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Z ,br-v I r 111:-v t t l n .....m.-.r.....,.. .4 in F ....,. ..,..,. .M . .. ,gd H , , by our Kamikaze foe. Yet all our spirits were high, our magazines full and guns ever ready. All of us went about our daily tasks, caring for the girl, providing a loving and gentle tenderness that one finds only in battle zones. We knew she was pro-bably the most attended ship in the U. S. Fleet. l-fer engineer- ing plant, her guns, all her vital defensive and offensive equipment was in a hig-h degree of readin.ess. lf and when the lapshit us, and we knew eventuallythey would, we would be ready. ' Came May the 3rd, four days after our arrival on Radar Picket Station lU, four daysthat had been reltaxin-g :because of incessant rain. Still alert and ready, we mfanined our GQ stations, when ClC reported bogies approaching from the west. The four fighters overhead continued making their circular patterns. With this umbrella of CAP and our powerful armament, we felt ourselves invincible, almost eager to do battle with the enemy coming in. Covers were taken off the guns, all boilers were cut in on the main steam line, and we donned our bfattle raiment, poising ourselves for the approaching attack. There was no unus-ual excitement or ne-rvous tension. We were executing a routine that had been synonymous with our duty on the picket station. -Mr. McKay, Sky 3, had already made his reports to Sky Defense and was now exchanging last minute orders and words of encouragement to his men. Long gave his Quad 40 a quick inspection and a pat of affection. The men under them observed and nodded confidently. Eve-ry station on the ship had received the word and made ready for any emergency that might arise. We saw the first attacking planes miles away, speeding swiftly in our direction. Our fighters went out to intercept, but their efforts proved unsuccessful. Then the spectacle of a Kamikaze starting his bullet-like dive unfolded before our eyes. Many times had we fought the enemy planes at night, never witnessing the awe-inspiring picture that had suddenly been flashed before us. This was it, and our ship swirled majestic- ally to starboard to bring all her guns to bear. Our guns blazed, converging their barrage on this first enemy plane. Stubbornly he tried to hold his course, but riddled badly, and ablaze, he crashed some 50 yards away. Those men in Mo-unt 3 will still tell you hiow they were fanned by t'he flames of this doomed plane. Here again, we had triumphed and emerged unscathed. V . y Yet this plane was only a messenger, a harbinger of the ferocious attacks that were to come. We all remember the 50 minutes t-hat followed, how we fought to destroy the enemy, to protect our ship, and later, to-save .a ship that had been horribly mutilated and was in danger of going down any minute. And when the fight with some 20 suicide planes had ended, and 5 had been sent crashing into the sea, and the other 'ES had slammed aboard, the Aaron Ward and her. crew, everyone of us, worked as a team to win the fin-al fight. But in our moment of triumph we did not forget the heavy price we had to pay, and as long as we live, we-shall honor our shipmates who fought with us to their death. T Our fight extended far into the night, and ended only after all fires htad been extinguis-hed and the wounded treated and placed comfortably below. And then came that long, long voyage back to Ke-rama Retto at 5 knots. One ofour sister ships, the Shannon, did a magnificent job in getting us there safely. For h-ours we glided along,.thru a calm sea, a little jittery, flinching at tracers nearby, until morning came, and we reached the friendly shores of Kerama Retto. After 6 we-eks in the Retto where we continued to feel the effects of impending dangers and witnessing .numerous attempts of suicide planes to penetrate our fighter screen and attack shipping in our area tsmoke boat, smoke boat, where the h--- is that smoke boatl we were finally repaired, in a jury-rig fashio-n, and 'sent on our long journey back to the States. P I T Well, we made it, arriving in New York via Pearl and the Panama Canal, all of l2,0U0 miles on one engine and one screw. There we-re no brass bands, no reception committees to welcome us on our arrival at the Navy Yard, but who cared. Our than-ks to God and t'he satisfaction of a job well done were our only consolation. All of us had our own little 'lprivateu cele'bration and pr-oclaimed our joy in no uncertain terms. Too, we reverently thought of our shipmates who were not with us to join in the homecoming , R The war ended on August l4th, three months and several days after. we had fought our big battle, and with its end, we received the sad news that all work would stop on our ship. So badly damaged a ship seemed destined to feel the axe of t'he Navy's campaign to economize. Yet regardless of her fate, the ship, once our home, sword, and shield, will live forever in our hearts. We shall never forget her, nor shall we forge't our comrades, living and dead, who joined us in the figtht for the cause of humanity.. And now, let us slip into the pages of history and resume our tasks in a world that we fought to preserve. i i . T i . . L. LAVRAKAS. - ----.Y 4.-, ,, - ., , fi T ' ' 'iii' ri 6 , 'C -I A. 1' t 4 w 1 I t ll 4 51 it I X . Es ks A F Q :X .. rl :C t df .1-vvgifkf-. . I

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.. . W Y . ... ..- -Y .W , W...-..' .V-yn THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS AND MEN ' WERE ON BOARD THE AARON WARD ON MAY 3, 1945: Sanders, W. H., Ir., Commander, Commanding Officer Neupert, K. F., Lit. Cmdr., Executive Officer Rubel, D. M., Lt., Gunnery Officer Young, D. A., Lt., Engineering Officer Wallace, T. L., Lt., Navigator' Lavrakas, 'L., Lt., Assistant Gunnery Officer Biesmeyer, R. I., Lt., First Lieutenant and Damage Control Rainey, 'C. H., Lit., Assistant First Lieutenant Ca'thcart, G. F ., Lt. 'KjgI,, Assistant First Lieutenant Clark, D. 'C. Lt. Cjgl, Assistant Engineering Officer Halsted, H. tC., Lt. Cjgl, C.l.'C. Officer Rosengren, I. S., Ens., Sound Officer -Q-W V - sedan .Jr - - Kelley, P. W., Ens., Assis-tant Gunnery Officer Paine, C. S., Ens., Assistant Engineering Officer Dillon, S., Ir., Ens., Fighter Director Officer and Radio Officer Ferguson, D. P., Ens., Assistant Gunnery Officer Tiwald, I. P., Ens., Signal Officer Barbieri, I, K., Lt. Cjgl, Medical Officer McKay, R. N., Lt. Cjgl, Supply Officer Danford, D. A., Lt., Fighter Direction Koehl, F. W., Lt. Cjgl, Fighter Direction Siler, G. E., Warr. Gun., Mine Control Woodside, L. A., Lt. fjgl, Communicat-ion and Radar Officer Abbott, E. S., GM2fc Abercromwbie,,H. L., EM3fc Adams, B. C., WTZXC Adams, W. H., Slfc Ahrens, C. W., Slfc Aitchison, P., RDlM3fc Anastasia, I. G., MfMlfc Anderson, I. B., Flfc Andrade, A., BKfR2fc Andrade, I. W., Sllfc Ante-ll, R. O., M'M2fc Armand, M. I., M-Nlfc Aylworth, A. A., RDM3fc Bahmiller, L., Stlfc Bailey, P. l., Slfc Baker, C. L., S'2fc Ballard, A. C., WT2fc Bartlett, Vernon KNI S2fc Batchelor, Paul UNI Ir., S2fc Beadel, Allen KNI., RDMSXCCTJ Beattie, Vernon Edmond, S2fc Beckner, Ioseph David, MM3fclTJ Beckmann, Iohn Alouis, FCZXC Be-ll, Daniel Clyde, RDM3fcCTJ Berkey, Iames Dale, Slfc Bernas, Amando Ravara, SZXC Berry, Loyd C , MMlfc Birley, Charles Grant, Ir., Flfc Bissonnette, Roger Lionel, SlfcCRMJ Blunck, Ted Iohn, SOM3fc Boles, I Loyd, Ir., GMZXC Border, Russell Robert, WT3fc Bosney, Ioseph CND, Ir., FZXC Brewster, Iohn Harvey, Flfc Bridgewater, K. B., Slfc Brown, I. R., MNlfc Bruna, F., SCZXC Brusky, I. A., CRM Burchett, C. W., Stlfc Burgess, D. I., Slfc Burns, C. P., EM'3fc Buschbacher, R., GMl!c Cain, I. R., S2fc ,t-ki Caldwell, E. H., Y2fc A Carpenter C. L., Slfc Carpenter, R. P., E'Mlfc Carrick, I. R., S2fc Carroll, L. W., WTlfc Carson, R. L., Slfc Casaro, P. A., Slfc Castagnola, L., S2fc Castarrien, L. E., G'Mlfc Ceckowski, F. A., EM3fc Cezus, I. G., E'M3fc Chmiel, C. S , S2fc Christofferson, T. R., Cox. Clark, C. E., STl!c Clark, E., S.lfc Clingenpeel, L. C., Slfc Collins, C. M., GM3fc Coltra, P., MMVZXC Connell, C. H., S'2fc Conrad, L B , Slfc Cooper, E. E., WT2fc Cornutt, I. H., SOM2fc Couie, R. L., Cox. Coward, G. L., MM2fc Cozby, L. E., RDM3fc Crider, 'Clair William, PHM2fc Curr, Allan Ioseph, EMZXCCTD Curtis, Thomas Marion, Slfc Dalton, Iohn Shields, Slfc Dart, George Leonard, SSMLSXCKTI Day, Iohn Darrell, Sllfc Deacon, Robert Burton, Slfc Deckert, Amos Earl, S2fc Demyen, Ioseph Frank, SMZXCKTJ De Reimer, Vernon Pennington, MM3fc Despin, George, FC2fc Devlin, Ierry Gray, Cox. Dial, Billy Rae, SOM3fc Dial, Edwin Leon, GMZXC - Dolliver, Harvey Richard, S-lfc Dove, Hollie CND, F2fc Dow, Ralph Arden, Cox.CTI Dulin, Frank Benson, Slfc -Ugl- Duriavig, Robert Iames, F2fc Dyhrkopp, Einar Victor, F2fc Elliott, 'Samuel Olvin, Shlfc Elrick, Wallace Wayne, RM3fctTI Enderle, 'Richard Miles, FZXC Erice, Tom CK2fc Erin, Thomas Frank, Slfc Eves, Carson Hubert, SZXC Fields, Iames Fred, Slfc Fisher, Mark Roger, Slfc Fitzpatrick, Iohnnie Wesley, Slfc Fletcher, Clyde Thomas, GM3fc Fletcher, Farrell Ronald, SZXC Flinn, Frederick Terence, OMSXCCTJ Floyd, Harry Arnold, S2fc Follett, Robert Raymond, MN2fc Forrey, Page Durbe-tte, WTlfc Foster, Benjamin Hardin, FClfc Fowers, Wayne Grow, YSXCCTJ Frederick, George Ioseph, RM3fcCTJ Frenchik, Paul Edward, F2fc Friese, Rose Churchill, F2!c Gaines, Eddie KNJ, STMlfc Gaworski, Vernon Carl, SUCCGMD Gervais, Alphonse Alfred, GMlfc Giese, William Frederick, Ir., RM2!c Glenn, Iack Lawrence, SZXCCFCOJ Good, Rae Gervais, SlfcCFCJ Gorczyca, Stanley Paul, MMtlfc Graver, E. H., EMZXC Greenoe, VV. S., MMZXC Gross, N. A., MNZXC Guyer, W. M., MM2fc Ha-berek, M. C., Flfc Hall, E. G., GM3!c Hammock, E. A., GM3fc Hansell, G. H., CY Harris, R. I., S-lfc Haubrich, I. I., WTlfc Hetjhall, C. I., Slfc Hendrickson, I. M., Slfc Hetvick, F. M., Slfc Higgins, O. K., Flfc L KT?