Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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WILLIAM G. WAGNER , ENSIGN, U.S. NAVY ENS. Wagner, a photo pilot of Composite Squadron Sixty-two, was shot down near Sinuiju while taking photographs of damaged bridges in the area. He was rescued by a helicopter but the helicopter was forced down in enemy territory before it could reach Pyong- yang, then in UN hands. ENS. Wagneris body was later found and identified. He has been officially listed as killed in action. ENS. Wagner's home is listed as South Bend, Ind. l ' 3 A y . ROLAND R BATSON JR LIEUTENANT fjunlor grade, U S NAVY LTJG Batson a member of Attack Bombing Squad ron Thirty five was forced down in enemy territory 1n the north central part of Korea He was not in Jured by the crash and efforts were being made to rescue him the following day however he could not be located and no further word has been received from him LTJG Batson has officially been listed as missing ln action His home 1S listed as Summit N J

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Upon graduating and receiving his wings in October 1948 ENS Brown became the iirst Negro Naval 'Aviator to be so designated. 1 ' i , ' ENS Brown was commissioned shortly after being ordered' to dutylwith Fighter Squadron 'Thirty-two aboard the USS LEYTE. On Oct. 13, 1950 he became the first. Negro Naval pilot to Hy a combat mission against an enemy of the United States when he flew his Corsair fighter in a strike on.enemy supply lanes from Wonsan to Chongjin on the east coast of Korea. . f . . l - , ENS Brown was killed in action, while rendering close support to U.-ESQ Marines 'trapped in the .Chosin reservoir, on Dec. 4, 1950 when his plane was shot down by enemy'Hreg A shipmate, LTJG Thomas J. Hudner, who later received the Medal of Honor, crash landed his plane alongside ENS Brown's and tried to rescue him but his attempts proved futile, and ENS Brown died - the first Negro Naval Aviatorto give his life for his country. A 1 - s . ENS Brown-is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Brown, of Hattiesburg, Miss., and a daughter, Pamela, LTJG THOMAS J. HUDNER

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i RALPH M. BAGWELL LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, U.S. NAVY ' LCDR. Bagwell entered the Naval Service in March 1940, and served with distinction in the Atlantic and Pacific areas in World War Two. For his achievements as landing signal officer aboard the aircraft carrier, USS SAN JACINTO, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. LCDR. Bagwell came aboard the USS LEYTE as Commanding Officer of Attack Bombing Squadron Thirty-five and in the Korean Theater had led 28 highly successful missions over Korea, inflicting heavy damage to the enemy. . On his 29th mission LCDR. Bagwell, who was flying just off the deck , crashed into a high line wire and his plane fell into a mud bank of the Chongchon-Gang River south of Huichon. He was uninjured from the crash and a rescue helicopter was on its way to pick him up when a band of Chinese Communist troops captured him and took him off in a southerly direction. He has been officially listed as missing in action. LCDR. Bagwell is married to the former Miss Georgia Harper of Jacksonville, Fla., who with their two children, is presently making her home in East Greenwich, R. I. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bagwell, of Route ill, Piedmont, S. C.