Harlan Dickson (DD 708) - Naval Cruise Book

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FIRST ROW Cleft to rightjz Davis, J. B., Herrera, Downs, Black, Barnhill, Daniels, Smith, T. B .... SECOND ROW Cleft to rightlz Wolford, Busch, Gaudio, Christmas, Ens. Mandelker, Wolfe, Cali, Marsden, Shelby, Sweatman .... THIRD ROW Cleft to rightlz McMurdy, Sims, B., Garrett, Gropp, Dialazo, Nelson, Ahrahamsen, Higgins, Lay, McCall, Boser, Gooding, Chargois, Kwasny, Hogshead. SUPPLY IJIVISIU

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UPEH Tlll 5 DIVISIU FIRST ROW Cleft to rightlz McCreery, Applegate, Cecconi, Hubbell, Cybulski, Annoot. . . . SECOND ROW Cleft to rightl : Plass, Heesch, Ens. Dealaman, Ens. North, Lt. Baity, Lt. Witschen, Lt. Taylor, Ens. Cariker, Hatchell, Hagan .... THIRD ROW Cleft to rightlz Manolos, Rose, Wierzibicki, Raevsky, Teele, Durbin, Poole, Buckley, Worcester, Lay, Worster, Davisson, Pasquini, Brodigan .... FOURTH ROW Cleft to riglntjz Reibold, Whiting, McClain, Miller, Brenner, Quevedo, Morgan, Sorenson, Schmidt, Barrentine, Metzger, Palmer, Case, Cornell, Burnside.

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L d ng drill-40mm. fer by high-line. DUB HISTIIHY The U.S.S. Dickson was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Harlan R. Dickson, U. S. Navy, of Washington, D. C. He was a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, and performed duty as a carrier torpedo pilot in most of the areas of aerial combat in the early days of World War II. He was twice decorated with the Navy Cross for heroism and outstanding performance as a torpedo plane pilot, and was killed in action while flying from the U .S.S. Yorktown on Feb- ruary 5, 1944. The keel of the DD708 was laid in Kearney, N. I., and she was jitted out at the .Brooklyn Navy Yard. She was commissioned on February 17, 1945. Her home port at the time this book Af ease -awaiting inspection A recovered drone.