisTler Trom Brooklyn,
who made iT Trom The Bowery To The GreaT WhiTe Way in The company oT "Baby
Snooks" Fanny Brice, and would you believe iT-WalTer Winchell. Yep, old Tom
could sing, dance and whisTle all aT The same Time-and as an added aTTracTion he
used To Tell iokes , . .The kind you would laugh aT. Then There was The Tormer wresTling
and weighT-liTTing champ oT New Zealand, Obie Cleghorn, whose jolly Tace land
bellyl and beauTiTul singing voice made The sailors scream wiTh delighT.
As no good show is wiThouT iTs BlacksTone acT, our shows were never wiThouT Dee
Schullian's acT, l-le made more Things disappear and reappear Than BlacksTone himselT.
One Thing he didn'T have Though, was rabbiTs. The reason being, he was aTraid ThaT The
ChieT Commissary STeward, Frank Collins, would make sTew ouT oT Them. ll-lmm, we
could have used some sTew aT Timesl. g
The largesT big-Time oT The FOOTF'S recreaTion momenTs was The Ship's ParTy
held aT The Lakewood CounTry Club in Long Beach, CaliTornia. A grand parTy iT was
-and howl The beer guzzlers couldn'T say They didn'T geT enough beer ThaT nighT.
The crew was enTerTained by movie sTars and Then The crew enTerTained The movie
sTars-and They aTe and drank and wined and dined and oT course They danced, also.
Yep, iT was really hep To The iive in sea going Tempo ThaT nighT. They Talked abouT
The parTy Tor weeks aTTerwards.
Now aTTer reading This you mighT Think ThaT all The FOOTE sailors did was To
have a good Time- Don'T geT us wrong. A good Time was had whenever There was
an opporTuniTy-and The opporTuniTies were Tar and long aparT. One mighT Think
ThaT The FOOTE sailors are a happy-go-lucky loT-Well, come To Think oT iT-They are.
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GLENN BLOOD, WILLIAM FOSS,
ConTribuTing WriTers . 4....,,.. 4 SYLVAN MEYER, JOI-IN CONNELL,
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DEARLD SCI-IULLIAN
The sTaTT wishes To Thank The Tollowing men who cooperaTed in making "ShipmaTes"
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OTTo Bock
Enda Loughlin
Gregory FerriTTo
Thomas Fuller
Glenn Carver
RoberT Williams
James MaTlock
Ralph Bosh
Louis Taigen
William Bass
John PeTTley
Coy Brickle
John Price
David Cole
Jack NasTell
lrvin Evans
Michael CasaTelli
ThroughouT The making oT This book The ediTorial sTaTT was advised by LT.
Sylvan Meyer Tor which we wholehearTedly exTend our Thanks.
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NOMENCLATURE
lT you would be a sailor's wiTe,
l-lis speech you musT noT spurn.
Because To lead The Navy liTe,
You've simply goT To learn:
ThaT bread is "punk," and coTTee "mud," and waTer "angle wine."
ThaT Tloors are "decks", a "billeT" a bunk, and "hawser" is a line.
ThaT oTTicers are all "gold braids" and any land's The "beach",
ThaT "shooT The breeze" describes The Thing civilians call a speech
ThaT married sailors are "lashed up" iT "squared away" or noT,
ThaT if your romance has "Touled up", iT's Trouble +haT you've goT.
BuT There's This consolaTion Tor
New wives oT Gold and Blue,
The Navy has no oTher words
For "Darling, I love you!"
HDESRON TWENTY-THREE"
From The musical exTravaganza "LESS NOISE ON Tl-lE EANTAIL
Words by M. Lawrence and E. B. Baker
VERSE:
Oh The cruisers sTay in Purvis Bay
And biTch because iT's hoT-
They siT on Their hands wondering-
WhaT is hapenning up The sloT.
They'd Tind ouT quick iT They sTood a Trick
AT The wheel oT a good DD - EE - EE -
And did some work wiTh CapTain Burke
4 ln Desron 23
CHORUS:
Oh Desron 23, Desron 23.
CapTain B. and his l.iTTle Beavers, Desron 23!
Oh The Jap Tin cans They haven'T a chance
AgainsT This TighTing crew
They love To TighT and They don'T Teel righ+
IT They're noT aT all-nighT 0.0.
Each Sunday morn aT The break oT dawn
ln The O.D.'s log you'll see-
"Underway aT The break oT day-Desron 23!"
These TighTing ships were looking Tor Nips
A-sTeaming up The line
When The Japs They Tound, wiTh Their panTs way down,
Revealing Their yellow behind-
Oh They chased Their ass Trom Buka Pass '
Clear ouT oT The, Coral Sea - EE - EE
IT They'd had The Tuel
They'd have Taken Rabaul lWho?l
Desron 23ll
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TO THE TROPICS
I haven'T Traveled Tar
BuT l've seen a doggone loT
OT The beauTy oT The Tropics
And ThaT sTupid sorT oT roT.
Ohl The mounTains and The valleys
And The coconuTs so Tall,
The genTle balmy breezes'
And The preTTy porTs oT call.
The shy enchanTing naTives,
WiTh Their quainT peculiar ways,
And The luscious, lissome maidens.
Oh, happy, careTree days.
BuT, now l've had enough oT iT,
My language is quiTe plain,
As Tar as liTTle me's concerned
lT's iusT a goddam pain.
BY ANONYMOUS
For I haTe The dirTy naTives,
I loaThe The porTs oT call,
WiTh The blasTed, blazing sunshine
And The coconuTs so Tall.
And There's The luscious maidens
You oughT To see The cows,
WiTh skins oT brass and skirTs oT grass
A dirTy bunch oT Trows.
The islands are noT preTTy
They're iusT anoTher drudge
And iT you don'T believe me,
Come down and be The judge.
So iT some sTupid begger says,
"lT's such a preTTy place,"
JusT ignore The silly blighTer,
Or kick him in The Tace.
You'll be doing me a Tavor,
And please yourselT as well,
IT you Take your blasTed islands
And go righT sTraighT To hell.
A SAILOR'S REWARD
l've been siTTing here Thinking,
OT The Things l've leTT behind,
And I haTe To puT on paper,
WhaT's running Through my mind.
l've climbed a million ladders,
l've chipped Ten miles oT painT,
And a worser place This side oT I-lell
Well, There iusT simply ain'T.
BuT, There's iusT one consolaTion,
GaTher close and I will Tell,
When we die, we'll go To I-leaven,
'Cause we've served our hiTch in I-lell.
We've sTood Tor endless hours
While waiTing Tor our mail,
We've sTood a million waTches,
Been on every darn deTail.
We've scrubbed a million anchor irons,
And peeled a million spuds,
We've lashed a million hammocks,
And washed our dirTy duds.
BuT when Tinal Taps are sounded,
And we've laid aside liTe's cares,
ThaT's when we'll Take our Tinal "leaves"
RighT up Those golden sTairs.
The angels all will welcome us,
Their harps will sTarT To play,
We'll sign a million pay slips,
And spend Them in one day.
lT's Then we'll hear SainT PeTer
OreeT us loudly wiTh a yell,
"Take a seaT up TronT, sailor,
'Cause you've served your hiTch in I-lelll"
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COMMANDER ALSTON RAMSAY, UNITED STATES NAVY
. . . . . . "Conspicuous gaIIanTry and inTrepidiTy in acTion againsT The enemy as The
Commanding OTTicer .... OperaTing in The ,NorThern SoIomon IsIands area during
The period Trom OcTober 3I To November 2, T943 .... Courageous devoTio.n To
duTy was in keeping wiTh The highesT TradiTions oT The UniTed STaTes Naval Service."
LIEUTENANT coMrv1ANDER HARRY WILLIAM MCELWAIN
UNITED STATES NAVY
. . . . . . "Heroic achievemenT in The connecTion wiTh operaTions againsT The enemy
during The capTure and deTense oT Okinawa and ouTIying islands during The period
oT I6 May Through I2 AugusT I945, while Commanding OTTicer .... I-Iis courage
and skill during This Iong and arduous period were an inspiraTion To The oTTicers and
men under his command. "
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LIEUTENANT JOI-IN E. VVASON
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
. . . . . . "OuTsTanding courage in direcTing The Tire oT his guns on enemy aircraTT
diving on The ship and inTIicTing serious damage To Two oT Them .... DisTinguished
him among Those perTorming duTies oT name characTer." M
CLAXTON R. L. COOPER, TORPEDOMAN TI-IIRD CLASS
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
. . . . . . "In The Tace oT grave personaI danger Trom an aTTacking enemy airplane
sTeadTasTIy direcTed his Tire inTo The aircraTT unTiI iT crashed inTo The sea in his imme-
diaTe viciniTy .... DevoTion To duTy was an inspiraTion To aII his shipmaTes."
WILLIAM BASS, STEWARD'S MATE FIRST CLASS
I UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
. . . . . "DisTinguished himseIT by heroic and meriTorious conducT as a machine gun-
ner oT an anTi-aircraTT gun .... In The Tace oT grave personal danger sTeadTasTIy di-
recTed his Tire unTiI The plane crashed in his immediaTe viciniTy .... I-Iis conducT
ThroughouT disTinguished him among Those perTorming duTies oT The same characTer."
DAVID BROWN, GUNNER'S MATE TI-IIRD CLASS
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
. . . . . . "DisTinguished himself as Gun CapTain oT a 40 miIIimeTer gun . . . . Re-
paired a jammed barrel oT his Twin mounT gun whiIe The oTher barrei conTinued Tiring
aT an aTTacking pIane .... I"Iis ouTsTanding skiII puT The inoperaTive barrel back inTo
acTion beTore The aircraTT TinaIIy crashed inTo The sea in his viciniTy."
LIEUTENANT GEORGE JOSEPI-I MONEZ
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
. . . . . . "DisTinguished himseIT by exceIIenT service as an Engineering OTTicer . . . .
I-Iandled casuaITies To The main engineering pIanT in a quick and eTTicienT manner.
. As a resuIT oT his exceIIenT Training oT The men in his division, The engineering
pIanT responded To every order."
JAMES PATRICK SWEENEY, M-ACI-IINIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
.- ..... "DisTinguished himseIT exceIIenT service during operaTions againsT The enemy.
. . Displayed considerabIe skill and iniTiaTive in repairing The damage done by an
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enemy plane who crashed close aboard and fhereby confribuTed maferially To The
confinual efficiency of his ship."
FRANK EDWARD RICHARDSON, C5UNNER'S MATE THIRD CLASS
UNITED STATES NAVY
. . . . . . "DisTinguished himself as a machine gunner . . . . Displayed ouTs'randing
resourcefullness and meriToriouS conducf in quickly clearing a sToppage which occurred
shorTly afTer his ship had opened fire on an enemy aircrafT .... Quick acfion pre-
venfed The loss of The gun when iT was mosf needed."
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MATTHEW S. SCHMIDLINCI
UNITED STATES NAVY
. . . . . . "For his skillful and effecTive performance of dufy as ExecuTive Officer of
a Desfroyer which was damaged during The engagemenT wifh Japanese naval forces
off Bougainville .... PrompT inifialrion of damage confrol measures confribufed To
saving his ship afTer she had Ioeen severely damaged."
PU RPLE HEART CITATIONS
In The name of The Commander Soufh Pacific Area and SouTh Pacific Force The
following named men received The Purple HearT cifaTion and medal for wounds
received in acfion.
ENSIGN, EVERETT SHEPHERD, UNITED STATES NAVY
ROBERT D. BONTZ, MOTOR MACHINIST SECOND CLASS.
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UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
HORACE R. BRADBROOK, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
THOMAS E. FITZGERALD, SEAMAN SECOND CLASS.
UNITED STATES NAVY
JAMES R. HART, BAKER SECOND CLASS.
UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
ANTHONY S. ISI4RzVcIcI. SEAMAN SECOND CLASS
I UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
HAROLD J. KNIGHT, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.
I UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
RICHARD L. LEWIS, SEAMAN SECOND CLASS.
UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
FLOYD e. SHELTON, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.
UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
GEORGE G. THOMAS, JR., STEWARD'S MATE FIRST CLASS.
UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
CLAUDE E. WIGGINS, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.
UNITED STATES NAVY
ARTHUR BOTELHO, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
THEODORE ROMANO -
RAYMOND UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
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