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MANSFIELD SEAMAN Mc Died of Natural Causes on Board March 1944 GEORGE WANCHICK SEAMAN lfc Killed in Action May 3, 191145 CLIFFORD KAUIVNIAN Slamlfxiw Um: Killed in Action May 3, 1945 W' Ms THOMAS RUBICLSS Bosjiv ,WIATE lfc Killed in Action May 3, 1945 JAMES J. REIDRL Snnfs CooK 3fc Killed in Action May 3. D345 FRICSDICRICK ROZRLXR SIAM xx I! fi 1: Killed in Action May 3. 1043 There There There There HIC RTC HTC HTG I some of these femmes that are others naughty but nice, some that are dumb but pretty, some you might ask for advice, There's the hot, the cool, and the frigid, The fat, the short and the tall, 4 l l , new +'l 'v f ' Q-Ali YU . .Wg .. , 'i,,p -.J-. - -wr -1 . - E9 Tll E W LADY!! fickle, 'l'ln-ro was Boston, Casco and Quonset, Scapa, Dakar and tho Med. Sho took them all like a trooper. A lady, and a lady w'c'll-liiwl. On tht- blur' Pacific she ventured, Weary and sick of it all. A queen sho was, so she started Thereis the smart, the dumb and the witty, Thereis Turner, Lamarr and Bacall. There's hundreds and hundreds of others In classes all of their own, ' But you can take 'em, love ,em or hate 'em, I,ll take the lady Macomb. I know she's a ship like the others, It would be hard to tell them apart, But to us she's a champ and a lady, Just a hunk of steel with a heart. Shes fought the cruel Atlantic, To battle at hattlcfs call. She sweated it out on the line. Fought alongside of the best. A lady, a ship, and a figlitcr. She scratched and vlawod with thc resi- ln the roaring hc-ll ul tht- hattle. She gave all she had and thou some. Giving, taking. hut fighting. Till the hattlc was over and WUII- But now that tht- war is over. l g, 4 to ,Ht xc it The cold the slect, and the Iain lt was a hell of a crui e whilf it laslcd But the Mac was a lady and game Ill N no flmnzbers RM iff' v , , .3 liikf the rest l lou Y to gr l luv. Q , J I , - A lust lfbtlllf' lo thc lz ly i , .. , i r, , 'Q , Z - i - h , A sl '1 with a ln-art thc tla ' nth. CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. DUVALL Lt. Comdr. lnow Captain! Williarn H. Duvall accepted the command of the U.S.S. Macomb for the United States Navy in Boston Navy Yard on January 26, 1942 to become first skipper of the Mighty Mac as she commenced her diverse and colorful career. Captain Duvall was a graduate of the Naval Academy class of 1925, and he had served a varied career in the Navy, including the com- mand of one of the Navyis old minesweepers. He was a typical uOld Navyl' captain, quite different from the average destroyer skipper of 1945. He was a stern, serious man, a disciplin- arian andexcellent shiphandler who maintained an impenetrable aloofness to his oflicers and his men. Under his tireless and efficient leadership the Mighty Mac was transformed from a ship- fitteris piece of floating steel to a fighting, capa- ble destroyer. He led the ship through her first frigid winter at Boston and Casco Bay, on her long ferry trip with the Ranger, on her first visit to Argentia, Iceland, and Scapa Flow, and in climax, through the invasion of Casablanca. Commander Duvall was relieved by Lt. Comdr. ,Ierry South, executive officer in January 1943 while the Macomb was in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Captain Duvall later became a destroyer squadron commander and ofIicer-in-charge of C destroyer training and shaking-down at Bermuda. CAPTAIN JERRY C. SOUTH Jerry Curtis South was a huge bodied man, well-framed and well-fleshed, standing over six feet in height. It was easy to believe the stories of his athletic prowess during his midshipman days, and he demonstrated his ability many times in athletic contests held by the ship. Upon assuming the duties of executive officer of the Macomb in November 1941 he imme- diately began to show the zeal for efficiency which characterized his every action. His ex- perience in naval procedure, his attention to detail, and his unfailing energy will cause him to be remembered as one of our most efficient executive oflicers. In June, 1942, Mr. South was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, a well-de- served promotion in every respect. On January 10, 1943, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, he re- lieved Commander Duvall as captain of the Macomb. Captain South was a ship-handler par excel- lence, and there were few destroyers which were maneuvered with as great precision and ef- ficiency as the Macomb. His superior skill was recognized on the Ist of November, 1943. when he was advanced to the rank of commander. On the 24th of March, 1944, Captain South was transferred to Admiral M. L. Deyois staff for duty. As the Macomb had proved her worth as a ship, so had Commander South proved his worth as a commanding olhcer, and those men who served under him will long remember and admire him for his outstanding ability. 5 CAPTAIN GEORGE HUTCHIN SON Lt. Corndr. George Hutchinson, third skipper of the Mighty Mac, was a great contrast to jovial, extrovertist, Jerry South. Captain Hutchinson was taciturn, reserved, and aloof. Always a gentleman and always a sincere officer of the Navy, in many ways he was a typical New England seafaring man. He accepted command of the U.S.S. Macomb from Commander Jerry C. South on March 2, 19441 in the South Boston Navy Yard. George Hutchinson started his active naval career when he graduated from the Naval Acad- emy in the class of 1935, and before coming aboard the Mac had been executive officer of the U.S.S. Fletcher during the hazardous, nerve- wracking days of Guadalcanal, after which he commanded the ufour-stackerw John D. Edwards. Sometimes seeming a quick-tempered, almost nervous person, no man proved more calm than Captain Hutchinson on that memorable night in May 1911-44 when the Macomb sank a sub, or that breathless morning off the coast of the French Riviera. A cool, courageous commanding officer, Captain Hutchinson skippered the Mighty Mac effectively and well during a sometimes trying, sometimes happy, duty period, climax- 1ng his term in office by granting the longest leaves in the ships history when we arrived in Charleston, South Carolina. Commander lilutch- lnson left the ship in December of 1944 to take post as executive officer of the Naval Reserve Midshipmenis School at Notre 'Dame University. 6 CAl I'AIN Al.'I'0N I.. C. WALIJRON 'fo Lt. Comdr. Alton lied Waldron, the Macomb could hope only to be an adopted home, for it will be long before he will reclaim all of his heart from the old lHS.S. Hopkins tDMS l3t on which his naval eareer was bred and matured during hve years of service from boot ensign to commanding ollieer. Captain Waldron brought about many changes on the Macomb. Here for the hrst time the crew and officers found a eonnnanding officer. young and completely informal. to whom they could bring all suggestions and grievances for a hear- ing and airing. As the ship set out from Pearl llarbor on that last long lap westward. Captain Waldron ac- curately forecast that the Maeomb would par- ticipate in every major eampaign until the US. Fleet steamed into Tokyo Hay. At Okinawa. Captain Vlfaldron. with steady nerves. exeellelll ship-handling. and an ever-ready sense of humor. gave eonhdenee and assuranee to the shipis 1161 sonnel, and when the smoke had cleared. ill? Macomb had eompiled a reeord as liadar Picket- equalled or surpassed by few ships. llnder Captain Waldronis influence. the Macomb reaehed its height in teamwork. Bild its height in infornntlity. A man of many ffiflllfls throughout the fleet and of many interests with- in and beyond the Nayy. Captain Waldron Wlll always stand high in the esteem of the men who served under him during the lN'laeontbis illfllll' lent days as a destroyer-minesyyeeper. THE GGEXECSM LT. COMDR. FENELON H. BROCK Lt. Comdr. Fenelon A. Brock was the first per- son to report aboard the hull that was to later take form as the U.S.S. Macomb, and in Jan- uary 1943 he relieved Lt. Comdr. Jerry C. South to become second executive officer of the Mighty Mac. ln September, 1943, he was succeeded by Lt. Richard Mansfield, as he left the Mac to take command of the U.S.S. MacCormack. During his tenure of office as chief engineer and exec, Mr. Brock became one of the most legendary characters in Macomb history, with his China-patrol background, his great stock of tales of the Far East, his explosive liberties, and his definite ideas about washing down bulk- heads. To Mr. Brock, the shipis first and very able chief engineer, we owe great credit for the solid foundation of one of the finest engineer- ing plants and departments in the destroyer Navy. As executive officer he was a capable navigator and administrator. Lt. Comdr. Brock, a Texan by birth and a bachelor by preference, was a graduate of the Naval Academy, class of 1935. Before report- ing at Bath, Maine in the Summer of 1941, he had served on four-stack cruisers and gun boats of the Chinese river patrols from which duty streamed most of the colorful aspects of his personality. He was a born engineer, and few men have been more intimately acquainted with the Macomb's Hblack gang spaces. LT. RICHARD MANSFIELD Third executive officer of the Mighty Mac was Lieutenant Richard Mansfield. Lt. Mans- field relieved Lt. Comdr. Fenelon Brock as executive officer in September 1943 to become one of the youngest and most junior destroyer execs in the Atlantic fleet. Mr. Mansfield was an NROTC graduate of Harvard University, class of 1941, and upon graduation he was immediately called into active duty as an Ensign, USNR. After several months of Communications school, he was assigned to the pre-commissioning detail of the U.S.S. Ma- comb as the junior Ensign on board. For the next year and a half he was Communications Officer until he relieved Mr. Brock as exec. Throughout the Fall of 1943 and the Winter of 1944, he became one of the most popular of all Macomb executive officers. ln March of 1944, while the Macomb was on plane-guard duty with the U.S.S. Ranger south of Narragan- sett Bay, Lt. Mansfield showed the stuff he was made of when a Ranger dive bomber crashed into the water, and the Mac was sent to rescue its crew. As the ship stopped alongside the struggling Hiers, Mr. Mansfield and J. P. Sweeney, fire-control striker, stripped off their clothes and risked their lives in the frigid waters to rescue the injured radioman. As the Macomb sailed for the Mediterranean in April of 1944, Mr. Mansfield was visibly elated as it appeared that he would be able to put into practice under battle conditions his long period of training. But on April 26, 1944, tragedy stalked the Macomb. On that day the ship tossed and spun in a heavy Atlantic storm. As usual, Mr. Mansfield made his daily inspec- tion of the ship, giving little thought to the boil- ing, treacherous sea. A sudden lurch and a heavy wave must have caught him off balance, for unseen by anyone, he was washed over the side and lost at sea. By the time his disappear- ance was realized, darkness had settled and it was impossible to find him. Seldom has such an aura of sadness pervaded this ship, for few men or officers were as well admired and liked as had been Lieutenant Dick Mansfield, a man of brilliant mind, winning per- sonality, high ideals and unwavering purpose. When the saddened ship reached Oran five days later, memorial services were held on board by the Chaplain of the U.S.S. Vulcan, and every ship in the crowded harbor half-masted its colors that day for a man who had served his nation sincerely and well. LT. JOSEPH N. BEHAN, JR. Fourth executive officer of the Macomb was Lt. Joseph N. Behan, Jr., USN, graduate of the Naval Academy, class of 1942, the 4fWar Babiesw who were sent to war in December 1941. 'fExec Behan came to the Macomb from the sister ship U.S.S. Emmons on April 26, 1944 under tragic circumstances to fill the gap caused by the loss of Lt. Richard Mansfield. For 13 months, Lt. Behan was ubossw on the Macomb. Finally, he received orders, now as a Lieutenant Commander, in November 1945. to proceed by quickest transportation to take com- mand of the U.S.S. Cosselin QAPD 1261. ln this period, uExeci' Behan put in the longest tenure of duty of any Macomb officer in that capacity. Lieutenant Commander Behan was born in Newport, Rhode lsland, in April, 1918. His father served in the Navy during Wo1'ld Tvar l. and worked for the Navy most of his life: his step-father and uncle graduated from the Naval Academy and served with distinction during the present war. uBoss'7 Behan was always a loyal and sincere Naval officer. whose high ambition in life was to serve well and faithfully the United States Navy. i i-1 l I christen thee, U.S.S. Macomb f mwlfiw f0fa4?z,6f,pQ1fzflWJ you Wlilfllf lljcfmf AIIVIIIAWX eg!y!cffMI7f!lll 1 nfzfgimd eg? A'fffl'Q'f' f41frmfQf ffbvf fn ah 00212 A171 afrfaffm 7,011 1' fflffZl'ffff0l'Al?A ZfQx1.r ' af MWZZAW gondord A X M nl TZWHW wydzfufffllf omit :-17n A ae11f fafzllvfnnl hzbffrfyjrrr 1 f ll E Il IE WYE G02 62 - - .Y 'K rw. . ,--1 , n....p Fixx 3'-Ecru. f-f'2.-- , 4 .xi . WW FROM! THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. TO 2 COMMANDING OFFICER, USS MACOMB SUBJECT: COMMISSIONING, USS MACOMB 1. THE USS MACOMB HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED AND IS NOW BEING MADE READY TO JOIN THE FLEET. TO YOU, YOUR OFFICERS AND CREW, WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THIS IM- PORTANT AND EXACTING DUTY, I EXTEND HEARTIEST CONGRATULA- TIONS AND BEST WISHES. 2. THE NAME OF YOUR SHIP IS ONE WHICH WAS MADE NOTABLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MACOMB COMMANDED THE U.S. STEAMER SHAMROCK OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON FROM 1864 TO 18653 HE LED THE NAVAL FORCE IN THE CAPTURE AND BOMBARDMENT OF PLYMOUTH. NORTH CAROLINA IN OCTOBER OF 18643 HE COMMANDED THE NAVAL FORCES IN THE ACTION WITH CONFEDERATE BATTERIES AND INFANTRY ON THE ROANOKE RIVER NEAR POPLAR POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, DURING THE EXPEDITION UP THAT RIVER. FOR HIS GALLANTRY AND ENERGY, COMMANDER MACOMB WAS ADVANCED SEVERAL NUMBERS IN HIS GRADE. 5. AS THE USS MACOMB TAKES HER PLACE IN THE FLEET, IT IS MY CONFIDENT EXPECTATION THAT SHE WILL UPHOLD IN THESE GRAVE TIMES THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF OUR NAVAL SERVICE. H. R. STARK. Commissioning Ceremony its it History of the U.S.S. Nlarcrsmh gil? -gig just 75 days before the start of World War ll, on the 23rd day of September, 1941, the U.S.S. Macomb tDD458i, slid down the ways of The Bath Ironworks shipyard, Bath, Maine, water- borne for the first time. Her champagne-spat- tered bow was quickly snubbed to a waiting tug, and she was guided to an adjacent dock, where the work of preparing her for the trip to Boston went on apace. The maiden voyage of the Macomb com- menced on January 26, 1942, with a crew of Bath Ironworks men and armed guard composed of members of the Macomb's nucleus crew. On this trip, by way of structural testing, the first shots were fired from the five-inch battery. The ship arrived in Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, in the afternoon of the same day. The commis- sioning took place at 1530, after being inspect- ed by Lieutenant Commander William H. Duvall, her commanding officer. The ship was accepted for the U.S. Navy by Captain R. C. Grady, USN tRet.D in his capacity as representative for Com- mander First Naval District. The executive officer, Jerry C. South, Lt., USN, immediately set the watch and directed Lt. M. S. Schmidling, USN, to assume his duties as 0.0.11 At 1845 that same day the first of- ficial muster at quarters was held, followed by the first fire drill at 1905. Boston was invaded by the first shore patrol from the ship on 28th of January. February 11th saw another milestone, as the ship entered a drydock for the first time since becoming a U.S. Navy ship. On the 24th the Macomb got underway under her own power for the first time as a U.S. Navy ship, for the pur- pose of calibrating the direction finder. The first trip of any length was to Newport, Rhode Island, on the 28th of February. Still adding to the list of firsts, the first load of torpedoes came aboard on March lst, then the next day saw the Mighty Mac visit Casco Bay, Maine- a spot destined to become one of her favorite haunts later on. The first of many anti-submarine exercises was held on the 4th of February. On the 20th 10 of February, the ship received her first assign. ment----a lone escort for S.S. Chatham out of Boston for Casco Bay. During the anti-aircraft practice, which took place during this assign- ment, the Mac knocked down the first of a long string of sleeves to be felled by her guns. In Casco Bay, Maine, the Board of Inspection and Survey came aboard for final acceptance trials and after a day of full power runs, ac- cepted the ship unreservedly from the Bath Ship-building Company on April 1, 1942. A rescue mission was performed when the Macomb steamed out of Boston and found a crashed plane and its survivors. Later, having completed official trials and yard availability, we proceeded from Boston to Casco Bay, and reported for duty to the U.S.S. Augusta on April 15th. The next day we got underway for Narragansett Bay, R. 1., to join Task Force 22, which was composed of U.S.S. Ranger, Augusta, Hambleton, Emmons, Ellyson. The Mac was as- signed to screen the U.S.S. Augusta in her first strictly Navy duty in company with another combatant ship. In anti-submarine exercises in Long Island Sound, the Macomb on April 17th took part in her first operation with DesDiv 19, less U.S.S. Rodman, as a unit. On the 22nd we sailed from Newport with the U.S.S. Augusta, U.S.S. Ranger, and destroy- ers Ellyson, Hambleton, Rodman, Emmons, for the Island of Trinidad, B. W. I., off the northern coast of South America. The operation plan was to proceed from there to a point off the coast of Africa, where the Ranger would launch her deck-load of Army P-40,s. This operation was successfully carried out, and the Mac arrived back in Rhode Island after 30 days underway with only one respite at anchor for a few hours, a remarkable sustained-operations trip for a new can. June 1, 1942 found the Macomb tied up in South, Boston Navy Yard. From there the ves- SCI Droceeded to Narragansett Bay on the fol- lowing day, and received orders to sortie with CTF 22, with the Port of Argentia, Newfound- land as the destination. TF 22 consisted of the U.S.S. Augusta, Ranger, Rodman, Emmons, Corry, and Macomb. The ship arrived the 5th at Arg-entia on the coast of Newfoundland, to be alerted for an air-raid just four days later. Noth- ing developed from it, however. From there the ship proceeded with training exercises for the pilots on U.S.S. Ranger off the coast of New- foundland. During the exercises, one plane glanced off the flight deck of the Ranger and crashed into the sea. The pilot was taken aboard suffering from the cold but otherwise unin- jured. After screening exercises and anti-aircraft and torpedo practice runs, the Macomb departed on the 17th of June with USS. Woolsey and U.S.S. Prairie for Boston for availability which extended to the last of the month. Then, on the 30th, while enroute to Narragansett Bay, B. I., the ship struck an unlighted buoy, damag- ing the port propeller and making it necessary to return to Boston for repairs. After repairs were made, the ship got under- way singly for Halifax, where We were joined by the U.S.S. Emmons for escorting U.S.A.T. Siboney and H.lVl.T. Aorangi on the 5th of July. The following day we met the USS. Buck with CDS 13, who took command of the Escort. On I U.S.S. Emmons comes alongside to pass mail the 12th the U.S.S. Buck left formation to pro- ceed to Londonderry, Ireland. The rest of the convoy continued up the Clyde and into Green- ock, Scotland. Upon arrival there we received on board six British enlisted naval ratings to assist in the training of our communication per- sonnel in the British system. They were a color- ful addition to the lVlac7s crew. l. fl Plane guard for U.S.S. Ranger On the 14th of July we got underway in corn- pany with DesDiv 19 for passage to Scapa Flow, arriving the next day. During our stay at this naval base in Northern Scotland, the ship took part in screening and anti-aircraft exercises with various U.S. and British ships, some of the lat- ter including the H.M.S. Duke of York, H.M.S. Victorious and H.M.S. Tartar On the 26th of July the Macomb left Scapa Flow enroute to Hvalfjordur, Iceland, with Des- Div. 19. Gunnery and damage control exercises were held enroute. Arrival at Hvalfordur was on the 28th of July. The next few days were spent in patrolling the entrance to Reykjavik and Hvalfjordur, after which the ship received on board liberty parties from various British and American ships in the harbor and transport- ed them to Reykjavik. The month of August started the ship on rou- tine patrol duty. Then, after two air-raid warn- ings on the 4th, we were ordered with the U.S.S. Hambleton and H.M.S. Offa on a submarine hunt. On the 6th the Offa had a sound contact and dropped charges, but without visible re- sults. The next day we returned to Hvalfjordur for more operations with H.M.S. Duke of York and U.S.S. Hambleton. From the 9th to the 12th, the ship was in and out of the harbor for submarine patrol, but without any occurrence of importance. Then on the 16th of August a transfer of British personnel, equipment, and publications to H.M.S. Duke of York was made in preparation for a return to the United States. The ship departed for New York with the U.S.S. Hambleton and U.S.S. Wichita, and ar- rived on the 22nd. Leave was granted to all hands during the availability from the 23rd to the 30th of August. On the 1st of September we proceeded with U.S.S. Hambleton for Norfolk, Va. A quick round trip began when we left the next day with U.S.S. Hambleton, Winooski, Salamoni for Ice- land, arriving at Hvalfjordur on the 10th, de- parting on the 14th, and arriving back in Nor- folk on the 25th. The ship then took part in anti-aircraft battle practice with DesDiv 19. The beginning of October found the Macomb 1n DesDiv 19 Desron 10 and attached to TF 22 The TF consisted of Desron 10 which was com man Emmons Macomb Forrest Fitch Corry and Hobson and the USS Ranger Charger 12 Sangamon, Santee and Chenango. The Corry was later sunk off Cherbourg, France, and the Emmons was lost off Okinawa. On the 11th of October, the Mac was under- way with U.S.S. Hambleton, Tarazed, and San- gamon for Bermuda, B.W.1. Enroute the U.S.S. Sangamon launched aircraft. One plane crashed into the sea, and the Hambleton recovered per- sonnel. The force arrived in Port Royal Bay, Bermuda, where the Macomb, together with the U.S.S. Hobson and Hambleton, operated with the U.S.S. Ranger while she held launching and recovering exercises. On the 16th the ship re- turned to Bermuda Harbor. There followed more flight operations with U.S.S. Sangamon and Hobson. On the 17th the Macomb embarked Commander Submarine Division 71 for anti- submarine training. The ship then took part in various operations with Desron 10 as part of TF 22. On November 7th, the Macomb was detached to proceed with the Northern attack group off Casablanca. The next day the TBS indicated that landing operations were in progress on the beach. The Mac screened the U.S.S. San- gamon, one of the carriers launching the aircraft for the bombardment of the African coast in preparation for the invasion. We arrived on the 11th of November at Fedala Bay, French Moroc- co. Together with the U.S.S. Hambleton we were ordered in for fueling, but were told to wait until morning. We anchored close to the Hambleton that night. During the night the Winooski, Hambleton and Hughes were tor- pedoed at anchor. The Macomb was then ordered to get under- way to hunt for the sub. The next day, while proceeding for screening duty about a convoy anchorage, four explosions were observed. Three transports were torpedoed. However, we pro- ceeded with the convoy, and on 15th entered Casablanca. Later we proceeded to Safi, French Morocco, for patrol duty with U.S.S. Kearny and U.S.S. Parker, then formed screen for U.S.S. Algorab while underway for Norfolk, Va. We entered Norfolk on the 30th of November, none the worse for wear But the Hambleton was badly damaged by the torpedo which struck her and did not return to active duty unt1l after 12 months of repairs 'ind shakedown FTOITI Norfolk we proceeded to Boston Navy Yard for a much needed yard period arriving posed of the U.S.S. Fllyson, Hambleton, Rod- H in 0 i t ' t ' N ' i i i i i i . On the road to Casablanca there on the 3rd of December. December 15th found us underway again, headed for Casco Bay, arriving there on the afternoon of the same day. For the next week we were kept busy with anti-submarine operations, and a general shake- down after the yard period. But December 24 found us once again in Norfolk, making prepara- tions to escort another convoy to sea. On De- cember 27th we cast off our lines and were underway once again. January 1, 1943 found the USS. Macomb enroute from Norfolk to Panama with a convoy of troop and supply ships. A large part of Des- troyer Squadron 10 made up the anti-submarine screen on this trip, and escorted the convoy safe- ly into Cristobal harbor at 1200, January 2. Only one mishap had marked the trip-just at the entrance, the Artemus and the Carroll, both troopships, collided, fouling the main gate and deiaying our entrance for a few hours. W'ith only a one-day stay in Panama, the ship was underway again on ,January fifth as escort commander of a convoy screen, destina- lion-Cuba. After a rough but otherwise un- eventful voyage, we arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the Sth. After fueling, we sailed back to Cristobal with another convoy. For the next few days, the ship had a chance to enjoy that invigorating Panama liberty. The Mac soon left however, this time with a convoy that in- cluded the U.S.S. Chester, which had Hcaught a fishi' in the Pacific and was headed for the Norfolk Navy Yard. The Mac sailed eagerly on the way to New York. The trip was enhanced by the dropping of depth charges on a sound contact, but disappointingly, the results were negative. On January 26th the Mac arrived at New York, and a wonderful ten-day 'yard period com- menced with leave and liberty for all hands. On February 3rd the ship was ready for sea again, and we stood down to lower N. Y. har- bor for various calibration exercises, then on to Newport harbor, and back to NOB, Brooklyn. We joined a convoy there and headed out to sea. DestinationfCasablanca. The ship was de- layed in this crossing when a collision occurred between two transports, necessitating their re- turn to base. We took them into Bermuda. and then proceeded on to Casablanca. A few days out of Casablanca, lookouts sighted a sub on the surface and we immediately gave chase to the speedy German craft. After a five-hour chase the Mac unwillingly had to discontinue due to a lack of fuel. Our slay in this African port lasted only four days. and then we set out 13 -xrv -. is Catun Locks, Panama Canal with the Arkansas, Philadelphia, and others for plane launching exercises. Once one of the planes from the Arkie failed to pull out of a dive and crashed into the sea-no survivors. We made the return trip across the Atlantic and stopped at Brooklyn for a yard period. Training cruises followed, with the U.S.S. Ran- ger and later with the USS. Alabama and USS. Tuscaloosa. W'ith the beginning of the new month the Mac joined Task Force 22 as a unit of an anti- submarine screen. Base of operations was Casco Bay, Maine. One day when we had the ready duty, we were ordered to investigate an unidenti- fied surface ship. The ship got underway and soon was challenging the stranger. All hands were at their battle stations ready for action, but the ship turned out to be the first lrish false alarm we ever answered . the merchant ship Irish Elm The next port of call was Argentia, New foundland as unpleasant a place as can be found on the East Coast It was out of this port that the lVlac received much of hei train ing that was to put her in good stead for th1n0Q to come On this rough North Atlantic Sea the crew became familiar with the equipment through endless repetition of gunnery and darn- age control exercises, torpedo runs, Hre drills, communication drills, casualty drills-these wearisome practices welded the Macomb and her crew into a fighting unit. v At this point in her career the Mac served as an escort for the carrier, U.S.S. Ranger, many times. Usually it was the Macomb who fished some hapless pilot from the drink after he had mis-judged a hazardous takeoff or landing. This period constituted the most intensive training the ship ever received, and developed to a cli- max in a sixty-hour concentrated battle prac- tice, with the planes bombing and straiing the cans, while they retaliated with torpedo runS 011 the carrier. The Mac had scarcely' reached p0It when an emergency call brought her speeding out to the scene of a plane crash, near Virgill Rock. Debris of the wrecked plane and the pilots lacket were all nc found On May 12 we mu underway as a unit of anti submarine QLIPLII lol 'lt 61 consisting Of the South Dakota Allbnna ind escorting de stro cis Visibility xx 1 un pmol ind the 00 s we it unlblm ln mln: hips 01 Ubllllf l sets mic xux rough 8 r Q Q i ? i Y i 1. L, wma wwxr. '2-arf' '- ,nu-Q Vx K WP1qil'- cc ' as I . - 7 - ,L K 1 IA - I i i V' . z +21 ' tt i . . .- . I 1 I 1 T T . . . - il . k V , . , . . - . t ic , z z nz . L 1. 3 , ' ' D i V il Q :Ss Uuls T 'W 1 'P lo set' l ' r l S ig -- Later . I . . ' ' C the Mac was ordered alongside the South Dakota L I ' 7 - , - - A ' gi r alle A S V7 y - , , x vi, . . A ,ig e ' e if -v r Q .ws -asv'-lvnlillnpustxv --1--i which made an ordinarily diflicult task even more hazardous, in coming alongside, the lVIa- comb was caught in the undertow of the big ship's port screw and slipped into the battleship, damaging our foc'sle. Repairs were promptly made by the shipis force-a plate was welded on the side while underway. This work received com- mendation weeks later at a British repair base. The officials said 6'We couldnit do a better job, and won't attempt to replace your fine work? On lVIay 20 the task group reached the Brit- ish Isles and put into Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, and reported for duty with the British Home Fleet. It seemed as if the lVIacomb's train- ing period would never end. This time there were variations to the usual theme as provided by Wellington bombers and French submarines. On June 3rd the Mac put into another cold port-Hvalfjordur, Iceland. Often we were un- derway as a unit of sub screens for combined forces operating near Iceland. On the Ilth the U.S.S. Emmons, our sister ship, reported a sub contact. A few moments later she evaluated the contact as firm. Almost in the same breath she reported a torpedo wake bearing down on her . . . it missed and the Emmons finally lost con- tact with the elusive German and we rejoined I . Depth charge explosion the formation. Another attack developed the next day when the U.S.S. Ellyson reported a sound contact. She attacked immediately with depth charges while the Emmons and the Mac stood bv in readiness. The Ellysonis attack brought large patches of oil to the surface. We then gained a contact on another sub. We dropped charges twice and then a third sub- marine was contacted. We dropped another pat- tern of charges. Then the three destroyers were ordered to rejoin the screen to insure the safety of the capital ships. Taking them over 55. 15 ii Args-ntin A couple of xstielts latt-r txt' rt-turnt'tl lti tLnt- ter Sound, in Scapa lflou. l'lt-rt' tht- trttininp recommenced with t-onihint'tl fort-vs. int-lutlinp Beaufighters and Spitfires. Un july oth tht- Matt- was steaming as anti-snh st'rt't'n for tht- pritlt- of the British lleet-eetlitf lI.M.S. llnltt- ol lorlt and H.M.S. Anson in cotnpztny with llritish twins Deamedi and Grenville. We showt-tl till hy shoot- ing down the sleeve during AA prttt'tit't'. Manny enemy mines were sighted antl tltistroyvtl in this area. A scare developed later when nnitlt-ntifititl planes were reported. The Matfonxh nntl othtir destroyers proceeded to encircle task group with a smoke screen. Then the plantvs wtirt- itlvnti- fied as friendly. On July 9 we wtfrt' hut-lt in Scapa Flow. The same pattern COI1llllUCCl lol tht rt in nntlt t of July plylng the sea lar es httwttn St ip Flow and Iceland Another foray off tht toa t l Norway was made 1n late July with tht htavy unlts of the Brltlsh home fle Then 011 July 30 came the happy woitl tht ship would depart 1n two days as part of tht tstott for the Alabama and South Dakota to tht lt 3 and thence to Boston for a Navy Yartl ovt ,haul et it sults nt htllIVl Havlng returned from tht sttmlng,ly tntt 'mm able t f our o duty with the lirttlsh II nnt ll l 0 intn ol tht lVll ht Mit ln August of l9113 th l rt, ready and wtlhn lor 1 lt no 'Nm' Siateslde duty hut hardly prtpaittl for tht l it perlod of tender tlu ly whith ltistttl with nlx --'-4 tllt' tal Alttll. ont- lttt-tilt tttntl that tlt-lightlult, until the mid 'lilnis tht- Wlnt-otnlt t'1ttIlIltt'Ilt't'tl its New Eng lttntl toot til thttt in tht' South lloston annex till tht- lloston Nui lztrtl in Autinst. lor a warm lulvitsittll. lt':txt'lt'ss llll tlztti. Ilillt' lltzijttl' HCCOIH ltllPlllllt'lll Mats lltt' l't'p:til' ol lltt' SlLlt'lioElfd side til' tht- hull. sotntixxltztt mtinglt-tl tluring an au tl:tt'iot1s tztnplt' with tht- South llzlliotai lIl6I1li0ned prt-x iousli. Alum plztnlt-tmnvrs ltift the ship for ntwt tlutx. ttotl tht- lztrpt-st tlrztlt ol hoots SirlCC votnntissiottitigg 1ll'llXt'tl. lvriultt-t'yt'tl. on board At tht- t-ntl ol' August. tht' Matt- stttlly left friend ly llostoo. Svollzti StIll5tl't'. :mtl lui' 0115+ be Ititttl. lfilst stop was lluzzztrtlis lilly for 3 tram ' Fl t - ' ' ' 'intl thtin down t -. itn it was in into -ut tl -Ulllllll , ,,,,t,,,,, tt.. lllltllllltlullce yt is UNI lNttl' do t lllttl llnlxed 1 tltistut l'or C tt 4 U bt I at I t tttlt nt flllll in t Ill! lt lfllll t tt Nl t nt 1 l0l 0 tx INIII llitsttptultt Ba lltlllllllg U' I mt tt lt t llt itll wil N lllhtl ltislttl 'Ill en 0 lowed the usual Casco lflay training period with abbreviated, hurried liberties in soiled Portland. From there the Macomb paid her lirst visit to Quonset Point, Rhode Island and a new vista in Providence was opened to the lVlac's rollick- ing libertv hounds. The rest of October followed the September pattern closely: Norfolk-Boston- Casco Bav-and a trip with the New Jersey, who was readying herself for her Pacific battles-to- be. Then the Macomb went to Norfolk to take departure on her ,most blissful, peaceful trans- oceanic trip. On November 3, the Mighty Mac plus the 2100-ton destroyers Hall and Halligan set course for verdant Bermuda, mission and destination but vaguely known, despite much authentic scuttlebutt emanating from the forward fire room. After six Warm days in that vacationland, the three cans were off again. The news was out-the three destroyers were one-third of the rotating escort for the USS. Iowa, who was making a 25-knot run from Norfolk to the Medi- terranean, carrying President Roosevelt to the Teheran conference. After we were relieved as escort we veered northward to the widespread Azores to Horta Harbor for fuel replenishment. From the Azores, the little group meandered southward, over sun-splashed becalmed waters with little incident, to tropic Freetown in the British West African Crown colony of Sierra Leone. There another week was spent at anchor visiting small, reeking Freetown, enjoying At- lantic swimming in November, peering at native women who dressed as native women are sup- posed to dress, laughing and cussing at the Fueling front U.S.S. Alabama local bumboatsg and beating the Hall and Hal- ligan in softball . . . yes, every time. After seven torridlv blissful days at rest, the Mac made a dramatic departure in a pre-dawn downpour, barely missing the gate vessel and other obsta- cles, to join the hunt for a lurking U-boat. For three days the search continued and because of diminishing fuel, the ships returned to port. The next port of call was Dakar, a surprisingly quiet French colonial port. It was here that tie Macomb, in preference to the Hall and Hal- ligan, had its own USO show by Humphrey Bogart and troupe. Two days were all that the Franco-American relations could have survived, so, with cofferdams filled and the most economi- cal engineroom set-up in operation, the three destroyers set out to sea. Halfway across, the presidential wagon Iowa came booming up over the horizon, and the Mac, Hall and Halligan Hvalfjordur A ,fa P.T. boat alongside during exereises in liuu.arel's Bay again took over the escort lor the middle leg. A few hundred miles from Bermuda is e nere relieved to proceed to that eoral isle lor luel. On this 3500 mile jaunt the Mae added another laurel for she had completely outhested her younger 2100-ton sisters in luel eeouomy and engineering performance. At Bermuda happy orders were received lo proceed to Boston for a three-week availability. The warm, peaceful water had spoiled us. so oltl Neptune stirred up a tempest to make the Ber- muda-to-Boston passage well-remembered. Waves and winds grew higher and higher, and the Macomb tossed and rolled and pitched but kept coming. Who cared? We were going home lor Christmas to our favorite port of call, to a good- sized yard period, and to the longest leaves in the shipis history thus far. So ended 1943 with the Mighty Mac at home for Christmas and New Yearis Day in Boston Navy Yard. lt has been an eventful, well-traveled year, but with no eon- tact with the enemy. New Yearis Day, 1944, found the Macomb starting the year completing a yard period in the South Boston Navy Yard. During the 'lirst quarter of the year on to April 20 the time was divided between Seal Island and Casco Bay. Maine, Quonset Point, Rhode island, Boston. Mass., and Norfolk, Va. Much of the time was spent operating with the Ranger as anti- submarine screen and plane guard. Between 18 tune- was spent in anti-sulnuarine and Bunlwry exe:-rise-. Nleauultile. on Nlttrt-lt 24. IO44, Lt. Comix, lieolggt' lllllflllllbtlll Iselietetl iitIll'ltlY', Jen-Y C' South as eouutuuultug ollteer. llutiup one ul the exereises with the Ranger, it plane eareened oil het side during an attempted landing. l.t. llieliattl Nlauslield and Seaman 17C ,lohu l'. Sueeuex nent over the side to rescue the ratlioutau. 'lille pilot drowned before the luo suiuuuets eoultl reaeh him. Both men re- eeixed the 'Nant and Marine Corps Medal, April Zttth lound the Nlaeomh underway for the Mediterraueau Sea. destination Oran, Al- geria. lfreuelt North Alriea. While refueling at lfayal lslaud. in the Azores. l.t. ,loseph Behan reported alioard lor duty as executive officer, replaeiug l.t. Mansfield Milli had been lost at sea during the stormy erossiug. Our entrance into the iVlediterraueau allorded us our first View ol llle lzttltolts lioelx ol liilbl'8llHl'. Alter eompleting a seven day availability alongside the l1.S.S. N ftf ulean. at Mers-El-Kabir, l rt-neh North Alriea. the ship proceeded to Gi- lvraltar. ioined a eouxfoi and returned to Oran as a memlner ol the anti-submarine screen. We were then ordered lo join a 'fkiller groupn seareliiug lot' a reported sulnnarine off the south- eastern eoast of Spain. A len minutes lvelore midnight, on May 16th, the surlaee radar reported a target which turned out lo lie the German sulnnarine. The sub WHS illuminated lu the !Vlaeomlm and the main bat- tery opened fire, 'llhese were the opening shots in a suln eltase that lasted T2 hours. Cullninatmg in the surlaeiug ol the suli ln depth Charges, and its sinking lu gunfire. A few hours later another tlerman siulnnarine hred a full salvo of aeonstie torpedoes. uhieh exploded in our vvakei at whieh time another group arrived to relieve ll.S.S. lown. Presiclenliul Yllfhl t Q5 54, f Top: Mother, granflmother, daughter, re-afling Frcctown family from lop to llottom Center: Dakar street sm-nw Native markvt plavv, Dakar Bottom: Wlr. llolnws and Wlr. llrill on short- patrol Ensign flutllriv anfl llw goals ill Dakar l'l sum? W'ct decks I' tht- Nliltflllltll and the ship proceeded to Oran. For this at-tion. Lt. Comdr. Hutchinson was later awiurtled the lironze Star. and the Gunnery Ulli- ver ret-4-ived at connnendation rihhon. tlunnt-rx t-xeiw-ises were conducted during the next nine 'dau re. as well as other battle problems. und May lltnith tht- Nlac saitt-tl for liizerte. Tu- nisia. as anti-submarine screen lor l 5.5. lietel- geuse. lla-turning an day and a hall later. in Vttlltltltltt with tht- Slllttt' ships. the vessel was ordered oxernight into Algiers. after an air raid was reported to he impending. The month ol .lime from the tsl to the lfmth was spent in xarions exercises and submarine st-:invites and a mock invasion of Arzeu. Algeria. Un tht- lhth we joined a TG sailing for Naples. ltalx. lfnroutc we saw the lamous Isle of Capri :is w e entered the lun-tmr and also bit. Vesuvius, tht- famous volcano. lolere at this beautiful har- hor the Nlac became thoroughly rested for her next operation. The stay in Naples. from ,lune 28th through .llllyq was broken when the ship took part in a mock invasion of Salerno. and by three trips to Palernno. Sicily. .luly 29th we sailed for Malta. and enroute witnessed a spectacular sight-the active volcano Mt. Stromboli erupting. On the way we joined the l'.S.S. Texas and proceeded to Taranto. Italy. From August 1 to 11th, we remained at anchor making final preparations for the invasion of Southern France. During this 20 period the Mac took part in a submarine hunt which took the ship near the coast of Albania and briefly into the Adriatic Sea. On August llth the Macomb was underway from Tarantg acting as picket ship for TG 85.12. Final des. 7 tination-Southern France. The Mac was the iirst of the large task force to close the enemy shore in the early dawn of August 15th. The extreme tension was relieved when the heavy naval bombardment began, and the landings went off with scarcely a hitch. Having completed our duties in the invasion. the ship returned to Taranto via Palermo. re- trieved torpedo war-heads, thence to France via Ajaccio, Corsica. From August 23rd to Sep- tember 18th, the Mac performed miscellaneous duties and finally returned to Oran for another seven-day availability alongside the tender. Sep- tember 19th we proceeded to Toulon, France and thence to Marseilles. At these two French cities the lVlac's crew enjoyed several good liti- erties. The French did their best to please us. and succeeded admirably. Marseilles was thc only port in the lVlediterranean which could still supply all the necessities for a sailor's liberty. Finally we sailed for Oran on October 20th, when orders were received to return to the United States. Wie arrived at Charleston Navy' Bofor 1 cuts loose ,M . 5 ' m .- J '-Q-, 'f N .. W ,K .N To fm lm A ' 1Q '-A x 2 Wh. .. s K 's-If far ' Q xw 'T -Q ,- ' ' - 'vfif 4' x - ' -S ' Yard. f,l'l8l'lffSlfJll. 5. C.. on Xuxle'-rrmlwr 'Jtl1, ami ' . Y, . 'KH the Mar: sailed happily up thf- murky lf.,..!,.er River lo lrfrffln llfrr fr hf'f'liP 15-riml nl rl-ru..-p-' 1' l l l frnm the UD-153 to llvlf' llf--truyvr Nlin.---,,.-.-5,4.-y 23. Herr znallalrilily po-riml Hxvr. llnf- XI4-Mfgdi. sailwl for Nnrfull-.. arrixing ilu-rr -.rl l,luri-l:r,l. Hay nf l'Jlfl-. Flu' nu- rw lung'-r 41 llll, MM lf.-y numlwr wa- nu lfmgvr l.lJ5. ln-h'.ul -ln' 1.-.lv LM ln' lunmn lu'ru'o'lnrll1 41- llNl' XJ. Xml nw.-, -Elf- v1 r1t1im-:llx I.r.1Q r lr. X. l,. L Vs l-EN: H-l 4 ll' V, LH 'll I I l.nlwrlv-lr-vuml In N.qaln-- ulnn I'l'lll'El'lll.4llll1ll'.lH'HlL1l' llutl lam-Hn Url Il.- l'l'lIIlN'I' ll, Xlllrl' -ufrlv' v xv'Il I-Q'-, mul V-fl mi-lmp runnin-' nwmnml mln- -lui, I'-Ir ll 1' l I, ,. f. lull Hilillli. xlffllllkl. 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Vlr.l'lllIlL1lHlI llll I.-l-:ff XI ,f.+ ,lf l.,, 1 ,MMU gl, ,, 'l,,, I 'ggi 'yum' :IH l. l'll.-r. lllr' Xlglr4nlr1lv.lml umx-wx xx-Aw Ill? ,X -,r ,K ,H .,.,g ,,,k g.. I I,1I,,. M ll,,.1QH,,,. elvrmu. lmuml lu: llwrmlulu, l-V v Q 4.4, 'Alum -.nl-X tw- flux- mul ul IVIWIIIK lnrpu vlml- :ul 'lkurnnlu priur In Ilia- ill!1l'ilIH Wlvk al- il lmot nl' 'nnlh-'rn l'Rllf'1' q. 1 Y . 4 x Y' I 21 lfniwetok. the Mac tried for her first Japiliill. hy depth charging a sound contact. Results were negative, however. During the stay at Iflithi continuous flrills were stressed in View of the forthcoming operation. and then on March IU, l9-15 the Nlaeoinh in re-oinpany with the rest ul the squadron texeept for the Fitch. who hacl run LlL!l'UUllflt joined 'litl 32.2. and sailetl for Ukinana fiunto. Ukinana. which was to he the first footholfl in litlllilft? Waters. antl the serene of the niltla-st ship-xersus-plane fighting in history. fXrrixing1 ut Ultinana I5 flaps lnefore le.-clay. the Nlut' nnrl tn-r uwoiinpttityiing sneeps t'onnnent'etl tht- urrlnons task ul 1-learing tht- extensixe areas ztssigiwtl to l.ltl'lll. 'lille islttntl ol' Ultiituuzt lay silent nntl lJ0'ilf't'illl. floss- nt hatntl. l'lllilllf. on the flux ol' the inxu-ion til' lx:-rgmnt lit-tto. the Nine' sun tn-to lilst ,lamp plantes. Noi'-'ensuite at group ol' 'll-A Tal. lin- Xian-:init nat- one ol' the lil-tt to -ight .1 group ul lit-gms soon tht- nit' nn- till.-it with XXlvni-t- .unix tht- x.n.l nas nipetl out to tln- In-t lvl.un', Nwvlnl unit- sn-lninetl ll'lllt't t' llllt' lwilv' tltv' 1-lil llxlx l tltt' llwlsvt t A .. - .- . . which was hit hy 2 planes that just IlllSSCtl th.. Mae. The Macomb stood by to pick up s11rviv,,,.S. of which there was only one. Later in the clans the Macomb and 3 other DNlS's xsantlered intl, the Keraina Rotto invasion antl tleliweretl at hw. salvos at a Cave. and got a eonple of near misses in return. With this first fierce clay of intimate enum,-1 with the enemy. the Nolan' reatlietl herself for nhat she knew nas going to he at rnggetl tom of clutx. the ,laps hail hegnn then' netne ale- fense of the Okinawa Cnnto. A len days later the Sine uns steznninu in eolnntn with three other llllgs nhen lntt on th. mater out ol the setting snn eanne n ,Inp sniritlt plane. lt nns at Neat. All four ships opt-neil nl. on the plane antl the hlnes -ltlnnn. sin-lls eonltl he seen ripping into the fuselage. The plane n- iusetl to tllSlIllt'Q1I'Ltll' antl eznne on llt lntrronh missing the seeontl ship in the eohnnn. 'liht plane hrolxe np ancl sanlt lllltllt'tllillt'lt. Naples Hnrlmr ! ww .,.,zym.?. if ff . M, - ajyi .54 Lf? Two days after this, while on night patrol. thc- Macis radar-controlled five-inch guns knmfked flown a two-enginerl Jap hmnlwr. Thv plane il- luminatcfl thc' hlafrk night with an spe-1'tzu'ulnr sheet of fire as it hit the water. The next clay was a had one, anfl the Xlaf-mul. lost her sister ship. the l'.5.5. Ennnmns: anal another ship from the squaflmn. the LQS5. llml- man, was badly damaged. 'llwro we-rv lap planes in the vicinity alnmst umtinuuusly that day, aml the Navy racluefl up u te-rriliar tntul of japs fur the IIHEVS slmuting. During tht- fnlllm- ing :lays the- Nlighty Mac' was luvl-gy she' lnflpml ...hi waitin ' . . , - . g .il tht lmln injured ships lunp han-l-. lu purt. was ulefrtvcl mghl: lmubh, hurling countless tinws, rlrme- ull' nunn-rmif alla:-l-.s. lnul never sullercrcl zz svruta-li. 'l'ln- 4-lim-ft smart- Vllllll' when a lust Jap :live--lmmln-r utturl-.1-ul in an Fll'H' ru-nn lu lln- vhn-l in rlmrge- of tht- fn roaring cliw nut ul' the- sun. With lf-rrilir ape-ml thu ,lap 1-lim-tl the' ship lllfilllgll the' l'n-mi'-cl X X - M ' ' llll ' ' . ' A ' - . . .. llarruw' l 'f'll?- 'll lmul l ful th' lllm' fnulll mul nl lhe- um l In Vullllllg illlilllgh. rvleurwcl its lunnh. It 1-xplmle-il in the- wut:-r ulmut 50 fvvl ull our pnrl lwzun. zuul tha' Nliu- luirlx r- luapml nut uf the- mule-r. hut se-ttle-cl almsn x-.ith I . I . . , ,. . plamv- in uluvh -hv llNllllIH'1i t :-lllrlalv lllii. nu se-rims:-i elumzuge- eluna-. lht- gre-uh-st alnwlt ul the vxplnsinn was fe-lt in tht- t'Ilg1lIlt't'I'lllA!l ,pam--. sslwrc il snumli-fl us if thc- ship haul ln-vu lnlmsn npnrt. We- wvrr making mp spew-fl mul iununwli- ' - - utvly after tht- vxplusiun thi- fnllmsing re-nmrlt ' ' wus lunch' hy thc' 1-hit-f in Vllllfgt' ul the- alt:-in ' .intl twin lla-1-lf.-. l.:uh-r an lla-4-I Ing l'l'lll'Yt'4l ll ugml vngim- imma. lla-I that elaunm-il engine Xn nnllulgvtlulnli- ,ight may illill uf thu- -'ullalnl l,4lIl'.-x Llllil'l he-n ln-mis' luillle- with lhe- killlliliilll' Ihv llm' in e'e- al lu lll'I' aiiel all lnp r-pe-vel. llillliillfl Vllllllllt' mils lung vu-ulpll In pump ai 4ii5f,lllSll'li lint-.lir pil-it will ul lln' uallvr. illllvll tu' lnmlt tha- l.4ille-x in hm. while' -ln' f-lime-lc-sl tht- wl'1-vlt nge- lin-l rlnnn-il Nl mp- ul lnmllvs ull lwl' fulllvcl 5 fig? ax fs Nu .J ev x wp. , -. t. Q, Leaving dork at Pearl Harbor Waikiki Bmfh 23 Kamikaze! nl our burden and wt- prom-crlctl ln our radar picket station. 'lihc Maris clay was coming soon. ln the early pl'c-stulrisc hour on flpril 27th a raid was pickctl up by liaclar. :Xt least fl planes closing in for an attack on our picket station. The next sixty ltlitttIlt'S were busy oncs hring almost continuously. making top speed. turning. dodg- ing but at tht- end of the hour 3 planes had crashcd in llann-s as a result of the ll'c' . e , at s ac- vuratc lirc. with one assist from the l'.S.S. XV. llittcr. Une plane had just missed the Mac. splashing into the wake a scant 30 wards astem, willvlt May rolled around the Macomb had been in there pitching.. as long as anvong, Then on the 3rd of Nlay. on a Thursdavi eve- ning. hcr luck ran out altogether. Whenia big .lap twilight raid was picked up heading our Wilt- the usual shiver of apprehension went over the shipa--then a Tony ta Jap suicide-fighter planet. broke off into a dive but was splashed near the Macis companion destroyer. the l,7.S.S. liache. A second Tony coming in fast at a low altitude got through the AA fire and swerved to crash into the Mac at the No. 3 live-inch gun 24 mount. The ship raced on at high speed while her damage control crews quickly subdued the flames. The five-hundred pound bomb which the plane had carried, miraculously crashed through one side of the ship and out the other without exploding. The doctor and his pharma. cistis mates and volunteers worked throughout the night treating the wounded. Three deadg one fatally burnedg three missingg live seriously injuredg eight injuredg one slightly injured. This was the sad accounting the Macomb made that night. Vlfhen the Macomb had to retire to a repair base lsaipant to liek her battle wounds, she received commendatory messages from her squadron commander. from the connnandcr of minecraft, Pacific Fleet, and from thc comman- der of all Navy forces in the Okinawa Clllll- paign-she had earned a uwell done. Alter almost 3 months at Saipan where battle damage was repaired. the Macomb got under- way for Okinawa on the morning ol August lst. Nightly air raids greeted the ships arrival and short stay at Buckner Hay from August 5 to 9th, The afternoon of the 10th saw this vessel under- way for a combat sweep operation near Alumni Shima. Thirty minutes after the amiouncemeut of the laps, first ofler of surrender the ship went lo C.O. However, no shots were hred as the Gun Ill after suicide hit hggey did not attack. hut the sky was filled with AA fire from the celebration on Ukinaw a. Short- ly after sweeping had f.'Ul1IH1f?l1CF3fl on the follow. ing morning. orders were l'f'f.'F?lX'f?fl lu rvturn U, Buckner Bay. From thffrf- on thf- 13th wt- Sailefl for a rffndffzxnous with thf- mighty flrd Fleet. The following two wer-ks wrro- -in-nt at sea, fueling. dodging the typhoons whirh de-- layffll the lflffrftis f'lllf'l'llljLf 'loluo lim. I-xpl-nlin: floating: ll'llIH'5 and making final prvparalion- lol' thi? lflllllllhllillll Hf'f'liFlUll. 'lllv hllil' v'nlv'rv'-l Siigiillll wliill. jllrl nlll:-itll' nl' rllllklll lint. Ula lltv' Zflll. sm-pt llu- f'hannv'l ahviul nl' tln- Ili--.Inu and lows: on tln- 20th. und nt ln-I. 'III Xnznxt 20, lllls. ill lllll clrnmwll L1n4'lI-II' III l-flu-I llzly. wi' rrmainv-el at unvhor until the' lth of Supl.. :tml wilno---ml tho- I'ornml -urn-rnlf'r .llvwtllvl llu' Kline-ollrl from il Ili-tauue' ol lllllll mural-. Sltorllt lllo'ro'ill'lo-T wo- II-It llluvlun link. Ile'-Iuzt Top: llultlo- llc-4-t nt znwlmr in 'foluo Hin nllnllllll Yirtorv flight ou-r 'liulnvn Han W 4... A... we W i,a 5 -t'k 4'q,. -.P ,+- ii 'ti' Ur' .Im-L.-tl ul Saipan: -If lin- hz -I lin XM- wt-Iv in Ukingnwu on tha- E-vtl. - It lv- lll.l'l Il I-ut I-I -1-.I lu ll llII'c'e'-llaly pil ailr I .th z, wlnh- -n I--ulv II- IIIilIvswm'pilIg1 'IJII -:,- I New- - III.-N NlldllxlIuIII5QIs1'lln. wa' I' I It ll l.Ilv.Ilw-1' 'ltlXlXUI' In al Flllilll -li If-lls,I'IlI-lllIvI:I.1l---.itil ln...-I llI4'M'hlIl'- ' II llll' LJIHIIII IMI- I-nm-II lux I I I Il 2 l.In- .In-l Iln-I urn' 1'XllI'lII1'lI ll ' I I , 'lIl?4'lN' .nl ln-I, l'IlIiIllX.lll1'I I ' ' I I 'IvslII.ll II-n.IInn'nI llulll us, ' l I ' I I 'wfl li' I- 'Il 'Illl Ilgggllvllvs, lll' I WIA- I' 'lt l'llII.' In Iln- Sllzlils. we- I'IlI 'v-9 Il xlhlj Nlnusnit 'III llta- lull 'IN- l III- .I-lst-if fi' II 'II--ruling, .mal rullllllt-nw-cl al I'I'f- I l Ilxfvll NIIJII-, 1'nlllltlIll'll 'II i'I'I- II' lil Iln jfltln, llnfn l4'lll4'4l In llll' l'iiI!-I lion.: 'ue to ,II-'nfl .Inf-Ilwr Ixplaoon. fllh-r ll MIllI lllil-llIIIQ llt' Nuf1 nmlllll'5ll1tll'-Htl llll' 1 I 4 . . ..Ih, ww mf-ffl--lffl If- Hl-.nn'mu. ruling out il Ixplmoon on Ihr wax mul JIIHXIVQJ Ilwra- on Ilu' lL2Ih. llnr n--xt iw:-vp jolt was in Iln' l:llHSl'll x - I- '., -m ' . ' tI.II.- lr 'rn Ihr ..-nfl Illl Ihr- Zfvlh. llc' H'lIll'IHtl If- Fav-lfo on thf' Zfith. lluring Ilw nvxt 3-day -I.1x Ihr- fr'-w wai gmntv-fl lilwrlx. Wil' II-It on Ihv l-I nl XuXl'Illl'f'f for EllIfllllf'lA swf-vp olwra- ll'III. Fvvrmv of thi- onr- wel- sal Ihr- 1-ntranf'f' to the- Y I-llow Fm. nf-ar Qlzf-lport lsland. 'llw swoop group I'llf'nIHllf'I'f'fl lIIIlDZll'illlf'lf'll FIIf'l'l'4S and ther . I , . liar- 1-ompllvrl a grand total of Zld IIIIIIVF swept lu datv, Thf- group rf-turnf-d to Siliffllfi in the middlv nf 'Nownilvf-r. Soon the-rf-after orders wi-rv rffvviw-rl lu rvturn to thf- .-Xtlantir: Fleet for 25 i Q, 1 I 1- '4 2 Z H if I ,E fs 4 'T I is 5 .- l ll duty. The ship left Saseho for Norfolk on the 5th of Decem-her. As we passed the flagship of CoMinPac, we were serenaded hy a hrass band playing: NCalifornia Here l COINP... 'l'hus thc final wartime cruise of the Mighty Mac came to an end, as we retraced our track l , l 2 l b-nm.,,Q,,.,..., K l 0 as M-M Y ,W in - . .. ..-in ,,,..-Q., w..,l X,3,,y' i ' V ,H , gf ,M A, ,W-nu My ' jww - ,, ,M A 'Q :ftp , Q ' ,mia ' i , . I il We ' , A ' 'Wg - .2 -M'W ',w -- - ww , M eVr.'e ry- ,lnp survivors 1' ..,. T ' 'Y' H wr-w-f.J 1'y' 'i ,W A ii x i X' ww vMig .V 'mt ' I, 7' ii 'K .ff-1 A:-1 . Q hy way of Eniwetok, Hawaii, San Diego, and Panama. However, the Mac is not through for shc has been assigned as an active unit of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet, to carry on the fine tradi- tion and record she built in four vears of wal- time cruising. Mine exploding off Korean coast l J . 5 E Liberty in Sasebo 'kr fi' 96 . r 'it T if r s t CADIPAIGNS Ayn INYASIQINS THE INVASION or NORTH -4FRlC.4 Lak! in August ul' 1942. twill-tll21Ul2lI'UlllNl llhi split In th,-N. twin, K.xPlU5iUn5' Hx tht, nah! ship, as it always clues. that snnwtliing hut nas -if tht- lin-5 which innm-tliuti-lx liulitiiil thi- slliva brewing for the Mighty Mac anfl he-r sister ships. anal tht- th-lvris-ltnlcli scat. the nivn iuultl niatlw nut Nobody knew what was running ull. hut thv thrt-,. Shiw nhifh had l,t.K.n hit In 'm.Pl.dm.5 scuttlchutt was flying thif-l-c anfl fast. Wv min- alll nt-I-,. W.,.fl.,.l hits. dcnd mnidshipgu 'film N.,-t fevcn more certain after a threw xwcks training the- tl:-stunt-r llLllllltlt'ltlll, thi- trunspnrt llingln-s period in Chesapeake Bay was follnwecl by an tnnl tht- ttnil-.cr Wiiiniiski. tim nl th,. llmxi. an 4-vffn inure iiitfensitifefl une in livrnnnlu. linriu-ity flint-ml within fpitting tlistuinw' ul tln- Nlatvnnih was 8l'UU9f7fl U1 21 l W'l' Piltfll Nllfll- UH U1'lHlH'I' lin' trumpnrt funk tht- in-xt flux. sullt-ring ln-aux 29, W-12. me Sr-t out wafstmiril with at huge- win- mistlatllivw. Thi- ilcstrnu-1' haul 'ln-cn split ailningt Wy. Thee mnwy irlf'r1'uSf'fl fluily ur-til it num- in nw. tht- Q-xpl..5i.,n tilntting parts ul tht- atm l't'f fl 900 Shllli lift-nmiii tlirnugli tht- sith-5 znnl tht- dit-si-I shavlx Un Nnvvnilwr Tth. tht- zirlnzulzt split intn sm- 1'l 'l - l'il F lil 'l l'l P1 l lllt' Sllilfh lm' 4-ml grmips prcfpurattnry tn striking ilu. ,,l,jm.tiw hw-n at vustntlty. lin' tunlwi' fam-tl ninrh lwttvl thif lullnwing nmrning. It was unly thvn that mm' ll ' ll um' ul 1' lim l lH 'l- 'l55l Pl liuptuin Duvall infnrnwrl his nn-n. sp:-ul-Qing nwr V W Wi-'11-li iwllilil-11. the' PA SySlt'Ill. that tht- nnnnc-nt wus all htnnl H 1 - ulwn tht- Nligrhty Mau' uns ln tukt- part in tln- .Huh um' l 'lm 'Il 93 u 'l 'im'5 in l ' Inm5inn nf Nnrth flfrivu. xnit nl tln' lxille-r. annl innnngi-il lu gain at Mtlllltl , 1'uHlitt'l. tsllivll Nuts lwllutsvcl lat at tlvplll 1'llill'g1 Un XllYt'IlllN'l' 13. tht- two 4-uns. llznnhlvttni znnl nnmgki uilhnm Uxililv Wmlh. 'l'I'iF 'mlm' mm xltlthllllb, wi-ln' llt'Slgllillt'fl as part nl tht- si-ri-Q-ii Umm' lhmugll IIN, High' uf XUWIHIWI. ll. 'HN lair ilu-1-in-rit-r 52lllQ1il'Il'NHl. Sl'llt'tllllt'tl tn luunvli fnllmsmg dm th., Xlmuml, H,uH.m,'I lu I,-mln'-I plum-s fur tht- assault. Iht- clutic-s in-rv pe-rlm'nn-tl nm fm fm' f-'mn tht' WMIHIMI mnkm, winumki its m'4l4'l'i'tl. znnl tht-n nn tht- 1-ve-ning nl' Nnwni- ami' hutl lmwlx 'xlmn-'I hm Fiqh. 'list' mmmw IN . lm 'hw mir 'ililivwll ill lm' mr 'IW' uh:-n lnnr Q-Xtwliwinm Flaixi-4-xial4'li1-v than tln- filli- strnyvrs in tlwsqtlzltlruii. thc- Curry uncl Hnhsnn. Win, all it again. 'INN 'HH um 'HHH 'hm lllltl.Wt'l't' clil'c'r'te-cl to lift-N't't'tl tu l'i.t'tlZllLl Hui lm' night nl tht- lr:insptn'ts :incl s-upplx s-hips whim-h fmilml: aSS'lm wm' Arrwlllg lim' In gpm' uf ml, m-rv nnlnznling: nn-n :intl 1-ipiipiini-nl. 'l'ln- 'Xalan Slwml all 'hi' lfiilfi thi' Shllls mir 'l'i'l r 'l tu pre-pam-al tn gn lu tln-ir HF'-lt-lilllt'l'. lint wus in anlrlnn' III thi- vicinity uncl flmppi-'cl tl1c'irl'i'spw'- AMN' In mb, H 'Mmm Um nf this ..Im,Pmln tm- htmks aisle-rn of thc- tanks-r xvinmrlxsi. tlwrf- ium,tiUH-- ,H HH. Mft. imrimr of CuHl',lmN,u 1 luvling ship for the- next IllUl'IllIlQI. ifxml wlwn. UH U',lUlN,r 13. HN, mimm, ',nh,H,d As tht' crvw sottlvcl clown for tht- night aftvr that pnrt, iw flrvw zi lirvzith nl rf-lie-l. znnl thanks-cl almost five tlays of inoclificfl gi-m-ral quartf-rs uliatvvvr gmlf sw lun-u In tum- he-f-n sn luvkt and vontlition watches. tht- silvmw- was suflflc-nlx in the' lIliflSl of our Hrs! hig slum. 21 INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE Sundav, july 30, 1944 found the destroyer anchored in Taranto. Italy with various units of the lfnited States lfleet as well as other Allied ships. Final preparations were niade during the next twelve days. and at 1346 on August llth. the huge fleet set its course for the final des- tination' Southern l ranr:e. With tht- exeeption of huge eonxoys and other radar targets. the trip was without ineident. and at HHS on the morning ol' 'Xugust 15 the surfzuw- radar reported land thirty-sexen nnles away. he-lieu-d to he liape tianierat. liull ul Ft. ilil'HlN'l. l ram'e. Xhead lay the final test. .hllltt Sht't'IN'l led the wat in. followed hy the tlestl'osel's Xian-oinh. lfnnnon-. llziniltleton and liodinan. 'lille litl',Ul'l' nnit- von-isted ol the l 5. iirtlisr-r l'llilznle-lpliia. tht- lsienrli litlti-1't-livtltttlt' l,t'NPlllt'5. and Xltrltltlllltt. point' di-tanne lwhind these the xt-ti-ian lnitllt'-w.t:1-vw Xexgttlzt and lexus ptepxlltu-rl to int-t their tone- to the din Nlllfll was to he dintainned into the 1-.it ol the llnn. lhn- tht- ship- .i--tuned lv thi- -ewtoi 1-to-t-tl ltt lvl' llle' Xt ll,-illll tht- Xlm-otnlw went to givin-tal :pini- lt'l'w. ttttml tts llte' -ltitt ellrix it-'Jiri to tlit- time-t - v 'tl l'l'4tIll't'. llt'l'U :tru ten-e .in-l month- :rt-w xllil'fi fleet nt anelior dry with the apprehension of what would hap. pen in the next few hours. As the ship ap. proaehed the assigned targets. Cape Canierat dropped ahaft our port heani leaxing us almost completely surrounded hy land. As the ship slowly drifted into the small hm, a deep silence settled over the vessel. hroktin only hx the throhhing of the engines and the pounding of our hearts as we waited for the 18 shore hatteries to open up with their eross- fire. hut still nothing happened. 'lihen the twat-ti heeanie xisihle through the heavy haze. and at 0051 the inain hattery eonnneneed firing the shore hoinhardnient on a prearranzged seetor of heaehline of lioil De liougnon. .Ns we nioxed in eloser. the -1-thnni liofors opened tire on the elose heaeh and wooded see- tor. 'lihe inain hatlery eontinned a pounding roar as the first waxe of landing eralt re-t out lor the land. Shore honihardnient reaehed it terrilie height as landing eralt opened up with a 2-llt'l'llit'l,llill' roeltel harrage. t't'2lSitttI li re nionien- tarilx while troops landed on sehedule at tliltttl. II llour. 'lille lVlaeonih stood hy to lire on any and all xisihle opposition. ln the distanee hisrh-lliinsz li-2-'l-'s demonstrat- ed the power ol the air loree as the eonenssion in Hay of St. Tropez of their softening-up process was felt hy the ships off shore. Thus the main ordeal was over. and everyone mentarily' relaxed with smokes and exclama- of relief. Then suddenly in the our juhilation, a salvo from a German mo tions midst of 88 strad- PICKET The days that the Xlacoinh spent on Radar Picket duty are. in the opinion of many men who have serycd on her since eommissioning. the most tedious and hergrie of her entire eareer. Few' of the long. drawn-out hours will ever lie forgotten hy' those who tool-Q part in this. her trial-hy -fi rr: test. lt all started on the night nl- Nlareh ISU. l'1t3. when the Nlaeoinli. together with several other destroyer-type ships formed a sr-reen for the hat- tleships 'texas and Nlaryland. the er'iiiser 'llusea- loosa plus the l.S.S. lfstes. one ol' the several thllllllllllitfillliill ships that played sueh a prorni- nent i'ole in the drama ol' the toughest ain- philiious operation ol the l'ar'itii' Ytitirp Ulvinawa tlunto. Long liefore dawn on the Isilst. ilu- Nlaeonili was dispatehed from the sereen. and instrueted to proeeed to liadar l'ieltet station No. 3. one ul I5 sueh stations surrounding the island as a means of warning the troops on the lieaelies and ships anchored within inner harliors ol' the approaeh of the enemy. 'l'his station was lfl miles due east ol the lieaeh where :Xrneriean troops had made their initial landings. 'l'here hegan an endless patrol of a fi-mile srprare. ts the patrol wore on without any sign ol an enemy. our first impression ol the Roger Peter stations was iust another monotonous. dull jolt to he dorie. As was customary when in or around en- eruy waters or territory. sunset general quarters was held from sunset to one hour tliereafter. This was one of the most popular times lor air Rtiiliflis'-'slllt' setting sun making visiliility highly ditlieult. However. no planes were seen on the radar screen hy the time relief arrived at 1913. Again we joined forces with the Texas. Mary- land. and Tuscaloosa. and another night went past uneventfully' in the aura offered hy the float- dled the can. Hetaliating with the main battery, the Macomb quickly eliminated the upstart in 1 minute lflat. Thus the Mighty Mae came through her second invasion hattle-weary hut unseathed. i LINE Ui ulllugernauls. lstillinyittg the invasion of tllr' lsltttiil. lltr' Itlgllts well' spent in screening K assignments. while the daylight hours were tale- en up with the routine sweeps. lhen the morn- '?1 of Xl'l'll 3 the Xlaeoinli again found herself Lt tllllt nl lltr' lilelxvt si'l'r'r'lt. liitlllilliiig in th,- run until early in the morning. when tour or - t tiye sniall raids were reported approaehtiig. the nearest lu-ing tilt miles distant and already re- l i1'l ?1 llleir' load til. lioinlvs. l lash red-eonlrol ' . . 'ss yellow-tire at any planes in the air. . eame the ioive ol' the radio. tleneral Quarters was sound- ed and all hands rar-ed to respeetive liattle sta- tions. llowever. the twenty-nnle inarlt was the f'lo-est these initial raids earne to the ship. at whit-li time they altered eourse, 'l'lien a lew niin- utes later eanie the warning ol nllogies approaeh. ' I ' ' , I H ing lroni ilre North. lu rnen of the lil1'lilt' ,i.llt lll'l tlie word lite-evu is the eoile word lol' ' -- ern-my airrialit. 'lliat is only the lieginning though. lor lin dn'tionai'y eould deserilie the piilse-riuiel-tening horror the word was to eaiise in ilu- ensuing days in the liatlle for the lilood- spatteied island ul Ultinawa. llie radar operators and plolters lvept a eon- stant llow ol inlorniation tliiough the your rii ' ' -,. si u eiiils, pertinent dope lo plot. rllliilol dlltl tht tlaptain on the liridge. Sr-eonrls alter the lirst warning. the main liattery 3 ineh opened tire. their the ttlnim liulirilis added to the din as a speetar-iilar' streal-t of flame illuminated the heavens and iolrl of a dirt-vt hit. 'l'he attaelter was later identified as a liomlier. The ,lap des- perately tried to r-rash the Nlar-ornli. lint plunged into the sea. Over the voir-e eireuit vihrated our message. this is llipsy-lloodle. Splash one irgtislpvil- The remainder ol the night saw' the radar sereen constantly filled. with the heartening sight of our own aircraft diving into the midst of 29 the enemy time and again, always outnumbered, but never outfought. No further attacks on the Mac that night. Shortly after noon the next day an aircraft suddenly appeared on the star- board beam about four miles away. The main battery again swung into action on the plane, identified as a '4Betty,,7 .lap bOH1bCf- Twenty- ftve knots was rung up as the ship began lunging and maneuvering through the water in an at- tempt to confuse the pilot as to course and speed for laying his egg. With the flak bursting around him, the Nip lost his nerve, and dropped the lone bomb to lighten his load. lt splashed some distance away, and the plane escaped. Then came a pause in the day's action, as no Bogies were reported in the immediate vicinity. But machine gunners and gun crews worked dogged- ly to clear and replace exhausted ammunition. The first cigarettes were scarcely lighted when at i520 Hllash red. control yelloww was again he-ard. The rt-cognition crew spotted a plane headed tht- Maris way. and innnediately identified it as at .lap dive bomber nit-k-named i'Val by Ameri- vnn form-s. Combat and plot cfonnneneed track- ing. 'l'In- guns at ont-v were trained on the tar- gvl. dotting tht- sky with many black bursts, whit-h sonn-times vonnplvtvly hid thc would-be th-slrlndionisl. Again the engine room heard flank spged Sig 1 anda naledg screws spun, the ship accelerated roaring wake was left behind. With the main battery firing whenever the attacker was clear of clouds and the black puffs from our bursts the Macomb presented a perfect picture of thg hit and run method of waging picket war. Var- ious other vessels in the vicinity commenced ing, creating a thick screen of almost impenetra- ble flak. Suddenly as the dive bomber pointed nose downward into a vertical dive, a destroyer. escort steaming directly astern was broughi to the attention of all hands topside. She See, destined to be the target the plane had selected, lir- ned Down, down, increasing in speed every foot she plunged. The Diffs 40mm Bofors wereifiring at a 90 degree angle of elevation. Closer and closer the plane came. Then an explosion. a tremendous fountain of water rose in the air as men held their breaths in fearful anticipation. The next instanct the DE came bounding through tne geyser. Had it been photographed, the un- forgettable scene would have made one of the most spectacular pictures of the war. As the engine room telegraph rang up stand- ard, routine patrol speed, another blessed breath- er was taken. However, all dreams of the rc- mainder of the day being tranquil were given a Sth Fleet at Ulithi before Okinawa invasion 1 l.uH' Huy all Ukin.nw.i wllilfll juli In lln' nviss lliail lln' l 5.5. lleuliiuiii ln nf', Xiiixin, .il Ii--g-'i l'1-I-'i Xu, Q, lf: inilva -u lung ai Nll'ilIlllIl:,1 nuili- nl' llu- Nlau- ii- gi nu-ni- lliu- u--illi --I ilu' ru-:Ili-'iuuuf-i lu-iul -sl Hliin- lwi' ul ilu' NIlIil4lI'UIl liaul unllli-rml ai lXilllIll'x.llI' .iu.i .nul null IH unl' - -nntliui'-I nl llu' ,lain-lu'lal liilanul lu'rpi'i'sniiiu'l NNl'l'l'lll'l'lHll'llll1llllllhllltlllll lil-lin-.i-'i.lil-ii lun i, ilu' Xl.u -'nil' lu-gg.in :nuvllu'i' -liip. 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UNCC lwvn 1'vgai'4lcml as living prvlly lilllgll- lllll llri'gui'x. -lailiuiuwl in lil' Nu. fl rvpnru-fl slu' N115 num' coiisiclvwcl a picnic' in cniiipurismi uilli ml, u,,-,l,.,- mm,-ix 1,5 gh,-W Kal, 5l,,,,-ily gh,-rf-- llu' little pivlwt duty we llacl oiurounlerccl. afim- W., .,f ilu- 1'lH'Illy uf-rw nrlJlllSlH'fl,u 'l'lu: f- - ' -.- - '-la-fl'.-'1.'i i- lllus. as dawn broke on the itli. a lieavy lhlffl fffilliffl ml th' l ' fl Nl' 'U 51H cloud of ffloom Qettlecl over the :hip ae orders lllfl l lm' ' f l f 'flH'u nf 'S- lhff PT - N ' ' ' , , f . , .A yyere I-waived. detaching Us from our screening Flvrrvll nnnu-flialvly lf-ft flaluin Nu. Zs forma- cluties. Once again we set course' for the picket luin aiul pmf-c'f'rlf'fl lu ilu- aul ul llu: SlI'lfJlU?Il 31 Ship. Thirty minutes elapsed, at which time the Macomb received orders to escort the Greg- ory to Kerama Retto leaving the Sterrett be- hind. The two ships proceeded to the anchor- age, they for battle damage, ourselves for much- needed engine repairs. Approaching the entrance to the anchorage, we received the report that the USS. Badger lDD657,l had been hit by a suicide boat. Con- stantly over the voice radio circuits some re- ports were coming in on the activity of these suicide craft. Ships in the immediate vicinity were spotting them visually. They were small in size but made up for their size in speed and inancuverability, making it necessary for even greater vigilance on the part of lookouts and men top-side. As the days passed, these attacks increased in number against our shipping. Large nnniliers ncre found hidden in caves and other plat-vs ol quick access for suicidal runs upon un- suspecting and unwary ships. Anchoring short- ly In-lore st-wir in the morning, the Mac began ln-r availability one spent isith an ever cau- tions vw tnrin-tl skynard. Continuously attacks ni-rn nnnh- on the picket ships during our stay in lXl'I'itlllil livtlo. Svarrcd. battle-torn ships nvri- oltvn brought in under tow. The crew Firing at low-flying bogey - ' I .-,,f ,., Q H..- was alerted many times throughout ihe day a d . n night. Our smoke generator added its bit to the camouflage ol the anchorage, helping pro tect the ships of the Train with their viii Su plies for the fleet. P Timti passed slowly, and on the 13th the USS. St. Louis slipped past our anchorage berth, set- ting her course for the open sea. As the light cruiser passed through the AXS gate, the men topside noticed a HVal77 closing the St. Louis, the We were quickly assured that the men on cruiser had also seen the plane, for her ant' 1. aircraft battery spoke only one salvo and the enemy seemed to disintegrate in the air. The great ship continued majestically on her way without so much as changing course or altering speed while downing the Jap. April 15th saw the Macomb readying herself for sea. At 1540, she weighed anchor and steamed through the gate, passing from lhv peaceful anchorage once more into an arena nl Hell. Proceeding to our newly assigned station in RP No. 3, the air search radar indicated many Bogeys in the vicinity. Combat sent out tht- usual info to all parts of the ship. The liogcfys continued to open and then close again. llcavy anti-aircraft fire was observed on all sides, as both shore and ship AA batteries gave a dis- play, Finally with director and guns on a tar- get, we opened fire. But before damage could be observed, low lying clouds enveloped the Bogey, allowing it to escape. Arriving on sta- tion at 2000, a station 25 miles northeast of Okinawa, we were greeted by 5 LCS's which had been previously dispatched as our tire sup- port. The first night on this station was spent with continuous closing Bogey raids. causing the crew and guns to be alerted. Then out uf no- where a plane appeared to be closing. gun crews readied themselves. magazine crews below tlcclxs tensed, ranges from plots were constantly de- creasing- -l0 miles. ti. Sf -will he divert? IS miles! The captain ordered flank speed. The ahip burst forth with life. liogei now I mile! Came the report from combat. Powder men and loaders readied their cartridges and pt'oji't'liles. Range closed to ltltltl yards. Then the hearten- ing report, range openingn: all hands exhaled as a feeling of relief descended upon the ship. l'iarlv morning continued with these' nuisance raids. Shortly after tltitttl, lwu large formation. of ttogeys were reported to the west. he I 5.5. l.affcv on station til' No. 2 reported shc was under attack. and has been hit on the fantail. The voice circtlit blared forth again. l'.S.5. llob- SUII 2fll ill Nu. t't'pnt'lt'tl sltt' was ulltlct' attack on her station located ill lttiles northwest of Ukinawa. All raids so far seemed to be coming from the north and northwest. Uur guardian angel was hovering over us! No enemy planes had yet been reported eoining for our station. Combat telephone circuits were buzzing with the information. our radar screen was now dot- ted with Bogeys. Once again a report from the Lafiey, she had been hit a third time. The Hobsonis call was again heard through the clamor of the many voice circuits-she had been hit! The general quarters gong sounded through- out the ship- All hands man your battle sta- tions! Enemy planes in the area. The USS. Bryant, while going to the aid of the Laliey. had been hit by a suicidal attack. At 0935 we were instructed to vo to the assistance of these strick- en ships. C The Macomb was now' bustling with activity. Proceeding at top speed we began making prep- arations for towing. handling survivors and oth- er necessary details enabling us to assist these Shllf- -'ll 1015 lookouts sighted a ship on the horizon. As her silhouette became more dis- tinguishable it proved to be the liryant. As we approached. the news that most uf the damage was topside reached us. and no agistanee was needed. she w as able to proceed under llcr own power. .XII hands noticed and recognized the TUTUIF outlined on the forwastle-deck as lnnnan but ttloltutllcss shapes. which eould not be mis- taken for anything but the stillness uf death. ll l 'I'1h'd on our wax. trying to fathom what lax ahead uf us. Xt lltttt the l.alfev was in sight. The lookouts reported .t flashing light in the water. possibly . . s . , , , a downed pilots signal nnrror. t.losing the llihllllltl Hlfivfl. lltl' pilot Hvttltl lw' 5t't'lt llttttllltgl in a lite-raft. lllitle rnancuxcring the ship to rescue hint. .ill hands nianncd the rails to ive A r- liiin assist.nnAe. lli- injuries proved slight but ln- tenipotaiv cxlmiistton disclosed the trials of I-.nth-. tfoniing up alongside the l.allev. preparing to take ln-I in tow. the sttirlwn ship prcscntctl .t never-to-lo--forgotten -ight. Xu unbelievable mass ull twisted steel and snn,uldi-ring destruc- tion the grim piitnre of death lving about the derks. inen a short while ago like ourselves lliits. tossed about as if the detil himself had l'l'il'illt'tl llll itllll il liilll ill' lll'l'. lliilf' V'-Vit Ill! gallant destrover remained at their battle stations with liters and hand- eoverefl by a white llash- burn cream. for protecting exposed skin. but presenting a ghastly-looking sight. llepair and damage control parties were go- ing about their duties. combating fires. pump- ing ntll flooded compartments. Among the busi- ness that aeeompanies destruction. the wounded were cared for and the charred remains of the dead were swept from the ship. Pieces of the lap planes were still visible about the decks. The Nlaeomb was presently in position. and took the stricken Lafiev under tow. Uur combat air patrol circled overhead ready to intercept any incoming raids giving us a greater feeling of securitv while we sat like a duck in the water. The small but powerful fleet tugs approached, 33 quickly relieving us of our burden, and we in turn proceeded back to our station-Roger Peter No. 3. April 17 on the 00-04 watch we were once again patrolling RP No. 3 with all hands tense from the strain of the previous day and with the memory of the Laffey vividly engraved upon their minds. Bogeys closed but always opened before coming within range of our main battery. Ships were holding down RP St2:1ti0f1S at VHTIOUS well chosen spots encircling the island. From these positions radar could pick up in-coming raids from enemy held islands north of the Okin- awa chain-Kyushu and Honshu to the North, Formosa and China to the Xvest. Any island with air strips large enough for planes to take oll on their one-way' trips represented potential danger as such. tiontinually over the voice radio circuits were heard the emergency' calls of RP stations under attack. Ships damaged or Sllllli-'f'-Ulllt'I'S moving up to take their places a seemingly endless chain. As time crept along we were beginning lo ponder oyer the question. was it necessary' for our ship to be literally' torn apart by these suicide attacks. with inevitable death lor many ol our slnpmutes. ltelore ridding ourselves of this duly 'f ttyttn. general cpxarters. sunrise alert: Our S. tif. radar repeatedly made its 360 degrees sweep without any indications ol enemy' ac- tiyity. :Xt 0000. lil' No. 2 reported they were under attack. The general announcing system lvlared lorth throughout the ship Mall hands stand hy to repel air attaekln Combat reported 3 Bogey 'l ?! in and we directed one cap to inter- eept them: ll-T0-'7-8 miles. closing rapidly. On the bridge. flank speed was rung up-out of Nowhere. as one enemy' plane came diving in l'l ' Us lmlll Putt. too close for the main bat- tery and plot to track. The speed was increased to 30 knots: hard right rudder. hard left rud- der. The ship was swerving and swaying, 20nnn's opened up. The plane was dropping nearer and nearer. Then it released its bomb. .-Xnnd the crashing sound of a loud explosion the ship jumped from the water-it had missed! F00 Cl0Se for comfort, but it had missed! It P35503 ever us amidships so close. that the radio 34 I t I--. . Suicide plane over Hagushi Anchorage antenna strung between the stacks was cut down. This was our closest view of the emblem of the rising sun. No personnel were injured. and there was no serious damage to the ship. A few' bent frames and strained plates caused by the eon- cussion served as a reminder of the narrow es- cape. Almost invariably, the opinion ol the members of the crew was that high speed and rapid course changes had saved us. April 18th rolled around with us patrolling flip No. 3, accompanied by 3 LCS's and a Ptiitl as fire support ships. At 1754 combat reported 3ogeys on the screen. CQ sounded with all iands manning their battle stations, donning their prescribed wardrobe of life jackets and iielmets. The engine room answered the ring for flank speed. A deafening roar as the mall! battery opened up. Plane coming in to star- board-is this another suicide attack? Over the phone circuits, much to the amazement of the crew, came the word to cease firing-friendly plane. The Mac as a whole breathed a sigh of relief. Reconnaissance plane reports warned the ships with a short and terse sentence that dal? Nfor all the ships Okinawa area to expect heavy air attacks. Such messages had been received many times previously, and were not to be taken lightly. At 1200 visibility was clusing in. The nim- bus clouds enveloped us in a small imrld ..f our own. We were given a temporary cofssutinn of activity as the f?!lf?lIly.S planes as me-ll as nur own were grnunrlefl. That evening MP wen- juiu.-tl lhff lljxllzljl ii 22llll-lun tl.-. strayer mine-layer. liristling with Zllmm. llimm. anrl twin 5 muunts. sln- gan- ueleliliunul lin- powfvr. In lllff Nlavl vrvxs Ll mufl n.e'le'uluv figlll, The rffmaimlo-r uf ilu' night mul morning li-,nw prowfcl lu ln' llle' usual ruutim' ul' uni-Luau' rairlem 'l'lu's4' in-rv turnn'uting. -e-mningly in-ig' nificant, but Illillslllg il :ww-fsui'y ln ln- win-lannllx ulufwl, anlllmugll tlu-y ne-xo-r funn- uilluiu lining rungv. Un April IU. in Ilia' 1-aulx l'-m'u.--nn. lln- li.S.S. Wil:-5 l'l'IlHI'll'll!lI0'llil1lil pn--ilrlw -ul, um' lalvt uml nun im:--lignling. Sigrmlnn-n wp.-it-'-l alla' Nil!-i lisn-lrlewlxilng lll'I' Iilm-k lwnnnut in im-lun rlllinll fur alrupping cle-pill 4'llill'vL1l . All lmmla no-rr Nillllllg lm tht- iumlflf- --li llIHll'l Nill0'l' vxplmling olvlvlln rlmlgo'-. ul:--n it VMI! l'l'lml'l1'1l alle' llilll tlilvlwel lI1'I lH'lHV.HIl. lfwl 4'nnlzu'l. mul nun lrjnifiillgg l.Hl'lIhlllHH. H.ik-tall.-.I -lu 1 U uw: 1 ' ' Q -' Q 0 5 , ' 1 . E This craze to kill and be killed by death dives into the ships proved one of the most demoral- izing influences encountered by fighting men in this war so far. Tugs were hovering in the background, waiting for the word to proceed and take another crippled veteran under tow- if fortunate enough to have withstood these crip- pling blows. uPractice damage control, more damage control, plug up your holes and keep on firingf,-This message received by the pick- et ships best describes the situation. As soon as we were anchored in Kerama Retto, a raid was reported approaching from the north. All ships commenced making smoke, the results of which hang like a heavy fog, so thick that the person alongside you is almost indistinguishable. That night as well as through- out the next day and night the Mac constantly maimed her UQ stations while trying to carry out logistics. Never a period of ease or rest was to be had. Un April 23rd. having completed logistics. we got umlerway for ffagushi Beach anchorage, Ukinawa. All hands were pondering the ever-present question as lo our next assign- ment. Most of the erew were inclined to be pessimistic. while a small minority remained op- timistic. lloweyer. tht- majority ruled. as a lighter-direetor team reported aboard this was a group composed of two ollieers and two en- listed men especially trained in organizing in- formation obtained in filtf and using it to in- tercept enemy raids. Un April 2-tth the ship was underway for our new picket station -lil' No. ltt. relieving the l'.5.S. Wadsworth. Un station as we ar- rived were the destroyer l-.S.S. Cainard and an LCS as fire support vessels. Checking pre- yious action reports of this station. everything pointed toward a quiet post. Throughout the ship the seuttlebutt was flying about to the ef- fect that some considered this assignment to be a break. This station was situated 85 to 90 miles west of Okinawa. 20 miles west of Kume Shima. an enemy held island with a small air strip upon it. Our planes usually flew over this island and any activity noted would quickly be hindered by a few well-placed bombs. Previous weeks had shown that enemy raids were ap- proaching from the North and South, and in doing so had been by-passing this station. Eve- 36 ning brought forth a number of Bogey 1-aids that closed no nearer than 8 miles. The day of April 25th passed without inci. dent. So far the station had been living up to the predictions. The drawn and haggard look was beginning to disappear from the faces of the crew, and a little of previous days' playful skylarking commenced about the ship, The early hours of April 27th were among the calm. est experienced while on picket duty. No re. ports of enemy activities had been forthcom- ing from combat, and everyone had thoughts of another comparatively quiet day. However, within a few minutes combat reported enemy aircraft 31 miles distant. As the range constant- ly closed, it was possible to track three Bogies. Again the gun crews stood ready. and as the range dropped to 8 miles they swung into action. Suddenly a plane was sighted in the early lt't0I'II- ing darkness, making identification extremely difficult. The main battery commenced radar- eontrolled Hring. All hands tensed and waited for some signs of a hit as the 20mm and 40mm presently commenced their chattering. Un the bridge everyone was seeking shelter as the plane zoomed past the pilot house-so close that the throbbing of its motor could plainly he heard above the din of the battle-torn air. One of the men in the repair parties reported having seen a yellow light glowing from its fuselage--in all probability flame from a direct hit. The next instant the plane nosed over ill its death plunge and crashed into the sea close astern. The men on the fantail received 8 shower as the plane displaced a huge hlallliffl of water, then slowly disappeared from sight. The gun crews relaxed, but the air plot tcamS in combat could not, as their attention was need- ed in tracking another Bogey, sending rang0S of 18-15-10-7 and 6 miles to the director and bridge. As this last report was received, the engine rooms were called upon to make turnS for 30 knots. 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SUIIH' mai r1'11111'l1'11. 111111 1111111 114111 N11111-1 11,1N1. , IQ,-1. i,!,,i 1,1-1-1, 11-lmrtfffl 111 1111' 1'v111:1i11111'1' 111' 1111- 1141? 11.1N 11111111.11'.11111111 1- -. 111451 1.--111111: 11. fl 1Pf'f'lI 111-girfl qllivl. vwn 11111115111 11141111 1111gi1w 111-1-11 11-11-11' 37 So quickly did it approach, banking sharply to avoid ships in the crowded anchorage, hard- ly a ship was able to get out even a salvo, and only a few scattered 20mm bursts were thrown into the air. One vessel was picked hastily by the Jap as a suitable target--the Pinck- ney, hospital evacuation ship. Ears were split as the plane crashed into her bridge. and soon the flames were enveloping the entire bridge structure. About the ship the crew s nervousness once more became evident. ey ery mind was think- ing of what might have happened had the plane picked our ammo ship as a target. The re- pair parties hurried to clear the mooring lines. as the Mae withdrew' from the perilous vicinity of the ammo ship and elosed the stricken ship ready to render any needed assistant-e. Flash red-control yellow was broadeast. as we pre- pared fire hoses. As the Nlueornb nosed in closer and closer. smaller ships already were playing their streams of water upon the blazing ship. l ire by this time WHS covering the yielim fltulll bow to stern. ri- . . . llns was extremely risky lullslltess. as ammuni- tion was exploding and shooting into tln- utr. causing the men lo wonder when am unaimed shell would limi its nmrk as we prnetieally nuzzled against its sid.-, Nb-ri were running about the burning inferno in an attempt lu res- eue bed-ridden patients trapped below decks. 'ls fire-hghting tugs nrriyed. the Nlaeoinb laid ull to windward. pouring utll at proteetiye smoke sereen to help to dim the glare rising from the ship. Many llogies eootioned ln lly about. but for some reason there were no follow-llp at- tacks. Shortly before midnight the Nlar se- cured from CQ: exhausted men fell into their bunks with a muttered prayer fur' an uninter- rupted sleep. This WHS not lo lie. ltoweyer. as that familiar elang. elang broke the stillness shortly alter mid- night. llogies ranged between four and nine miles. The enemy did not come eloser. though. and the men were soon returning to their well- earned rest. Many' were too engrossed in slum- ber to know that an explosion rocked the ship at 0115. lmmediately gunfire opened up on all sides. and the ships crew once again raced for 38 battle stations. The U.S.S. Shea quickly splashed the Bogey that had managed to sneak past the picket screen, and at 0215 we once again crawled below decks. Three blessed hours passed with. out further interruptions. At 0515, sunrise alert awoke the ship and many heads were bobbing as dawn was awaited. The ship then got underway for Hagushi Beach anchorage. An extremely dillerent day passed. as no GQ's were sounded and not once did the ship have to move in order to maneuver from some passing Bogey. We again left the anchorage at sunset to proceed to RP No. 9. The crew began to wonder if the hand of God or Providence was guiding us while patrolling this station as in the past. lt was generally considered that the odds were against us in the long run. as too many ships had felt the shock of these attacks. Surely we couldnit cs- eape forever. At l926 rendezvous was made with the USS. Cwin: both ships arriving on station shortly alter 2l00. The two craft that we relieved had hardly gone beyond radar range when a single Bogey was reported at u range ul 27 miles. The distance rapidly decreased to li'-lil-ltl and 7 short miles. The two ships simultaneously went up to 25 knots. maneuvering in dizzy patterns with the familiar sound of the director turning on its base. The usual flood ol fear rushed through eyery man, as the range closed to 6 miles. The next report told that the range was OIJCII- ing. All hands relaxed, and the ships resumed their normal patrol. The period from midnight of April 30 to midnight of lVlay 2nd were the eabnest days of picket duty experienced by the Nlac. Not a single Bogey was picked up on the radar screen. Aside from morning and evening alerts. the ship saw its first day pass without the slightest need of fully-manned battle stations. During this period many Bogies were reported flying toward .lapanese-held islands around Okin- awa. Secret intelligence warned that something big was in the making. :lt 0950 on May 3rd many Bogeys were ob- served on our screen. The Gwin had previous- lf' been relieved by the U.S.S. Bache, and all hands agreed they wouldnit exactly mind being where the Gwin had gone. However, the DiP5Y' if L' - T 4 - U Q T if N! Hs' , 'f '9' ., ' , A- -'V 14 - 0331 n.. 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Hui luvlt tmtt linailly izttuvlxiug lows-s in-rv tlwn ul,-e'l'u-tl ltr -plit iutu f.ult-tl u-, Su-ltlvulx tht- pl.uu- title-utilie-il air- at thu I'tlltlh. Hut' tI.it.I'. uns male-iw-nl tw iutv-ru-pt luux' luniulwel -lmilily. ri.:-liiug iutu tluu Nu, Il, tlu' suutlwru ruiml. X ti-iiitu 3.1: tu-ut llu-fugli tlu' -liip. Nlvu lu'- - ' - ' u ' ' ' ., - ' llvlmrts vauua- uwr tln' mill.. l'tI't'ttIls .llmtlt lm' 'l l' l'H l Ill' Ulm lull' 'lmklmm U tln- l'.5.5. .Mirmi Warsl ln-iuil iu tht- uuiil-t ul' tln.. l I' 'l 4'l - I 't 'f1 - Ht 'w 'H nm.nN,l.n mm- Um. mm 'Hmmm' Nh lnwmling .uul tl.un.igi-. pl, ,... lit tlus alum- tlu- xslinlt- .,r,.,.m.iUuS as Igngw, mm. l,l,,m.,l all 23. lip. ami .tltv-:film lt lumw un- at lilauiugg iula-run. llvllilll' tj milw. pnrtiv- -stung iutu autiuu. rusliiup lire- llnwr- lu U, , , thi- -u-nv. Im its-fl suirv- tulcl tlu' tlziptziiu tw -'ll In-40. at Nail was siuliti-al ull nur stnr'lw-mul l , .. ,. . . . lmxv un-u mt-r tlw -ulv. lllvx sw-rv lvlnwu nvrr lmw. lhl'e-vtm' nu tnrge-t. :ill guns un amtuumtiv. . . - In tln- nun-11--Init tlmt :li-mullsllrcl tlu' gun. tht- urilvr tu vunum-m'e' tire' mls Q1lU'tt. l'l41alu-N ruultl ln- si-vn frmu tln- lluvlu- s 3 nmunts. .NW N, HH, ylm.,,,,,l, mul tg3,.h,. ,.,,,,lg,m,.,t M-,.m.i,,g Pauls ullvml- Sllwli ttlif l'l1 ' Ul'l .l l 'ilmllt 'it liiwh -lu-ml f'xlH'l'llll furtlwr zittzivlw . Q . , , . r- .. '- it U4 . :rim this dE.libml2.ng 1 rug: Us lllklll H mtl in at um mmm-ut lrum numf-ruus Huge-ys still lv l'tltlt'. ' ,,, t ' 1 'lx ' um 1' wut . , ,. . K Hlglnir ur N in Q if l , mihm .mr are-41, thi- furuarrl guns. still upvra- lw svvn cunning from tht- Jap as ln- tliwtl lui D v f. I , , V It tiw. ui-rv rvmly fur tlu- unrrl tu f-nuunvnff' lr- caluagvcl ship for u huul uttvmpt at Ll fun ue crash. A strcmu of watvr shut into tliv air as ills :tml U55 VV ?f tht' Wm' l luck ul' the Pltllw Crilsllctl into tllr: 0001.111 lwtuvvll ullt' UUV WVU- 'ht' l'r lF5 l '.5Fml l'l 'l5 llmethftir the bow' and the Bm.ht,'5 famail. vntirv stury 1' 'him a luuuli lmrl pic-rrml the star- 39 board side of the after-deck house, passing com- pletely through and out the other side without detonating, but causing death to one man. as he pulled powder from an ammunition hoist. and iniuring two others. The homhis path through the ship was something of a miracle. for it cut one angle-iron loosen-the cause of the one deaths-sdemolished the hot water heater for the Crewes showers, and covered the wash room and No. 3 ammunition handling room with scalding steam. The after magazines were reported flood- ed to prevent any possihility ol igniting. how- ever. and the hre was soon lirought under con- trol. 'l'opside, death, injuries and damage were grim. 'l'he lrightlul sight of lvadlx hurned men. our shipmates, was a disheartening lilow lo all r v ' lumds. lhe sun dropped ln-low the horizon and the proteetive feeling of darkness closed in aliout us ln-fore we had hnlsln-d taking the small craft alongside and hringing alvoard the men they had re-sem-d from the water. .ls the nu-dieal department worked steadily in the improvised hospital in the wardroom. whis- to-y wits Iltlrsvtl Lllnotll llle' sltlp lu In-lp Slt'lltll tired und lumpx nerxes as thex waited lor the liuul eount ul Vttsllatllivsl tw.. dead. three miss- - . . . . mg. six seriously injured. two nl whom later Sllt't'tIItlllt'tl to their wounds. and ten s.i::htlx in- - vu. . .. ... jured. lhls was the hnal sa-ore. lhe possilnliti that some might he missing was lvrought to light. as three men failed lu respond lo muster the score was mounting. Xutt the 14.55. .Karon Ward also had heen hit. not with one or two lXlllllIlitlZt'S. hut hw. and all hands were preparing to ahamlon ship. llur companion slnp. the l bb. liar-he. pro- ceeded to her assistance as we eontinued the pa- trol awaiting a relief ship. s Shortly hefore llflltl. the li.5.F. .-Xmmen. a tlt'Stl'oXt't'. relieved us and we set Course for Hagushi lieaeh anehorage. Nlany wondered whether or not we would again he attacked in our dash lor the anchorage while manx 11101-9 were almost indillerent. still hewilderedihv the 0Vl'llill!! s tragedy. It was two in the morning when we arrived at the anchorage. Still mama raids were heing reported about the area. CQ -I-O Coming alongside the ll.S.S. Laffey after her famous battle with Kamikaze-s was sounded. and hattle stations were manned as our wounded were transferred to a hospital ship. 'lihe following day came the task of taking oul' dead lo the island of Okinawa for hurial among the manx heroes who had paid the supreme sac- riliee for their country in the attempt to secure one ol the last strongholds ol the japanese em- pire. As the sea hags of the dead. missing and seriouslx injured were lined up on the quarter- deek. with familiar names steneiled upon them for return to their families or going with the men themselves. the crews' faces reflected inner- most thoughts of hurt and hewilderment that things of this nature could happen to a people hrought up in the tradition of free and peaceilul men. The picture formed at this moment was imprinted upon the minds of those heholding it for all time to come. The remaining days in the Okinawa area were spent at anchor awaiting orders for returning to some rear area for repairs. Everyone hoped and praved for orders to the l,7.S.A. More scut- tlehutt flew about the ship than ever before. .-Xir raids continued. The anchorage, with its mam' Ships throwing up their odorous smoke screen. gave adequate protection. At last on May 11, we received orders to PTOCCCII to Saipan in the Marianas for repairS- Picket duty was over for the present. 9 as 9 sift i ' 2 l ei: pq..-..... 41 I -.1- ff! 5 5',v A KL ff :'f f '.90'z ' flillli' lfml fillllil -a'vne-- lf.-H'l',' CHU l.'.'I.N.eIl. Villlill is illl Illllmrlallll lllln-.-glklng u.lI4'l mg llllnllgll .II .I lun- 'klighgly in ,-X,-,-,, uf FUUU' Irwin IIHHIHH I IIUIHIF Wlllll- IH 4l'l'lIII H- Iln-- syn'---I linml I1-I the 1.m.nl. Illn- Ile-slinuliun lu thu Maw. ll hurlmrs mum plum-unl IIIVIIIIPIIV' NJ. l:.,.l.,,,A lI,,. I,,.,,,,. l,,,,, Hg IIN. mgvl- ,hilh -If . . . I,--1-I-1-f--I 'mu-I-H 1-lliw .I....,HI. .. .. il .I....v.. lu lhcf lnrmnl wlvslrmvr . . . -:urn-II.-I-In-II -I-I-In-s HI I I I . - v 1 mu- .u -.nr --I1 lu- -I1..:.-lnnv lnylmny. :mal II p1'zu'a'Iul HlIlllllll'l' vslulvs . . . 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SURIIIHIII I 1: liltvel his Klasse- mul in: Ihi- -fm-nlqu-glxn. mul -H fur ua- llZH'l'Il.l swung them in ll slms. svalrvlling urs' Irmn III-ml -1-vu n thing lull pmhpwi-vs. uh-1 2 0I'. - '- - - l' - -. f H .. , . H . . . 'mimi In I III pulxul up th. .lllunnillef I3 Mull- WPIW' Nw'-HM. lm gmnng :Quik llt '-5' 'a- , - - t lfmus 'md N l'l lvl ll HL' nm? In l I' N mul llI'0'll I-I rnmung dflvllllll Ihls lvlzlslf-fl lH'l'Zlll II -- 'raw' - lg ight, tlnn swung his Immms Inns nel lg.l ' mul new-r QIVIIIIIQ anusl1f'rv. Il'-II. I vrzlw' ar:- lu the bow. 5illlSlll'll that no uh:-n ulwje-vt slums.-II mm -- itself in his sector. he turned lu Sum-In-5. QNI . -5 . , XX hvn Ihe- Nlzuwnnlv lmcl mule-rf-fl Ihr' Nll'flll!'Yl'1l' who was taking ll hearing from the pwri , , , , pillow me-an are-n III the fllflllg nil I01-I. she- had Iw- I S. , hlml he-r lun mul n half y-ars nf tough. monot- Well. I guess this is just amnllu-r wild goose' mwus fllllf. Inf-Iuflvfl in her npvralinns were Chase. We've been out here for lun flaws hunt- tlwusamls ul' miles nl r-funny fluty through the 41 who mas sub-infested waters of the Atlantieg participation in the invasion of North Africag and operations off the Norwegian coast with units of the Brit- ish Home Fleet. We had taken part in dozens of sub hunts, and had dropped innumerable depth charges. But we had yet to make a kill. and had yet to fire our guns at the enemy. or to be bred upon in return. We had been lying in the harbor at llerslll- Kabir, when the orders came to get underway to participate in this sub hunt. 'lihere had been little excitement aboard. 'lioo many times had we gone to sea under just suufh orders as these. and too many times had the chase turned out to be fruitless. Still. the thought was always there maybe this time it would be the real thing. l.ike Sweeney and Xl'lllt'lll. we all felt that we wanted aetton. This submarine had attacked a eonxoy oll Uran ou the Hath of Xlay. had torpedoed two ships. and then Ili-d under the xi:-ions attaek ol the eseorl. 5llN't' then. the enemy had been re- lentlesslx pursued by umts of lleslionlll. and ,.. - N W planes of the lsritlsh Loastal l.ommand. Lon- laels. followed ln attaeks. had been made sex'- eral tunes ln both plane and slnp. 'Xt the pres- eut tnue. the last eontaet had been made ln alr- . . Q eralt on the prex tous night. XX 4- had been seareh- ing the area all day. without result. ilihe wateh ehanged as usual at 21 ll Nl this 'I x 'v ' D ur . 1 'Q I' ' s ' 's i ' i t Vt x 4 ' ' ut ' ' - it I' ' ' had in ' ' l 1 s ' ' ' H ni' eq 'iw 13 rom o r post ion if ' nu 'it 1 5 ' 1 ' 'U ritrs ' 1 lt ii fS '-1 1 ix' 3 m' v w 5 4 , flin- va Wt ' I't ' 'I 'uni 'j y raf- irou-' 1 it ui ri in diremtor Thilwodt-lu. Ft V . Stu 4 1 itrols o It 7 1'u'1r -1 tmw ine o 1' . 'W L 1' t b' D , , V , C311 Q WON 5lll'i-du it 'Ut ielfilt' 75 fi ranffg- than just than llnbode iu nporttd 1 tarvet in tht FD ind plot commtnud trarkmef he 'runs were in automata the earnhhffht was in automata with are struak hutter closed We were standm-r l. Nutt there wa no undue 4-2 excitement. This performance had been repeat. ed many times, but always the target had turned out to be friendly. It was hot down in C.l.C. A dozen men were crowded into that small. equipment-filled room. and the sweat from their bodies. and the heat from the instruments clogged the atmosphere. The noise from the TBS and MN filled the air as the planes and destroyers kept in close eon- taet by radio. Kegerreis. traeking oliieer. saw that the target was proceeding at high speed he- tw een two converging groups of destroyers. ours and the rest of Deslion ltl. Ile kept a eontinual flow of information on the targefs movelnenls going to the bridge and direetor. 'lille range was now down In 301113. Plot re- ported a good track on the target. course tl-15. speed 15 knots. fi.l.C. eolleurred. Now' the range was down to 2000. Suddenly. from the bridge eame the command. illuminate! 'l'he beam of our 30 searehlight sprang into life, and rexsealed nothing! 'lihe light was depressed into the water at the side of the ship. As the gmmerx ollieer. Lieutenant liengel. eorreeted this error. the beam crept outward. Suddently. ter- rifyinglx elose, there it was! Urayish white in tht- powerful beam. a German submarine rolled obseenelxt in the oily sea. the number ii-fill! plainly visible. As we stared. a long string of eolored heads of light lifted from its decks 'mc foatzc lamp across tht water toward us t o' a scpeond to rcalivc that we were unit irc. t tc ik a su. md to realwc that l.dLl one tiosc little lieacls of light was a dfadly IIHS silt. and that tht faint ripping sound we ward was tht. sound of a heavy machine gun Front thf bridge. Laine the command, Lornmencc fif his phones. Fire and as he pressed his salw key. the Macs 'runs roared in their first sh0lS at the enemy. But as suddenly as it began, ll ended. for we had only expended six roundS when the sub dix ed and the order to cease firing came from the bridge Our first action was over The reactions to this melee were many and xaried Most of us felt our knees weak and tremblmv after the fivht Its very swiftness had left Us w ithout the power to think, lndeed IIIHUY of our mos ements had been automatic the IC 'tl , f. , ...Q .,., , , . v -an -1 ' :u 1 -f I : .a -1 ! ,- V -4 -, l L q .. .. ' 1, i f l 1 i ,.... 2 -' 1- ... 5,1 . 2'- I , A ul -.4 p- 1 o F' 'I .a -. .- . ,, - I ' , ' -v ' .... : , v- .. A .- pn. 7 an f V 1 gd v ' ' 0 p. ' ' ' v -. ' -Q C f' -f -' 4 1 f' '1 ' -. ' 1. '- ' , :fl -nu a an 1- ' -, -, -- ' I F n-up ' 'I f ' a n A ,L 4 4 -g 1 ' an ' -' ' ' 0 ' 1, f- . 1' .1 U an f ,g -4 4' ri Q - -1 4 1 .. I: 'Z 1 ' .I , f -1 .f ' 'j, I fl' 4 L 1 3 3 1' 1 . .4 F ... :U ,. 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Ili- nas nmnning hi- lrttllll' stutinn. whivll wus Nu. ltt tm-ntx niillinu-tv: lnnunt. wlu-n tlu- sul, npr-ru-tl lin-. llt- lt-It swim'- tllillg slrilu' his lvg. mul ri'zu'lu-al tlnnn tunl pivlu-il ull tlu' ill-t-It llu' still lint slug lrnni at lu-rnuin iuurhilu' gun. l.ute-1' it uns ltnnul tluit llu- ltnl- It-t haul hit tlu- vunlning ul tlu- llt'1'lxllHll't'. unn- nllwtl ntl llu' tnrpe'4ln nuvttnl. anul. its lnr1'u- -pvnt. strurlt hint just In-Inu tlu- luu-v. nut vu-n lnwunlt- ing tlu- skin. 'l'his uns tht- nnly mu- nl tht- linl- lvts that haul struvlt tlu- Xlzu-. Xll the- ri-st lnul nwrshnt. Wi- latte-r li-arm-tl that tht- snlv thnnglil sw ni-rt' nn uirplnnv. tlne- lu tlu- lin-t that .it lirst Ullt' St'ill'l'lllla1llll haul lu-e-n ale-pre-s-ml intn tlu- watt-r. lltlr lvaltllt' with tlu- l-hllv uns nut lini-lu'-l lltlWt'X'i'l'. ilihis was only tht- initial t'llgilQll'lIlt'lIl. Wt' lllllllvtlltllvlt nnule- sntnul vnnttu-t with tho' slllmu'rgt'4l sulr. anal pi-nt-tw-tl.-tl tn nttavls nith tlvpth l'llilI'gl'S. Wit' tnaulv lun runs me-r tht- turgvt. dropping t'llllfQ1t'S vau'h tinux annl as tlu' vltarges vxplntlt-tl th-vp untlvr tlu- snrfiuw-. ut- watt-ln-tl anxiously fnr signs that nt- hail nnulf- Il kill. The Mac was shalwn from ste-in tn ste-rn by the terrillic harragv. hut thvrv was still nn sign of damage to thc sulv. Thus began a night nf continual alertness. the ships of Desllon 10 attacking again anfl again as Contact was made with the sulw. The llvrinan was rum' trying cu-ry trick in his hunk in a desperate attcnxpt tu vsvapc. :intl ht' had a writahlc t-in-yt-lupvtlia. :Xt um' tinu' tht- llam- lvlctnn was tiring lmth main lvattt-ry :uul nut- lflllllt' guns at what has lu-lic-xt-tl tn ln- a puri- sfupef. liut uhh-li turni-tl nut lu ln- at rzulzn' ale-vny lulllnun. rt-lt-.ist-tl ln tht- will llun. 'Xt 0.3-ln. tht- Xlgu- svrtirt-tl lfrnin gt-in-ml qtntrtn-rs. null tlu- lurlxy uni-s nhu ilulnt luiw llu- unit-ln turnml tn fur at lun ltutll'- -lvvln, liul nul ful' lung, ll ul'-'ul lltlw. llu' lltunltlvtnu luault- t-nntau'l uillt llli' !'llt'lllX Ltluvttl 't'Xl'll ttlllvs sutllll all lllt' -1 --nv ul llu- Xlgtvis initial gittgult. guul tin-tl at alt-vp ttllllvlll 'rl t'llLlltl1 . llti llu' m'Xl gtllxtrlt tlu-x lll't'tl gi lull putt'-in .it NNI l--vt. lln- lxllxsnn tlu-n minu- in lllllllllllllil.ll'll'1'lllll: .itt.u'lt. nilh tlu- lltnnlulv- t-in .1--i-ting. lint ennt.u'l nga- lu-t lu-lun' th.- Vltgtlgvs llvttlnl lvl' tllnlnluwl, llvf- l'll2lll -il ilu' l-tilt: uns tum gtmstll: 'l 'l -'l - lill-mu-i -it n.ii lv-tinn-nt l.lll'l ituli- nnte-l that 'luring tlu ini-I threw- tlgtxs tlu-3 haul lwvn -nll.ut--l unlx .tn i--Innate-tl Ii lunn'-, 'Ilif- 1'-tnlinn.altl:-ptlitlmiginu li.ul tLlllNt'tl lnlugivssixi- 1l.nn.t:t-, .intl lv.itte-iu-- ut-lv t-xllatttsle-tl. 'lilu' l -lHr.ll - I 4vlltIll.tIteli'I llhlllt' llle' elrrlslnlt In svltlllt' tlllll tllltlllllllll. Xt HILHIZ ntl tlu' nu-lining nl Xl.tx li. llu- lhlul. l'lIlll'l -tnnulf-tl un-v num- lltmugluvul llu' Xl.u-nnlv. .itul thu-v nu'n ulu- lXl'I4' ull' unit-It r.uf'al li-1 llulu lniltlo- -t.itl--li'-. llxvl llu' l'.:l. -x-tu-nl uinu' llu' 1-lvfttilxing in-nl, Sul: ?-lll'- l.uiwl -'tl tlu' lu-it lH'.Illl.-i ls tu- n'4u'lu-al Inli- -itll-. .ill mv- turn'-al tu putt. :uul tlu'ra- it ual:-, lvl.u'lt nun in tlu- nuuning -tlllllgllll. mul alvzul in llu- xmtvr, ll'-unul lu-I tm- QI Vlllilllp Illlfl nl tlvstrnu-r-. -in-nting ll.nn.- .uul sta-rl. 'l'lu' unto-r rnnnfl tlu- -nl, uns lllll'Il4'll nitlt -lu-ll splnslu-s. 'lilu' lla -' nilv jninwl in. nt at Fillljll' nl THIN! xarul-. mleling lu'r lvit lv tht- hnnl cle-s-trtu'linn nl tlu- snlv. N- -lu-ll nltf-r -lu-ll pnurs-tl intn tlu- hnll nl tht- l -lvlfi. -lu' slfmly szinlt. sto-rn hrst. .incl lllf'll. stulilvnlx. uns gum-, Swwuuls lutvr vanu- lun le-rrilif' rl'-tnnatinns. as tht- flvlnnlitinns rlmrge-s plan-ml ln lu-r ziluzuulnniug vre-ts. :rx- plntl.-tl. ilillt' lflltsult HHN 1-Inst-fl lll ln UID ,nnitnrm uhm numln-rf-fl 53. nut nl a 1-rms nf 55. 'lihus f-nfl:-rl what has lie-f'n flffsvrilurcl as the set-nnrl lnngvst sur-r-vssful sul, hunt in history, 43 ' I taking 75 hours from first contact to sinking. For this engagement Captain Hutchinson re- ceived the Bronze Star Medal, and our gunnery officer, Lieutenant Rengel, the Navy Commenda- tion Bar, and the crew added a star to their campaign ribbons. We had come face to face with death that night, and though we had es- caped unharmed, no one who participated in that battle came out of it with the same burning desire for action. From now on, we would con. tinue to do our part, but with a different per. ception. W e knew now that our careless assump. tion of immortality was indeed false, and that we were engaged in a desperate struggle for life, in which any one of us might be the eternal loser. TORPEDO RUN It was our second night on the Easy Line. the cordon of destroyers that was outer screen for the transport area at the St. Tropez heaeh- heads in the early days after the invasion of Southern France. One moonlit night had passed without threat, although our destroyers persisted in regularly illuminating each other or in lohhing a few shells at returning l'.'l'. patrols. Sunset CQ. was long since secured and the cans re- solved lhcrnselves In the now-routine task of dodging each other in the impossihle task of staying in phase. when at surface contact was picked up some 20 mile- olll from the Nlacoinlfs sector. 'lille Destroyer llutle was nlrearly in the xan- Q.1llllI'tl when the word ln send the 'Wlighty linen into the fray was reeeixed. Cena-ral llltmrtels elanged with urgency. The sttriatre raideis. now live distinct radar pips. were making Xguutl spec-4 and were growing rapidly larger. 'XII four lioil- ers were put on the line. and tht- props cliurm-1 up it great mike in the calm water. ilihcn tht- lloyle reported one-two-three lorpedoes lirer aeross her how hy the enemy. The Captain calmly lnnlt the loud speaker ant announced: this is going ln lie a lightf Stand hy to make torpedo attack! ililie contact was now reported to he two enemy cruisers and at least three destroyers. Back on the torpedo tuhes. there was consternation. Our torpedoes had only heen reaequired three days previously at Taranto. having heen left behind during the original invasion assault. Now only one was ready to tire. and its gyro was not tested. Chief 'l'orpedoman Uillourke fumed hut guaranteed he would get the C . . D . . . id things!! oil if he had to throw them over the side. Now the gap was rapidly elosing. We might he ahle to inlliet some serious damage. maybe get one or two of them. hut this superior force would undouhtedly slaughter the Macomb. Was this the end? Then the report from the Doyle-f r- recognition signals exchanged properly! The charging enemy veered oil on charted course ul a night-retiring shore homhardment unit of two lfreneli cruisers and three trigger-happy lfrench destroyers. who may well have fired lorpedoes at the onrushing Doyle. 'lihe sigh of relief could he heard over the entire ship. Allied intelligence was not mis- taken: there were still no operational enemy capital ships in the lVlediterannean. On the fol- lowing morning the torpedo gang worked hard and long: there would be no more nights on the Easy Line without torpedoes ready to fire! E , C 4 lui' l't'lillt'lltl in ti awww in lx'-i.iiii.i lwttti X- llll- Ill lluli in 1- -nliexlinllv-l Q- ? l 'HIE l','Yl'Rl ISI INIUX UI lxlltllll IH IIH ilillt' NIU!! Nl. lluw lltlw' tlittiv'sxxa'a'ltt't- tml iiiim-lm:-i. the' Nl.u'itmli. twin'--t tl--t---it if itklll. lutliul tliviiisrlxvs liiivxiu-vtvtllx tw th minlst nl tui ttlktlsllitl. ls In-,Intl-It ttt-- Mitt, ul its lxllltl in the' htstwix -it N.ix.il it vtiit llillt' lilsl frm tlitN' ul' tltv' sttlttwlltlvil lllxttv tt-it 'iN!'t'lllllLZ uin'i'gititm umm' i'tviiiplf't-'il tivttl Ht: tlllll Nils stlptiusml IH I't'iiile'lxt-its with ,i t.if'stf . . . , . ll' r- Nllllli saiilvil tliiuiigli tht' :mix-ws. tivtt.iimli.ir f trailwi' tu tht- txt-ixiiim ttt-ilu .tmttt-r.ig--. ttvft itlllllll lllt'lIIWt'lXl's Vttltglll iii tht' iiiitltllf' -it ti t'l'nss-lin' lu'tm'e'ii jaiptirivsf- -ttttiv lnittviiivs .init Xiiiwiraiii ships guilt vrulit st.m-ling in t-itmift ' ' i llll' lN'ill'll. Fulttvllim. tht- luiiiiiimltiif' lm-l iw :Utlvll tht- mural that tht- IIIXLIHIHII --t lxvi'.i1rt.1 livttn Imtt lwvn dt-tnyt-it limit' txwritx-tw-itil' lit-iris Xinpliiliiuus tanks unit lamliiig vrtitit l--.ntl-il with troops pourvtl in tmturtl tht' slittrv limi ti- the uinam-nwnt of tht- DXlS's.. while- 4-ii tht- tw-.wilt tilted the air. Hy this timv tht- sxwvpt-rs iw-latin-it iiiltt lit otlll Hitt t 1 t.1,,...M.i.i. t.. tm.. A tlt- slimy- IlllIllt't'1l Mitt ,qs tlisx tu'i1'1l v P H' Kilim--it ,ffl -'iiilwcl t.itt1aif'- -iitlflviilx ' ,twin ,it:iil.iltlrt:iigg1l. - 'flux -'tif thuiiilvs :iiifl 1 wiv- mari-it-.lx tltliiltlff Xl' Xl 1- ' llmt 't-.is :Ill lltitt with ? t with! ul tha- VIIHIA of iw it tts. X'-9-Y tlzf Xififfttiilv limi sinrll lill't' li t-AHL 'Q ' 1' shutter, tlzf' -lwrv lim- with smt- ft' it Har f-ttwiwt -titxfm that 4l'?llf'll up ii fzixv. tttf- -tzwz int tif tttfiht' ei tm-it flvpzlrtlirv. t-its mf.. tt..it -.tvilfl it'-t tw flum' until ziftvr thi' tti -tml ziwigfztf-i' hail lffl thi- iiitrf-pill. un- rtvt iii' gi liliiafl zillf-x tthirh f'ilUSfPll -Him .iivxi ii- rvt-i:itf-iit- fit turning ziruiiml in 8 f . the cliattvr uf lllill'llilN' gun tin' nt' tmth t'--i'w'- mfr-txt. i...f lmrtf-fl flmrtm-l. thus f'llflf'fl mir: uf thi- tix'-t iiifi-'l'-rtt- in uzirlzirr' in ishiffh a Sup- lllat tlwy wen- llltkilllltll intrutlvrs. uint tm-lin: it-is'-ftlx rdtittmt unit uf -hips imkmmiiigzly sailed like the pl'ovQrhial paiaiiiu-vlail imlixitlual at gi lvlinrllx iiit-- tht- tlliflfllf' nf an imiasiuii. 45 i ......,... ,......W 5 E i I t i t t l t i E t s t l HE HAD WHAT IT TAKES ! Though there were many men aboard the Mighty Mac who acted with courage and dis- tinction, on the night of May 3, 194-5, surely no one could have done more than Emil Benko, S lfc, who earned the respect of the entire crew by his actions. On this night, the Mac was struck by a Japanese Kamikaze plane while on Radar Picket duty. Benko was thrown into the water by the terrific concussion of the hit, and although his hands and arms were severely burned, he went to the rescue of three shipmates who had also been blasted into the water. john Siebert, Slfc. was the first to request aid front llenko. He snatn to Siebert. and after assuring himself that he was all right. nent on to heed johnny Xlet'eer's cries for ht-lp. Mercer. il gutnn-r's mate striker. was in a bad way. loo 1-xltztttstetl ln inflate his lift- bt-lt. his TOKYU lt was tlw Illtlfllilttl of ,Xttgust 29 .... The d'liN'tlIllll rzteed through tht- gray matters of Sttgunti Wan at flank speed. Soon she rem'l1ed the li.S.S. lfllxson. tht- IINIS stpmdron flagship. and tt-Il into eohnnn usterti nf her. with the l 5.5. lltllllllltdtill bringing np the rear. lv .- . . llwst- three' Ilklr rigged their sm-vp gear and p1'ot'ee1le1l up tht- t'llillltlt'l. slowly and cautiously. :Klong these coasts were placed an intensiye s st 1 1 1 cr II T n 1 awar 'NI ll I X ll N flluf P179 U NIH s olttt I o rt 'tt tt r t xx r D IN N 1 NS ll rt n1 tndus rtdtn t tx ll 1 11 it ful over Nl 1 tn 1 1 1 'l ll lma anf ie IWOIITI proud upt r xt 1 on an four xx ar 1 irx d roxus mn ll hip selemtef 1 Kdnnral Htl tx to tnttr the bax on that hi torx lllilhlllw mornnt-f lhe minutes piwed and notht 111 happened hands horribly burned, and barely conscious, He would have surely gone down if Benko had not blown up his life belt for him. Benko then noticed Joe Ferrara, GM lfe, 3 little distance away, apparently very badly hurt, He advised Siebert and Mercer to stay close together while he went to Ferrara's rescue, Wlieii Benko reached the wounded gunner-'S mate, he found that Ferrara did not have a life jacket, and was unable to stay afloat without one. Supporting Ferrara with one Hflll, he swam to the spot where the other two men awaited rescue. This was soon accomplished by one of the small fire support ships that were standing by to pick up survivors. lienko further assisted in the rescue by tying lines around the wounded. and waited until all three had been hauled to safety before accepting a li11e for himself. For his courageous actio11. Benko has been recom- mended for tl1e Navy and Marine Corps Medal. BA Y as the group reached tl1e point where the chan- nel turns abruptly, with Tokyo Bay only a few hundred yards beyond. There was Yokosuka till the left, and further down, the buildings of the Yokohama waterfront dominated the horizon. The group began to break formation, each ship proceeding to assigned anchorages. Before dropping the hook, the Mac steamed up I0 W 1koha1na to haxe a look at the once busy port Suddenly a startled lookout yelled take a look at the urn on hc all building dead ahead' ' lurx one raised his glasses and read the amaz ing. messaffe lt was THREF CHEERS Us 10 feet high near the top of a prominent water front warehouse Eager L S PWS had some hots gotten the paint and decorated their PYISOU barracks mth the welcoming inscription After a look around the Mac anchored OU 5 okosuka and began to absorb the strange HOW experience the realization that peace had 30 tuallx come coax! dt-tt-11sv sy it '1 1 of large e. l'I1 1 fles- T' ' ' ' ' f T ' ' tht- Klan' and tht- other l HS' were f ll-' . e of 4 -f -A a is tht- po.'. l 'ltr tl at the Jap: N' lil s ', In 1 5. l ' l i i ', this Ill 'tl f r at last t 1. 'l 1 ous pos - 'a il 'T I it ' '- 4 .. r ' tl. . 1 yy' -... g . ' W ' J - , - - . ARMY IIS. 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The Macomb pugilists had been coached and trained for several weeks by Chief Pharmacistls Mate Mlungle Jimi? Sullivan, one-time professional boxer. The first match of the evening brought to- gether Chet Kenny of the Mac and Pertz of the Hambleton, each at 135 pounds. Both boys fought hard and fast for three rounds and de- livered some hard punches. At the final bell, the boys were slugging it out toe-to-toe and the decision was a draw. Charlie L'l3uck Reeder crawled through the ropes to engage the Hambletonis Merrimo at 14.5-pounds for the second match. Buck started off with a barrage of blows and set the pace fo the entire fracas. It was R r and at the final bell he h d h H iS belabored Op, ponent hanging over the ropes ln 3 decisive eeder all the Way, victory. The next match brought together Glenn HUP. per Jones and Gordon of the Hambleton in the 145-pound class. Both boys showed their ex. perience in the ring and put on a good, fast fight. ln the last two rounds Jones was throw. ing hard rights and lefts and had Cordon stag- gering to gain another unanimous decision to assure the Macomb of victory in the match. The final and feature event was the heavy- weight bout with ularring Jugheadi' Telling- husen representing the Mac against Simmons, an experienced boxer for the opposition. Telly, a boxer of one monthis standing, was engaged in From le-ft to right. top to bottom: Kenny's fighting pose, Jungle Jim and Tom mix it upg Jughead Tell- Iughnlse-n-Mau-mnlfs white hopeg Muscle-man Bogaczg the great Macomb ball teamg Navy builds men in Zfr. A I at I A 'I I My ffr a - at r r .v T it M f -u Z f H l M- .. 4 J 1 . .n A4 Q is I , J . 1 . V V N- ge V Q f .--- ' I , J ,' .. 3 1. h ., V- N ,I ' W , I r. A 'N I . ' 'A Pg . 5 .4 A , Y K ,A .f ,, t . 1 f , Q. is 'Li . t 1 ' 'I' 1 X' ' i 1... - f Ly li , V., . , Y, ,- 'f.'T'f AMN 43 4 ' 1- 1 , Q1-gt bout. He opened with a rush and a of blows which would have startled a i foe. However, after his first- rush, Telly tired and Simmons landed game solid rights to win on a technical k.o. But it was another victory for the Mighty Mac, and the spectators. hanging from booms, guide- wires. and various sky-hooks and other points of vantage noisily pronounced the evening's matches a success. HOW THE MACOMB BECAME ATLANTIC FLEET CHAMPION Thg Mighty Mac has nearly always had a couple of hot softball teams, crew's and oflicer's. This fact became more apparent on the shores of Vialfordur, Iceland, when a team composed of seven officers, one chief, and two enlisted men tool: the field against a confident, jeering of- ficeris team of the USS. Alabama. The team from the battleship, feeling somewhat con- descending about even getting on the same Held with a makeshift outfit from a tin can, had as an umpire Chief Specialist Bobby Feller, an awe- some enough addition in itself. However, when six innings of the rc-quired seven had passed, the score was only 3-l in favor of the hattlcwagon, due mostly to righthe-lde-r Frank Swint playing a popfly off his hc-ad for an Alabama homerun. Came the top of the seventh and Doc Arling, by rr-fusing to swing at the ball. strolled for at ts alla. A couple' of outs sinnnered the rally down. until lilenn liopper jones drove out a liner, un which the Doc puffed around to second. placing jones on first. 'llhen pitcln-r john lit-nge-l slammed out a long hit and the doa' pounded past third and in-mfr-il for home by way of the .Xlalmnia ln-nvh. llard on his hm-ls rann' lloppvr. who got ln-hind and pushed. finally sh-ning the lloi- and himself down avross home plate- just as the vatm'lu'r tooli thi- pi-gg ln thi- plate-. 'l'hvn in the next inning. Shilll slvppvtl in llla' plztlv, vlost-d llih 1105. tllltl filllIN'1l out his first hit of the' svnson to get Us tl run for thi- xirlory. Side-light in tln- vonte-st uns the- fart that ltsu si-lf-stxh-d limos from liroolt- lyn 4-ontrllmti-d six nnpn-ssiw wlnlhngs in six times nt the- pint:-. M ORUN ? All incident took place on the bridge- of the Macomb while in the Mediterranean which has been an object of much laughter at one ship- fitterls expense. It seems that this man was tak- ing over the job of lee-helmsman for the first time, and having no end of trouble with the various signals. dog-vars. vtv. Alta-r one par- tivularlx had fonl-up. Captain llntvhinson. vxaspe-rate-d. nslwd him sarmstivally Nwhalis the matter. Salts-rs, are you a moron or sonn'thing? 'lin which thi- man indignantly replied, No, Captain. l'm a shipfittcrlu 49 at 5 1 in A V , E? if fi ii, fi ' I 4 i il 211, xl: THESE VVEBE DUR LIGHTER MUMENTS gg. ,gt THE LAST STRAW It happened way back in the earliest stages of the Macis career. With a crew of seventy-five percent red-bottomed boots, we had just left Boston Navy Yard, heading for Casco Bay and trial runs. It was our first general quarters. Lieutenant Schmidling, then gunnery officer of the Macomb, was at his battle station in the director, trying to bring order out of chaos. And it was chaos. It was more than that, it was bedlaml Phone messages poured in from bridge, from the guns, from plot. No power on Gun 1 hoist. The trainer from Gun two is missing. The pointer's dials on Gun 1 are reversed. Everything was wrong, and nothing was right. The gunnery ofliceris neck began to swell, his eyes bulged, his face turned a mottled shade of red, sure signs that his none-too-stable temper was about to let go. Then it came. Pounding footsteps were heard on the over- head of the director. A face appeared in the con- trol ollieelfs hatch. not three inches from Lieutenant Sehmidling's suffused countenance. Who the hell are youiw roared the gunnery ollieer. eyes ablaze. Why: l'm the hotshellman for the directorfl was the prompt reply. 1Vhen last seen that man was going rapidly aft on the main deck, hotly pursued by Lieutenant Schmidling, murderouslv brandishing the remains of his battle headset. EXPLOITS A LA BROCK Among the many legendary characters who have served aboard the U.S.S. Macomb. there is none more outstanding in our memories than our former engineering officer, Lt. Fenelon A. Brock. It has been said of Mr. Brock that he knew the family history of every feed pump ' - 7 beafillfl' 8SS6mbly and jo-pot in the engineering ipaeeszu And it was probably true. But the Chief ' will be remembered less for his pro- fessional abilities than for his extra-curricular 50 activities above and beyond the call of duty We have direct reference to his many daririu escapades while under the influence of inkoholj pardon us, alcohol. One of his more notorious pranks occurred when, as executive officer and while the ship was operating with the USS. Ranger at Argenlia, in April, 1943. Our wayward chief, returning from the officer's club in the wee smai hours C and well in his cupsl, decided he must have ll shot of mud fto soothe his war-ridden nerves. no doubtl. Receiving no reply to his call for a steward's mate, he rang again. Still no reply. Staggering out to the quarterdeck, he informed the Bosunis mate of the watch i-n no uncertain terms this enunciation may have been garbled. but his meaning was clearl , to get that stewardis mate up here, and -- quick. llc returned to the wardroom, waited a reasonable length of time ffive seconds, at leastl, then. bursting into a rage, dashed madly up the ladder to the bridge, grasped the general alarm and sent the call to battle ringing through the ship! It was several minutes before the amazed 0.0.D. could grasp what had happened. Bc- fore he could pass the word to helay the QQ., the entire personnel of the ship-some three Mr. Brock works Uut fi Z 5 'X f M 4 cxfcvfivf OFUCEK X 2 1 Q 3 lp f' ' Xi ii. 'i ' f C' L hilt 'Il ,. -.,:!f in-4 ix lf AE' xx .gl--lift. J 6 x -A 4- I i .'.'il Yfi 3'--4 Nb' xxx- 'H ff' X i id HZ? -. 1, A., ,, I -Q V 7 9 M LQM . l didn t want at In-avr anyway hundred lllttll turn' at hzittlc' stutiuns. grinnly lJl't'llZll'f!tl tn duff-nd thu ship tu tht- lust. 'lihvn :mer the l'.A. systf-in tvzunev tht- unrtl. Swtin- from gent-ml qimrtvrs. Que-stiuns im-xituhly nrusv. What was it all ulmut? Was it an drill? And whvn thu dupe' got around that it was ull lwrnttsef tht- lfxvl' wnntvd u nwss hm. nf-Il. hi- wzts 1-ull:-it se-vt-rail nznnc-s ln-side-s llr. lhwwlx thin night. Wu vain only say in passing that ne- sin- 1'e't't'lt' hupi' that he' gut his t'ull4'f'. 'lihvn lllt'I't' was tht- time- nh:-n this Slllllt' flint'- uvtvr. having lwc-mnv 54llllt'lNllill mit-rstinmlutt-tl nn tht- lwalvll. rt'turnt'd tu tht- ship at Iittlt- lute- lur tlinnvr. The' vaptztin lu-ing uhsvnt. ht- ttmls his plum' at tht- hvud nl tht- tnhle' und stnrtt-tl In inhztli' his suup. Uni' of tht- utln-r nlliw-rs. llllYlll2 vmiiplt-t4'tl his mvul. llftltit' In le-nw. X tvrrillit' roar l-l'tlIll Mr. llriwlx drnppvd hiln haul in his scat us if ln-'tt lwvn ruppt-tl with u uzillvx m . 0 - lnsvutt. l.it'utt'nunt liruclu ruse' lrmn his vhuir. wvnt tn his romn. and in u lnuttvr nf sm-owls was lmcli. Carrying his scrvicv 43. Wt-uviiig slightly. ht' l't'Slllllt'tl his chair. Slillllllllllg tht- pistnl flmsn beside his plate. hv conlnmmlctl tht- uttvntiun of the table. v Noun said hc. l'll shunt tht' lirst man uh-1 lvavcs lmeforc lim finished. Buy. svrw tht- nn-ut... And he pruceedccl with his meal in il tlmnl silence. Needless to say. not a man stirrecl. lint inn-t lun:-ins -ft all his 1-xplmts vunu- 'tt x x -I lllllf' lWll ll tw iw!-' --pvmlin: mth tht- liflllill 1 . - A n llunn' l'ls'e't tn lvvlttnl Nwipt l'ltm. :tml ntl XUIWXQIN. Iht- XIQU-.null nn- .mrlmiwl in llxatll- pmlnt .it tht- tinnv. .nnl tht-nv xms nun-h xlsitlnp lnuls .tml twill: lwtnwn tht- unit- 1-l tht- lhtlish and Kim-:ruin lil.-vt-, l'rih.ip- tht- lut thi! llll'lt' sm- Nutt h. um. gmel :nan I-v ln' lmil til--.intl the' '.. . . lllIllNll -hips inns lmw lwvn lll'lIllllll'lllill Ill plu- I uniting -nth inte-in.itlwn.nl .inntx. ln- that av- it nmx. mn XII. ll:-HL, was riuhl in llll'Il' pitrlnngg i .ts nsnzil. XM- hun- it nn gpml .lIIlllHlllX. lmln it nuztn Q ish-v nn- ilu-it-. th.il Nli. lh'-'lt nn this pan'- tivtilnl' night NJN ln-.nel lu Ivll .1 liigli-mnltingi ullirwl' ul mn- ul lla- Nlnp--tx s fllll'-VI' that ua- vwnltl and sh-'nhl tram: unl 1-nr Iurpvfln Inlwf- :intl smlt hi- gntltlnrn tnlf nlth mu' -zulu., 'Ilii- nns prulmlvlx his Itll'iI nl :trim-iitiuy ullif-fl l'l'lil- llttllFlllll', Xflf-1' ri-svsnnug him lrmn thc' f'UIIN'- 'llivm-e-s 1-l this lm-mill nl hn- lnrnmnt re-lute-s that ho' IIlIl!lZl2 fl . 3 ' pitzilitx . our in- mth gr:-nt fluf- hf-uliy tt. Ha-I Xlr lvrtwl-t mtv Ihr- ships lmztt. mlm-h fiwttiiiaitf-ly sm- -tzinfling hy at thi' gang- ttm, Un the' trip luirlt ln tht- ship nu grvzit :lis- lanl-p Hfqyrk il.-4-iflml lib iillit' UXVT llll' iillvl' and 1-unit tht- lmut hnnse-ll. l nfl:-r Ihr- N-'glut nl su lllllt'lI unltl. tht- ri-gulnr vnx-until had no 4-h,,p-p sm-1-vmlt-I-.-tl llle' ltllvl' lu lifrwli and triwl lu t'f'llN'H1l'f'V lllP Pm? f'I'F. 51 3 i 1 1 il S is 1 l l ? 4 S il 5 i i t i 5 5 1 i i The course Mr. Brock chose was not the straight line to the ship. Ah, no. He chose to circle practically every ship in the harbor, Brit- ish and American alike, zipping up the gaHgW2lY, waiting until challenged by the O.D., and then shouting taunts and curses in reply, then giving the motor the gun and racing for the next victim. This was real sport, and was carried out with great zeal and glee, until he was informed that there was little if any fuel left. So Mr. Brock steered giddily for the Macomb. After some dif- ficulty he found the ship, and made a masterful approach to the gangway. The only trouble was that he forgot to give the signal to reverse in time, and they rammed the ladder with enough force to rattle the chains on every bunk on the ship. With some dilliculty, Mr. Brock made the quarterdeek. After insulting the 0.0.D., he started walking aft. under the impression that he was heading for the wardroom. After bodily eontact with several depth-charges. K-guns, and the like. he found himself on the fantail. The figure' of the sentry loomed before him, rifle in hand. The sentry paused. shocked into immo- hilily by this sudden apparition. But the exec was not faxed. not one hit. Crahbing the rifle from tht- seanianis hands. he raised it to the dark sky. fired two rounds. returned it to the sentry, and said in a matter-of-fact voice, Hit worksfi and with great dignity turned and weaved his way forward to his room. DRILUS EPOCHAL FLIGHT Autumn, 1943. Lt. Walter Lloyd Drill. QCD USNR, had reported aboard the Macomb only two days before his momentous voyage, one that was to make his name known through. out the ship--and the story of that perilous trip was whispered from ear to ear, until it became legend. Upon reporting aboard he became communi- cations officer, and it was in this capacity that he ventured forth in the lVlac,s indomitable whaleboat, The New Jersey had been sighted steaming down the Delaware Bay. A conference of communication officers had been planned to take place on this battleship that afternoon and Drill was to be one of the participants. It was assumed that the NJ. would shortly anchor in the vicinity of the DD,s. Soooo, our story begins .... The Mar s whaleboat, with Drill aboard, and two or three other whaleboats from nearby destroyers shoved off for the approaching ship. The Mae's repre- sentative, naturally, was in the lead .... The New Jersey swept down on the anchorage, past it, and on out to seal Other whaleboats soon became discouraged, but not Mr. Drill and his craft. Lighting off all boilers, jamming the OIJCII throttles against the stops, the whaleboat leaped through the water and for awhile it looked as though they might be gaining on the ponderouS battlewagon, which apparently took no notiCC of the frail boat .... Q 'Wil 1 f ., - , ft f qw! t OUR INTREPID A ' ' tw I WHALEBQAT , ty X 'and l'f's crew .... , if T E i, .AV A i - B , Xa .W fe- g ' fa up f ff .e t' 't ll l with 3 EW-'Q f 4 i A f ,.,!,f W t i i Q'v 51515335555 14 ,L -. T25 vu T! i - - -- 2.4 ,A f- 'UU' HT Q f . . Q, B 6 9 , D , p HS-ST f 1 A J uhfam' l 1 2 Q yWll fs.- ' ia -' fi-7'4 fx? K ','f f 'aWW . X-,Tb-, 4,7 'gg Z:55 , :- 1? A .A 5' ii 1 i I 4 N p it Q ,Je P' , i I I From the bridge of the Macomb, the situation appeared definitely foolhardy, and the Captain ordered the boat recall signal made in all avail- able manners .... Meanwhile, the whaleboat, braving the ele- ments in true navy fashion still strove to gain on the unflagging New Jersey. The coxswain noticed an urgent blinking light coming front the Mac, and brought it to Drill's attention. Mr, Drillf' he said, HI think theyire trying to recall usfi Wlihat canit be coming from the Xlacontbf' Drill declared, alive got to get to that confer- 17 CDCC. The Macomb finally gut underway and tht- strangost chase in history clcveloptftl in th-- stroyer chasing a whzilfrhoat chasing a battleship. lnevitalrly the uneven race was ttf-tfitlml against the vuliztnt 26-foot craft. untl the tlisln-arte-nt-rl llrill. tlretu'lu'fl in hotly and spirit. lrourth-fl tht- Xlm' atntitl tht- not-so-gracious tiller-rs ul' his Hlliplllilit'S. Wl'II.l.MAN A NU IHNLA RT Wlwn tht- Ntighty Nlzu' urrivctl in llztkur. l rt'nt'h Wa-st Africa. tht- flnu-rivztn :Xtlniirul pt't's- ent thought that czutse enough for at party. 'l'lu-rv were lllso tht- f'hlllt'l'lt'ilIl tlcstroyers llztll mul lhtllignn its wt-II as at l5U troupe- lu-auh-tl by lltlIllltlll't'N llogztrt und his wife. Nluto Nlvllttrt rt-rtuinlx enough :Xnu-rit'uns to warrant at gala: ttllatir. So tht- ollivers ol tht- tltrm' runs untl tht- liogurt group. local tlignitztries. anal .Xriny nurses were invitvtl. Cognac' atntl lvruntly lloxwtl. ln- evituhlv during tht- evening the Xlaafs lfnsign Zeke Wellntznt. lllllylliltl rt'cling from tht- potent punch. t't-rtninly no less i'tttlcly-clit-ekt-tl than usual. inet haul-nutn liogt'tu and entered ltttu at now-luntous conversation. Claritameetcha. Bogey' Good to know you. Zeke. Suv, Bogey. whois that pig youirc out with tonight '? Why thatis no pig. thatis my wifeli' And that was when Zeke bade Bogey aclieuf And might this not be the reason why had mall Bogey is now Mr. Lauren Bacall? NDYNAM ITE Black flashing light. bearing tt3tl'. came the report from the starboard sky lookout. hatlu ejaculateil the otlicer-of-tlte-dec Wllefef l'luts'fl ilillvtl nwiltulttil reportu that? ' llynaunite is statrboartl skx. sir.. Uv iiuntiti-'fi' N vs lluuserf' t ll I '.. .Xml thus another rvtttmkitlvli- rt-port hint comm ltont tht- fertile nnu-'tnattton of the most st-ns -N t tional of all Xian-otnb lookouts. llvnnnutt llaittser. tht- num who .mtv unxtlting und. pt-rltatps ns at rt-sult. rt-portt-tl luttth-sltips. sulnnatrints ent-nn atitvtxtlit. aunl all ntaunn-r ul' lt.u1tr1ls ol lltt' tlmtp, Xt unotln-i tune. .ts st-ntrv on tht- lxotlinnn llxnnnntt- shot it st-tt :ull with tn tntrx rilh s5' lk ltt'tt !t'tllt'1l tts lu txltt ltt' lttttl tluttt' lltl-. ltt' tt F phwl th.tt ht' hit-I shot tht- ltntt in st-ll-th-lt-It tl XX hen lltlhtlltllt' it-pottvtl .tlto.tttl his his . .1 NWS. lu' .iskt-tl lot gttultt-nw with tht- rnptaun llts git-cling tml'-. llilllHt'l s nn natnu what tours! Xrtstu-it-tl hx nn vxpn-ssion ol punhtl tnrrt-tlulttx. ht- ltowt-tl out with. 1-ull on nu .toxttntv will not-tl on-. anptattn. llmt wus llxnt ut. 'im tnttv. ptwpvtttttl se-ttnmn pe ttntnw-nt lot-to ,. , 1 :atnttmn vttnsnnu-i ol tht- gootl :mtl lvanl It -I 'stills nl -full.-t t-llott, Inttik-sl,tppa'l .intl liivntl tl ztll. l wontlvr whx wt- me-r truth-al into oll to ilu is llotlnmuf x is Q N gm, LUJMWI to . 1.-.-.- Q lsltlp THE BATTLE OF DAKAR There are innumerable battles listed in the history of World War ll, but in the minds of the lVlacomb's crew there remains the memory of one which will never appear on any official battle list. Nevertheless there was such a battle, and it was unique in the annals of warfare in that there was no objective, either moral or geo- graphical, there were no weapons used other than the ones with which all mankind is born, and each and everyone of the belligerents was terrifically intoxicated. It was at the port of Dakar where the scene of this great battle was set, the first liberty party had gone over in the morning, and had found plenty to amuse them-shops, cafes, theatres, and other places of amusement. With so many divcrsihcd forms of recreation, the boys were kept too busy to succumb to demon alcohol, and consequently arrived back at the ship in rela- tively good shape, and with glowing accounts of the delights of liberty in Dakar. These descrip- tions whetted the appetites of the men in the second liberty party. and they set off into town like a hunt-h of wolves in sailoris clothing, which is just what they were. The afternoon wore on. and the three de- stroyers basked in the warm Dakar sun, bliss- fully unaware of what was transpiring in town. The first indication of the state of affairs came when the U.D. happened to glance up along the dork. only lo do a swift double take as a strange sight met his eyes. Meandering along the dock came an ancient donkey, pulling an equally ancient two-wheeled cart, and perched atop this veliiele. singing an obscene ditty at the top of his obviously drunken lungs. was our coxswain, Williams. The O.D. looked farther. Running madly after the cart was a swearing Arab, clad in a regulation mattress cover, yelling unin- telligihle but unmistakable curses at the unper- turhed Williams. Whoa, girl, spoke Williams, ignoring the animals obvious sex. The animal came to an abrupt Slvp. precipitating the driver to the ground. Picking himself up. Coxswain Williams made his unsteady way to the back of the Cart. in a blissfully unconsicous state, lay Ray ,Sig- nalman lfc. The Arab, obviously the owner of the e age, took this moment to arrive puffing on the scene, and between his French-Arabic swearing, and Coxswain Williams, alcoholic babbling, it was some time before the O.D. could elicit the facts. It seems that Williams had come upon Ray lying in a Dakar gutter, about to drown in its contents. You know what runs in the gutters of Dakar. To save a shipmate from this horrible fate, he had commandeered the only vehicle at hand and brought Ray back to the ship. With an air of smug righteousness, Williams completed his report and staggered aboard ship, leaving the whole affair in the hands of the O.D. Now while this scene was taking place, several other imbibers had arrived, among them Big John Walsh, gigantic brother signalman of the unconscious Ray. Seeing his shipmate lying in the cart, Wialsh sat down on the tailgate to shoot the breeze, utterly ignoring the fact that llay was out like a light. But lohnis great weight C230 lbs.l was too much for the undersized don- key, and it rose majestically in the air, sliding both John and the unconscious Ray to the ground. This bothered Ray not a bit, for llc slumbered peacefully on, but Walsh rose from the ground with wrath burning in both his cognac-inflamed eyes. Confronting' the donkey, which had now regained its normal earthbound condition, he accused the animal of malice aforc- thought. ln great rage, he cursed the p00f equine, casting slurring remarks upon its ances- tors, and dropping broad hints that its mothers husband should have stayed home and waiCl'lCd the billygoat next door. Working himself UP into a frenzy, he challenged the animal to fight like a man, obviously an impossible feat. FUT' ther enraged by the animal's stubborn sileItCC, he raised his great fist, and drove a terrific right squarely between the animalis eyes. The poor beastas legs buckled, its eyes crossed, and it quivered throughout its body as it sank slowly to the ground, a perfect K.O. ear The screams of the Arab owner were nog Ish . . , . . 3 piercing, but, with a magnificent g6StUlC, wa ' flung a roll of francs at the man, and S 5 CU1'i0U5: the O.D. followed. There in the cart, gered ayyay. The A1-ab pounced upon the long 54 3 e l p ,,,,, all c Sk' . W , i 4 s quiv- gl-een, snapped a perfect regulation salute. and dashed madly away, no doubt in search of a gin- mill. His unconscious donkey he abandoned to its unhappy fate. As Walsh turned to stagger up the gangway. 3 peculiar sight met his eyes. Bill Tschercll. ex- iceman, and Sweeney. midget quartermaster. friends of long standing. were engaged in a drunken argument about Uawd knows what. .-'ts Walsh watched this scene with bleary eyes. liotll men raised their dukes and prepared for a round of fisticufls. That devils brew. cognac. was get- ting in its licks. llut up stepped Ytialsh. and spoke as follows: Whynt-ha pick on shonu-body your shize. llill'!i' As 'l'scherch turned to confront this new menace. Walsh swung a mighty right hand. the same one that had just dropped the donkey. 'l'sclu-rch prudently ducked. lint Sweeney was not so fortunate. and Walshis piledrixer list t'iltIgl'll him smack on his right optic. lfxit Sweeney. lgnoring his mistake. Walsh stepped ou-r Swcene-y's prostrate liotly lo liollow 'list-ln-rt-li aboard. lit now' he was really worked up to a lighting fury. and was swinging at eu-ry thing he saw. or thought he saw. .Xt the quarterdl-ck. luckilv. he stumbled and fell. and lu-lore he could regain his feet. llr. tilark was upon him. With sonic fancy judo. hc soon rcntcred this mad hattlcr unconsicous. and ten men carted the great lmlk below' to his sack. lixit Walsh. 'lihc lvattlc ol llakar was now in lull swing. :ks we latcr discoxercd. all the places ol amuse- ment had closed in thc afternoon. no doubt for a siesta. and all that was available was bottled cognac. So all the boys had spent the afternoon Swigging the potent stutl. and each and exeryone was rip-roaring. fighting drunk. Un the lantail. liallaus. hlhl lp ff c. suddenly ran amok, and commenced to swing his arms scythe- like among his comrades. felling them like ten- pins. Owens. FC Zfc. happened to be in the way. With great presence of mind. he dropped beneath Kallaus' murderous fist. and grasped him around the ribs in a terrific bear hug. Kallaus made a noise like a main gasket blowing. and collapsed. He recovered quickly. however. and would have resumed hostilities except for the fact that Ur. Clark arrixed on the scene with his little old needle. and it was exit Kallaus. Thus commenced a night ol continual excite- ment. in which each member of the crew. return- ing from llln-rty loaded with tighting juice. saw in t'Lll.'ll erstwhile shipinatc a menace tu ltir life and happiness. and forthwith attacked with xigor and fury. the lloctor and his pharmacist mates were kept busy. racing from thc lucislt' to fantail. from lvritlgc to cttgitn' ltousc. witll ln po and jlttlo rendering these wine-crazed men liannless. linallx. the last ol-strcperous imlnlver had come aboard. the last tight had l-een qucllcd. and the gladiators were all nestled snug in their beds. sleeping the deep. dleamless sleep ull tired nu-n. llnly sputktellt' outlvlcaks ol xiolt-nee lvrokc the l '4u'elul night. lln- l-attle ull llakar was oxcr. IXISSHS NNI! NIISSICS 'lhouuh ol tutll ' the ISF. 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Ll 1 IIIUKIY 55 .o.4t-4-1an- mms---.-.-1 ,...-f,w-- ,,,-.... sp.. ,. -as l i l l rl l 1 E a s l The South Dakota spent all of two hours replac- ing the paint we scratched. Soon after the 1n1t1al landings at Oklnawa we steamed into Kerama Retto for fue l and stores We haVen't always come out second best in these arguments. In Toulon we made the C. F. Hughesi side and promptly put our anchor into their chief's quarters. This was a grave tactical error since they were packing the command burgee of ComDesDiv 14. It was only a small hole, but, Oh! the points we lost. That was the day it was decided by popular vote that we would be better off on patrol. That area was jinxed for us. It was around there that we left the Brooklynis side to go along- side a French tanker for fuel. The anchor now rates two flags-one American and one French. It was very rough the day we started to anchor and dropped something like one hundred fathoms of chain in seven fathoms of water. l'ivcrybody loves us in the Med. Charleston, C.. was uneventful fin some ways! but we made up for it in Norfolk. We got there Christmas llay and bad luck was in our wake. It was so foggy that it was common practice to baek around bends in the river to make it easier running from oncoming trafhc. One nice night. shortly after coming out of dry dot-k lwe got there by trying to run 14- feet of ship through l2 feet of watert, we started through the thick fog toward the de- perining dock. navigating by fog horns. ive reached the entrance safely enough and were about to enter when a Sunday driver in a ferry boat came tearing down on us. The 0.0.D., who was the one and only Mr. Lawrence ty pride of Brooklynt made a mad dash for the uP.A.i7 and yelled. Standby for collision to starboardfi which was the wrong side anyhow. The captain threw the Mac into emergency forward, back, and then forward again. They missed us but if there had been another coat of paint on the port side it would have been scraped off. Nice people these Norfolk pilots. We got through the Canal with nothing more than a slightly bent depth charge rack and for a while it looked like old man trouble had finally left us. But it was not to be. if 56 and were assigned an APA who was ab friendly looking as' a bobcat with his fan bared. Life rafts jutted out from her sides and as we were in a helpful mood we decided to clear some of it away. As Bogiesw were an ever present menace wehad to choose the expeditious means available, so we scraped it out as gS most off. Once again we came out second bestg our only boat was stove in and one machine gun was put out of action. Since some of her life rafts were splintered our wounded pride was assuaged in a small degree. Since then we have found nothing to really test our mettle. A Norwegian freighter had a boom rigged out to carry away our rigging, but we foiled her treacherous schemes without any difficulty. Then there was the supply ship that crossed our path while we were steaming off Okinawa. They wanted the right-of-way merely because the rules of the road said she had it, and although some of the Macombis hotlieads wanted to contest it, cooler heads prevailed and we charitably complied with their request. Everyone knows that the Macomb is a regula- tion ship, and doesnit go around looking for arguments, but woe to the ship that defies us, be it the Oueen Mary or the Flying Dutchman. THE RECOGNITION 0FFICER'S RISE TO FAME It had been a sleepless, tense night, climaxed when the U-boat surfaced, abandoned, and WHS sunk by the combined gunfire of the EllyS0llf Hambleton, Emmons and Macomb. All hands breathed easier as our seven destroyer forma: tion formed line of bearing, cranked up 23 knots, and headed for Oran. Then at noon came two explosions close astern, later ascertained to be acoustic torpedoes launched at the M30 by a lurking U-boat. Quickly battle stations were manned, and all ships streamed Hfoxerv gearfo lure any more acoustic fish away from the Sill?- All was quiet on the bridge again, until surl- denly Ensign Hartl, newly-promoted recogllg tion officer screamed out uThere goes one- dea asm-nl Over the TBS, Captain Hutchinson urgently put out the warning. There were some dgubters on the bridge, however, but not after Ensign Harry blurted out, Wfhere it goes again! Callously, machine gunner Jackie Wynn reported that the 'ftorpedoi' was nothing more than the ufoxeri' gear, under strain of the 28 knots the ship was making following from side to side far astern of the ship. All was reserve again in the underway life of the Mighty Mae for many months to come. AUSTIN'S LEAP TO FAME William Henry Austin had as wicked a gleam of mischief in his eye as would be found in that of any fox. He had many forms of amusement. his favorite being, on his return from liberty.. In heap abuse upon the head of the officer-of-the- deck. One of his stock quotations was, lull chiseled a free education out of the government. und, lt took an act of Congress to make a gen- tleman out of you. fle also delighted in chal' lenging the 0.D. to diverse forrns of athleti- cornpetition. such as l'll race you around the deckhouse for ten bucksf' 'l'hese. and like antics. kept him in continual hot water. but did not pre- vent him from becoming one of our most popu- lar characters aboard ship. It was a lovely day in l'alerrno. Sicily. when our hero, well-lubrir-ated. returned to the ship with his bosom buddy. lieggie Sherrnan. who was also well-lubricated. After dishing ulli the proper allotment of abuse lu the ollicer--of-tho deck. these two inebriates swaggered their w ai to the fantail. Presently those topside heard a loud barrage of taunts. jeers. and insults. orig- inating on the fantail. It seemed that our friend Austin was trying to pursuade Sherman to do a little post-liberty high diving. fle was getting nowhere. lfach verbal explosion left Reggie more indifferent to Austirfs scheme. lfinally. thoroughly disgusted. Austin left in a decided huff. A few minutes later found our friend poised on top of the flag stand on the director deck. about sixty feet above the placid surface of Palermo harbor. Great contempt showed upon his face-contempt for his friend Sherman who had deserted himg contempt for the laws of grav- ilrr and ,lllfi plain contempt for all earth-bound mortals. Before anyone could question his in- tention' PUP 'BS he was called aboard shipi thrust himself out into nothingnes. His first 19315 WHS the laziest journey into space ever. He seemed lu literally defy the law of gravity by 5U5Pf Nlillg himself in space in an armchair posi- tion for long impossible seconds. 'lihen suddenly llt? llfuppetl all r'Xpt'r'Ss-lraitt speed to lik' Sllt'f:ll't' f llltf llllflnir. liacl-tlvorre first he cleaved a gap- r trip wound rn the sea and disappeared from the ken nf man. lip this time. all hands had rushed In the port side' to ln-hold rtns spectacle. lhcy neednt have hurrir-dl l'op ex idently had no intention of leax- ing the bottom until he w as gunil and readx. XX e had about nrade up ultt' minds that he was breaking through the crust ral tlnna. when a A, v sight disturbance was tioterl rn the water. lt was the livin: carpenter s mate. alright. but not l'li' tltttl uf llitll lllgtl he ll1trlr'Xlu'r'lr'il. lllht't'ltil1g with bi- di-r'cp.rrrl for the inrpo--ible he carrie to lin- -rrrface fr-ct fir-ti lfxcntuallx riplrlinp hint- -r'll-. lla- pitlllctvul up lllr' lift'-lite'-r'tXr'l's tu' lliltl tiirown hint. and -warn nonchalantlx lvack to the Slip. ' iff p I A ' 4' fl Q f 1 wilt rt . t i f u'l . 1 ' ,J 5711 li l l xi 2 il 1 A ', a, A' , N - ,-. j . f -, L., L ,- 57 2 Y 1 i i t 4 t 1 l J l l All this was not without repercussions. The skipper, fearing that the whole war effort might be jeopardized if this soaring into space became a fad, declared all points of the ship that had any take-off possibilities at all, to be out of bounds. THE GAME When the Macomb was converted to a mine- sweep in November, 1944, her complement was augmented by the addition of two sterling char- acters, namely, CBM Brunson tThe Sailorl, and CPHM Sullivan tjungle Jiinfl. Both of these men were salts of the old school, and both were passionately fond of that old Navy game, acey- deucy, known to polite society as backgammon. There was nothing polite about the way these guys played it. The uSai-or'i tso-called because, as he said, 'lim one of the few leftfit and 'clungle Qliniii lealled thus because ol' his strange habit of climbing trees while on libertyt were engaged in a game calculated to decide. once and for all, who was the master. The title carried with it a considerable sum ol monex to be donated bv the loser. This classic contest was taking place just outside the port door of the erews head. The game had reached a erueial point. ,lnngle Jim had just executed the famous sleeve move. This more is well know to dexotees of the game. The idea is to reach at-ross the board for the diee. and at the same time drag the sleeve across the checkers. moving one or more to a position ol' greater adxantage. lle carried out this maneuver with great dexterity. lint the Sailor re- taliated with the complex deception pass, This more eonsists of distraeting the attention of the opponent with a casual gesture of one hand, is hilt- the other plaeing several men on the board in strategic positions. ln spite of this counter- play. the Sailor it as behind. lie must have an aeey deuey to win. It is as his mote, He raised his hand to throw the dice. ,lust as they left his hand. with his renowned Chinese twisti the sig- nal for general quarters sounded through tlie Ship! .lllllglv .lim dashed for his battle station, located in the erewis head. The Sailor looked at thi' diCt'- il-Keep' deueyf' he shouted triumph- antly. and took off for the fantail. S8 , x I . N X x t Ag N X t , -if 't ,g Xu R ss-rm is 2 . tg AY p g i 1 6:55, Rx Q ty wwf - - fs Xl, T-b',i'3'i'.vo V i X f ri t .v i .st 4 ir ii- t i l X W X lf! tl . ,I V, , I, t 1 l X lt if l N, y From his battle station underneath the port paravane, the Sailor glanced aloft. A horrible sight froze his more-than-ample innards. Diving straight at the ship came a ,lap plane. The lVlac's guns were thundering their song of death. The Sailor ducked his head. As he did so a peculiar sight met his eyes. Out of the door of the lieutt stretched an arm, which he immediately identi- fied as belonging to Jungle Jim. The arm reached for the acey deucy board. The hand on the end of the arm picked up a dice, and set it down again. just then, whaml A bomb ex- ploded not fifty feet off the port quarter. Thc arm suddenly withdrew. The Sailor saw no more. The Mac leaped out of the water, hcclcfl over and quivered in every strake. But she kept going. As soon as the excitement was over, and as soon as his legs would support him, the Sailor dashed forward to the scene of the game. There was the board, miraculously unharmed. And there lay the dice, but no acey deucy. Irlfifead a six and a one met his infuriated gaze! Thus ended all acey deucy games between these two former friends. And thus commenced Argument which raved on for many and many on Jungle Jim denied all accusations and turn accused the Sailor of making up the story ln . X . .i f not avinfr off. 'lhe Sailor said as an excuse or P . o that anY man who would cheat under such cir- cumstances should be punished with an awful Punishment. lHe suggested shore duty at Nor- fotkj The argument continued until the Sailor was transferred. Some say this came about due to the expiration of his enlistment, but we have it gn good authority that the exec initiated his transfer by popular request, so that peace could once again be restored to the HMighty Mac. WEST COAST ARRIVAL Proceeding from Panama to San Diego in seven days, the Macomb arrived January 17 with vague orders, issued on the preivous day to prepare for arrival inspection by operational training command, Pacific fleet, then stationed at San Diego. The inspection was made on time, and it covered personnel and material in a man- ner to which wartime personnel, we are happy to say, were not accustomed. One Captain Roger Simpson, USN, conducted the inspection using unforeseen methods calculated to endear himself to the hearts of all ollicers and men present. His tact, and low, well-modulated voice held all hands spell-bound, as he pointed out the Mfew' deficiencies he noted among the personnel. His gracious manner of addressing division of- ficers, concerning the business of their divisions, gave one the distinct effect that each oflicer felt he would like to work in the gentlemanly aura surrounding this most unusual hero of the battle of Vella Lavella Gulf. Capt. Simpson completed his tour of the ship, and it was with 'csad hearts' that we saw him leave the ship for his lair on the beach. We spent four arduous days on the firing ranges in the vicinity of San Clemente, and San Diego, firing the guns almost constantly in an effort to perfect personnel and materiel, then returned to Desbase, San Diego, for minor re- Pairs. This period ended on 24 lan. Our final eXC1'C1SCf the battle problems. again brought us in contact wlth Capt. Simpson. who again distin- guished himself by the self-etlacing manner in which he conducted himself on the bridge throughout. His organization helped bring home to the Macomb the serious difference between Atlantic and Pacific war. and was of great as- sistance in pointing out expected problems under simulated conditions. We like to think that the methods used were all necessary. 'lille general objective certainly was achieved. any coni- placency felt. concerning the change from :Xt- lantic to Pacific war theaters. was shattered. and the need for constant training was estab- lished. On january 20. 10-LS. the Nlaconib look her first definite step toward the war area. then we left San Diego for Seattle. lo join at convoy which was bound for Pearl llarluor. i i liinlffz fi V1 1 if . ftfqtfzstdvsen scgazssi Aww F-.gp CQi,ffsffi' fait' -lk ,-, ,' ' ',' -1 , 1 Aix, AJ X56 ff'-'firms aatsc To slr Q INT - S7 Yzbfc 3 at 't'woSE5X?'g'LU! -QSM i EI: R 4 tNgi3 zg6'! f ff it rw ff 16, li!! 1 . f Areas G f ff. f. I 6 C tug 4 , x 'Vie 6 if :nf 'I 1 .9 X .Z I f Q' ff K, ry 8 n -ll f ,, tht' 'f I ff fi 3 ff 5' f:, ,fig.f 1 l l 'TN kk. O QS? U tf' X, t lv V' :kill IJ If , ffff A , f 'A qi i n A f . . .1 p 5 0 w L P +':lf-- ft l in-1 t ' ,JZMAM .. - g V K 'T .. 59 , KISMET A conflagration not so disastrous as Pearl Harbor, yet occurring at the same place, oc- curred on the Mac in February, 194-5. It had been only a few weeks since the Mac and her crew had seen the States fand the natives who reside therej, but that incessant longing that every sailor knows had already become ap- parent. So the movie audience that night waited impatiently between the stacks, crowded into every vantage point around the screen. For the movie was HKismet,w starring that sinuous siren, La Dietrich. Finally the opening scenes, lush and sexy, flashed upon the screen, a few sizzling situations had developed, and the kindling point of the screen, the film, and the audience. became immi- nent. Which would break hrst? linfortunately it was the film itself that couldnit hold out. and lurid orange flame suddenly engulfed the pro- jector. All hands beat a hasty and somewhat dis- orderly retreat. with no casualties. Ah. well. there will be other KlSIllt'fS in other places. but House that fag. Mac-li' 'MOYE TIIAT ENGINE ROOM Once again the Niue was at fl.Q. An un- identified plane had been picked up by our radar not ten miles away. Now it was in sight. It was a .lapl ln the after engine room. Howard. CMM, nursed his throttle up to thirty knots. and won- dered if he would eyer again see his ranch full of beef critters in California. ln the forward engine room. liiayer. CMM. looked longingly up the ladder and thought of the days when he had wanted lu become 3 4-om- but sailor. Suddenly the bark of 5 battery jarred through the ship! Then the rattle of the machine guns told them that the foe was close aboard! liabooml :X terrific blast on the port side lifted the Mac halt out of the water. ln the after engine room a fuse blew from its clips and shot across the desk like a bullet. The bulkheads bulged and roared like thunder. 60 Howard rose from his knees where he had been thrown by the blast. Dashing to the throt- tle, with one terrific twist he ran it against the limits. Grabbing his phones, he yelled, iiBayer?i' uSpeaking,i' said a shaking voice. ulsisten, you: -move that goddam engine room over, eaugg lim comin' through! MEK Mers El Kabir is the complete name of the Macombis mascot, a brown and white fox terrier picked up in a town in North Africa. He was named for the town in which he was found. but it proved too much of a mouthful, so the first letter of each word was taken to provide the name of Mek. Some of the men try to pin a nationality on the pooch and call him Arab. but he answers only to his ofhcial name of Mek tif he answers at alli. The story of how Mek came to board the Mae is a tale in itself. lt was one bright African after- noon when several lVfacomb men were out scout- ing around for something to buy with their newly acquired francs. Suddenly, Williams. Coxswain, spied a small pup sitting on a door- step. looking extremely sad and forlorn. Wil- liams, with his pals Booth, Kazlowski and liois. all lN121iSWZ1llliS mates, decided to adopt the little mutt. Now the problem was to get him back Ull board without detection by the eagle-eyed UD. Fortunately the dog was so small that he could be snugly htted into a jumper without a notice- able bulge. Williams was elected to carry thc male. as it were. But he reckoned without tht! alert OD., Mr. Lawrence taffectionately known as Larry the Lump t. Mr. Lawrence immediately detected the animal. and forthwith sent them to the captain for permission to bring the pup aboard. Captain Hutchison gave his approval provided he be logged in at the gangway, df?- loused. and adequate quarters provided for him. Nlek immediately showed his appreciation by shifting into gear and wetting the captainis shoe. So time passed and the Mighty Mac steamed out into the blue Mediterranean, and we find OUT mascot slowly gaining weight and his sea legs' He became salty enough to overcome the motion of the ship and to climb out of his box and wan- der about the ship. During this time his diet Q consisted of almost anything he could find lying around the ship in addition to what the men gave him. On the foc'sle, when the men were scrub- bing bulkheads with salt water soap, Mek was gf the definite opinion that this soap was for the express purpose of assisting his digestion. and he gobbled it up at every opportunity. r astronomical s lurffes consisted of Ot e g P ca grease, burnt matches, gum, tinfoil, and orange peels. On these the Arab thrived and grew. As he grew, Mek acquired habits as salty as the sea on which he sailed. He had his morning coffee with the first division tblond with one sugart. His rate was still AS., assigned to the first division, but he was learning fast. One duty. for which a man was appointed each night. was to hold Mek during the movies. If the movie was a good one, he would remain perfectly still. If it was a stinker, however, he would show his disapproval by yanking the electric cord from the movie machine. He had excellent taste, loo. Like all seamen, Nlek had to start at the bot- tom aml work up. He reached the rate of cox- swain, but not easily was this rate gained. More thau once he had to start all over again. as. for instance, when one day he took his duty too seriously and did it all over the quarterdeck. This was a big mistake. as he was told later by proper authority. lint later on he committed an even bigger mistake in the captain's cabin. .lus- tice must be appeascd. so Melt was called up before the mast and found guiltx of the above charges. lle was given a deck court. and as Liberty hound Mek U result N U5 llrllktwl ln xiii Unfp again. In addition he was In lose one month's liberty. flowex er. the charge being a minor one. the cap- tain decided lu let him go with a warning. lint in Saipan he again pushed his luck. Hating exerx day liberty there. he would go ashore with the recreation party. time one hilarious time. and return to the ship for the same thing the next dai. Xlhile in Saipan. and while the bccr lasted. cu-ix man rated lttai cans of beer on his liberty dai. .Xltei sntltt' experience with Nh-lt. the crew came lu the conclusion that two t'ZlIlS ttt'It' lou Itlllt'll ful' lltis Ht'tl-tltlltltl tlug. began lu get in the habit ul getting drunk and tlltsslttg the boat. flue dai. as eierxone was about to return lu the ship. Xlek. was nowhere to be found. After luulxltltl about for some time. it was decided that lit' wottltl ln' lttttgltl it les'-ull. so llta' luiztl 2-lluvctl ull. without him. lime par-sed. and. figuring he had learned his lesson. a boat was sent back to the beach for him. Sure enough. there he was on the tloclx and glad enough to return to the ship. Xlek. as a member uf the erew. had his own lxapolx lift-jm'lu't. dog lags. and iflclilificalioll card. which ul course he must have to get out nf ani Navy yard. One experience with the women our tough sea dog will never forget. It happened while the Nlightv Mac was tied up in Charleston. S. C. The pup was missing for several days. A search was made high and low' for him, but he was 61 not to be found. Then one day the search came to an abrupt end-in the Waves' barracks. There in the middle of the room on a table stood our rugged, tough, salty sea dog, his coat glistening from washing and brushing, bedecked in a rib- bon and smelling of some exotic perfume. Need- less to say, he was immediately rescued from this horrible fate. Shortly after this incident, his belligerent naval disposition almost proved his undoing, when he came out second best in an argument with a truck. He emerged from the hospital eight days later, good as new. but a much wiser dog. The ship's welfare fund was some hundred dollars poorer, but everyone considered it money well spent. Meek has taken part in several engagements. notably the invasion of Southern lfranee. the sinking of a tit-rinan sulnnarine. and the fllilll 1 . - 'st lnaseots awa t.zuupzugn. lle was one ul tht fn to enter 'tokyo liay. We are sad lu relate that Nlek s penehant for wine. women. and sulltl was at last his nndoin i ll . F, lor he failed lu make the ship when we left lilllllllllil on the wax home. .incl ilu- ship sailed without him. Nu doubt he is eompletelx happy now amid fiulnlt-s dusky bt-Iles and flowing bowls. for he was a true sailor in this respeet llut the Nlueomb is a lonesome ship lol' lu . . 5 ubsenee. and it is with real regret that we sax goodbye to Xlek. a real sea do-r Q 1-.- 1 -A -ze ,X .ZCLQX Eg ASP? mffff , A014 llllll '- . 3'-f W :ig 1 is lt- -2:31 X kv l?1'F2:'. ' 21, 5 Qfigg-ft 'I ,. , x, ug, 03,57 fff ' ' K ctw If ,. fig.. Q ' 0 ff, ' sk, X i kikw , X 1 1 kj 62 MEKL9 HEAD MEMORABLE PERSONALITIES Due to the brevity of this publication, and to the hazy memories of the few old Macgmbites left aboard to publish it, a great many charge. ters who tigured prominently in the Macomlfs history are barely mentioned. So in passing we would like to recall some of those who left an indelible impression on our minds. For instance, who could forget Big John taliag Knobby, alias Bones, alias Buttonsit Walsh, that marathon eonversationalist and future mayor of Rochester .... Or Sweeney. that Cargantuan quartermaster. better known as Wllhe Hairy Apef' who never put anything together the way it came apart if he could help it. Old timers will remember Babb. CTM. the Macomlfs Zazu Pitts. who wet-nursed his tin fish for several years before weaning them lo all-oliol .... And. of course. there was always Chief un- mentionable head' Melott. Cl-IM. whose round- robin debates with Alois 112 years a seamant favis. the man who always brought home the baeon. and llncle Adam lsubas. the seourge ol the seamen. kept the chielis quarters in a eon- stant simmer ol excitement. Perhaps no odder eonglomeration of person- alities ever existed than the C S It gang. coul- posed of Walter Berkowitch, the ex-hairdresser from Brooklyn, Pop Austin lsee Austiifs leap to lamet. Paddle-foot Young, and Moron Saltersfs-never a dull moment in those days! Uur Asiatic contingent included Chief 'alittle Foo Angel. who ran Mr. Brock a close second in lots of thingsg Leonard Carside, author of that famous excuse of being overleave, HM! sister got me drunkwg Whang-poo, who paid the rent at Izzy Ort's. Then there was David lFoo-Foot Tflfileff lirooklynis gift to Cafe Society .... Bertram tHallucinationst Lord left us ga-SP' ing many a time by sighting periscopes behind every piece of seaweed. We had two Williams-Willie the coxswain, better known as the Embezzler-at-Large, and it 45 uf , Williams, signalman extraordinary, of it was said that he was brought into the world by a nose specialist. Thgre are many others-Bobby Broggiotti, since graduated to brass, who was a smooth op- erator on the beach or on the ship. We wonder if Claude lBalls't Marshall, ever found his cattle, or if Berry, the Superyeoman. ever ceased to believe that a pun was the highest form of humor. Plank-owners will remember Faust, CMM, who was a constant winner at that certain game. and Willie North, the lVIacomb's gift to the brew- eries, who could and would drink the mostest of the bestest. This list would not be complete without the name of Morris Cephus Speed, who spoke a language all his own. Who doesnit remember the time this carpenteris mate, in company with Farnham, Nl lfc, made a name for themselves as the taxicab pirates of Brooklyn. No more colorful character exists than the one and only Vilho Skarp, golfer, debater. and hater of women. llow about George V. tfor victoryt Bayer. thc man who would rather be right than chief? 'lihcre were many among our ollit-ers who lt-ft a lasting impression on us. Mr. Brom-k. our way- ward chief engineer and executive ollieer. made famous in this book: Mr. O'Brien. a swell guyg .lo tgive the bum a hundred hours extry dutyl Behan. our exec.: Mr. tfoodlessl O'Dell, whose IUOUO WHS Let them eat taken: SHUI Karnof- Sky. of the oiled tongue. liuli Kegerreis of the unfailing sense uf humor and ready wit. and a host of others. 'lillf' original torpedo gang contained a bunch of lUlUS--Nlilgfootii jultllsult. Pupil ihlarra, Muscles Xlorrow twhen the projectors refused to work he heaved the ashrans on-r himselft. Needle Craw ford. the lou-r: a great hunch of guy s. Hack llauynski It-lt his mark aboard tht- Nlacomb. chit-tty because he had a short circuit between his brain and his list. and while we url' ll th sUl'l 1'l of llI't'l'tIIlll'lilIllt'Il. tluttil ful'- get Pinky Nlilligan. tht- lt'lltlt'l't'Sl t-hit-t a-wr to serie' aboard tht- Xlar. and llalph lh'at'on lJtNt'Il. Nlltl slLlI'la'4l lllnsl t'uttU'I'silliutlS Nlllt. Nuts if you'll stand by lot' nn- and Laugh- ing limi' Ht'IlIlt'S. a good man lu tt-ll a joke' to. ,Ns our nn-morn-s fra-slwn. nann-s and laces 1-onn' crowding into our minds-. hut nlll' space' is limited. and we must 1-lose with tht- assnramw- that this is only a small portion of tht- many colorful cliarae-te-rs who st-ru-tl on tht- Nlighty Mac. PORTS 0 I IIA I,l, Bath, Maine Boston, Massachusetts Newport. Rhode Island Portland. Maine Port of Spain. Trinidad Argentia, Newfoundland Halifax, Nova Scotia Crenork, Scotland Scapa Flow, Orkney lslands Reykyavik. Iceland Brooklyn, New York Norfolk, Virginia Hamilton, Bermuda Portsmouth, Virginia Casa Blanca, French Morocco Christobal, Panama Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Akureyri, Iceland Quonset, Rhode Island Rockland. Nlaine Fayal. Azores Freetow n. Sierra l.:-one Dakar. French West .lf Nlelville. Rhode lsland Oran. Algeria Nlers El Kabir. Algeria Gibraltar Bizerte. Tunisia Algiers. Algeria .-Xrzu. Algeria Naples, Italy Salerno, Italy Palermo, Sicily tfastellemare. ltaly Xlalta Taranto, Italy St. Tropez, France ljgltvin, l inf-lvit Toulon. l'ifElllt'!' liar-ville. l'if3llt'f' rim tfharle--ton, South llarolina San l,lf',t1ll.liiHllllPl'fll3 Seattle. Washington Port ,Xngf-lf--, mia-lllngllvtt P+-arl Harbor. llawaii liniwf-tok. Mar-hall Island- tTlithi.f1arolinf-Islands Ke-rama Re-tto. Rynkyn Island- Hagnshi Bay. Ukinana Saipan. Nlarianas lslanfls llncknf-r Bay. Okinawa Tnkyn Bay. llonshn. Japan Sasvbo. Kynshi. .lapan Yakn Shima. Ryukyu lelahflff Tsnshima. Ryukyu lslands 63 U.S.S. MACOMB QDMS-23l Care of Fleet Post OHice, San Francisco, California, 10 August 1945. THE WACKY WACS Present 'ZTHE DIPSY DOODLE REVIEW OF 1945'i Staged and produced by J. B. BRUNSON and R. YV. MICHELSON. Program Speech . . Lieutenant J. N. BEHAN, Jr.. U. S. Navy Record ....... .......... J uke Box Special Song -- uCheer Si Sin ....... Okinawa Troubaclours Boxing Bout ..... . . Frenchie Garneau vs Shorty Stella Referee - 'ijungle jim Sullivan. Song - HYou Are My Sunshine . . Okinawa Troubadours - Tex', Blevins Rebel jones and Sateliel'i Garrett Beer Drinking lfonlest . . . . 'liuinkletoes Young vs Bop Austin Songs .... . . . Peoria Kid Jones, Swoony Shannon and Ping Boyii Karol. Pie lfating lifontest . Sinatra Show . . . Frankie by '4Swoony Shannon. Girls. . . . as Yoo Hoo Cummins. Flutey Mercer, Micro Condino. lVlcCinty', Mclntyre, 'iStar liiyesw joseph. and Wcasel' Wiese. Boxing . ..... Bucky Reeder vs 'zStinky Kenner Rt'f'0Nl ----- .... A nother .luke Box Special ,np News Bromlvnst .......... Song as - Sum You Nlude 'lille Pants Tun l,f Pantomime . ......... . .. rr I F' . . Slant Eyes Brunson . . Becky King Meatless'i Weinacht IYTEBMISSIOY Ni'fUfl?!l' llnlllu - - . Charleston Refugee vs Scollay Square Outcast' Steel Guitar Rag . . . ,litterbug Navy Style . Boxing ....... Piek lfp . Monologue ...... ....... Recording .......... Boxing on FINI5 . . . . . . . . . Okinawa Troubadours . . . 'iFlutey Mercer and Cass, Kastrinos Belly-Robberi' Robinson vs 3'Cooky,' Stewart - - Rabbit Peterson as Miss Pick Up and 'iFeet Moody as uSalty?' McGuire. . . Lieutenant tjgl Bobby Sox Kegerreis Commercial Bellx Digimas is Butch Meland l 1 4 4 i g it n ' ' ' ' ' ' ' - - - - - . . . . . . . . . - - 1 1 , S 92 ,Gr 37 , ' fs 1 I M -' f' -fa: sljj , l gg - Ti ' . gi' : ' .1 3 .- i f r .52 ii? ' W 1 Y -eng, A 3. ,f all n :fl . 4 M. 5 wr ' -.. - x H-, --.1 f j . f vm 1 -.. 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Z ' gk k 1 f ff S X f W X f 'S K Ae 'g '6g Book COMM-f'79'Ze2 ,gf X 'ffp ' 4 E S 1 l- S I Q vi 'Q CREDITS Co-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF ,Iohn W. Sibole, CFC Dewey Hudson. RM 3!c BUSINESS NIANACER John IV. Sihule. CFC Assr. BIJSINI-ISS NI,xx-xcun Samuel King. You 324: ClRc:1fi.,xTiox NI,tx,aci:R Ilunalrl Nvnwlli. YIaNI I-Ifv Ass0r:iA'ri: I'illI'l'0It5 IIHIPII NIICIIPISUII. -Iwlntugrgllyln Jusoph Iluliwgvr, SUNI ZH' I'Iint.igmpIn w Lh v ffstcvr KffIIllf'y. I Ii life- 'xIIt'I'lIUIt I tile-nn Iluppvr Inm-5. NAI lu- Sintra. ,Iuhll A. IIUIUIIZIII. IIQNI I'ie'Iu'l I.iln- Ch arlvs Ilzuskins. SUM lift' tIui'tmm- Iwurgc' IUIIIXIII .Imrc-. 5 I 1' IIIu-Il.nlwn- IlUN'I'IIIItl.1'l'0lIS ,Imnvs II. Vail. QNI 154' lllmilf-N t.Ii.nmIwn-. ICXI .I .- Ii. Ilunzllfl Snytlvr. I Ii Iva' Ilnlnill I. II sun. lil: II ef Ilnlwrt I Ic'isInnzin. IINI 24' ,IHIHI I'. xxillfl- IQII I 1 Iialph Slumstvlx UNI fin' Iihxnlv- Iv-nm-th Xln--I-llu-I-n. IIXI II.-ir William Ifarl Wtmlaml. IIIIXI Iluln-rt Ifuge-nv XM-I-e-. S I 1' John William Iimw. 5 I 1,lll 4' .I-N-ph Milam. IIXI It ll txllI7l'I'I' Artlmr Ifuntrc-II. 5 I 1- AIWISOIKS I.t. Stvplivn II. I.amr'mm- III- 'ISI' II l 'l'l .I. Ixo-ge-ii'v-is Ifnsign Iiayinuml Wm-lc-r Sth Naval District Ullivv nl I'uhIiv Infnrmatiem fur mater-rinl assislam-v mul ACKNOWl.I'IDGNlIIN'I'S 'lin lf.S.S. lima for pliutngruplis 'lin li.S.S. Ilangefr fur pliutugruplis To l7.S.S. Panalmint for plmlugraplis anal mluu- 'lin splendid cooperation To USS. Catoctin for photographs To I'.S.S. Tripoli for photographs To the Naval ACRCIPIIII' for pvrmissifm In use ra rtmm. I Iinnswrnatimi All official photographs user! irilh permission nf Ihr linilerl Slales Navy. THE OFFICERS WHO HAVE SERVED ABOARD THE U.S.S. MACOMB FROM COMMISSIONING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 1-945 Lt. Philip A. Arling, tMCJ USNR Chisago City, Minn. Lt. Robert M. Ayer, USNR New York, N. Y. Lt. fjgj Richard H. Bean, USNR Rogers, Ark. Lt. Joseph N. Behan. Jr., USN Quonset Point, R. li. Lt. Comdr. Fenalon A. Brock US , N New York, N. Y. l.t. ljgl James M. Carnes, USNR Canton, Ohio l-t. Patrick J. Cesarano, USNR Coral Gables, Fla. Lt. Daniel M. Clark, tMCt USNR Clinton, Wis. l.t. Reed Clark, New York, N. Y. Ens. Gerard T. Deckbar, USNR Atlanta, Ca. l.t. Walter l.. llrill, USNR Port Washington, N. Y. Comtlr. William ll. Duvall. l.7SN Annapolis, Nltl. l.t. J. N. l e'rguson.Jr., l'SN Coronado, tlalit. l.t.Gt'orgt' l'1.tLonItl. LSNR l urilnault, Minn. lfins. Glu-nn S. Culliriv. l'SNll ltliurzl. Y. lfns. Winn l. llarkle-road. ISXR NN'llllt'hlllt'l'. Kun. l.t. tigt llurry J. llartl. liSYR .lan kson ll.-igln-. N. N .. N. Y Lt. fjgl Bertice M. Haskin, USNR Fayetteville, Ark. Lt. Robert F. Hoag, USNR Orchard Park, N. Y. Ens. Audrey W. Holmes, USNR Philadelphia, Pa. Comdr. George Hutchinson, USN Newton Center, Mass. Ens. Charles F. Hyde, Jr., USNR Maplewood. N. J. l-t. fjgJ Samuel Karnofsky, USNR Brooklyn, N. Y. Lt. Robert H. Katz, USNR New York, N. Y. Lt. tjgl Robert J. Kegerreis, USNR Dayton, Ohio Ens. John P. Kreckel, USN Lancaster, Pa. l.t. Stephen R. Lawrence, USNR Brooklyn, N. Y. Lt.Rit'l1ard ll. Mansfield. USNR W. Somerville, Mass. l.t. tjgvt llenry R. Miller. tMCJ USNR NNt'rllll1ll5lL'l', S. C. l.t. tjgt Robert A. Mullany. USNR llartford. Conn. l.t. tj,Lg.l liol1t.l'i.O'B1'iel1. USNR Brooklyn. N. Y. l.t.4jgt.lat'ktI.Otlt-ll.48111 Nt-is N ork. N . l.t. 4 ionnlr. Jann-s M. l t-terson, USNR I' lort'tu-t- NIA. l,t.1jur loiwll S. l't-torson. USNR XX'ilnn'tlt. lll. Lt. John J. B. Rengel, USNR Staples, Minn. Lt. fjgi James E. Rottsolk, USNR Chicago, lll. Lt. fjgl Arvo A. Saarnijoki. USNR Boston, Mass. Lt. Philip M. Sadler, USNR Silver Point, Tenn. Mach. Williaiii F. Salisbury, USN San Diego, Calif. Lt. M. S. Schmidling, USN Minisink Hills, Pa. Ens. J. T. Shepherd, USN Seattle, Wash. Comdr. Jerry C. South, USN Norfolk, Va. Lt. George E. Smith, USNR Galveston, Tex. Lt. Louis W. Struin. Jr.. USN Jacksonville, Fla. Ens. Donald L. Stull, USNR Red Wing, Minn. Lt. tjgl Stanley M. Swanson. USNR Red Oak, Iowa Lt. ljgl Frank Swint, USN Nashville, Tenn. Lt. fjgl Arnold G. Tll21lll2illll'l'. USN Aurora, Ill. Lt. Comdr. Alton l... C. Waldron. USA Annapolis. Md. l.t. fjgJ Richard G. Wellman. USNR Sterling, Kan. Ens. Raymond D. Wecter, USNR llelper, Utah ,YUl'f'.': Thr mul. ol nfl olftfwu l.,X the lilllllt' field ul lime of ll0Hll'1II77l l1f from 1111? .'llACOrlHJ'. THE MEN WH FRUJI CIHHI Jnsvpll Nl. Nt'1'lll'su, Flu' liliirugo. lll. Donald X. Mlatns. 524' XYl1itvl'laios. N. N. Joseph ti. Xtlatnson. QM2-i Nytl. Pltilatlvlphia. l'a. . . , . . lnllwrt lx. Xgutlar. Sit' liutlsltvll. lt'X. lilly.:-tie' J. .Xllwrtint-. Slv Boston. Mass. llonaltl Mi. Ailtfigllll. Mqlilitr Grand Junction. Colo. livnrgc' Allen. Sli' Sy ravusv. N. X. .lost-ph D. Mlit-tit-.t1QNttl'Xt Rev. Sta.. San llivgn, tfalif ilihomas S. .-Xmbrosv. MML- Pittsburgh. l'a. William C. .-Xllvn.RMI1t- Boston. Mass. Claud Anderson. Blc St. Louis. Mo. Frank ll. Anderson. RML- Long Beach. Calif. Robert F. Anderson. MMlc Portland. Maine Allan J. Angell. CMMt PA: Manila. P. I. H T6 Salvatore Xrglf-nto Brooklyn. N. Y. William ll. Austin. Jr.. CM2r- Springht-ld. Mass. .lill1'lf's YY. l'lalrl1.ff'liMll'A I l'f-arl llarbor. l. ll. Karl W.. Ravkstrorn. th tl'-Xl Minneapolis. Minn. llrw an W, Rall. CUM t PA p l'it'r'nlistf-rl. lltlt Nav. lli-I. Xluvrfl Y. llaront--. MoXlMlr- file-if-lan1l.Ol1io lldflvltl liilflwri Llnppt-x-to l'all-, XX is, .lqnnf-s fl. Barkman. l-'lv ll tr it Xli h J I' U I, 1'- ivl'IITgl' l.. lr3l'lulul11p-cn, llittslnnruh. l'a. Raymond tl. Bauer. Sli- l.r-uisxille. lxv. lfarl R. Banglnnan. Slc Kansas tlity. Mo. Ray mond XY. Bausch. Flc ffolunilnis. Ohio George Y. Bayer. CMM 1 PA t Milt-yankee. Wis. Mari in W. Bayley. Slc Madison. Wiis. 0 SERVED ON THE U.S.S. MACOMB lss1rn'1,w: UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 1945 Leon W. Bayncs, S2tf Chester. Pa. Joe L. Bazzel, SF3c Marianna. Fla. Leondus D. Beard. Slc Lyons. Kan. Randall J. Beaty, Flc Sparts, Wis. Robert J. Beaudry, SK3c New Haven, Conn. Samuel T. Beck. SC2c Robert C. Beaver, F2c Torrington, Conn. Dallas. Tex. John C. Behler. RM2c Chicago, lll. Stanley Beliveau, Slc Boston, Mass. Emil P. Benko. Slc Chicago, lll. Chauncey Aaron Bensley, S20 Yvilkes-Barre, Pa. John Bentley, F2c Mt. Clemens, Mich. George Berg. Slc K Grand Rapids, Mich. Walter Berkowitch, SF2c Brooklyn, N. Y. William L. Berringer, WT2c Boston, Mass. Roy A. Berry, CY Lynn, Mass. Leon Besson, Slc Philadelphia, Pa. Felix B. Bimbaum, WT3c Brooklyn, N. Y. Clayborn A. Blue, Slc Vance County. Henderso Richard Bogacz, Slc Pittsburgh. Pa. Rene .l. Bois, BM2c Springfield, Mass. Raymond F. Booth, BMQC Huntington, W. Va. Anthony W. Borek, Cox Philadelphia, Pa. Louis F. Bosler, Jr., 'l'Xl3c Louisville, Ky. Nathaneal Bowman, Xl.'X2t: Ardadelphia, A rk. james R. Brannock, Flo Wilmington, Del. joseph A. Breen, jr., F2o Boston, Xlass. ll. ohn 'l' Bridg.,c-man. Jr.. XlXl2t: J . ' Boston, Mass. llehert W. Bri:-whois, WTZC Norfolk, Va. llohhy C. llrogoitti, SXI le San Diego, Calif. Harold A. Brumaghim. S21- Amsterdam, N. Y. john ll. Brunson. CBXI f fX:Xl Yorktown, Pu. l.uwrent'e N. Buckley, ffNl XI t l'.fXl Long Bc-at-h, Calif. Tlltllllllbi ll. Bullard, PC21- lluleigh, N. fl. ffliarles l . llullartl. llXl2e llrooklyn, N. Y. Tliotnas K. llnlloek. l'1Xllt' l.os Angeles, ffalif. Warren ,l. llunek. XlXl2e Ft. ,lose-ph. Nlo. Francis X. Burns. Fle llorehester. Mass. Harry l.. Burns. Sie llurhank. Calif. William ll. Busha. l 2e Greenville, 5. C. l.uwrenee ll. Byers. Sie llannnontl. l.a. .lllIllt'S l.. Camhell. l 2e Charlottesville. X'a. Robert l.. ffamhell. File Boston. Mass. Roy .l. Carlson. Xl Xl E31- Springfield. Mass. Clyde D. Carpenter. CCM 4 l'.X t Washington. ll. C. Charles ll. Chambers. jr.. liXl3e Boston. Mass. john A. Charney. Sle Wilkes-Barre, Pa. .lohn l.. Chase. SC2e Minneapolis. Minn. Michael Chupak. CWTQ .-X Al Paterson. J. Albert .l. Clark. CPhlXl t P.-X Brooklyn, N. Y. Gaddis C. Clark. AS Charlotte, N. C. 1 John E. Clark. Slat Portland. Maine Leo D. Clay. F20 Salem. Blass. Claude Cole, CQXU PA, San Diego. Calif, Rfllatlcl .-X. Cullrllr-. Nlxlft' Springfield. Xlas-. TXTIIS R.tZ..llir1stt..r1i1,tI..x Santa Russ County. Xlili Kenneth ll. flolutnliia, QXIISL Je-rs.-y f.tIy', N.j, larnes Nl. tiol-on, SQL' Charleston. 5.41, . , . . l.out-'l ,f.onn., Xa News Ynrk, Pedro li. f fnlitle, 524' News York. N. X, llornonn- J. f .oml1no,t,Xl.it- Spflllglirlnl, Nlgg--, Holme-rt Xl. f :nth-y , 'l'Xl.it- llunelalk, Xl-f. flltrlsty f :nllItnllX. Nlfit' lio-ton, Xlu--. ffliristoplier J. f fonlior, Sli- Nz-st York. N. X. llurtey XX . f ,ottli-tr., 52.- Xlhuiiy. N. X. D ' . ' ' ,lnltl1l.f.unloy,, 51.- l'untu1'krt,li.l. flftlllt' f lmilx, Xlullen-, XXX. Xa. Xnulrv-tw fl. f foopvtx XX 'l'2-A f.ultllltlrl.1, 5.f . l l't'tl f fnpprtt-. NXl le' tlrrut hall-. Xlnnt. qlullll flavrlnilt. lr.. X5 Tuuipn, Flu. l'l inll f' nit Sl 'AN , ,ti I-,, 4' llmi-ton, lex. faune- I . f irzutlorel, Xl Xlle lfrir. l'.i. XX'illium .l.t1r.tt.-ns, Xl Xl!- l.n- Xngelv--. f Qilif. Ky lo- f frgttx lurwl, 'llXl ln' 'llt'XllI'l'xLlllll. 'll-x. filut'r-m'o- f lull:-'r-on. tQXl le' Sugiituu. Xlie-li. XX tlligim ll, f .ummm-, f. Xl-1' lmltnnupolt-. lntl. s llarrell l..l.llIIlllIlLLll.HIi. l ffrsmn lhvint. lnfl. Ietti- fl. f'nrrw. .lr.. XI Xl lv SllI1lllt'll'V.likllil,. Xlfulter Xl. llu1'on..lr.. XX'l'1i lletroit. Xllfll. fmrtlon li. llillltlttl-. l'.Xl lt Port-month. X a. Xliltun X. llnxitl-on. QXlf1' Fall Riu-r. Xlals-. filumle lf. llean. XX'l 21' t.harlt-sion. 5. f.. Elm.. HIL-tlroat.t1SK4I'Xv llirmingham. Xla. Carlantl .l. llemert. 521' fillieagv. . lll Kenneth lf. ll:-rmon.f1XlXl' XX' Boston. Xlass. .Xllen Diamond. Yllf w mklsn N X Bret ' 1' . . . - :Xnthony ,l. Uigimas. RtlXlle Chicago. lll. Peter l. Di Giovanni. 5OXl3e Philadelphia. Pa. .lullh E. Dinh. Sli' llvtruil. Nlirlt. lltmanl lf. llixun. Soxlle Orlando, Fla. Rus-ell l . llunaltlsun. slr -ltlllll .l. lk-mini. Sie Xlatlisnu, XX4is. lldt llutllltrll. lt' l'itt-lmrglt, Pa, XX alter ll. llozier. CSKQ X Xi XX .i'lllllQ.LlUll. ll. lf, XXilli..ttnl'l.llt1g.1-.lfliXltl' Xi lin-tm-ttutt, XX a-li. .le--ir XX . lhmu, tfXlXl s PX: N--rf-ilk. X 1. lame- lf. lftluattl-, XlXlle Xliatiii, l l.t. l--hu X. rfliriuger, tLXl2e l'ltil.nlrlplti.1.l'.4. .l.tlttt'- lxilxlllgr, Flu' lla--lun, Xlas-, Htulti lf. lftigr-lkr. Fla' Xlilxuntkrr, XX i-. XX llllgilll F. than-. l'lNl.ir Xlutihall. l'.i. f ll.1Ill lX.l'l.tl!lltdlll,Nllt' N X5 illfllilllhll l-laiul, t' ,I--lm lf, Patti-stottli, Flv Xuttalit--a,l.1lit. lilf lntlll ll. ltlhrl . lt XX illi.un-poll. l'.1. .lo-t-pit f-. lrtl.tl.t. i-Xlls' ll-I-l-vlt, Xl.:--. laltntlul lllt vlll. Nt.ig.it.x l'.ill-, N. X. ll.lXlllHlitll .l' Hu lH'l,l l'f tl l'l1tl.nlf-lplii.t. l'.t. Nhtnlm It tttge t. It-iXl it llItnIhlXIl, X . Xllo-it l mklo'. XX lll- NVXX Nwlktx XX illmm ll. l' n-ln t. l Xlle I'hti.t-it-lphi.i. l'.t. . V ' ll. rumn l . l' :tn-, N-: Nrtx Xltll., X. lltlfllX.l'llllg14l.lltl.Nll lll!-lllll, Xlsll-, l't.nn 1- XI, l' ilfpatiu lt. lt..l ,Ii-1-1-xf1tx,N,,l. f l.m-nt r l'.l.wmig:aiti. 'I Xl lv' ll:txtim.flln-- Rolo-it hlo-i-luuzut. It X121 lin-tix. N. X. , . . .., Illtlllll lt, llvlu It--r. XX lf' fllrlfl'tlll'. N. f .. Hnlwtl ll, hlltliff. sl' l'ortlnml.flff'. llJlXltIHlI'l ll. he--let. llllf flhrunpaign. lll. l'-fowl lrllllhl. l I' xl Pearl llarlmr. T. ll. ,lwhn l.. Fox. l'lXl2f Fllilflilllllllfil. 5. fi. XX'illiaml'ran1 kv. Fla' Na-in X Hrli. N. X . l.uthe-r X. lfranklin. Fil' Ne-wlwrry. S. fl. llarolfl l'1.Frix. XluXlXl2f' Tampa. Fla. john VX l 'uif'll. f1k2f' Win-ton-Salem. N. C. Kenneth l.. Caflflis. l lt' Little- Falls. Xlinn. .I n lXl L.- Charles L. Gahagan, Flc Youngstown, Ohio Stephen Gambino, S2c Brooklyn, N. Y. Joseph N. Garneau, SC2c Portland, Maine Lester D. Garrett, CCS Walton E. Garrett, Flc Charlotte, N. C. Leonard Garside, CBM Lewis E. Gebhardt, G5l2c St. Louis, Mo. Thomas Geiscn, MNl2c Cincinnati, Ohio Asher Geisler, Cox Springheld, Ill. Francis T. Gier, lfM2c Baltimore, Md. Eugenio G. Giminez, W'l'le San Francisco, Calif. Gene H. Gilchrist, Moklfllllr- Centreville, Mich. Bernard R. Glenn, RNl2e Boston, Mass. Ralph P. Goddard, File llugene, Ore. lsaac B. Cottdenker, SK le New York, N. Y. Bolwrt li. Craodons, Y lv Utica, N. Y. William I.. Graves. AS Indianapolis, Ind. Ceorge Creemsood, tI'l'Nl t I' Xl AVtlSllIllg.1ltbIl,I,.ll. Kenneth I.. Crilnlrin. ICXIISQ' Ottawa, Ill. NN,tllNI50ll ll. lllllllrk. ll Nl le' Dullus, 'l'ex. lludolph lluezyuf-ki. Slv Spriuglleltl, Aluss. Donald I . lludtlox. SXILII- Piltslmrgln, I'u. llurrv I.. llinlley. W'l'le lloek Island, lll. Pre-clrve O. llugge-rt, F121- Woodlmven, N. Y. .lohn I . llulusc-.,lr.. SNl2e Youngstoxs n. Ohio Norlwrt I . IIlllllIl1t'T.l:IiNIl PX 1 New York. N. N . l'Itlss'nrd .l. llzunpshire. I-1NlIe Norfolk, Yu. llohert llnnnn. Sli' 'l'oleilo, Ohio George ll. llarlumgli, BTI:- tflevelaml. Ohio Boy I.. llardiman. TAIR.- lilkins. W. Ya. john S. Harrington. l'hXllv Milford. Del. Billy Il. Harrison. Sle Spartanburg. S. C. Charles E.. Hawkins. S4131 le Louisville. Ky. Samuel Xl. Hefferman. lldNl3e Chicago, Ill. Frank D. Henderson. NT'l.2e Macon. Ga. Willie J. Henry. Stll le Cleveland. Mis. Ernest G. Hester. Jr.. EBl3e Columbus. Ga. Raymond J. Hicks. EM3e Chicago, lll. T8 .lack Hill, MMIC Washington, D. C. Theodore C. Hoch, RM3c Philadelphia, Pa. Robert H. Hock, Slc Boston, Mass. .Iewell M. Holmes. Elllc' New Orleans. La. john A. Holahan, COM Norfolk. Va. Joseph H. Holweger. SoXl2 New Haven, Conn. ,laines W. Hoskin, 'l'll2e Garden City. Kan. Forrest S. Houser. 521' Portsmouth. Ohio Everett A. Howard, CHAI Portland. Ore. Ralph E. Howard, QNl2e Indianapolis, Ind. Walter P. Howe. Sle Boston, Blass. Deney Hudson, H3130 Long Beach, Calif. Paul Nl. Hughart. Sle St. Louis. Alo. Nlartin ll. llughes, Sli- Ilosloll. Blass. Ceorge l.. llulehens. lfNIEle Springfield, Nlo. Willis lf. Ingletliron. S21- Nkalrrloo, Iona 4. l'lfetlt'rlt'l't .ll1t'lisnll. Suxlf llosloll, Nltiss. Hells in Al. lat-olrs. I-'Ze luekson. Xli-s. llellwrt K. ,laequt-s, Sli' llurtforrl, Conn. llup llllllltl I . ,l:irnagin, l 2e Nl. I.HlllS. Alu. john XY. ,lenning-, W'l'3e Pllllutlelplliu. Ilil. 'lf l..lennin1.:-. lflfe Nla1lel':i.flalif. lfeltsitfll ,lollllsolh 'IQNIQ1' llruulilyll. lfmmelt lf. Johnson. FINI le Ilotl'-lon. TVX. .IIIIIIPH NY. ,lolttlsolh F.. N1 Xl le Nevslowl1.l,8. Kenneth C.,lol1nsnn. S2e NIIIKIUIQPP, flkla. Walter B. Jolmson. Nlfllfle Nlearlville. Pa. Donnie ll. Jones. .lr,, Cox Charlotte. N, C. Glenn ll. ,lone-. Solllle Peoria. lll. l'aul.l1'vnes. 52r- .lone-lroro. A rk. .le-sie Nl. .loseph. CNl3e llamilton. Ohio Peter .l- Julian. Rdxlfle Rockville. Conn. Frederick Y. ,lustief-. slr' Ashland. Ky. Waino ,l. Jutila. CAIXI 4 PAD San Diego. Calif. Leonard R. Kahler. GNl2e Norfolk. Nell. Richard Kalch. Ellfie St. Louis. Mo. Kenneth E. Kallaus. XlNlle Burlington. Iowa .loseph Kapinos, Slc. Rome, N. Y. Vincent C. Karneckis. RM3c Wilkinsburg, Pa. David Karol, SoM3c Brooklyn, N. Y. Charles P. Kaston, F2c Philadelphia, Pa. Kleanthis Kastrinos, Slc Haverhill, Mass. Clifford .l. Kaufman, Slc Pittsburgh, Pa. Nicholas l. Kavalski, Sli: Hart ford. Conn. Robert D. Kay, F10 Philadelphia, Pa. Vincent S. Kazlowski. Cox New York, N. Y. Alton C. Keen, Mlllle San Diego, Calif. .lohn W. Kelly, Sle Pittsburgh, Pa. Kenneth K. Kelly, Rllllle Altoona, Pa. Nlike AI. Kendrivk. Bkl'2t' Knoxville, 'l'enn. Chester l.. Kenney, PC34- llartford. Conn. Carl ill. Kervhner, Sli' lleading. Pa. Leonard Kilburn, l 2e Old Lyme, Conn. llufus A. Kimball. 524' Springheld, Vt. Illltullltts C. Kllltllv. Allin' Ansonia. Conn. Samuel I.. King, Y24' Brooklyn, N. Y. I..-o A. Kloss, Isle Little Falls. Minn. Alex S. Kok. Cox l.ot'ltpoI'l. N. Y. Angus-t C. Kollw. CCM I l'Al Pearl llarlmr. 'l'. ll. ,lolln.l.Kon1'n,,lr.. MAI le New Brunswick. N. .I. ,lollnKolllllg1..lr., Sle Springheld, Ill. llolvert I.. Krach, Allllle Baltirnore. Md. 'tlarvin J. Krantz, C3114- Boston. Mass. Roscoe ll. Kraltl. H5131- San Diego, Calif. Gayle 'l'. Kring. Bkrfla: Carrollton, Ky. Chester I . Lafllar, jr.. Isle Maywood. Calif. William I . Lamond. Ptr. 2e Boston. Blass. Edward E. Larroqoe,.lr.. Fle New Orleans, La. john G. Leach, BM2c Raleigh. C. Donald L. Lemmcn, Slc Grand Rapids. Mich. Sabatino D. Leo, Slc Boston, Mass. Francis L. Lewis, Flc Boston, Mass. Ramon C. Lewis, CPl1M fAAl Newport, R. I. Robert C. Lewis, CSFfAAl Bremerton, Wash. T eil Arthur L. Lies, S2c Chicago, lll. George W. Lloyd, St3c Andalusia, Ala. Alexander H. Lomax, StM2c Washington, D. C. George E. Lopuhovsky, Cox Dover, N. J. Bertram E. Lord, BM1c Pearl Harbor, T. H. Richard D. Lowes, SM1c Boston, Mass. Adam Lubas, Jr., CBM f PA i Boston, Mass. Poplar Bluff, Mo. Charlie E. Mahone, Matt3c Elvis E. Lyons, WT2c Atlanta, Ca. Doy H. Marks, PhM3c Sutton, W. Va. Nathan Marks, RT2c Brooklyn, N. Y. joseph S. Markoya, MM2t- Bridgeport, Conn. George E. Marra, TM24: Albany, N. Y. Claude H. Marshall, CSK Norfolk, Va. Robert W. Massey, CRM lf PA I Dallas, Tex. Samuel J. Massey, Y2c Bc-enlisted at Pearl llarbor, Ralph A. Mawyer, RM2c Lynchburg, Va. Ylichael J. Mcllaflerty, Fit- Cleveland, Ohio 'Y rthur J. McCay, MM24- Niagara Falls, N. Y. George E. McCurdy. SoM3c Centerdale. B. l. Charles K. McElve.-en, R Ylfit- Florence, S. C. Thomas J. McGrath, W'l'3t- Lowell. Mass. Dennis P. McHugh. Y2t- Boston, Mass. C4-rald M. Mclntyre. CMISQ' Syracuse, N. Y. I Lawrence P. McKiinie. CMM 4 I .LY Y San Diego, Calif. John J. McKinney. RM1v San Diego, Calif. Franklin L. McLean. Flo Utica, N. Y. Leroy McMahon, StMlc Jacksonville, Fla. Harold W. McPherson. Jr.. 914- Bangor, Maine .lames C. Meadows. MM3t' Charleston, W. Va. Earl J. Mears, Flc Philadelphia, Pa. .lohn A. Medeiros, Slc Fall River, Mass. Joseph J. Meier, Slc Buffalo, N. Y. Ellsworth F. Meland, SC3c Albion, N. Y. Raymond -H. Melott, CEM CPAP Reenlisted at Pearl Harbor. John B. Mercer, Jr., Slc Boston, Mass. Vernon H. Merrill, RM2c Manchester, N. H. 'l'. ll T. H lialpll YY. Michelson. CR'I't ,XII Detroit. Mich. Edward .-Y. Middleton. Sh' Philadelphia, Pa. f'Yl'fl1llf .l. Miller. CXIXU .X U Buffalo. Y, Joseph Miller. FCO34- Brooklyn. N. Y. Raymond W. Mille-r. StYllt- Richmond, Ky, George Milligan, CFI fl I' XI Alexandria. La. :Yrthur E. Mintz, YI Yl lv Neis port, R. l. Steven N. Ylirra. Sli' New York, N. Y. ivan W. Ylofiitt, KlYl1c San Francisco, Calif. Cordon E. Moody, f fi2r' Detroit, xlllfll. :Yllen :Y. Morgan, 'l'Yl2t- Terre llaute-, lnd. Hayden C. Morrison. Sli' Los .Yiigf-lf-s,l.al1l. llarold K. Nlorroo, 'l'Yl1Zv Clarksville-, 'l'e'nn. Carl U. Nloton, SKIN fill2.lfl0l.lt', fl. Owen ff. Nlurpliy, Sli- Nms York, N. Y. Robe-rt fi. Ylurphy, YIYI lt- kongBe-a1'li,ffulll. ,lose-ph E. Ylurriu, Sli- Ncww York, N. Y. Hob:-rt .Y. Ylurtliu. Y 21- Boston. Yla-s. ,losepll Xllliili, 524' Brooklyn, N. Y. lflwood l'1.Nlyt-r-. YX'l'12v Nlilllinluirg1.l'u. Ralph I-Y. Ylyhrmun. HQIYIJQ- Pittslmrgl1.l'u. ,lost-ph C. Ylyszu. l'lYlI5t- Chicago. lll. Ylelvin 5. Naill. CYI lr- Wasliington. ll. fi. Frank Naple-. YVIQZS4' Stamford, Conn. Ynthony ,l. Natalia l'lYlllv Yeadon. Pa. ,lolin K. NHIIS. YYT34' Schuylkill llawn. Pu. Stewart T. Nelson. Sli' New York. N. Y. Donald Ne-me-th. YlaYl3v Phillipsburg. N. .l- Ylax Nenlwrger. YlYl3v Philadelphia. Pa. David Nl. Newvolner. YYT34' York. Pa. Oscar Nllllllltilli. SIYII1' Bamberg. 5. fl- Ralph :Y. Nixon. 521' Pawtucket. B. l. Jasper P. Nobile. SQZC Brooklyn. N. Y . Raymond D. Nohile. RNI3v New York. N. Y . Hilary A. Noel. Cox Greensburg, Pa. Robert L. Noel. lYlaIt2f' Paducah. Ky. Joseph P. Nolan. RNI3c Bronx, N. Y. lilltll xufia, Brooklyn. N. Y. R'.'l 'fl Yi. Norris. l-'lIU3t- Crm-uville. 5. C. YYilliaui ll. North. CYVI' fieetlllslvml at Pearl llarlmr. llffltvfl J. Nuvkoli-. CXIYIA -X Xi Buslull, Nl3,,. tfliurlv- E. N5 strong, Sl,- Ffdllllllglldlll, Ylas-. lolin .l. lflirirn. Sli- l.oxwll, Xia-s. li-'lwrl f U'liriru ,lr Y .- Pliiladelpliia. l'.i. illwllly Uldulliv, l lUStrlt I' Xt Bn-im-tion. YY a-li. Yllu-rt llfxrul, Xl Yllft' lim :Y. lY'lioark. 'l'Yl2r Norfolk, Y a. luinv- l . U'5ln'Lt. YI Xl Iv lin-ton, Ylas-, XY llllklttl lllln. JI., I-'t l'liillip-liurg, N. ,l. Q .,. - YlHll'1'M J. Un-lg..inl, ji.. litIYl..t- lic'Lll!lt't', Xvli, lialpli XX.tht.-n-.l-'1Q2.- l.n- YIlgt'lt'H, I lgtlll. l' l.ix ldtlu l'anl.inon, Ut 24- l'e-arl llanlioi. l. ll. llukll l'itm'1'.fll'llYIt PM 1 llo-lou, Yla--. Nirliolu- Y. l'alllott.n. l' ls Miami-v. N. Y. If-'mu-ll'.tikr-1, NUYH-' Yklwlhflllllv NlilIt'llN Y. l'.lIto-I-on. YlYl.lr Yl.i1..iuI..Yli--. I--:mm t- Y . l'.nlou. .ll . Yl- Na-sx ll.uwn.4 Hun, l'.lIlia'k N. l'l'all-ull. YIYII-H Nlilplill-I l ull-. N. Y. l-'lm YK . l'4-ans, l'l 1f' Y Y I 5illt Ili.-go, I islltl. llun-rll,.l'e'llu-ll.l Lf1 Y-lilund. lu. li1'ulgl' I'l'I'I, NIV Ni:igam lfnll-. N. Y. llruw' Y. l'v-tf'r-ou. Fla' llarllold. I nun. lloxsnrul YI. l'f'lf'r-on. f'Yl lc' l,om1l-lamlfitx. N. Y. .lark li. l'o-If-r-1-li.YY'l'fl1' YY':iu-au, Ylii-.- lohn J. Pvt:-r-on. f lr Y1-ix lirmv-xsirk. N. l. .loltn livtorilk. Fifi' I,UI1QlililllllfillY. N. Y. Yann' lf. Ph:-lp-. YlYl2 Nfws' livrlt. N. fl. Yllu-rt ff. Plus-rsnn. HYIB1' Iinf-Inll. Nlilh-. Paul l.. Phillippy. BYI21' I'l1iIadf'lplll3.l'a. Yllwrl Phillip-. 'lwlfif' llunellf-n. N- .l. Be-rnard ,l. Pin-1-liorin-ki. BYI lc' Nlinnc-apoli-. Nlinn. Charles R. Pie-rw-. Sl:- llallas. Tex. Frank C. Pinocri. Yl2f' Provide-nee. R. l. Horace R. Pinto, Cox New Haven. Conn. Iyar Plffffil. Bl'nnklyl'l. N. Y. Paul V. Pizzuto, S2c Springfield, Mass. Thomas .l. Polizzi, MMZC New York, N. Y. James K. Powers, S2c Boston, Mass. Rufus Prince, RMIC Valdosta, Ga. Ernest Proulx. Sflgl' Pawtucket, R. l. Alvin .l. Rawson, Slc Providence, R. l. Wilbern E. Ray, S3110 Boston, Mass. John C. Reagan, CBXI Memphis, Tenn. 'l'heo1.lor1: M. R1fe1l. S213 Philad1flphiu,Pa. Charles R. R1:1f1l1:1', RdfNl21: lJayton,0l1io Donald C. Rehnstrom. SI1: BOSIOII, hlitss. William ll. R1:i1ly, jr., 521' Elmira, Y. jolm.l.R1-illy,l'll1: Whit1'l'lains. N. Y. Alfred if. Refnuutl, CM31' lluverltill. Nluss. Victorll.R1'llllig,i l1' Allvllltlktll, Pu. ,losvplt l'l. R1-nsilu1't', 521' Ulu--t1'r, Pu. lilurl U. Repko, l 21' ,lol1l1st1mli,l'at. Philip .l. Rt'yIltllll'. ilxllh' Rosloli. Klu--. Willium .-X. R1-vnol1l-. XS Nvtsurli. N. .l. .lohn tl. Rilwrio. .l r.. XS Igl'tN'kiHll, NILISS. i.llWl't'llt't' R. Ril'ilill'llS. Nl Nlll Springlh-I1l. Nluss. l'i1lnur1llf. Rivlwrl. Silt' Springli1'l1l. Xin-s. l r1tnk .l. Rit'lNQlIlN'. HNI21' l'ltilu1l1'lpltiu. l'tt. .'lllltt'S iii1'1l1'l. Siiflv .'Xurorn. lll. hi1Dt'liltt1'l' R. Rltllllisltll. i Sl New York. N. N . Philip S. Robinson. St fl1' Boston. Nluss. i'll'lHlt'iS lf. RlNit'l'Ilit'il. 521' l'ltil1t1l1'lpltin. Pa. l t'1'1lt'rit'k R. Rogjmrs. N lt' lntlianupolis. ln1l. .loltn XY. Rogers. l'iNlCl1' Tznnpai. Fla. Rohert l.. Rosvnslvin. Slr N1'wYork. N. Y. Sidney Rosenthal. l'hXli!1' Baltimore. Nhl. llonahl .-X. Rossi. SK31' ifltivztgo. lll. Tholnus Ruhicus. BH lv Boston. Xlass. Ralph ll. Rush. lil-ll GI't't'ttwooti. S. li. l'f1lwar1l G. Russell. Slc lJ1'm'er. Colo. Ri1'h:.ir1l R. Russell. R1iNl31' Boston. Blass. Patrick .l. Ryan. 511' South Norwalk. Conn. I Stanlev .l. Satiran. .lr.. GKI31: Chicago. lll. S0 .loseph W. Salter, SF3c Middletown. Ohio Elmer B. Sampson. .lr.. EKISC Boston. Mass. X. B. Sandling. MXIZZC Raleigh. N. C. Eugene C. Sandslmry. R1lNl2C Boston. Mass. Clarence J. Sargent. WT21' Portland. Nlaine Ceorge A. Sawyer. S21' Wausau. Riis. joseph A. Sellarii. Nlhllt' PI1il111l1-lphiu.lR1. R1,1l.iert .-X. S1'hmi1lt. N131 11' llelroil. hlivlt. ii1,vyl'l. Stllllllll. liihtigliain. lll. Jacob Nl. Sl'llllt'itlt'I'. 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Tankersley, ENIZC Kansas City, Mo. ,Iohn Cady Taylor, ENl3c Marietta, Ohio Rudolph R. Tellinghuisen, 5l 2t: ,lamt-stown. N. Y. Donald A. Terhune, Sllv New Brunswick, N. J. Charles E. Terry,,lr., Bkrlltr llouston, Texas john B. Tetreault. Sie Boston. Mass. Eugene A. 'l'liihodt'au, Fi Ile Boston. Mass. Everett A. Thompson. F1120 Rock lsland, lll. llavid R. Thomas. S217 Springfield. Nlass. Frank M. Thomas. C5134- johnstown, Pa. .lohn W . Thompson. Sli: Springheld, Mass. Russell Thomson. Jr.. F21- Allentown. Pa. llarry T. Thorns. 251' Pittsburgh. Pa. Robert T. Tohosky. Sli' Boston. Mass. Anthony R. Told:-ro, Sli' Trenton, N, J, Arthur E. Toms. Sli' Albanv. N, Y, Albert l... Tonioli. Rdllle Newburgh. N. Y. David W. Torpev. ONl2e Brooklyn. N. Y. Harold C. Tower. Sli' Springrfield. Mass. Marvin C. Toye. S20 Philadelphia. Pa. Peter J. Trainor. WT3c Boston. Mass. Ceorsze A. Trautman. EBl1c Newark. N. J. Norman Raymond Frank Tremblay. Flc Portland. Maine Clifton L. Trombly. WTIC Lowell. Mass. Ceorqe C. Trombly, W T30 Lowell. Mass. William O. Tscherch. SK2c Boston, Mass. Raymond .l. Turbide, AS P Springheld, Mass. Waller .l. Turkovsky, EMSQ Allentown, Pa. W'illiam F. Tyciak. F30 Philadelphia.iPa, Frederick W. Tysoe. WT1c Brooklyn. N. Y, Seibert A. Ungemach. BlNllc Paterson. N. ,l. Robert P. Lrbinati. RXllc Framingham. Mass. Engelhert Lrnauer. Sli- Richmond llill. N. Y. Loreto Lrmineta. St.1e San Pedro, Calif, Roller! lj. Litter. Sli' Utica, N. Y. .lame-s H. Y ail, QXlJSt- ilarlfortl. Conn, iiillt?Sit!l' l.. Yamie. Sli' lluntington. W. Ya, john W. Yurholla. Sli- HFUIIX, W . liolwrl fi. Wrilss, Sli' lioston, Xlass. llonienirk N. Y 1-rgnvtli, 521' New llawn, Iionu. fflutttle- bi. Ye-st, Sli' Sale-oi, lnd. l ranklin l.. X11-lt, SoYljit- Nuflqulli. W tl. .lost-ph l . Y ilule, Sli' linsinll. Will--. Nlll'lllilIl Wtlt'1Lt'lt', 'l'XILtt' Pittslntrgli, Pu. qkrtltttt' li. WV4NPl'lll'l . 5l1' North ll.-rua-il. N. ,l. lrzt O. Yoshurglt, Sli- Sprinulie-lcl. lll. William ll. Wm-k. .l r., W Tlt l'lttlu1lelplttit.lai. tile-ment ,l. W ull, W ll'- i.ree-nslroro, N. 4 .. llenrv W. Walker. l1YlYl4 Y Tie-euli-te-el l'e-atrlllut .lohti WY. Walsh. SYl2n- l'iut'llt'slt'I'. N. Y. liieliural l,. Walter. iiT1Iv 'l'ulQ'1ln,Ultln -v George- WW'illl1'lli1'lx.iiWl-N Pitt hor h llt S 2.1. ,lohn P. Warsl. llYl lv lioslott. Wlatss. liieliard Wv. Ward. Y 34' Rockville iietitrv. N. Y Thomas Xl. Waseauigze. 521' Wilkes-Barre. Pa. Arthur T. Watson. StXllv .-Xlton. lli. Nlarvin Pi. Watson. RNISM' .Ylhuquerque. N. Nl. Alan Wi. W'elmli. Sli' New llaven. Conn. Lets is ll. W'el1ster. Stxlffllc' Tyler. Texas Ralph H. Weeks. CHL' Springfield. Nlass. W'illiam .l. Weeks. S20 Paterson. N. .l- Walter B. Weil. Sir' Columbus. Ohio Charles Weinacht. Sle ' Long lsland City. N. Y R05 .l. Weiuarht. W-Tlx' New York. N. Y. Richard L. Weinn-ich. F1121- Burlington. Tuna Arthur ll. Wt-iggerber. Jr., Stag. Philadelphia. Pa. Arthur P. Welch, Slc Lmwll. Nlass. ohn F. W elrh. UM lc li-in-ll. Klan. Ukltl Wells, Fly' libehalix xxdsll, lirm-sl R. Wlrruvr, W 'lift- Xlbtiqm-rque, X. Nl, Ja.-L W rftllvk, Sit' Bronx, N. Y . llharles W est. F31- l'l.tll Riser, Nlas-, Sam ll. W ltufluu, MM 1,- W ushiugton. ll, tl, llt-tin-rt ll. W hilles, F2u lialeigh, X, ti. lit-urge ll. W hitvman, li Ylllr W ilmiugtott. lit-l. Ylx in ll. W biting, Sli- l'iltsltut'gli, l'.1, - . . .. J l'luul llllttvt, l Nl,t' llllrtlu, llltlu 5lt'ltill'll NPN' Wutk, W. W . iU'lN'll W lt'M', Fla' lntli.iu.ipoln-. lud, lhtnivl 5. W iggins. I-Yr W .th-rtom,1 nun. .l.tnu's T.. W U1lllItl.lll.,ll., l-Jr lin-lull. Wins-. W tllmm ,l. W ilkin---n. Slit' lin-lull, Wl,1ss, Xllo-tt W ankle-I, t.Nl.lt Wvlultk. W. lluitho-ll W , W illmm-. llYllf1' Ylrnuphi-. Te-no. ,l.unw- lf. W illlillll'. l 2a i.lt.tllo'-lull. W . Y at. -luv' W tlltzuus. NLM' lhlan-lo. l l:t. I'f tvt W . W illizim-. Xlxl lf 'No-n litttti-ulrk. N. lloln-it l.. W illiznn-. 5Ylll1' t.t.tnd lintml-. Xin ll. tQh:trlo-- W , W tlli-. .lt.. Fl' Szilvtn. Xin'--. ,lannvs F. W ilsuti. H121- M-it llfm-n.f1oou. Rolo-rt iz, Wllsutt.l'l1' No-wark. N. .l. Hulwrl W ililvn. 5lf' Portlanfl. Ylaitu- Wlilliam Wilson. Nl nYlt2r -Yugo-ta. Ca. .lame-s 0. Winter-. HW21' Elmira. N. Y. llvrlw-rt fi. Wi--man. ilWl31' tiltirago, lll. john Wi-mo'-ki. Ffh' Niagara Fall-. N. Y. Stanley P. Witali-. Bkr3f' Ni-vtark.N..l- f' . , g . . - f. Pitt-lmrgh. Pa. Charles S. Wnorov-Fki. M3121 Portland. Xlaim- Rohf-rt ll. Wolfe. SK3c Charleston. W- Va. 'nr Q F Withfr p0fvn..lr..S52f' Robert J. Wynn, FCO3c i Indianapolis, Ind. John J. Wynne, SM3c Paterson, N. J. Edward F. Yanish, S2c New Haven, Conn. Warren J. Yans, MM2c Buffalo, N. Y. Gilbert R. Yocllum, Slc N Y Pittsburgh, Pa. Norbert B. Young, SF lc e Scranton, Pa. Paul Young, J r., EM2c ormuth,,S2c ,V , oe, Paterson, N. J . C. Wright, SSMB3c a. Atlanta, Ga. George C. Wyhe, Blc Stephen Yurchak, SC3c . Trenton, N . J. Bayonne., N. J. Alois Arthur T Boston Harry C. Springfield Charles N. Zerby, Slc Philadelphia, Pa. 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