Wood County (LST 1178) - Naval Cruise Book

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5 lllc'lLXi' il Illini- 'tri livin im 'K I I i ill , l,' LIEUTENANT COKIN.-XNIlDl2li ll. V, lll1,Nl-IlJSl lflv, .ll-3, Lieutenant Commander Ralph C, Rcardsloo, .ir,, USN, fwygm liig Nami vziiwvi' :is :in en- listed man in March 1941, He first reported zilioarrl miss Nfll1!'I':llill,X'Xl l I'c ix ll' X-3135 :md soon saw action outside Pearl Harbor on 7 llcccceiiilbfwif 'lflfil :mel lzilvi' iii ilu- Xlqirslicill :mil GillJGI'f Islands Raids, in the Battle of Coral Sea, in thc 'Folwo llnifl, :il ilu' I'-qittlv ul' Nliilwzix' :1tS:U1fH Cruz Island, at Cape Esperance until NUR5I'IAiIiAMl 'l'cJN was sunk iluriiiff tho1i'.iii1'tli'Rattle of Savo Islands. After subsequent surface duty in thc- South l':ic-iliv 'xXJll'.2 Ulli', 'Xli', Hczu'dSlG9 transferred to the suhmarific sorvicc z, 5 2 1 lil l cfiriiyli lc fl llirm- w:ii'liimf puilrols !ll5OZ'l1't.lUSS FLYING FISH fSS-2293. Mr, Beardslee received his commission in Sfeptmimilwi' lflfifi :milmiiiigiilifwilmlrs11lJo:1I'd the USS COMPTON fDD-7051 as ASW and Guniiory f1f'l'iq-4-V :mil tlu- l'f1f4 piyiiyzyii QAXGB-El f1S Navigator. After a tour as Officer in Charge oi' tho USS IJIGIAJNG flllf-HQ ii I ll'llilWil.'llll l'ullll1lIll1tl9I' Beardslee Was assigned as Corn1'nanc'linQ Officer of the l l51ggflIl.'igf,N'4Q.XHX V! gl -,play fllSrI'.-533, in 1961 Where he served until July 19653 when ho wwf-' ordc-r-1-fl lu A-' w ' N I . ' r . 1. . b - , 1 M , ,,x:llyi11!i1. lzqilllllyill-f ij! as Military Sea Transportation Scrvico Liziisoii fJlil'iur-r lm-flip gimp, I W, Xa, I vw., His next assignment after returning from thc- I-'ni' lkisel in ,liilw Iwi X- ,., , Wm- Ul'C'llltV3'l1 th lfff'-1 Cf 'A C' ' ' - ' ' e ava J icfr andirlatc School in Nowpoi l,, lllioflv lf.:l,,,,i1 Ligutcnzint Commander Iioardslon assumod coumimml My it 4 ,, ,, , , -, ,I l im, ll ,,l,m1 173, on 26 August ifmrs. I I ii A Q l likigiliiii gi +1 zIi1'Ff'i:glJslllX' FC' A sliouirilili l-i1'llivr-lily, alfa i--iliigifsii-e'ii:iIiCl

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EXECUTIVE GFFICER LI!clUTkLNAN'1' JOHN D. SORENSELN --J n-l E 'I' X W ll 'rub' 'W 'fu 1