Brooklyn (CL 40) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 188 of the 1979 volume:

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Her 24 Guns were a Federal asset in the mid-Nineteenth Century effort to preserve a tottering UNION. Acting with the West Gulf Squadron, the BROOKLYN participated in attacks on Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, distinguishing herself in FARRAGUT'S assault on New Orleans in April, 1862. She cannonaded Galveston, Texas, and was in on the seizure of Mobile, Alabama. She took eight prizes of war and aided in the capture of four Confederate Steamers. - USS BROOKLYN No. 2 grew out of the Philadelphia shipyard of historic William Camp and Sons, and was duly commissioned in the United States Navy on 1.December 1896. The 9,215-ton Armored Cruiser made a maiden cruise to England, hurried back to her country's defense when the war drums began beating. As Flagship of Rear Admiral Schely's Flying Squadron She promptly establlshed. a blockade at the southern Cuban port of CienFuegos Wlth the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. The Flying Squadron breezed to Santiago Harbor, Cuba, on 3 July 1898, and thereupon engaged the Spanish Fleet 1n the second of the two decisive Naval contests of what was primarily a Naval war. The Heavy C1'111Se1' BROOKLYN'S eight 8-inch and twelve 5-inch guns belched smoke and hot steel all through the struggle. Salvo after salvo was thrown into the Harbor's mouth in an effort t0 Prevent the Spanish ships from escaping the death-trap. Suddenly, aboard Flagship BROOKLYN, something Weill? awry. --4 2 1 V 2215?-to i X7 --nw... . , V4 , V ,V V ,VV VV ,,,,...,, ,V V , I V-, 'VM , , M- V . - , ' ' V ,yr ' .I JW, M V I , V ' 'V 1 ' ,'Tf,M f'.- fff , - ,W ff-V .. If , 'f-- .V V' VV t H ,X 'h 44. . V ..., n - ' V A . , ,, gwfrrr ?,:?W!,7 ,1,gj,g 1 Vysa: VV 2 X - W Vww ,Q ..-, , f K , QV, krk, ,VV1,..VX V .V 54, , 21, ,V'- w V.f- V ' --0 V, V V f 7 Z V. , V V V - , .. V V VV ,,,V , VV V, V ,VV,, , , ,Vkg V ..., ,QV ., VV V Xkyr K . 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Crawling along the blistering steel of the rifle barrel, he was exposed to murderous fire from the enemy batteries. As he clung precariously to a slender handhold, repeated blasts from BROOKLYN'S turret guns overhead threatened to jar him overboard. Finally, with an almost superhuman effort, hands torn and badly burned, MacNeal dislodged the shell, inched back along the hot barrel, and the gun went back into action. A grateful country paid him tribute by awarding him the coveted Medal of Honor. Chief Yeoman George Ellis of BROOKLYN was the only American fatality during the Battle of Santiago Harbor. The Ship itself was struck twenty times by Spanish shells, one passing through a compartment where eight men were busy handling ammunition. Having played a large part in the virtual destruction of the enemy fleet at Santiago, USS BROOKLYN went on to win greater acclaim by effecting twelve captures, was honored at the Spanish-American Victory celebration at New York City on 5 October 1898. 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USS BROOKLYN ICL 402 30 September 1937 - 30 January 1946 In 1930, the citizens of Brooklyn, New York, were united in their request to have the name BROOKLYN given to the 10,000-ton cruiser building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at the time. With a community spirit not uncommon to the most celebrated and colorful of the New York's boroughs, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce established a Brooklyn Cruiser Committee which worked feverishly, soon made the USS BROOKLYN Campaign known to its 2,300,000 civic-minded. constituents, submitted a rousing petition, copiously endorsed, to Navy Secretary Adams. The basis of the petition rested in the noteworthy services rendered the United States Navy by the two earlier USS BROOKLYNS. BROOKLYN, an honored name in the United States Naval History for more than seventy years, disappeared from the fleet with the disposition of the Armored Cruiser. Thus, Brooklynites everywhere clamored for a new USS BROOKLYN. This clamoring did not go unheeded. Under the terms of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, Congress in 1933 authorized the building of the BROOKLYN CLASS TREATY Cruisers, directed the New York Navy Yard to build the first of the class, USS BROOKLYN No. 3. Five triple 6-inch gun turrets were adapted farranged as in the Japanese NACHI class cruiser of 8-inch gunsb, three foreward and two aft with turrets II and IV in super-firing positions. The BROOKLYN class, nine cruisers of which were in the process of construction, introduced the Navy to the new-type, flush-deck cruiser hull with the high transom and built-in hanger aft. They were frankly an answer to the Japanese who had three ships. with .similar armament commissioned, and three additional in the building stage. These cruisers, both American and Japanese, were the most heavily gunned of their type in the World. i 1 1 ' 1 l l A The American ships were to carry exactly the same armament as those of the Japanese, disposed as to main battery in the same way. But, whereas, the displacement of the Japanese ships was 8,500 tons, the American cruisers were of a standard 10,000 ton, permitting carriage of additional fuel and greater armor protection. Prior to the development of these cruisers, Navies, in general, were content to mount not more than nine 6-inchers on the light cruiser. The fifteen 6-inch rifle innovation on BROOKLYN Class made it apparent that a race for more and for heavier guns per ship was underway. training and, indoctrination in the warm waters of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the BROOKLYN put in her first appearance with the United States Fleet off Colon, Panama Canal Zone in the wanning days of 1938. She was one of the three ships making up Cruiser Division Eight fthe others then were USS PHILADELPHIA and USS SAVANNAHJ' which was under the command of Rear Admiral Forde A. Todd. She conducted gunnery and operational practices with the Fleet from January to April, 1939. In mid-April she was honored by being ordered to return to her fhome port to participate in the opening of the multi-million-dollar New York World's Fair. Captain william W. Smith relieved Captain Brereton as Commanding Officer on 18 May 1939. The BROOKLYN was ordered by the Chief of Naval Operations, on 23 May 1939, to proceed to the scene of the SQUALUS submarine disaster, six miles south of the Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire. During salvage operations on the sunken submarine, BROOKLYN gave invaluable aid while acting in the capacity of a base ship. ' Laying of the Keel of the USS BROOKLYN CCL 401 . Navy Yard, New York, 12 March 1935 I christen you USS BROOKLYN said by the very pretty Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey 30 November 1936, and sent this Gallant Lady on her way to make Navy History. Approximately a year after the keel laying, on 30 November 1936, USS BROOKLYN CCL 403 careened down the lubricated fabrication of timbers and was borne by choppy North Atlantic waters. Wielding the traditional champagne bottle at the formal launching ceremonies was Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey, daughter of Rear Admiral F. R. Lackey, born in Brooklyn, educated in Brooklyn, and proud descendant of five generations of Brooklyn residents. Captain Jonas H. Ingram represented the Commandant, U.S. Navy Yard, New York, as he placed the 608-foot light cruiser in full commission on 30 September 1937. Captain William D. Brereton, Jr., USN, embarked as her first Commanding Officer. Following the builder's trial run and a period of Shakedown USS BROOKLYNICL 401 is water-borne 30 November 1936 A Completing this assignment, BROOKLYN, still attached to Cruiser Division Eight, transited the Panama Canal to rejoin the Fleet at San Pedro, California, participating in the opening of the West Coast's well-timed, multi- million-dollar Golden Gate Exposition at San Francisco, California. The visit to the Golden Gate Exposition gave the public a chance to see the New Navy. Below: The Christening party, left to right, Adm. F.RL Lackey, USN, Mrs. Harris Laning, Mr. Edwin H. Thatcher, Miss Hester Laning, Miss Kathryn J. Lackey, Miss Dorothy LeGennousen, Adm. W.H. Standley, and Mrs. W.H. Standley. 30 November 1936 if A2 ' .l is 4' -1 - Early in January 1940, as the Teutonic juggernauts rode roughshod over the rubble-strewn European graveyard, the BROOKLYN took part in the Army-Navy amphibious maneuvers off Monterey, California. Her crew's gunnery training was stepped up. Also, the men were thoroughly taught the proper method of handling casualties and making damage repairs under simulated battle conditions. This investment in rigorous training was to accrue a dividend of inestimable value in the not-too-far-distant uture. In April 1940 she sailed to Pearl Harbor to take part in the Annual Fleet Problem during the summer months, then proceeded back to Mare Island, California, in October 1940 for a short yard availability. The BROOKLYN returned to Pearl Harbor. There, on 3 February of the fateful year 1941, Captain Smith was detached, yielding his command to Captain Ellis S. Stone, USN. A week later BROOKLYN steamed with Philadelphia, Savannah and Nashville caarryang reinforcements for the Marine garrison on Midway s an . In March 1941 BROOKLYN made a good-will and training tour, stopping at Samoa, Auckland, New Zealand, and fabulous Tahiti. May saw her once more berthed at Pearl Harbor where she received surprising orders to return to Atlantic waters. In compliance, she passed through the Panama Canal once more and sped to Boston via Guantanamo Bay. World events were fast coming to a head. The United States decided to throw up an outer bulwark in frigid Iceland. The BROOKLYN, plus the battleships USS New York and USS Arkansas and other units of the Fleet, steamed in transport convoy to Reykjavik, Iceland, to land the initial contingent of American troops late in June. As friendly enemies checked and counter-checked on the diplomatic chessboard, Uncle Sam's formidable floating pawns cruised throughout the Atlantic Ocean on a series of neutrality patrol. At various times, BROOKLYN operated with the flat-tops Wasp, Ranger and Yorktown on such pre-war patrols. Captain Ellis S. STONE, officer commanding the visiting United States squadron 19 March 1941. A group of United States Sailors at the Hot Springs in New Zealand. The young children enjoy swimming in thetempid water. Insert is an invitation to tea. OFFICERS SAND MEN, POF AMERICAN SEQUADRON ACCLASIMEJDI. A IITISIISA IRARADE ' Q f 4 , A -1. A ,,, g THE AIICKIMXIND srxn. rrtsnn, s1.xi.c,u vs. 1941. --Xx 33- A Xxf- -------W-A 4.... ,.....4.:4-.- .. .. ...:.L..- lrei ..,,,.. , ,,,.,J,1-5517, ,,-3, ,A -H ,g ,Zahn nigga, Z1 --- -- L V W? WWW-I, Nnafnl Squadron From Sister Dernocraty Coe-nor To Dominion B ..,. . 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A German submarine was reported in the vicinity and BROOKLYN quickly catapulted her planes. The submarine was caught in a rain of accurately-aimed bombs as she was breaking the surface. Blasted apart, the U-boat slipped to the depths leaving behind her a trail of oil slick and floating debris. Since the submarine was never recovered from her sub-surface sepulcher, BROOKLYN'S flyers could not be credited with a definite kill but it is believed that she went down with all hands. The BROOKLYN cruised to New York City when the Martinique tension had satisfactorily diminished. Her anti-aircraft batteries were modernized and the ship undertook her next mission, assisting in the transportation of First Division Marines to Panama. On the return voyage, escorting the famed British liner Aquitania, the BROOKLYN encountered a German submarine Wolfpack off the New Jersey coast. The ship's planes and accompanying destroyers successfully broke up the attack, then rushed to aid a merchantman engaged in 2 surface action with one of the pack's stragglers on the orizon. The summer months of 1942 were devoted to escorting convoys of vitally needed men and materials to the badly battered homeland of our British Ally. With BROOKLYN'S Skipper Stone as Convoy Commander, the ships sailed from New York on the first run, stopping to pick up more units at Halifax, Nova Scotia, then ploughed through sub- infested North Atlantic waters to deposit their Yank troops in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Greenock, Scotland. Then the BROOKLYN shepherded her empty charges back to ' AM!ZRICA.'xf Hampton Roads, Virginia. During the cruiser's brief stay at Hampton Roads, on 12 June 1942, Captain Stone was relieved as her Commanding Officer by fellow Captain fpromoted to Rear Admiral in 19445 Francis ' C. Denebrink, USN. By mid-July BROOKLYN was back in New York. On 6 August 1942, BROOKLYN left New York City for her second trans-Atlantic convoy trek. Submarine contacts were frequent, but the convoy arrived unmolested at Greenock, Scotland. The return trip to the United States 'was not without incident. A few days out of New York, BROOKLYN hurried to the rescue of the burning transport Wakefield tex-S10-million luxury liner Manhattanj, a major unit of the convoy. Risking damage to his ship, Captain Denebrink twice skillfully maneuvered BROOKLYN alongside the port quarter of the burning transport. Flames raged uncontrollably throughout the Wakefield as her 1500 passengers and crew members were snatched from danger by the ships that circled her. Fleet tugs and salvage vessels scurried to fight the fires, eventually extinguishing them. The smoldering giant transport was towed to Boston Harbor, later restored to operational specifications and returned to her troop-carrying activities. Atlantic Fleet Commander in Chief, Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, dispatched a letter of hearty commendations to Captain Denebrink for his performance of duty as officer in charge of the Wakefield rescue. BROOKLYN'S Commanding Officer was later awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Smart display of seamanship and ship handling. X A By the fall of 1942, the United States had substantially recovered from her initial setbacks and built up her machine to allow her to entertain her own thoughts of aggression. The projected Allied invasion of North Africa had progressed beyond the map-consultation stage. The landings were not to be perpetuated without reason. First, it was essential that the Allies control the North African coastline, for an Axis incrusion into this area would have proven a powerful menace to the Western Hemisphere. Second, the landing of American troops in North Africa would answer the fervent pleas for the establishment of a second front which came from a bleeding Russia. - The Moroccan Expedition was the part of Allied strategy in which the BROOKLYN figured prominently.-The Naval component of this Expedition, commanded by Vice Admiral Henry K. Hewitt, was known as the Western Naval Task Force, while the Army group, under fiery Major General George S. Patton, Jr., was designated Western TaSk,F0rce. The prime objective of Admiral Hewitt's Naval TaskfForce, To establish the Army on beachheads near Mehdla, Fedala, and Safi tall within a 125-mile radius of the jack-pot, Casablancal, and support the subsequent coastal military operations in order to capture Casablanca as a base for future military and Naval' operations. Casablanca Harbor was choked with French naval vessels of every type in the early hours of Sunday, 8 November 1942. Both officers and enlisted personnel were energetic and capable, and they resented any interference to French Affairs, no matter how wellmeant. Both considered Britain, and any country siding with Britain . . . Enemy. There was marked contrast between the determined resistance of the French Naval units off French Morocco and the token opposition which our land forces met. , The 8th of November was five minutes old as BROOKLYN arrived off the key striking point of Fedala, one-time pleasure resort some 12 miles northeast of Casablanca. Supposedly, at German insistence, the spa had been transformed into a fortress. As landing craft skimmed.1n to Fedalian beaches from the hugh, grey transports hovering off-shore thad been led there, through a swept channel, by an earlier French convoyl, all four French batteries began lobbing shells into the anchorage of the U.S. Naval transports. BROOKLYN'S 15 six-inch rifles let loose and grew scorching hot as She answered shell for shell. The largest of the defending artillery installations, Batterle Port Blondin, located three miles from Fedala at Chergul, was soon neutralized by accurate and relentless fire from BROOKLYN. Meanwhile, the battered remnants of the U.S. Naval attack on the French Fleet at Casablanca broke out of the devastation that had been their refuge and sortied to scatter the cluster of ships standing off Fedala. The speeding men-of-war were intercepted and engaged by the Center Fire Support Group and BROOKLYN pitched into the melee. BROOKLYN fired unmercifully at the enemy ships, and received the only damage of the war when a French shell struck the main deck and fortunately ricocheted into the sea without exploding. Six of her crew suffered injury from flying splinters. Dexterous Skipper Denebrink, through erratic maneuvers and radical course changes, was able to keep the ship from the accurate line of fire emanating from the French guns. BROOKLYN'S deck was literally covered with red dye from the near misses of enemy shells. But the annihilation of the entire French force was all but complete. The tranquil South Atlantic disclosed no trace of the two dozen ships of the vaunted French Navy. They lay grotesque in twisted and burned-out wreckage in Casablanca Harbor, many having been scuttled at their moorings. Of those making a dash for freedom, one destroyer remained afloat. About 1000, the part played by BROOKLYN in the great Allied victory was almost canceled by catastrophe. A French submarine had sneaked into a position when BROOKLYN'S broadside hove into view in her periscope. The French skipper had the dream torpedo problem - a solution and fired six torpedoes for a certain kill. Commander G. G. Herring, an ex-submariner, informed the Captain he had been on this course a little too long, and he had just observed a bubble on the port bow from the opening of torpedo doors of a submarine. Captain Denebrink ordered, Hard left, and the ship responded just in time to allow the torpedos to pass harmlessly down the starboard side running close together in a good spread. -Q i i U +I r Captain F.C. DENEBRINK, USN., 11f8f42 on the bridge of BROOKLYN with his helmet on backwards to easier use his binoculars to identify surface and air targets of the enemy. There were only five torpedos, the sixth had jammed in the tube and did not clear the submarine. So sure was the submarine skipper of a kill that he settled to the floor of the harbor to listen to the explosions and the breaking up of a warship. All was silent except for the screw noise of BROOKLYN proceeding to do her assigned task. T0 THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE BROOKLYN ' 'il 'il 'il When we left port I announced to you that we were off to battle. f. Each day brings us nearer to the zero hour and the order commence 1r1ng . I want to tell you how I feel about things right now. Well, I have never been happier in my whole life. We have always taken this war and battle readiness seriously in the BROOKLYN. We came into the navy to fight. We have been itching to fight. In fact this war is our dish. As your Captain let me say this: The way we do this job of ours for the next two weeks is the most important thing ever to happen to us. Believe me. If we follow the ball - and we always know deep down inside just how hard we are trying - we will have something substantial and good to- lock up in our ditty boxes. But if we bitch things up the memory of our failure will be a bitter, humiliating disappointment which will persist al- ways. The memory of man is like that. We. must win the coming battle. They don't pay off for second place. But first of all, we must make sure we get into the battle. What a hell of a note.it would be to let the enemy slip us a mickey finn while we weren't on the Job enroute. Battle means killing or getting killed these days. Make no mistake about that. We cannot hope to win without spilling blood. But we spill a lot less ghlen we win than when we lose. None of us is worried a damn about that er. Th1s.l tell you. If we shoot first, hit first, kill first -- then we can win. To achieve that superiority over the enemy we must be alert, smart, and above all, have the guts and determined will to win. . I am not too particular about being so polite in battle. To be blunt, if we 1 can Wm by - - - - - -, then you can bet your bottom dollar I'm going to let him have it. No one is ever entirely ready to fight. But it is my supreme and honest to God conviction that we are as ready as we ever will be. I have absolute confidence in you and I want you to know it. In the days that lie ahead I ask no officer or man to give more to assure 1 the victory than I do, be it life itself. -I have a sneaking hunch that we will all enjoy a hell of a big liberty in Times Square about December fifth. F. C. Denebrink, Captain, U. S. Navy, A Commanding. - L - 'Q V . I I Q N I I 1 I I I . IAII,Kssllr'i:lIr':lI'i'r'-slvrlusi lhis is how the silenced batteries of Fort lvl Hunk on I guns ot the U. S. fleet. Building Ill center foreground has been leveled and bomb V ' the coast of French Morocco ztpnezired to the crew of I and shell' hits can be seen near the batteries at the right. This, and the other S. Navy recomiaisszaiice'plain- after lhztt fortress was batlerecl into submission by l l'Qli1Zll'k2lbl6 fotos on these pztges, were niaclev by U. S. Navy aerial fotographers. You're looking down on the har- ' bor of Casablanca after it was hammered by American guns. The French battleship Jean Bart, 21 huge hole in herstern, stands at her ,berth Cleft, centerl. Smoke still pours from bombed warehouses. Arrow points to outline of sunken drydock and circled is a sunken French destroyer on her side in the channel. U. S. Write rs, E ewitnesses Tell tories of rench Landing By The Associated Pri-ss The French Fleet at Casablanca came out fighting and almost succeeded in blasting a way through the American blockade, and French Marines put up a terrific battle at Fedhala when American forces made their surprise landing on the Atlantic Coast of Moroc- co early last Sunday, it is disclosed today in the first eyewitness accounts received here. ' The Americans succeeded in completely sur- if 1 prising the French defenders, arriving off the shores wl1ile they still were lighted, it was dis- QVV, closed. ' '.,' 5 QQ. Many stirring. fast-moving incidents were re- lated by Associated Press war correspondents QEi, g5A y f'f '5, Hamid v cl-1.115 Boyle and John A. tSkippe1-J Moroso, Ill, in their first eyewitness accounts of the landings. These graphic accou11ts. written before the surrender of Lhe'Frc.-ncn colony, show that the fighting there was fierce: but that the French did not 'cally want to fight and often apologized ' ' r I ' for fighting after they were captured. JOHN MORQ59 Boyle, received the rifles of two surrendering Scnegalcse who got ashore in the third assault. wave at Fedhala, 12 miles northeast of Casablanca, after a ducking in the Mediter- ranean. Moroso was in the thick of ine naval :u-tion, seeing itlthrough straw, ..,. ,,... . .. ,, from a light cruiser wnich blazed the way into Fedhala with guns roaring. U '52iff2:.5?t-,:gi1?': Moroso, 32-year-old native of Charleston, S. C., was aboard one of the first troop convoys to carry the second AEF io northern Ireland and has covered other operations of the Atlantic Fleet. ' Uvlorcso is well known in Norfolk. He visited the offices, as he frequently does, of the Virgin- ian-Pilot only a day or two before he left to goin the American convoy sailing for Africaj. Boyle, 751-vear-old Kansan, is on his first F ,Q .2-QQ.'.l,'.-j,ZQi'gij assignment as a war correspqiident. A mem- ber of the AP staff in New York for five years be- H fore goinv abroad. He is a Graduate of the Uni- AROLD BONE versity of' Missouri School on Journalism. Stories on Pages 2 and 3 xiii? :if Q I2 E. I 41.. xiao - -4 L- ,N . ii'--'A Lo , . ,- . . '. I Q ai. l IWDSLAMIJASA ' F, If n A A CC Q I 04571-3 U X4 A I L 4 c .fn r 0 T All Ill ff ' K 5 if f l ul M' ers prsffrcf-.sn gmfannari I ' ol ll N73 ' 1 A o A A Sf iw vlan ITB :P,.4,m6,L'l-P010 - 'Eh , 4-HSAQGE I u 1 X M I I V , ! . ,. - l ' -KIQGMN . . I FEDALQ . , ,499 Z 'dlp l w I 3 Fxewf 9 ' fgflffd Ig 5 ! Je-Wm . li , E , elilwif' ' aww f94L ' 'i 't 'Fm I l 2 ' 'S 5 c9F67a9TfM 97' I IL Y' I I . F ' FFAALA d4r,4a1fw.1A . 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These French vessels, with the exception of the Jean Bart, were in full commission, well trained, well equipped, and thoroughly disciplined. The leadership was energetic and able. The enlisted were capable and completely loyal to Admiral Darlan, their Senior Naval Officer in Command of the French Fleet, and to Admiral Gervais De Lafond in Immediate Command of the Casablanca Units. On many of the French vessels sunk that day off Casablanca, the green dye of BROOKLYN'S shells left irrefutable evidence of the accuracy of BROOKLYN'S fire control. The two largest French units to sortie from the harbor lPrimaugent and Malinl never returned. Much credit for this fact is due BROOKLYN, for both vessels showed copious quantities of green dye. A Sketch of the landing beaches for Operation Torch. 8 November 1942. BROOKLYN, along with other units, was ordered back to the U.S. on 14 November 1942. She proceeded to Norfolk, Virginia, in convoy. From there she steamed to New York on 1 December 1942. In the middle of January in the new year 1943, the light cruiser guarded a Casablanca-bound, high-speed troup convoy safely to its destination, then returned to New York City. Capable Captain Denebrink was ordered to a new task and on 14 February 1943 the USS BROOKLYN had a new C. O., Captain Humbert W. Ziroli, USN. March and April BROOKLYN underwent training at Casco Bay, Maine, taking a convoy to North Africa, and undergoing a month's thorough overhaul at the Philadel- phia Navy Yard. In early May the ship proceeded to Norfolk, Virginia, for a rehearsal of invasion tactics, sailed at the end of the month for American-occupied Oran in Algeria, North Africa. It was to be the light cruiser's debut in the azure waters of the Mediterranean. The time had come for further Allied expansion. 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W . ff -f- ---V KY' I i A .a gl f PK 'Lulu' -A .e ' '1Qu,-ARP' 1, -1856 -' 1 In the four days from 5-9 July, a huge armada of 3266 vessels carried some 160,000 troups with their 1,008 guns, 600 tanks from Africa to Sicily on Operation Husky. The Yank soldiers, seasick in the troubled waters, moved in on the beaches of Licata, Gela and Scoglitti early on the 10th, quickly fanned out under an umbrella of fire from Naval artillery. At Licata, Rear Admiral Laurence T. DuBose in BROOKLYN directed the fire support group CBROOKLYN and BIRMINGHAM, a destroyer squadron, and other numerous American and British small craftl. Under this watchful eye, troops and supplies which had crossed the Mediterranean in landing boats poured into the beachhead. Except for the rough seas, all was going on schedule. The Gunnery Officer gave the order to commence fire at 0430 on 10 July. The Army's Third Division pushed their way inland, soon clashed head-on with determined enemy troops. Luftwaffe planes bombed and straffed the ships lying offshore and the artillery installations around Licata chimed in to complete the stentorian crescendo in this symphony of destruction. BROOKLYN fired volley after volley of devastating explosives that day. She patrolled and knocked out targets of opportunity on the 12th, and nosed cautiously through thick mine fields on the 13th to hit and land concentrations and shore installations at nearby Agrigento. Only when there were no more targets in range were her guns allowed to cool. On 14 July the cruisers BROOKLYN, BOISE and SAVANNAH left for Algiers to await further orders. Orders were received and mid-August found BROOKLYN once more relaxed and safe in New York City's mammoth harbor. While training the crews of new cruisers at Boston, BROOKLYN was ordered to return to the Mediterranean area. In her absence the wobbling Italy had bowed awkwardly out of the Axis triumvirate. And the USS SAVANNAH had taken a glider bomb through her number three turret and had all but sunk, except for the faith of her skipper in his crew. Together they sailed her to Malta for temporary repairs for her return to the U.S. The light cruiser sailed for Palermo, Sicily, on 13 September 1943 and arrived some 11 days later -. to take the place of SAVANNAH. - In Palermo on the 11th of October, Captain Robert W. Cary, USN, the Skipper of SAVANNAH when she was hit, relieved Legion of Merit winner, Captain Ziroli fawarded for his handling of BROOKLYN at Sicilyl. Captain Cary took his cruiser BROOKLYN on diversified missions in support of Allied Mediterranean operations. BROOKLYN was caught in a heavy night air attack on Allied shipping in Naples harbor on 23 October, fortunately came through without any more than a few pieces of schrapnel falling on her decks. Captain Cary's best strategy that night was to keep the larger caliber guns silent unless directly attacked so as not to reveal BROOKLYN'S presence in the harbor. . l ' ' X . s ions 'yuan o o nm , dws nl lvl nvvia A lfl ' couldn't stem the Allied tide. Somewhere off the Sicilian coast, geiyfserstgf :did explcidmg snliell' . u v i fragments till the air as Nazi planes score a direct hit on an invasion vessel. This foto was held up by Brit- ish censors. Yesterday a bitter aerial battle was being fought eye: the Italian toe wg 1,7 Axis planes were shot down. I p p V. If ,FSQW 03 page ,5 4 below, No Change, Fire for Effect below, Another Spotting Plane is launched . -V 1 T 5 'E 1 F s l I ,P 'T Hina.. sv-,gifmx 4 - ini-'M' ' ...A -......,.,. 'T I .. vvgwyc The Executive Officers word on Palermo Liberty. Mid-November that year found BROOKLYN escorting the USS Iowa through the Straits of Gibraltar to Oran, North Africa, with President Roosevelt and his many starred Staff who travelled on further to Teheran, Iran, for another Big Three Meeting.-At this time BROOKLYN was the Major American Warship attached to the Mediterranean Fleet. She was the Flagship of Cruiser Division Eight's Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson. Christmas 1943 was spent at the shell-pocked Island of Malta, the British Mediterranean citidel which had withstood the crushing blows of constant enemy aerial poundings. The Crew was warmly welcomed by the Maltese inhabitants. They reciprocated by throwing a Christmas party for the many Maltese Orphans. The Maltese returned the favor many times with parties and a lot of good will to every member of BROOKLYN,s Crew. Nothing that weekend was too good for them. This Christmas tree has a special meaning to the members of BROOKLYN's Crew. Seems Chaplain O'Leary wanted a tree for the Christmas party. He sent some, Good Sailors, for a tree. Never dreaming that the, Best Place, was the Island Governors drive. This is a true Sea Story, it did happen. Maltese Orphans enjoying a Christmas Dinner. After a good battle, a Good Liberty, Palermo, Sicily Later, in 1944, at a press conference, Navy Secretary James A. Forrestall said, Malta is a jewel in the crown of England, being place there by the many sacrifices of countless British flyers and sailors - a symbol of the tenacity and resolution of British character. Charging up the boot heel to Rome, the American invaders had been stopped cold at the Gustav line. To deploy the dogged Nazi troops and engage their tactical reserves, the Yanks poked a double-thrust into Italy's western coast some fifty miles to the North of the Gustav defenses at the twin resort towns of Anzio and Nettuno. BROOKLYN was called in for artillery assistance and was quick to answer the call. The amphibious landing craft had met little opposition as they proceeded into shore on 22 January 1944, but once they had beached themselves and disgorged soldiers from their gaping mouths, all Hell broke loose. The sky was filled with zooming Nazi planes of every nomenclature. One seventy millimeter guns posted in the mountains inland rained a steady' stream of flaming steel on the Americans crowded in that little pocket of Italian soil. With meticulous plotting by her Navigation Officer, BROOKLYN eased her way through mine fields to shallow water positions where her main batteries were within range of hostile shore targets on the morning of D plus 1. BROOKLYN'S Captain Cary rendered outstanding service as Commander of the gunfire support flotilla, raked the Anzio-Nettuno area with her pulverizing 6-inchers as Army spotters indicated the targets. The Navy sharpshooters standing off Anzio underwent air raids throughout the day and night Cless concentrated attacks in the daytime, large scale bombings during the nightj. At dusk on the evening of the 24th, BROOKLYN sustained without damage the heaviest aerial assault of her career. below, Flares dropped by a Hi-flying German Plane, during the Anzio Operation, night of 24 January 1944. 4. 7 RED ANZIO I was a veteran at Anzio, This wasn't my first close shave! Yet when the J'U?s came circling, I envisioned a Tyrrhenian grave, Yes, I was a beach-head supporter, Helping out with the Fifth Army Show: But it got hot as hell, When straddling bombs fell, To the accompanying shout, Red Anzi03 . Night gave us scant protection, Flares lit up the sea in lanes, While sticks of deadly calling cards, Dropped from those damned Junker planes. The Luftwaffe was having a field day, Attacking with a sledge hammer blowg I saw ships torn apart, Where bombs found their markg No warning was needeC, Red Anzio! . But our Old Man was a cool one, His ship handling was of the best? He knew hor: to outsmart the Nazi, We wouldn T he caught with the rest. Before Sieily's beaches and Salerno, HQ had learned to deal with the ioeg Sc he snealf1e.i our ship out, By wave ruund about, And get us away from Red finzio3 . Oh ga-g'nnp.r don't look so askanceg L, . . ., l I'm -1 'victim of combat fatigue, ' If K7 carcusiug, to you, is unseemly, Believe liquor is just what I need. For in my memory is sharply chiseled, The image of that pyrotecnnic tableau. So let's drink all around To help shut out the sound, Of that alarming cry, Red lfin.zio3 . . Anonymous Exhausted, the Yanks fought with their backs to the sea. Yet the beleagured Anzio beachhead held in the face of heavy odds and every type of counter-attack and counter-measure which the panicky Germans could muster. No little credit for this feat of defiance was given the accurate shelling by the Navy vessels under the Flagship BROOKLYN. Legion of Merit winner, Captain Cary fawarded him for his handling of BROOKLYN at Anziol, was temporarily relieved of his command by Captain F. C. Layne, USN, until Captain F. R. Dodge, USN, took command 12 April 1944. ' .f . Captain Frank R. Dodge takes over from Captain Frank C. Layne 12 April 1944 In May the British Eight and American Fifth Armies cracked the Gustav line wide open, slugged their way through crumbling enemy lines, stormed or by-passed snow-capped mountains. BROOKLYN returned with other units to -the Anzio-Nettuno area to lend support to the victorious Army troops along the Western Italian Front, actually forming a left flank. Acting on a rotation basis, the cannonading ships CUSS PHILADELPHIA, USS BROOKLYN, HMS PHEOBE and ORIONJ took turns carrying out daily firing assignments. Ammunition dumps and railroad guns were destroyed, reinforced concrete pillboxes ground to rubble by the cruisers' fire. The Fifth Army turned the enemy's right wing and compelled him to abandon his mountain strongholds, formed a triumphal motorcade down the ancient Appian Way. Rome was ours. As the Normandy invasion got underway on Tuesday, 6 June 1944, the Allied forces in the Mediterranean area were feverishly active in preparing for the coordinating effort. A number of heavies of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet CUSS NEVADA, USS TEXAS, USS ARKANSAS, cruisers USS TUSCALOOSA, USS QUINCY, USS AUGUSTA, USS CONCORD, USS CINCINNATI, several escort carriers and destroyersj sailed in to swell the Mediterranean armada. BROOKLYN was ready for her fourth and final major amphibious operation - the invasion of Southern France. The huge flanking movement COperation Anvili was underway on 14 August 1944 as the 1500-ship invasion force assembled and set course for the French playground seaboard between Toulon and Cannes. After steaming through the night, BROOKLYN arrived in her assigned area and commenced a one-hour, pre-invasion barrage ten miles west of CANNES. Approaching Southern France 8-14-44 Gunners Watching Sometime the blue and peaceful Mediterranean could get very rough for short periods of time. The supreme executors of Operation Anvil fArmy: Maj. General Patch, Navy: Admiral Hewittl had timed it perfectly. No sooner had the Naval guns finished wiping out obstacles on the beach in the early morning hours on 15 August, than four to six waves of General Patch's Seventh Army shock troops, together with units of the vengeful First French Army, swarmed ashore to get and hold a foothold of this most desired real estate. All day long BROOKLYN, teamed with the Flagship TUSCALOOSA, kept up her persistent fire. The demoralized Nazi 19th Army was making tracks in a decidedly unmilitary manner. Planes from our carriers took off to control the air, BROOKLYN launched her own planes to gain topographical information and seek out the enemy gun emplacements. At dusk, German aircraft made abortive attacks on our shipping, made several potential torpedo runs on the cruiser BROOKLYN only to be balked by her very accurate and devastating anti-aircraft fire. On the 22nd of August, with the Seventh Army forces having penetrated French soil almost 140 miles BROOKLYN and two American destroyers entered narrow La Napoule Gulf to draw out the fire of the enemy's shore Z' batteries and complete the ruination of their defenses. Captain Dodge's cruiser did her job well. The shoreline was 7 , V a - , WMM p ripped apart by her leveled guns as tons of explosives were ffl -i.,,,a , , , .i.' ,.rl ts' lobbed into the enemy lines. Flames licking the muzzle of New .ffr W1 ,rt, s.la l,ni in , lvii one of her 6-inch guns would herald the flight of yet another as i ii meiieii missile- iii the .ieee ef this iiiieiiiiiiiei?ie fire, www surroundedby their burning tanks and shattered plllboxes, the terror-filled Germans threw down their weapons by.the hundreds. Cannes fell. Her Job over, BROOKLYN cruised e to e Corsican seaport fer replenishment ef her empty As the Convoy approaches the South Coast of France. The wake just under the gun barrels is from the mine sweeping paravanes, rigged from BROOKLYN is gi l s I a v 2 1 i Salvo, and the fight is on for the beginning of the end for the Axis and Hitlers Armies. IIlagaZlIl6S. On 22nd October, Vice Admiral Hewitt, Commander Eighth Fleet, established BROOKLYN as his Flagship, went on an inspection tour of all newly annexed U.S. Naval bases in the Mediterranean theatre - Toulon, Naples, Palermo, Bizerte, Algiers and Oran. The venerable light cruiser received reassignment orders at Oran at the end of the tour. After a lapse of fifteen .months without touching an American port, BROOKLYN was going home. Brooklyn's Best Slugger ls Home terday after 15 months of hazardous duty in the Mediterranean where the seven-year- 18 The U. S. S. Brooklyn came home to roost at the N. Y. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, yes- S old light cruiser's deadly, p and Southern France. oint-blank gunfire supported the landings at Salerno, Anzio The Brooklyn came throughiher commander, Capt. Frank R.. without a scratch after a score of ticklish tusslea with German lanes and artillery. Lucky? Yes, the crew agreed, but luck dldn't count half as much as the fighting ability of the ship and In Mediterranean wafers with ihe U. S. S. Brooklyn for 15 months, Capt. Frank R. Dodge frighil and Cmdr. H. F. Eckel- berg brought fhe light cruiser home-io Brooklyn. Dodge of Philadelphia. The really lucky ones were 36 hometown oficers and men de- posited practically in their Flat- bush backyards ln time for Christmas. g The Brooklyn is a work- horse shlp, Capt. Dodge said, describing the battlewagon's operations along the French coast. She's not the spectacu- lar type. We simply followed American troops from Cannes along the coast of France dur- lng the August invasion. When the troops ran up against an enemy strongpoint, Capt. Dodge said, the Brooklyn andy' other ships let the Germans havej t with six-inch shells until the-'J nemy force was neutralized.' 5 Capt. Dodge said the ship sper ome time at the Monte Carlo gaming resort. 'Break the Bank' I We hoped to 'break the bank' at Monte Carlo-with six-inch shells, Capt. Dodge sighed. But the Germans had evacuated the Casino and there were too many French flags flying. Because of the Brooklyn's marksmanship, Capt. Dodge pre- dicted there'1l be considerable activity for some time by the building trades ln southern France. The Brooklyn was in on the North African landings ln 1942 .and the invasion of Sicily. She was in New York Navy Yard for minor repairs when the Salerno landings took place in September, 1943, but she hurried across and, subsequently, supported the 5th Army on the beachhead. Buy Bonds. Serve Your Country! Save Your Money! 15 .,- , .,., .. ,. ..i sa., . ,,,,,,,l 5, l 1 1' 1 .. A.: 1 11 HIA ,INQU,IRE,R. THURSDAIY, MORNING. Crui erin 'Mothball ,' 1 1 tin Inactive Fleet The U. S. Navy put the first of its major fighting ships scheduled for peacetime idleness in mothballs at the Philadelphia Naval Base yes-. terday, starting a program which eventually will lay up a huge inac- tive fleet ready to go into almost in- stant action from Atlantic and Pacific ports. A Sealed against the slow' ravages of wind and water, the 11-year-old light cruiser U. S. S. Brooklyn be- came the first member of the inac- tive 16th Fleet at ceremonies at- tended by Mayor Bernard Samuel and a group, of top-ranking Navy officers. Admiral T. C. Kincaid, U. S. N., recently named commander of the 16th Fleet and former com- mander of the famed 7th Fleet, threw the switch that set going dehumidification in the last zone of the ship prepared for preservation. Lieutenant, Commander Harold Lank, retiring commander vof the vessel, turned her over :to Captain W F Fit' erald Jr commander 'of 1 1 i SAFETY INSURANCE , in All topside removable mateiiialjjis. below decks in dehumidified., land. sealed space, the .entire ship' is treated with rust-preventivesntop-' side guns are sealed with plastic filni, the hull is treated with poison- ous paint to kill barnacleslor other marine life. Admiral Kincaid point- ed out the availability of. the 16th Fleet and the 19th onthe Pacific coast, declaring they would ffcause ilaggressor nations to be hesitant I V f v Qi A I 2- I 1 l .- ze Q .. the isths Philadelphia. group.. 1 and 1 the inactivation process was-com-.- pleted. ' j With a maintenance grofdp of Qiive officers and 59 men, in ,contrast ,to-'l her wartime complement 'of.,86 of- ficers and 1154 men, the Brooklyn will rest here along with perhaps 40, other mapor ships, and' many destroyers, submarines and other craft-but everyone of. them' can spring to actionwithin 10'days- in the event of hostilities, due? tof the ,ingenious preservation methods' that ii NFIWY calls 'fputting them in -moth-fi balls. -. ' , of attacking us. Among the high ranking .-.officers attending the ceremony were Ad-. miral J. H. Ingram, commander-in-' chief of the Atlantic Fleetg Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel, command- ant of the 4th Naval District: Rear Admiral C. H. Cobb, commandant of the Philadelphia Naval Base, and Rear Admiral S. S. Kennedy, direc- tor of maintenance of the Bureau of Ships. CHESTER ARRIVES AT BASE Another ship destined for similar retirement to reserve duty, the U. S. S. Chester, arrived at the base shortly before the ceremony on the Brooklyn. She is the heavy cruiser, U. S. S. Chester, with 164 Navy and Marine personnel, who debarked to leave for separation centers through- out the country. Among them were four Philadel- phia men headed for the Bainbridge, Md., center. They are Seaman First Class William J. Conway, 3221 Long- shore st.g Coxswain Richard F. Cut- ler, 5857 N. 6th st.g Radarman Sec- ond Class Francis T. Costello, 4413 Gansom st., and Radarman Third Class Edward J. Fahey, 1110 E. Earl -st. All were crew members of the Chester. ' From the Philadelphia Inquiror 31 January 1946. below is a 5 gunmount preserved for decommission- ing nvln Sami Canning Warships 4 Escorted by destroyers KEARNY and ERICSON, a jubilant BROOKLYN arrived in New York on 1 December 1944 and went to the Navy Yard for extensive overhaul. The fact that she was glad to be home was evidenced by her crew that month establishing a new record for Fleet War Bond Sales. The record was an average of 358.00 per man. Just prior to the Christmas Holidays, Skipper Dodge left his position as Commanding Officer. Commander Herbert F. Eckberg, USN, temporarily filled in. In anticipation of further combat, many new fire control and radar instruments were attached, blisters added to the cruiser hull allowing a protection from underwater explosions and torpedo penetration. On 12 April 1945, Captain William F. Fitzgerald, Jr., USN, embarked as Commanding Officer of a rejuvenated USS BROOKLYN. The German collapse, to which end BROOKLYN had made such a vast effort and contribution, culminated in Unconditional Surrender as the cruiser went south to Trinidad for a refresher voyage. She returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to again act in pre-commissioning training of green cruiser crews. V-J Day came as BROOKLYN was moored in Newport Harbor awaiting a Pacific assignment. The war years had come and gone. BROOKLYN'S war missions had been successfully completed without the loss of a single American life or major damage to the vessel as a result of enemy action. On 30 October 1945, USS BROOKLYN drew up alongside Pier A at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with the distinction of being the first ship to undergo the extensive preservation treatment at that Yard. Her metal surfaces and machinery were coated with a thin film of rust preventive, whereas anti-mildew and anti-decay substances were used to preserve wood, life jackets, cordage and other non-metal gear. Mechanical dehumidifying units were placed inside the cruiser to draw moisture out of the air and maintain an even temperature and relative humidity. Her guns were protected by netting coverings sprayed with a plastic paint, air .within these coverings being exhausted by special devices. USS BROOKLYN was placed out of commission on 30 January 1946 and into reserve at Philadelphia. Captain Fitzgerald, a few Marines, a Sailor or two observe the day the BROOKLYN was turned over to the Navy Yard for the process of Decommis- sioning. A HISTORY IN PICTURES. iq, Latest of the Navy's large warships to be commissioned, the USS BROOKLYN QCL 401 docked at Dumaine Street Wharf, New Orleans, LA. She is on her shakedown cruise, and was built at a cost Hof eS10,000,000.00 Captain William D. BRERETON, USN finsertl is the Commanding Officer. I 'I 1 I I 5 Q x I 2 I 4 1 l Color Guard. fleftl right, Lcdr. Henry C. Johnson, Cleftj, Navigator and Captain William D. BRERETON USN on the bridge of the USS BROOKLYN QCL 401 I 2 i Company number 17 from Newport, R.I. which was formed in May 1937 for their training. Several of this Company were assigned to the first crew of the BROOKLYN when commissioned A.G. CTonyJ 'LOMBARDO a member of the Commissioning Crew. Cruiser BROOKLYN steams up East River under the Brooklyn bridge to the Navy Yard where she was commissioned and started her Historical career. I GH 'f2f1s'fiUi'. 2,,, yx 20 59 WAIT AND USTEN-40 FATH NHS DOWN ' e S ualus Frantic Rescue Crews Rush fo Averf Trqgecfy v i240 Feef Above fhe Sanken Ssrbmcmn q .1 1 ' , V V, V .f , H - f- , .,,q31,-.. V --- V- - ' ' W' ff Wgrgp CONNING S mme QPWEQ - m'gf1'W 'M 'f : '1,2 '-gem' '1fffff'ig:grW'N We E A ' fllillfi M -V f , K STEERING MOTQR ENGINE CONTRQL BATTERY F-ZDOF4 TORPEOO GEAR ROOM ROOM ROOM AND QUAPIERS ROOM K, ,,,,.. 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Waker is be' ing admitted into cmfi prior to the espape. '- 2 I.!,'C0mm. Charles B. Momsem and the lung, which he lnvented. I-in is also tlm irwenlor of the diving hell, Mam- Serr was flown to tho scene. amz, x :ws ivmfll? more is nfs NEEUEUQ fl failed fmm Km? Yiwzll :si 'wr Mba 1-4? nf! U' limwlzlyn 11151, :light YW' 500W 'Pi fb' U rv GVERING SIST 1ffQEEQQ-QQXSQQQ Q, X xmukw bqmuus, CAA uxzwiax Spot d3l'i,1Z11jC lgexmq ' X W Q I w 25 32,1 va . 'amz ,le vw rms to Srxrfelce. Ylang' we xmiiiszg. will hswpiugf. qwllh lbe men slanding in lhe wafer, fha Molusen lungs are Adjmted and checked, and ihen one by one they lrcglrx their rise io surface. f I ' ,' J. 3 ,q,v '. ' ff,'f1ml.. x fwy qfwptwkn , , ,,, ..,,f .N ,li gf, A l A l Z, T 4? 5 X af, . 14:-mq 1.4, 15i:f 'g'f,,Q5J'SLg ' ff ev Qi' -Wil? Zf '?:2'6N:J2.-fl ff V' X : I' 1' '. V?55N 3'5 ' , ,,qf,yi, , f ,, X ' -rl. A ,Q .. x,,, wr-V13 ff ,0 'NN im 5, . ff ' f If jff , 44 , 5 W W -kizixg-. A wr lg: f ff ,inf N ff ix wif, lf , A-1:5 Tiw , P XQTL fi w k - ,, 4 7'f - X fffi?-,TJ A in J ,we':v-zfw f ga: f'xgfI fj,, .... ez, XMMQ-,, .. ,,,V,1.!f.. 3 And hc1'c's how the men bob up to the surface, ln me a submarine n escaped in les! off Ncw London, Comm. 40 20 minutes with aid of lung. Cui of Our History of Sub Trugedie Hera are two scenes from Previous submarine disas. yrs recalled by ifm sink.. mg of the Squalus. Above, the S-4 raised from a wa. i0l'Y grave. Forty men last their lives when ihg 5.4 Sum' Hffef Collisicn with fha fl'e3fl'03'.:-r Paulding off Provmcctown. Mass., on DM- 17, 1927. This View shows the S-4 as airhfilled pontoons forced fi up from the ocean buttom, At Ylglif, the rmnanins of the submarine S-'31, which was the iomb of 33 men nn shocking tragedy Off Block Island on Sept, 25, 1925. This picture was made five years later wheq the S51 was scrap- ped In the Borough Metal CO- Yards, Canarsie. S l 23 WAKEFIELD AFIRE AT SEA. 10 September 1942 USS WAKEFIELD CAP 215 on flre at sea A convoy was returnmg from the Brltlsh Isles when about 680 mlles out of New York thls tragedy happened but wlth the almost unbeheveable results of No Loss Of Llfe left Captam DENEBRINK has just made the declslon to go alongslde the WAKEFIELD to render asslstance to flght the fire. ibelowl Much help IS always present Wlth the numerous observers who want to see and most of the tnme stay clear Q L ww' above Alongside for firefighting and to take anyone that has been injured. Several hoses were rigged and the fire seem to be somewhat under control. This being the case BROOKLYN did break-away to observe the results of the fire fighting. BROOKLYN commences to stand clear, assuming the fire to be under control. The report comes back that there are some hot-spots and maybe it is intensifying. Again the fire intensifys to out of control and Captain DENEBRINK brings BROOKLYN back alongside to assist with the firefight, or to evacuate all hands. As can be seen all hands and the Ships Cook are ready to go this time. The word was passed to get onboard as quickly as possible . ,L , ,, . f ., f., -Q, ,H ' . ,, V' ff! ' fan:-4, z, uf rffryfff-if-Mi 'ZZ I WV nh, 'Q , 773 2, fe? S ,, i as vw-'fx i Y' y 5 fig 'MFL 1. You A' 1, Q 3 . H 3624 f gvea if fy Ziff Ia, I ,V fy, .M I I , Y,wy:f.-'I 5 n V r QQ My if : y I , ff 'fcpf ,- 1 . 2 z?l,15:i2' v f e s - ,- - f f i - W 7 fr , ..,,, , ,,v2,.,,-Cf ' wg? -ff ' 4g5faj?'g51. ' 4 , 2 2 5 'xigy f Q, ov, , 5 i , f-f'-we : Vs f,,k 1 gff W- Wt' ' f ' ,x1m,A,gWA,.gZw 4 MVU,.,,, ,, 'W ' sn, lf :Q above, Every available Man and Passenger was ordered to make the trip across the cargo nets rigged to make an easier way t0 abandon ship to BROOKLYN. 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H i.,-M .,.,, N..i ..., l.i. .. , kn I I ,,g: :T I .Medley Overlurv All Swv l3roolclynf01-clwstm NE PTU75' . 5 5 Boxing - -12-minute rounds - Hull vs. PIll'l'iSll -Bound m Hawa I- Samoa XR ' 3. Quartet-no - Pyle, Kruger, Szmumlerrs, llrawlmal-I' 7f March gl, Longitude 0 17' West l 5 I. Wrestling - I5 minutes - 'Diehl vii. Goodwin p 1 l' I -1 5 Ohc Sl:-p Knholn Honolulu Brooklyn Orclmostrn My ff ' i , fL4uuu .Qezi Kali 1 G.'HmL'Uhm UnmP'- Pmcdh Nuwum, Vwh . Hklhkdfisnw J. gif, 1 Q3 , Walker, Smith, Brusllwaw, Juaner, Hoifnmn. G ' g.. ' G , 7. Boxing - 4 2-minute rounds - Lnrlce vs. Sanchez ' -I Song ------ ' b Kruger 9. Buck and Wing Dance - . - Snell I0 Song ' ---- fbok ll. Cup Fight, - 2 El-minute rounds - Gabriel, Ovon, Silvcrio ond Mxunpzlicmot-. Usxtroduccd with Z8lHb0HHg3., l2.Song - - , . - . - - Pym 13. laioxmg 4,2-minute rounds Sgt. Lung vs. .Stiller 14 March 1944. Crossed the Internniona 14. A Stnnv by - -Ideutenunt VVnlnuns . d . , ' . , Date Line if East no West at Long 15. Movncr, I - X ,, , , ,, iSclocLiOn hy Brooklyn Orchestra- The Ghfl on v 35- 0 47 43 Sflulh- ThcTTMn.l ' H' 5 ' 10. Over There, by - .. Brooklyn Orcllestm ,cff 4, ' Flfvl-wil , ,ff F. . DENEBRINK, Comma-aeler, U.S,N, .Jen-I:.-...,--.n-..p1..-,.-. .. .'.. rg-ren-sn':...ev-41' J .near-vs... ,.,.....i...- 'Z, fi,---- rl ,.a x d' iljzoeelndependence Day:-1918 ef The Brooklyn was the Flagship. Received from Frank Lederer, l3Ll E. Isabella Ave., Muskegon, MI. L,9L,L,2 who Served in BROOKLYN from 26 July 1915 until ll November 1918. If for Home and a g,iz-J. named Betty, IND STRIPES Tim-5day,Ma,-cg, 23,194Q A for Algiers and Hotelnkletti, ' A i , ' P fOr Palermo and the'Q1d'.sea wall, I ' I ln., By Mauldin P- for Proprianowith swimming call, 1 , - H Y for a Year of tales so tell. - . .l V 41. I 1 T for Toulon and the 'seuttled ships, D H forll-lewitt and those hurried trips, A A fOr Aflzi-0 and the flares in thef N fOr bl-lagles, See it and Diglll 1 f K for' KU rations which vie..cOnslimecl,, . S for Sorrento where the air's' .PQI-fume-53 G f0I'1tl1etGut and Haltals sights, I f01' 'UWB IOWS and 17.igh-s'peed two.-flight V or Vesuvius when her top did blow, Orthe Italians and, Bona Joe , ' for New York and the ties that bind, S 3 l f I f N .G for Gibraltar, lets leave her behind, 'l' for' the. Times we've been back' by ,min O for fth6.0C6HI1 -so -full of brine, A g , Y'fO1' thS.Ya.rns about the - Mighty BFI 0 for Oren and the Eau de vie, I' U for Ustica and her light atsea. A for the Atlantic and. weather. fair, L forthe Letters from those who Carg, L for the Love of my floks back there. ,mx ig' NS. vubn. ' By' Lieut. L 1,1 no - ' ' Q v ' Q bb 1113 u . , , ' Weihouzd have dfank W Comme qnd.wa1kea.zo get-.uw- m--- A ,i L f 5' I ,J , COMMANDING OFFICERS -I fi USS BROOKLYN CCL 405 Commissioning Ceremony 9f30f37 at the Navy Yard, New York, with, left to right, Mr. Edwin H. Thatcher, Admiral Harris Laning, USN, presenting the first Commanding Officer, Captain William D. BRERETON, USN with the first Commissioning Pennant flown in BROOKLYN. Captain BRERE- TON was the Commanding Officer from 9f30!37 until 5f18!39. U. S. S. BROOKLYN ROSTER OF OFFICERS On Commissioning so SEPTEMBER, 1937 Signal Rank W Collateral Battle 1 No. Nnnie ,, Atlniiniutrutive Duty Duty Station G . 319 Captain ilk!-1Rl:I'l'ON, W. D. US Connnamling Morale Y i Cotit1ingTi'OTverL:---- 704 LiOllll'lliHlKll'l' IJu,BOSE, L. T. 13 Executive . Battle Two IF-00 Lt. Fonnlr. LONGSTAFF, I. ll. 19 Navigator I-lmlncationnl Conning Tower 41659 Lt.,L'omch'. HONNIELLY, J. B. 19 lst Lieut. SL Daznmgc Con. Central Station 2250 Lt. Cnntdr. MAD!-ZIRA, D. L. 21 Gunnery W'elfure Congml .2412 Lt. Cnnnlr. HOLE, R. W. 22 Engineer Ofticer No. 1 Engine Rumn 2728 Lieutenant JOHNSON, H. C. Q N.-M235--W Asst. I.l:.nnage Con. Cent,-at Station 3072 Lieutenant OGLE, G. IS. 24 Asst. lingincu' No. 2 Engine ltnoin 3600 I.iu:uten:mt CRl'l I'ENDEN, S. ll., ji. 27 Asst. Fire Control Plot. 3602 Lieutenant MCCIOY, M. ll. 27 Communication lntelligencc Cmmiug Tower 371l Lieutenant MCGARRY, VV. 'l'. Z7 Eng. Watch 81 Div. OH. No. lilingine Room 3988 Lieutentint DOXYNES, R. N. 27 VVatch 8: lliv. Ufiircr Ship's Svrviv.'c A. A, Conlml ss-sg Lim. qigp BOWMAN, M. F. ' if Radio Omer t,..u..dfy RaciitTTT ' 35644 Lieut. G50 NVOODS, M. W. 34 YVatch 8: Div. Ofiiccr i Tm-get 2 S711 Lieut. Ut!! NENVMAN, A. I.. 34 Watch Nz Div. Oftim-r Spgt 1 60-I7 Ensign XVELUON, A. R. 35 NVatch lk Div. Officer Turret 1 - h235 Ensign THEIS, J. H. 35 XYatch 81 l7iv.'Of1icel' 'Tailor' Shop Turret 3 63.22 .Ensign DRESCIIER, C. G. SSCCJ NVBKCII SL Div. Olliect' Ilnrber Shop Turret 4 6377 Ensign- GRONER, W. T. 36 Watch 8: 1.0. Div. S. S. Store Sky For'1l. 6833 Ensigtt Ill-ZNNlC'l'T, YN. C.. 36 VVatch 8: O. Div. Plnt 6436 Ensign ROLAND, I. N. 36 YYatch lk Div. Ot'tict-t' Tun-cg 5 Ensign VVADLEIGFI, J. R. 37 Signal Oftict-r Signal Bridge linsign ROUZl'1E.'G. M. 37 ling. Unmlr.-r Instr. Spot 2 Ensign IIOVVLAND, VV. A. H. 37 Ir. NVatrh X Div. Sky Aft 1-Ensign sCOFll':I.D, E. K. 37 Hug- Under Instr- Plot mr La.-ui. mm Ri-'tn.'i-ON, jQRQTO TT- ii Tw m.1ac..t Omm- 1-'..f'.1, 11.-..QI...,. S2-ll l.t.Ctlr., QSCJ lllC'l l'ON, N. 'l'. Supply Ohicrr Coding Iloztrd H739 Capt. USMC YICTQRY, R, M, Marine Dctxn-lnm-nt S. S. Trusts. Control Aft gmt l,1,1tSML' 1-'l,0URN0y, yy, N, Murine Ilemctnnt-nt Am. 18101-:ilu A. A. llattc-ry Mach. Gun. Con. H0752 l'h. lltwn. R.XXlJUl,l'll, ll. lloatswznin lleTpniVi'WlnT--W I T 'P250 t'h. Gun Wllltl-ZAL'Rli, ll. 1... Gunnu' A. A. llattn-ry 'J-420 t'l1.l:Zlce. KUUN. l'. I-I. lilectricizm No. 2 Engine Ronin flffl t'h, Mau-h. UEIGNAN. J. J. Machinist Control l lrvt'ncnn 'ISM l'h. Mauh. 0'l l', I.. VV. Mnrhinist Repair ll Mznrltinist IKIRCIIMIRE, T. ll. Machinist No. 1 Iirtuine Room Innjl l'h. l'npr. Dt-MIl.'I', M. Carpenter Repair lll tum vt.. tu., rn.. s'r.xN'roN. J. G. G. s. R. Coding B1-uf-1 lost? t'h. 1'.tyt'll.. l'M,MI-IR, IJ. A. llirbttrs-im: fvllihtt Board 'if 'l're.-zitntcnt. Nm-.tl Hospital, New York. ff llttc to report :thottt ll Uctohcr. l'?.i7. SCD C. Q Q Op 30 Septemher, 1937 RICE CHICKEN SOUP FRIED CHICKEN COUNTRY GRAVY MASHED CREAMED POTATOES BUTTERED PEAS 1 LETTUCE TOMATO SALAD U' S' S' MAYONNAISE DRESSING NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CQFFIQE BREAD BUTTER W. D. Brereton, Captain, U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer. I ICE CREAM L' T' DUBOSC1 Cofnmandeff U' S' Navy' ffompliments of Ship's Service Store? Executive Officer. M. T. BETTON. J W. WHEELER, Lieut. Comdr., CSCI, U. S. Navy, Chief Commissary Steward, Supply OHicer. U. S. 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'W N f .4 w ,D vp f , I sw -:g4.g.g.g.:-'Q-:-:-I-wb.- 5-15:91-5-9334.-9,2-:-:-:-xizc-:A:-4:-.--:.:.:-:4.:.5'Q Ax-:Z L56 Ng, C 1-.5 4 5,-Lg--lg -' -'-'KA-1.5-' -''5-1-:gp.-:3:1:g:g.gg:g4.:.:.k:-:-,. A , c , -A ,I , 1 .- A ,, .A -.512-1 ': 9:-.-.M-o '-'-' ,fwwt w, ,, I c ifffffi' fs 1- ,' f -. 1 A , -. A' N ' z,12f.Q,g'Ta U' , f 4 A, I A N. -' UZ. gc. M AA. . -1 A A 4 1, ' 0' W,-,L, 'Q' 5' Q . A-1.-,-. -.y .f A, Mp I L ' 1 S f:uM,,.J-,Q-,Av if , .. ,Nqr hgk, J N CAPTAIN ELLIS S. STONE I Commanding Officer from 2f3f41 until 6f12f42 at Norfolk, Va. During the time Captain STONE was the Commanding Officer of BROOKLYN the ship performed several convoys to different parts of the North and South Atlantic. On one trip to the Panama Canal he was approached by the Skipper of the British four stack transport. Captain STONE being always in a hurry didn't give much thought to the other Captain's request to go with BROOKLYN back to New York. He told him to come along if he thought he could keep up with our speed of advance. The Captain of the HMS Acquatania informed Captain STONE that he could not only keep up, but that he could run circles around your ship all the way to New York. The return trip was fast, enjoyable and infested with the German Wolfpack which each ship evaded for a safe return to home port. Right below, with HMS Acquatania. It has been a long standing superstition of many of the Sailors of the Seas that since the Rooster, nor the Pig are swimmers, and that there are many Spirits of this Rooster and Pig floating just beyond the darkness, and that some of said Sailors were none too good as swimmers even tho they may have sailed the seas for years. So the truth of the old time superstition is that those Spirits watchover all the poor swimmers and would save their lives should the time for such heroics arise. Here with Captain STONE we pay special tribute and some of us know that he carried the likeness of each, one on the right foot, and one on the left. The spelling of the likenesses determine the foot for each. , .nz LJ L N9, ... 0 Q 'RNS NYC IN I-N IN BY JOHN A, MOROSO, BRD WITH THE A-ILANTIC FLEET, OCT. --CAPD-----THE MAORIS OF NEW ZEALAND CLOTHED 'IM IN A Klwl ROSE, MADE HIM A RANGTIRACFELLOW QHIEFD AND DUBBED HIM POHATU TU MOANA QSTONE, WARRIOR OF THE SEASD. THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF AMERICA MADE HIM A TORCHBEARER AFTER HE GAVE- THEM A ROUSJNG SPEECH. THE FRENCH LEADERS OF 1939-40 RESPECTED HIM AS AN ASTUTE NAVAL ATTACHE YN PARIS WHO WARNED THEM OF THE COMING GERMAN-RuSSIAN ALLIANCE AND WHO HELPED THEM IN NAVAL STRATEGY. TO THE LITERATI OF AMERICA HE IS THE HUSBAND OF GRACE ZARING STONE, AUTHOR OF THE BEST-SELLER NESCAPEH UNDER THE PSEUDONYM WETHEL VANCE, IN THE DRY, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE U.S, NAVY HE IS LISTED AS CART. ELLIS S. STONE, U,S,N, TO ME AND TO THE MEN NHO FOUGHT THE CRUISER HE COMMANDED HE IS P A Rl-ROARlNG,'TYPHO0NlC FIGHTER OF THE SEA---A BLAZING, BLUE-EYED LITTLE CHAP WHO WOULD RATHER FIGHT THAN EAT. X 1 l I A x 4 A 1 Commander .F.C. DENEBRINK enjoying a party in New Zealand. This during his tour as Executive Officer in BROOKLYN. Francis Compton DENEBRINK was born in Chicago, Illinois, 22 June 1896, the son of Frank DENEBRINK and Mrs. CMyrtle Comptonl DENEBRINK of Sheridan, Wyoming. On 10 October 1933 he married Miss Fanny Cook of Long Beach, California. The DENEBRINKS have a daughter, Joyce Ann, born 28 July 1936 at Long Beach. Mrs. DENEBRINK died 28 October 1977 in San Francisco where the Admiral continues to live. Admiral DENEBRINK attended public school in Sheridan, Wyoming, and Long Beach, Calif. He was graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1917. He completed the Naval War College junior course in 1932. Commissioned Ensign upon graduation from the Naval Academy 29 March 1917, he advanced through the grades to the rank of Rear Admiral in April 1944 and to Vice Admiral December 1952. He served in Destroyer types for eleven years beginning with WARRINGTON, based at Queenstown, Ireland, and Breast, France, during World War I and ending with Command of MCCORMICK in the Asiatic Fleet 1928-1931. He reported to WARRINGTON April 6th, the day the United States entered World War I and sailed to Queenstown in May of that year. He returned to New York from the European war zone on Armistice Day. WARRINGTON escorted the first Troop convoy to France in June 1917 and rescued 444 survivors from the torpedoed transport USS President Lincoln, and 75 survivors from a torpedoed French cruiser. From the end of World War I until taking Command of MCCORMICK he alternated duty ashore with a period of Aide to the Super1ntendent.of the Naval Academy 1922-1923 and 1926-1928 was Officer in Charge of the Press Section, Navy Department, and N-Wal Aide to the White House. Following h1s Command of MCCORMICK he was Naval Aide to the Governor General of the Philippines during a State visit to many countries of Southeast Asia in the USS PITTSBURGH. Following this cruise he served as Navigator in PITTSBURGH from Manila to Norfolk via the Suez. He then attended the US Naval War College. Following graduation from the Naval War College he was Personal Aide, Flag Secretary, Force or Fleet Nav1gat01' fO1' four years to the Staffs of Commander Scouting FOICG, Commander Battle Force, and Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet. Following a shore duty tour 1936-1939 as Head of the Department of Navigation of the Naval Academy, he WHS assigned Executive Officer in the light Qflllsef BROOKLYN for two years. Then served' briefly In the Office of Strategic Services and as Senior Aide to the Chief of Naval Operations. Then to.realize a Dream Come True he was ordered back agaln this time as Commanding Officer, USS BROOKLYN 1942-1943. He very ably Commanded her through the rescue of 1500 survivors from the transport USS WAKEFIELD fformerly US Lines, Manhattanj. On the morning 8 November 1942 with his ability and shiphandling he brought her through the invasion of North Africa off the Port of Casablanca safely, in the face of a very fierce, well trained and determined enemy surface force. In 1943-1944 he served as the First Chief of Staff to Commander Fleet Operational Training Command, Atlantic Fleet. With his promotion to Rear Admiral in April 1944, became Commander, Fleet Operational Training Command, Pacific Fleet. Before the war's end, he commanded Cruiser Division FIVE in the Aleutians. Served briefly as Commander Naval Forces engaged in the Occupation of Northern Japan. He subsequently command- eg42e1ix6ii:? Squadron TEN CTHREE5 in the Western Pacific Admiral DENEBRINK commanded the Naval Task Group at Eniwetock for the Atomic tests in Operation Sandstone 1947-1948. For a year thereafter was Navy Director, Military Council, Munitions Board in the Pentagon. December 1949 to December 1952 he Commanded, Service Force, Pacific Fleet. During the Korean War 1950-1952 he was responsible for the logestic support of all U.S. Naval Forces in that conflict. 20 December 1952 with his promotion to Vice Admiral, he assumed the duties of Commander, Military Sea Transport Service. During this assignment in 1955 he was designated to Command a Task Force of 126 U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Merchant vessels and Army support troops to enter Arctic Ocean waters from both the Atlantic and the Pacific and deliver initial equipment and supplies at the numerous stations along the top of the North American continent for the Distant Early Warning fDewlineJ. Despite an abnormally severe ice season the project was successfully completed. Only the timely intervention of the forces of nature permitted 44 vessels to escape from the polar ice pack. All but 4 suffering ice damage. On 1 July 1956, he was transferred to the Retired List of the U.S. NAVY, with a total of 43 years 3 months active duty. ADDITIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Past president of the Army and Navy Club, Washington, D.C.g Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal of the American Legion, Honorary Life Member of the National Defense Transpor- tation Association and the Propeller Club of the United States. ' ' aah Us Captain I-Iumbert W. ZIROLI, USN. Commanding Officer 2!14!43 until 10f11f43. Awarded the Legion of Merit for handling the BROOKLYN at Sicily. U.S.S. BROOKLYN 8 July 1943 T0 ALL HANDQ: It is with sincere pride that I announce that the BROOKLYN is taking an active and valuable part in what may bc considered the greatest and most significant major effort of the war thus far. We are charged with the grave responsibility of assisting in the assault and capture of enemy territory - Sicily. This means that we shall do our utmost to support and defend our forces against any form of enemy resistance. It neans that we shall, with grim determination, destroy all hostile surface, air, submarine and shore units that find themselves within the range of thc BROOKLYN's guns. It will require vigilance, alertness ond a constant state of readiness to meet any situation at all times. There is a tremendously difficult task before us because we shall be net by e determined and desperate enemy who will for the first time during this war, defend stubbornly it's shores against invasion by fighting for their very lives. We can overcome such resistance only by our own superior courage, fighting spirit and strong heart. We are further directed to press homo this assault with relentless vigor regardless of loss, difficulty or personal sacrifice. I :un certain that every officer and man on this fine ship will devote all his skill and energy towards maintaining the loyal and unsclfish teamwork that hz: characterized that fine fighting tradition established by the Baooicrnm. My complete confidence in you is such that I anticipate, without any reservation, that we shall do our duty with dotcrminutiot and courage, so that no shall measure up to what Our Country, Our Navy, Our Ship and Our Homes expect of us in this great under- taking. ' f. - in - 'di-v40'Q'x-., H. w , Captain, U.S. Navy, Commanding. U.S.S', HOOKIFIN July lk, l9l+3. The Captain wishes to oxpress his great appreciation and . deep admiration- for the conduct and performance of the Officers andthe crew of the DROOKIJLTI in action against the enemy and during trying emergencies. This rugged, mart ana- righting snip. has proven itself equal to any task or any ,hardship byfthe- courageous conduct, devotion to duty'and -unselfish saorificeuand-perseverance of every' Olflcer Rl1d'mB.n. Your coolness, calmness' and unflinching spirit has been wnat I expected of you. . . H I am happypto announce that our -.ships is. in all respects . ready for war service. A feat that I -feel cannot be equalled by any other ship. Nil' Praise for you is above all worasfoi- expressions and .FW - faith in your continued loyalty and 'courage-is stronger than GV01 A Wellfeflrned WEI.L DONE, BROOKLYN. Let us carry' on. I F Q. .Z-IR L' - Captain, UCS. Ienvyr Commanding. Q Qi SICILYS SHORE GREETS THE INVASION FLEET Under the alert guns of BROOKLYN, LST's flanding ship tanksl of the invasion armada dart to the shore. General Quarters on D-day. below: Captain F.K. COSS, USMC, cuts the cake for the Marine Birthday celebrated somewhere in the Mediterranean in 1943. The Baker is at the right. V95 if f, As. -f . Captain Robert W. CARY, USN Commanding Officer from 11 October 1943 and was temporarily relieved about 12 April 1944. left above: Captain F.C. LAYNE, USN was the intermediate Skipper to take Command while waiting for Captain CARY to arrive. Captain LAYNE had served as Navigator for Captains Stone, Denebrink, Ziroli, and a short time for Captain CARY. ADM. CARY, IN 2 WARS Retired Rear Adm. Robert Webster Cary, 76, a holder of the Medal of Honor, died Saturday of a heart attack. At his death Admiral Cary was board chairman of Trans-World Shipping Service, Inc., Toledo's largest freight forwarder. Adm. Car graduated in 1914 from the U.S. Naval Academy. Slix months later, as an Ensign aboard the cruiser San Diego, he saved the lives of three men in a boiler room iz-icplosion at sea. For his act, he received the Medal of onor. In the course of his 36 years with the Navy, Adm. Cary was an officer aboard ships escorting troop transports from Iceland to northern Europe in World War I and in World War II he commanded the Savannah, a light cruiser supporting the invasion of Italy by the Fifth Army. His decorations included the British Distinguished Service Order, the Navy Cross and the Legion of Merit with three gold stars from the Navy and an Oak Leaf cluster from the Army. He also held the Order of Orange of Massau, bestowed by the Netherlands. iffff. gf . , ' ,J 335' J I If-7 HMM, lay? AQM Aww Q1 9,5 ,,,,, j,g,ff,ae? fffzwfzir M I . f.4. ,iv f A4 4JZc44aaf awwvffgmfw 157 ,W-aw! 4, ah., I Wt PPV!- 'Hifi-A671 6jAu4,,.45l ,5-ru., I pwi' aw-.ad gA 6o4-1-QL . ae f 1ZT7c1f.Z WM jet A I 1 AA' Lymfwql ' ,,Q,,,'7Z ., lfV f'1' '0'le 'L'2,44'!' c3'77'?fYV'5 ,44,...f-m...'-+'a4'- g.. 'ffJf1 .iJ' ,f',f?,,,,..,. ., - ,,-fn, eaten CJ Jgdda, ximza., ,.,., . A , 0 I xiao avail M at A-zQL7C7.L.,fz..,. Q00-nu... A 13455311-obo K .P ,,,-,g,'f' 5:-119.9 fzlf j P E' Jwvlmx ina--1-K -, W. .. 55,5 ' N ia., Q 1 5 1 f ., - . - li 1 : Emi ,,,1X, KX Admiral H.K. HEWITT, USN., Cruiser Division Eight greets Admiral Cunningham of the Royal Navy, with Captain R.W. CARY, and Captain F.C. LAYNE, USN looking on. Others identified in the picture, to the right is COX, YN 1, and behind Capt. LAYNE is CDR. O.K. O'Daniel. below, Captain R.W. CARY, USN, second from left, with Admiral Cunningham, Royal Navy, to his left. Captain LAYNE, USN is to the left, and the other British Officer is unidentified. I Rear Admiral Frank R. DODGE, USN Commanding Officer 4112144 until 12f44 He fought her in her last battle Rear Admiral Frank R. DODGE, USN born 16 September 1895 in Adrean, Michigan. Entered the Navy, 28 August 1914 and he was graduated from the Naval Academy 28 June 1917 due to the war. fWorld War IJ. He reported as relief for Captain Robert W. CARY, USN at Naples, Italy, 12 April 1944 from the USS TEXAS attached to Gulf Sea Frontier. Under his command BROOKLYN rendered assistance to the finish of the Operation at ANZIO then on to the Invasion of Southern France, Operation Anvil . From BROOKLYN in December 1944 he was assigned as Chief of Staff, Commander, Naval Forces, Ryukyus for the Invasion of Okinawa and on to the occupation of Japan. Admiral DODGE retired in June 1949 and spent a year in Africa driving from Cape of Good Hope to Alexandrea, North Africa. He then visited all the places in Italy and Southern France that BROOKLYN had bombarded to help close the war. Having also received an MA in Anthropology from University of California, Berkeley he did field work in England and East Africa for two years, 1953-55. An outstanding incident he remembers during the Invasion of Southern France while on night retirement with the Destroyers Kearney and Ericsson a member of the Crew of BROOKLYN heard a call for Help from over the side. One of the Destroyers was despatched to recover the man, which they, did, and they were so lucky to do so. The next day the man s name was learned and the Destroyer put him on the Hospital ship in the area. 46 1 4' 5 f 1 ,,, W, i Commander Herbert F. ECKBERG, USN Interim Commanding Officer 12144 until 4112145 .yi , W ,, L,r!,,,V I Q N f x ,,,, f Z,n,p. ,, x , ,,, K. AT CAPTAIN's TABLE . . . Guests of Captain W.F. Fitzgerald, Jr., center, Commanding Officer 4112145 until 11145, were 1 to r, Borough President Cashmore, Darcy Allen, BROOKLYN AWVS Co-chairmang Mrs. C.S. Goldsmith, AWVS executive vice-chairman, and Commander E.H. Whitehurst, executive officer. '. Captain Harold C. LANK, USN, fretl and Mrs. LANK, Mary Louise. Captain Harold C. LANK, USN, Cretl, 3611 Plumosa Dr., San Diego, California, was born 8 April 1916 in Wilmington, Del. He entered the Navy in 1933 through the Naval Reserve program. Was later graduated an Ensign from the Naval Academy with the class of 1939. He married Mary Louise Henry 24 July 1941 at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Md. The children are: Louise Sandra Bramble fmarried Richard M. Bramble in 196523 Judith Carolyn Boyer Cmarried Stanley J. Boyer in 19685. The Brambles have two sons, Rick C9 yearsl and Scott C6 yearsl. The Boyers have a daughter, Jennifer Louise C4 yearsl and a son, Matthew C1 yearl. Stanley Boyer served four years in the US Air Force. Captain LANK reported as a new Ensign from the Naval Academy to BROOKLYN at Long Beach, Calif. the 20th of June 1939. He was assigned in the NavigationfCornmun- ications Department as his first duties. He became lst Division, Division Officer, and with the forming of the 8th Division, he was assigned as their Division Officer. He served as Air Defense Officer, as Operations Officer and before completing his tour in BROOKLYN he would be the Commanding Officer. He was detached September 1946 after serving for 7M years in BROOKLYN. There followed a three-year tour as. an Instructor at the Naval Academy for Electrical Engineering. During the Korean Conflict he was the Executive. Officer of the only US Navy Hospital Ship, USS Consolation CAH 155 to care for the wounded in Pusan, Inchon, Wonsan, and Hungnam. The Consolation was later decommissioned and renamed the Hope. Leaving her he was assigned to the Staff of DESRON 5 and upon returning to San Diego he took Command of the USS Gregory CDD 802D removing her from the Mothball Fleet and taking her back to Korean waters. He was released from Active Duty having completed a.tou1' of duty with the Pacific Fleet Underway Training Command. Upon retiring from the Service he attended San Diego State University to obtain a Secondary Teacher Credential and later attended Stanford University for an M.A. ln Mathematics. Until his recent retirement he taught mathematics in the San Diego School system. A Q'-10136 from Captain LANK, I have always been lmpressediwlth the calibar, performance and loyalty of my former shlpmates from the Mighty B. Decorations: All of the Area Theater Ribbons with stars. The World War II Victory Medal, The Bronze Star Medal f0f 0Perat1ons in and around Wonsan, Korea. The KOIGQU Conflict Medals. OFFICERS CO UN TR Y f V' . Ja.: i I it fx, vit J... awk ki' L k f 'k 3 i,e A I 5 M A V' V I f 'K 3 , 1 ay M Qkq' 4 I V tigkmyg E 1 x . t , -, 6 K Qc... . Vw rg pl., 'ff O' 31 513, - M ,r I .' ,, ., f , ,,:' P , yy? K . gym 4 fi vi. j fn I i s 4'L r , . ' i VV , i 4 K ' 'fl m Z ff f 'K Alfa 5 , ' , I A 3. V ,,. A A 4 ' K, ,ga I W, f wg , I 'Q' v , H ' X M , ' -1 ' 'i ' f A 4 gi f f Q , rf, f V. , ,- DEARTMENT HEADS Standing left to right: F.C. LAYNE, Navigator. O.K. O'DANIEL, First Lieut. G.K. WILLIAMS, Gunnery Officer. R.L. SOLT, Senior Medical Officer. Kneeling: L.L. YOUNG, Chief Engineer. C.F. SELL, Communications Officer. F.M. LAMKIN, Supply Officer. GUNNERY DEPARTMENT Main Battery Officers. Back row 1 to r: G.E. GRIEB, R.R. WASHBURN, W.J. VALENTINE, G.K. WILLIAMS, H.E. RUSSELL, P.B. ARM- STRONG, R.J. MURPHY. Center row: R.G. SMITH, M.M. DUPREE, M.C. HYDINGER, J. ROLLAND-FISHER, and G.E. TUCKER. Front row: H.S. GREENE, , , Louis KAEL, H. PETERSON, PALMER, TAYLOR. GUNNERY DEPARTMENT .SECONDARY BATTERY Standing 1 to r: W.B. CONET, P.H. DURAND, F.K. COSS, H.C. LANK, G.K. WILLIAMS, C.A. WICKHAM, J.H. CRAIG. Second from right kneeling: J.M. DERRY- BERRY Third from right kneeling: J.A. STANTON, Jr. Other Officers kneeling unknown, sorry. h NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT left to right: A.D. HUFF, F.C. LAYNE, Navigator, L.M. ROBBINS HULL DEPARTMENT Left to right: O.K. O'DANIEL, First Lieut. A. BURGESS, Jr., H.E. ARCHER, W.E. DAVIS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT left to right: J.K. MCMURRAY, D.G. ADAMS, Jr., G.F. LITTLE, L.L. YOUNG, Chief Engineer, W.A. BURCH, F. CHAMBERLIN .W-'df www A 5,1 gl ,I-M , 4 5 ,,,, 7 COMMUNICATIONS -QQ, 1--or 74? it DEPARTMENT left to right: C.F. SELL, Communica- tions Officer, Ray WASERHALEY Signal Officer, H.S. GREENE, un- known COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS standing left to right: E.E WEAGER, F.E. WILLIAMS, W.R. COSBY. kneeling P.P. PAXTON Jack C. BONDEREAU RADAR OFFICERS left to right: R.J. WOODALL, Jr-, Andy ANDREWS, G.E. TUCKER MEDICAL DEPARTMENT left to right: R.L. SOLT, Medical, Officer, R.W. QUINN, L.M. VIRKLER OFFICERS OF THE DECK UNDERWAY left to right: R.R. WASHBURN, H.C. LANK, H.E. RUSSELL, W.J. VALENTINE JR. OFFICERS OF THE DECK UNDERWAY left to right: J .J . ROLAND-FISHER, J.A. STANTON, III, G.E. GREIB, M.M. DUPRE, III ,. . X . f A M4 421' X 4 Q, 4 Xfew 4 W ff! V ffm A M , fin Oli f 4 , tt ,, A , 4 .3ZAYy': X I ' A V A, L f I, , ivy g xl We: ' .A 4 6 , , gf, Vx Z ' I 35'-a f ,ff . 'Q mi? f ff Q Z f, W I .fi l .I fam' , ' il! FW ,MM M, gf w I fi. , I ,MQ , ,M Z iw , 1 I .V f 5 yy, I I , f . 4 4 , ,. 7' A' Q fl f, ' , X X f 1 ' A , 44 , 7 . ff 4 Q ...Aff , ,N W ,f ' CHAPLAIN F.T. O'LEARY G.E. ANDERSON E.L. MOSS D.A. LIANE 1 WARRANT OFFICERS Bosn G.F. CHAMPAIGN, Mach G.C. VOGEL, Carp A.V. , SHOWEN, RElec. E.E. WEAGER, Mach R.A. VERSTREET, ' Gunner M. TONGUE. Front row: Mach G. BECICKA, RE1ec M. STEINER, CPC P.L. ANDERSON, CBosn A. WIN- KOWSKI, ShClk J.M. FLYNN. 1 N 1 I BROOKLYN AIR FORCE Early 1942 on Convoy duty NORTH ATLANTIC D.F. WEAVER Carroll AIKENS sr. Aviator G. BERTRAM ' BROOKLYN AVIATORS 1943 Somewhere in the Mediterranean standin left to ri ht S E 5 D.F. WEAVER, G.G. HERRING, D.A. LIANE Kneeling: M. PICCARD, N. JOLLIFFE, C. AIKENS, H. ECKHARDT. BROOKLYN AVIATORS with CREWS. 1943. Somewhere in the Mediterranean Standing left to right: M. PICCARD, N. JOLLIFFE, H. ECKHARDT, D.F. WEAVER, D.A. LIANE, C. AIKENS. Kneeling: 3rd from left - Joe GISH ARM3 2nd from right - Joe SWAN, ARM1, 2nd from left: M. PICKARD. tunable to identify the othersj BROOKLYN AVIATORS 1944 Flying Army Air Corps P-51 Mustangs on Temporary Additional Duty in Italy and also 'X Southern France. Lower left: R. SIKES Lower Center: H. ECKHARDT Center Lower right and upper right: Elmo MOSS ,n 5 i I if ' ' 'Qian .l -:ff ' , ,muy I Wvwsmgawmuum Norfolk C0 Meets Friend in Chile Visit A USS NORFOLK - As his de- stroyer leader berthed at the Na- val Base at Talcahuano, Chile, the skipper, Capt. Parker B, Arm- strong, caught a glimpse of an old friend moored nearby. She was the Chilean cruiser O'Higgins, the former U.S. cruiser Brooklyn, and Armstrong's first assignment after graduating from the Naval Acad- emy in 1941. During a visit to the O'Higglns, the U.S. officer told Capt. Augusto Geiger Sthar, commander of the ship, of his four years service in the ship's gunnery and operations departments in the Mediterranean during World War IL , It V 1 E Vice Admiral Parker B. ARMSTRONG, USN Kretl , 28 June 1937 until 1 July 1978, 41 Years Naval Service. Decorations, Distinguished Service Medal ' Legion of Merit with 3 Gold Stars Secretary Defense Commendation Medal Navy Unit Citation. World War ll, Korean and Vietnam Campaign Ribbons. Vice Admiral Parker B. ARMSTRONG was born 13 November 1918 in Hartford, Conn. He married Jean Carol Bulick of Forrest Hills, Long Island, on 23 April 1943. To this marriage was born, Carol on 18 September 1945. She is now married and has two children. To the ARM- STRONGS a son, Daniel, was born 10 July 1949, and a daughter Alice on 25 June 1952. The ARMSTRONGS now live in Annapolis, Maryland. Admiral ARMSTRONG entered the Naval Academy in July 1938 and was graduated with a B.S. degree with the class of 1942 in December 1941 because of the immedence of the war. He attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Annapolis, Maryland, from January 1946 until June 1948.. The Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C., from August 1958 until July 1959. The Admiral enlisted as a Seaman Apprentice USNR, 28 June. 1937 and was Honorably discharged to accept the appointment as a Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy, .1 July 1938. He was graduated and Commissioned an Ensign 19 December 1941, and advanced through the grades to the rank of Rear Admiral, 1 August 1968 and on to V106 Admiral, 1 May 1975. His first assi nment was January 1942 to the USS BROOKLYN. Serving in the Gunnery Department and the Operations Department with Operations during World Wai II in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. He was advance from Ensign to Lieut. Cdr. From BROOKLYN to the cruiser Macon and further on to serve 15 years in all 9135595 of Destmyers and Destroyer Escorts. July 1964 until July 1965. was Commanding Officer, USS Norfolk CDL lt Makmg the annual UNITAS V cruise around S015 i America working with each Navy in succession. In Chile the USS Norfolk tied up alongside the cruiser O'HIGGINS tex-USS BROOKLYNJ. The Admiral had the privilege of touring the O'HIGGINS with the Chilean Captain and then eperating with her at sea a few days later. fHis own words That was quite a thrilll J He served as Destroyer Squadl-Oli 36 and from there to Match Maker II Squadron, a four National Squadron which participated in many operations to emphasize newly formulated and existing NATO tactics, March 1969 after being made a Rear Admiral he was Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 10 and then Commander Service Force Pacific. In SERVPAC there were 61 support ships Civil Engineer Force Pacific, All Navy Supply Centers and all Ammunition Depots under PACFLT. Also as Deputy Chief of Staff CINCPACFLT flogisticsl supervised the upkeep, maintenance, repair schedules and problems of all Pacific Fleet Ships. Shore assignments were all in the Navy Department Headquarters, Washington, D.C.: A tour in Naval Personnel, Functional Section, Training Division, A tour as LT jg!Ensign Detail Officer, and OPNAV as Executive Assistant and Administrative Aide to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, fDevelopmentJ. In July 1966 his next time ashore to the Office of Secretary of Defense as Deputy Assistant Director Sea Warfare Systems, Office of Defense Research and Engineering. Then to Director of the Underseas Warfare and Strategic Development Division Office of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fDevelopmentJ. Further as Commander Anti-Submarine Warfare Systems Project Officer, where he managed all ASW Systems across Navy Material. He was Deputy Director, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation and was deeply involved with Aquisition matters. The Admiral worked across all Warfare areas in the Operating' Navy and all System Commands in Navy Material. He was also deeply involved with NATO, OSC and Congress. Admiral ARMSTRONG retired 1 July 1978 after 36 V2 years otQACommissioned service and 41 years of total service US N VY. Since retirement he is making his home in Annapolis, Md., and has set himself up in the Defense Consultant Business and is president of Parker, Inc. CAPTAINS MASS The Captain, having had several Commands during a lengthy Navy Career, had had to hold his share of, Captains Mass . He had just about heard all the excuses possible from the many Sailors to appear before him on one charge or another. On one such occasion he told. this Young Sailor to tell him a new story, one that he had never heard before. The Sailor was a chronic Overleave Case? His story was different and did impress the Captain. The Sailor had gone ashore with his Buddies . They would take care of him, but just to a point. And they made It back to the ship on time, always. They observed the Sailor having a few beers, and they knew he already had a Hotel room close by, and they knew he had stopped.at the store and purchased an alarm clock, wound and set it. to awaken himself to get back before the expiration of Liberty. HIS Buddies knew he would keep going for quite sometime Yet, and they knew he would need his sleep after such a Good Liberty , so they went up to his room and turned off the alarm clock to enable the Sailor to get the much needed rest Result, AOL again. The Captain had to agree, it was one he had never heard, and let the Sailor off with a warning, but he was to P1'9m1Se to make an occasional trip up to his room while on Llberty to See that His Buddies , didn't do this to him again- iEd1torJ A .ae E. ffm - it Qi? f ' se-Ms-v ,X 1 ,- JY' A . sc I a.e.li,s'fiT. .fe 1 ff Q xmr ' f - , , ' : . 5. , ,V if . ' - WW ' , f . J .rre . ji . .... i 'V ' 1 -u 'ki' ' . fWMrfgi2, :2r. a, .,.-f X 1. S'4'ff7E'.fL-f1:r':,wwf' - frfzawr A ...rf faiwr .f . -N . ' sf'-- ...,. , ,.,- 4 - . ' Relaxing somewhere in the Mediterranean are Lt. Ray Washburn, Lt. Armstrong, Lt. Connett ,V is xl 3,70 I 1 ! X L' X ,FE x' , Vice Admiral and Mrs. ARMSTRONG at home enjoying retirement September 1979. ii t 2. 6 '.f.1 1 swf , ii Fw' ,N if T-, J , , Biff , V . M . s-- 'Q ' I: V ' 1 'xv:vw., , ,V Y Q qw iw u,,,,,,,ZM:.Am . i' A o er . ng- Q 5 i General GEORGE S. CSmithJ PATTON, Jr., .bornt 11 November 1885 on a ranch near San Gabriel, California. He entered the Military Academy by appointment from California in September 1904, from where he was graduated with the rank of Second Lieutenant, USA, in 1999. Then followed one of the most brilliant careers of the Military. It prompted the New York Times writer to editoriallse about him: 'History has reached out and embraced General George PATTON. His place is secure. He will be ranked in the forefront of America's greatest military leaders'. He became a father the first time in 1914 when a son was born. His son also became a Second Lieutenant by his graduation from the Military Academy in 1942. General PATTON was one of the most brilliant, colorful and the most controversal military men of World War Il. His men often referred to him as, Flash Gordon , Green Hornet , Blood and Guts , but most commonly, The Old Man . On 9 December 1945, while driving an Army jeep, on an inspection tour along the Frankfurt-Mannheim road, the jeep was involved with a truck in a collision. The General either hit the other vehicle when thrown out, or hit the windshield of the jeep. He was paralyzed from the waist down, and had a lot of pressure in the chest and neck region. From this injury he would die 21 December 1945. His body is buried in the American Cemetery at Hamm in Luxenburg. During operation Husky , in Sicily, just after it was revealed that the General had slapped a shell shocked foot soldier, he was a guest in BROOKLYN for about four days. In that time the High Command could make up their minds as to what should be done. The General was very impressed with the Operation that is always in progress with a Navy ship underway in an operation of this magnitude. 1 V 4 L , Horace S. GREEN, 7!16!16 to 5f17f79 Horace Steere GREENE died on 17 May 1979, at his home in Warwick, Rhode Island. Born 16 July 1916 in Providence, Rhode Island. He prepared for college at Classical High School, in Providence and following his graduation in 1939 from Bowdoin College he became an accountant with W.R. Grace and Co., in New York City until 1941. He enlisted in the Navy through the V-7 USNR program and was sent frcflm g3oot Camp at Great Lakes to Northwestern for V-7 sc oo . He reported to BROOKLYN in June 1942 and was assigned to the Gunnery Department, being advanced through the grades from Ensign, to Lieutenant Commander. After the war he joined Atlantic Rayon Corporation in Providence, with which he remained until 1964, as Sales Manager and then General Manager. He then moved to General Manager of Synthetic Yarn, Inc., Lowell, Mass., from 1964 to 1974, when he became Vice President for sales with the Rhode Island Ice Company, East Providence. In 1978 he joined the Real Estate firm of Kelly and Picerne, nc. Mr. GREENE is survived by his wife, Barbara Brokow Greene, whom he married 25 May 1946, in Providence, A Son, Richard M. Greene of Warren, Vt., A Daughter, Mrs. Karen G. Timms of Havertown, Pa., and one grandchild. His fraternity, Zeta Psi. E The Greene family returning from a day at the Shore. Barbara, Karen, Richard, Horace. Q, ,, ,, , , at . 5,12 Z f ' X ' ,, ,...,,f,a.,4 ' - Q. , ,W . ,V f I i 1 l i l l A l Captain CA WICKHAM USNR iretl l 1 l l l l l w l w l l I C.A. WICKHAM, Attorney Captain Conrad A. WICKHAM, Jr., born 6 August 1914, Kansas City, Missouri. He married Helen Frances CAMPBELL 21 August 1943. To this union were born a son C.A. Wickham, Jr., QTerryJ 24 June 1944 and two daughters, Katherine C. 2 September 1949 and Anne L. 27 October 1953. The Captain was a member of the first Navy V-7 Class and was on the USS Illinois a school ship in New York. He was graduated and Commissioned an Ensign 14 November 1940. Reporting almost immediately to USS BROOKLYN at Long Beach, Calif., arriving with total assets of 36 cents. Other members of the class who reported with him were Ensigns Wakefield, Waserhaley, Washburn, and Wilson. They were welcomed by F.C. DENEBRINK, then the Executive Officer of BROOKLYN. He reported for duty 4 December 1940. His duties were with the Gunnery Department as a 6th Division Officer and advanced through the grades from Ensign to Lieut. Commander seeing duty in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean before being detached 26 April 1945 to the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. Then on to Camp Perry, Virginia, Damage Control School, Philadel- phia, as Instructor of Training and finally to NROTC, Northwest University, Evanston, Ill., as Associate Professor of Naval Science and Tactics. His active duty was completed 23 January 1946. Captain WICKHAM has now been an Attorney-at-Law for the past 25 years with Bell Telephone Co., of Pennsylvania. His retirement from Bell Telephone was effective 1 September 1979. 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' , 1 f g , . 1 fy, A K ' ' 1 ' 11 X5 f ,,4 j,'5 j 'ff , 11,54 f Q., A Q, , gf ' I 3 I W.. if-7-1. -ff , , ' Wickham and son Terry 6 ill ll Y V F12 v I , fl X, K , , It WW ' J M First home 1950 below, Present home from 6156, Haverford, Pa. H.S. Greene, Ray Washburn, Conrad Wickham The Greene's, The Washburn's, The Wickham's. The Wickham, Washburn and Greene Children. Below Mr. Sz Mrs. H.S. Greene with the Children. 'ffl ,K ff 'Q 'Af 2. Lieut. Robert J. WOODALL, Jr., USNR., Commissioned Ensign, 20 June 1940, then thru the Grades to Lieut. Commander, November 1944. Decorations include, Navy Commenda- tion with one star. American, European Theatre of Operations, Victory Medal WW II. Robert J. WOODALL, Jr., 103 North Oakland Dr., Mebane, North Carolina, was born 19 June 1919 in Atlanta, Georgla. He entered the Navy 20 June 1940 from the NROTC unit of the Class of 1940 from Georgia Tech with a B.S. 1n M.E. degree and a Commission as an Ensign, USNR. He married Janet Murray fformer Navy Nursel and they have 5 daughters: Mary 15 February 1945, Patricia 14 August 1946, Jane 19 September 1947, Virginia 14 March 1954, and Theresa 28 November 1955. Mr WOODALL reported to USS BROOKLYN at Mare Island, California, 14 November 1940 and was assigned as Assistant A D1v1s1on Officer He also served as an Assistant Division Officer to the 6th Division With the installation HESTER'S A true I think it was right after Casablanca A tug had biffed our bow and we were headed for repair at Brooklyn After the mldwatch I had just ot to sleep hoping to feel better by dawn G Q when Ra arman Gross gently woke me M WOODALL they ve got Hester in the brig Hester was the Radarman I d last seen peering into the scope as I left CIC Now as everyone knows peremptory incarceration in the brig seldom occurs around 0400 in mid-Atlantic This coupled with a slight malalse caused by too little recreatlon in Casablanca and perhaps some feeling of weariness at having to constantly exercise patience with Capt DENEBRINK s tendancy to ask a lot of questions about radar performance inclined me initially to think I was in another bad dream So B1ll Gross had to speak further about the matter before getting me fully awake But once awake my mind swung swiftly into a posture of offensive reactlon My radarman Hester m the brig? What the Wilkes off our Starboard bow Who put him in the br1g'7 Captain DENEBRINK Well as I said I was weary and not quite up to my usual patience so I said What the hell did he do that for'7 Hester IS a damn good radarman' There must be something wrong here So Bill Gross got radio electriciansmate Harbridge up to CIC about the time I got there and together we found some bad tubes in Hesters radar set It wouldnt have picked up the Massachusettes at 2000 yards Then I really got mad I resolved to remonstrate with Captain DENEBRINK about the injustice to Hester Accordingly I beat a heavy tattoo up the ladder from CIC to the bridge where Captain DENEBRINK s unmistakeable outline could just be discerned on the starboard wing No 'Why Our Navy The Pretty Nurse on our cover , DALL, J . Robert J r is Miss Janet Murray, Nurse, USN, Stationed at the new National Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington. She's wearing the new seagoing uniform recently authorized for Navy Nurses. The shoulder boards indicate her comparable rank to that of Ensign. of Radar in the Communications Department he was assigned as Radar and CIC Officer. This was the beginning of a new and as yet unproven device to give the Officers of the Deck an extra pair of eyes to see in the dark, through fog and inclement weather, and over the horizon for approaching ships of the enemy. fAn incident is included below on this page.J LCDR. WOODALL was detached in March 1944 for the Naval Training School fTactical Radarl, Hollywood, Fla. December 1945 he joined General Electric, Schenectady, New York, as a Design Engineer, Sales Engineer and Application Engineer in Industrial Control Systems. The job located him in Atlanta, Georgia, Salem, Virginia, and Mebane, North Carolina. IN THE BRIG Sea Story one was near him to hear our conversation. This was good, because I would not want everybody to hear this. I walked right up and told DENEBRINK in no uncertain terms that those old thermionic emission transmitter tubes made by G E always ran too hot, that this had a tendancy to change the capacitance of the tank circuit, and as a result the frequency would drift, and the receiver couldn't pick up the reflections And although a really wide-awake radarnian might sense a little something amiss when all his bllps disappeared it really was not Hester's fault about not providing the bridge with the requested range and bearing. UPOII hearlng this, as I recall, Captain DENEBRINK Said something to the effect that this all sounded like a bunch of euphemlsms, and why not just come right out and say the radar was out of commission again. By that time I was really indignant, so I told him, Capt- DENEBRINK, that if he respected justice at all he would her let Hester out of the bri or put me in. Well., Captain NEBRINK was really understanding. He quletly told the Master At-Arms to release Hester. ' Now some of you are going to doubt the details of the story? p icularly the part about how the radar gOt out Od Inmlssion You'll all remember how much we Clependeu it in those days? KO. But I can guarandamntee You ah Hester got put in the brig during the morning Watc ' 0 8 an also guarandamntee you I went UP to Szee aptam DENEBRINK on the bridge and talked to hlm out it I can further guarantee you that I did nqt S0 to brig and Hester got out of the brig. The IQS Wlu Sho? ster in the brig, and out of the brig so that IS the PTOO of this sea story. . . , ri . i n , r. for? He couldn't give the OOD a range and bearing on git ' if ' 27 . ' . ' . . . i . -H i art' . co ' ' , - , ' , . On' ' ' that ' 4 t . I c . C ' . ' . . . ab ' , - - the ' . . , ' He ' Captain William T. GRONER, USN Captain William T. GRONER, USN Cretl, 2317 Washington Street, San Francisco, California, entered the Navy June 1932 and was graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1936. He was married to Enriqueta Yglesias in the fall of 1943, at the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis. Mrs. GRONER is the sister of Admiral H. W. Ziroli's wife, Consuelo. They have no children. The Captain, then an Ensign, reported to USS BROOKLYN on 30 August 1937 as a part of the commissioning detail from the USS West Virginia QBB 481. He was assigned as Assistant to the 5th Division Officer. Captain W.T. GRONER, USN Cretj He spent 6 very pleasant and worthwhile years in BROOKLYN from her birth to well along in her fighting career. He says, She was a good ship in every sense of the word, and a proud one, it was a privilege to be a part of her. Advancing from Ensign to Lieutenant in BROOKLYN he was detached 23 February 1943 to commission the USS Belleau Wood QCV 241. After leaving BROOKLYN he had a typical Navy career, that is various Command and Staff jobs ashore and afloat, culminating -in Command of the Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington. He was retired from the Navy in 1961 and has been enjoying the retirement in San Francisco ever since. fwm 19' Captain Edson H. WHITEHURST, USN fretl, 30 Garden Street, Bath, Maine, was born 14 March 1908 in Troy, New York. He entered the Navy 21 June 1926 and was graduated with the class of 1930 and Commissioned an Ensign USN. He married Julia Main, born 25 September 1911. They had a son, Edson H. WHITEHURST, Jr., born 27 April 1937. Captain WHITEHURST reported in July 1945 in Brooklyn, New York, from duty as Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Bath, Maine, to be the Executive Officer and then to become Commanding Officer. His duties were very hard and confusing at times during the inactivation and decommis- sioning of BROOKLYN. He was detached November 1945 to duty as Executive Officer, USS Washington, QBBJ. Decorations: Various campaign ribbons and stars. Decorated by King George II of Greece, Royal Order of the Phoenix. li: , P-L X 71T,fL l.'5.f 4551531 Ensign Edward FEINSTEIN, USNR, 12.0 South Prospect Ave, Coral Gables, Fla., was born 21 June 1923 in New York, New Y01-ki Entered the Navy in 1943 through the V-12 program from University of Miami, Welleslly College, Midshipman Schgolu He and his wife, Shirley, have 4 children. Ensign FEINSTEIN reported on Board at Oran, North Africa, in October 1944. He was ass1gned.dut1es ln the Supply Department as a Supply and Disburslng Officer. He advanced to Lieutenant fjgl and then was detached to PT Squadron 42 in 1945. In 1946 he was assigned as Assistant Supply Officer, 7th Naval District, Miami. As Assistant Supply Officer he substituted a breakfast menu of Steak and Eggs to replace. S.O.S. He broke the record of paying the crew in competition with the other cruisers of our Division 8. He claims the cribbage championship and was the boxing instructor in BROOKLYN. Also he claims the Navy Middleweight Boxing Championship. Since his release from Active Duty he was graduated from the University of Miami - 1947 CB.B.A.J and was the Captain of the Varsity Basketball and Boxing Teams. He is at present time president of The Heritage Corporation of South Florida, president of The Heritage Mortgage Corporation, president of Inter- American Title Corporation, and past-president and member of several associations and corporations of Florida. Chaplain F.T. O'Leary ready for Mass Captain Francis T. O'LEARY, CHC, USN, Qretl, was born 1 February 1911 in Chelsea, Mass. Entered the Navy 3 March 1941, Commissioned as a Lieutenant fjgl CHC, USNR. He had received prior training to become a Priest and was given on the job training at Naval Training Station, New Port, Rhode Island. tThis later is known as C School for chaplains.J Chaplain O'LEARY reported on board 28 May 1942 and assumed the duty as Ships Chaplain holding services for all faiths during most of the operations of BROOKLYN in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. He was detached 9 February 1944 for duty in ComOne. He was Commissioned Lieutenant Cjgl 23 March 1941, 'Q Regular Church services being conducted on the Fantail of BROOKLYN while moored alongside the outer breakwater at Palermo, Sicily. transferred to USN 8 August 1941 and advanced through the grades to that of Captain 1 July 1956. He was awarded all the Area ribbons with stars in each and served in Korea with the United Nations Forces there. He was awarded the Navy Unit Commendations with star and Combat V. The .Chaplains duties include various units of the US Pacific Fleet, the Fleet Marine Force, Submarine Force Pacific, Marines Ashore at LeJeune, Bureau of Personnel and other Naval Stations. Retirement came 1 June 1962. Since retirement he has been Parish Priest: St. John's, Townsend, MHSS., June 1962 until June 1966, St- B9mad9tfeS, Randolph, Mass., June 1966 until March 19743 in March.1974 he was retired by his physician but manages to keep his hand in, by assisting at Our Lady of Assumptl0I1, Lynnfield, Mass. -un..,,.x f fx ' , fs. . I' f- A 1 4'2U.. Q ' N I I I 4 rl! 'X H Qs l ,Q fwrfmx. Rear Admiral Lyle Davidson, USN COM- Commander and MIS- MOSS CRUDIV Eight pinning one of the Distin- Commander E.L. MOSS, USN guished Flying Crosses on Lt. Elmo L. MOSS, USN, November 1943 on board BROOKLYN in Palermo, Sicily, for his . actions during the invasion of Sicily. Commander Elmo Leonard MOSS, USN, fretl, RR 112, Hannibal, Mo., was born 13 December 1916, in Ralls County, Missouri. He entered the Navy 10 January 1941. He received his Pre-Flight Training at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, St. Louis, Missouri, and Flight Training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Commander MOSS reported on board BROOKLYN in October 1941 while the shi was on patrol in Bermuda waters. The much discussed, anchorage was Grassy Bay, Bermuda. C'Underway from Grassy Bay at 0800 J His duties were with the Brooklyn Air Force, flying patrols in the vicinity of the ship while underway at sea, and with various units of the Army Air Force during the operations in the Mediterranean such as Anzio, Southern France, and other operations of this kind. He served on board for a period of 38 months, was advanced through the grades to Lieutenant and was Senior Aviator for a brief while. He was detached in January 1945 and Captain Dan A. LIANE, USN, Cretl, 615 Bayshore Dr., Pensacola, Florida, was born 29 October 1916 in Makoti, North Dakota. He entered the Navy through the Naval Cadet Training Program on 15 June 1939. He married his wife, Bonnie, 26 October 1945 while.both Were stationed at Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. She was in the first contingent of WAVES in the Navy and was an Aviation Metalsmith. After rearing the children: Daniel 5f8f47, now president of a Business Title Escrow Co., David 4f24f48, now chef of a large Gulf Coast Convention Center, Lokken 6f22f59, now a sophomore at Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., Mrs. LIANE returned to school for her Registered Nurses License and now works in the local hospital. Captain LIANE reported to BROOKLYN 10 August 1940 at Lahina Roads, Hawaiian Islands, as a newly commissioned Ensign with Wings. His duties were within the BROOKLYN Air Force, and they were from just a pilot EE-,enior Aviator at the time of detachment in February h reported as Primary Flight Instructor, Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa. He was assigned to various units of the Navy Air Arm for the remainder of his career, and retired as Commander and Executive Officer, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, in July 1969. Commander MOSS married Norma Donaldson of Hannibal, Missouri, in February 1942 and they have 6 children: Thomas L. born October 1943, and is presently a Lieutenant Commander fHelo Pilotj in the Ready Reserve, he served 2 tours in Vietnam, Ray B. born September 1945, and presently is a Lieutenant in the Inactive Reserve in F4's, Stateside during the Vietnam Operations, Kevin N. born April 1948, Kathy D. born December 1953, Damon V. born October 1955, Brian T. born October 1962. Decorations: Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 gold stars, Air Medal with 3 gold stars and various campaign ribbons and stars awarded during his career. He advanced through the grades from Ensign in 1940 to the rank of Captain in 1959 at which time he retired in Pensacola, Fla. Decorations: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Secretary of the Navy Personal Commendation, five Campaign ribbons with stars on all. After retirement he was the Headmaster of Ia Private School in Pensacola until 1977 and then Business Manager of a large Episcopal Church to the present time. Captain LIANE's most remembered highlight was the 24-hour a day Anti-Submarine Patrol when the Marines were taken to Iceland, and on 14 December 1941 when patrolling off Martinique he and Bill Coleman were catapulted to attack an obvious German U-boat contact. They both attacked on visual sighting of the periscope and the results seemed very positive. He received a personal gommendation from the Secretary of the Navy, Frank nox. Commander George W. NELSON, SC USN fretl, 398 Camino Elevado, Bonita, Calif., was born 25 July 1922 1n Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Navy September 1940 and took Boot Camp Training at Newport, Rhode Island. He married Mary Bloom NELSON 28 February 1946 and a daughter, Diane, was born 30 December 1948. She is married to Lieutenant Donald Ridgeway, USN of Seal Team 1151. A son, Bruce Nelson, was born 26 April 1958.and leelis a student at the University of California, San Diego, a 1 . Commander NELSON reported to BROOKLYN in November . 1940 and was assigned to the Supply Department where he advanced to Storekeeper 2nd Class by the time he was detached in June 1942 for the USS John Penn. He went on to make a career of the Navy to retire as a Commander in 1970. Decorations: Numerous ribbons with stars and Commenda- tions from 1940 through 1970. His most unforgettable incident was during the Good Will tour to New Zealand in March 1941. Liberty commenced at 1000 and it terminated at 0800 the following morning. During the day. the BROOKLYN was moved 2 miles for refueling. He returned from liberty to find the ship gone. When he learned of her whereabouts, he trotted to the fueling area but arrived 7 minutes late. Having been placed on report by the Officer of the Deck, and later was to report to the Executive Officer, Commander F.C. DENEBRINK who reviewed his case and placed him on 6 months probation with a warning. This was the last mark on his 30 year career. Lieutenant Jack C. BONDEROW, USNR, 122 Highridge Rd., New Rochelle, New York, was born 30 June 1914 in Brooklyn, New York. He entered the Navy as a Naval Reserve Officer from Harvard University in 1942. Lieutenant BONDEROW has a wife, Myra, and 2 daughters, Selma and Amy. He reported to BROOKLYN in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in March 1943 and was assigned to the Communica- tions Department as Assistant Division Officer and Coding Officer. He was detached in October 1945 to the Staff of Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet. Decorations: Area ribbons for duty during the war in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea until being released from Active Duty. He was in 3 operations to be awarded 3 Battle Stars while in BROOKLYN. ss.Frw WSWS Center above. Emily and Paul L. ANDERSON Above right: LCDR. Paul L. ANDERSON, USN, fretl before going to the Retired Officers Military Ball, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 1979, in a uniform purchased in Hong Kong, in 1956. Paul L. ANDERSON, LCDR, USN fretl, 2527 Hydraulic Rd., Apt. 1120, Charlottesville, Virginia, was born 12 October 1908 in Woodhull, Illinois. He enlisted in the Navy 3 December 1931 and received his Recruit Training at Great Lakes, ,Illinois. D Mr. ANDERSON 's first wife, Eva, passed away 26 December 1973 and he is remarried to Emily ANDERSON and they have spent not only their Honeymoon with the BROOKLYN reunion in St. Louis, but an Anniversary, the 2nd with us. He has a daughter, Barbara, born 7 October 1943, and two sons, William, born 25 September 1949 and David, born 25 February 1954. None of the children are following a NaVY career. He reported on board in April 1942 in New York and W8.S assigned to the Supply Department. When he reported on board he was a Supply Clerk and some of his duties were on the Coding Board. Being detached in October 1943 in Naples, Italy, he Was on the way to a new duty station, Marine Corps Air Statwll, Cherry Point, North Carolina. From there he was assigned to several different shipboard duty stations as SUPPIY Officer, and to several Shore Establishments in the same duty status. He was retired 1 August 1958. After retirement his employment was with the Virglma Correctional System as a Teacher and Counselor fr0m which he also retired. Then 2 years of VISTA Volunteer Work as a House Husband New House. Remembered Outstanding Event: We were ready to enter New York Harbor on a foggy, winter morning in a convoy after the very successful Play Ball invasion of Nflfth Africa. The signal flags Execute were up. I was 111 the Cofimg room and broke an Urgent message. I rushed to the bridge and said, Captain, Captain, Urgent. Instan151Y lihe C0mmand1ng Voice of our own Captain said over the voicg communications system, Admiral, Don't give the conifllan Execute until you have read message Number 705. The message. was, in effect, don't enter the channel because 8 convoy IS on the way out. The 1mP0rtance of this event was not what did happelk but what d1dn't happen in the narrow channel of New Y01' Harbor. It seems that BROOKLYN prevented a difficiig situation and her Captain and Pay Clerk followed the 0 Navy tradition of effectively getting the MeSSHge to Garcia. Nllllllllul ' an s : '- ....... nn In in Lieutenant Commander Charles L. POLSON, 8706 Meadowbrooke Ln., Norfolk, Virginia, was born 21 June 1918 in Andalusia, Alabama. He enlisted in the Navy in early 1940. He is married to Patricia POLSON and they have one daughter, named Blanche and she has two sons. Both Grandsons did a tour in the Navy. LCDR POLSON reported to USS BROOKLYN at San Pedro, California, 20 October 1940 from Naval Training Center, Norfolk, Va. He was assigned to the 6th Division and was assigned to that same Division the entire time on board, a total of 5 years and 3 months. He left the BROOKLYN for the Staff of Philadelphia Group Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 31 January 1946 and continued a Navy career for 30 years, retiring 1 October 1970. He reported on board as Apprentice Seaman and advanced through the line to that of Lieutenant Commander before retirement. Decorations: All the Area ribbons and Campaign ribbons with stars. His service was in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II and in the Pacific Theater and Korea and Vietnam. He holds the Navy Unit Commendation. Captain Hatcher P. STORY, USNR Cretl, Courtland, Virginia, was born 26 March 1916 in Courtland, Virginia. He entered the Navy through the V 7 Program from Columbia University. He reported on board BROOKLYN in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1942 and was a 9th Division, Division Officer and was detached from the ship when she was decommissioned in the same yard in January 1946. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean Crisis and gzrved three years in the USS Juneau, an Anti Aircraft rulser. In 1947 he attended the University of North Carolina, and was a teacher in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1947 and 1948. He served as High School Principal from 1948 to 1950 at Asheboro, North Carolina. Then the Active Duty with the Navy 1950 until 1953 and from that time he has been farming in Courtland, Virginia. 4551551 Q , no .... Hatcher P. Story 5 ,, ,. 6 .,,. Q W, ' , 'glgkff it Captaln .,... . ... y . USNR fretj ' .,... s 505' 'iw Q m .... -11 .,., -1, ll 1 Lt. John R. KIRBY, USN fretj right John KIRBY, Seaman, USN 1940 in Honolulu standing by the Amelia Earhart Memorial. Lieutenant Commander John R. KIRBY, USN fretl 1608 Rich Ave., Norfolk, Va., was born 24 February 1921 in Boomer, West Va. He enlisted in the Navy 7 March 1939 and went through the Boot Training Camp at Norfolk, Va. He married Erma I. KIRBY the 13th day of September 1942 and to this union were born the following children: Kenneth J. 25 May 1944, Robert S. 24 October 1945, USAF 2-years, John W. 1 May 19503 Forrest B. 17 April 1952, USN enlisted 2 years, Joseph L. 8 August 1960, now on active duty USN. Son, Kenneth J. KIRBY a graduate from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1966, was killed during landing exercises on the USS Ranger in September 1968. He was Radar Intercept Officer and was killed along with his pilot when the arresting pennant parted. He held the rank of Lieutenant flgl USN. LCDR KIRBY reported to USS BROOKLYN at Portland, Oregon, in July 1939 and was assigned- to the 2nd Division and then on to the B Division. He was detached February 1945 to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., then on to Naval Operating Base, Trinidad, British West Indies. From here he went home in December 1945. He was recalled to Active Duty in August 1950 and reported to USS Latimer CAPA 1521 until 13 September 1950 he reported to USS Mississippi CEAG 1283. From here he was sent to several different Ships and Stations and Staffs to complete his Navy Career and retire as a Lieutenant Commander in 1974. He advanced from Apprentice Seaman while in BROOKLYN to the Appointment to Warrant Officer, Machinist, and was advanced through the grades to h1S retirement rank by 1974. Decorations: Include all the various medals and ribbons for the operations during World War II and for the ribbons and medals for the Korean Crisis. When you retire, do it with this outlook from the very first. 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Cox, Director, Foreign Languages Laboratory, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. LCDR OTT reported on board as a part of the precommissioning detail 30 September 1937 served in the A Division and was detached to the USS Holland 1 April 1940. He served in various ships and stations until retirement from the USS Orion, 1 March 1947. After retiring he worked for Corwin Chemical Co.,.now Upjohn Co., North Haven, CT., as a Mechanical Engineer Supervisor. He went to Florida in 1949 and became the Village Handyman. Lieutenant Anderson V. SHOWEN, USN Cretj 254 Granada Road, West Palm Beach, Florida, was born 11 December 1911 at Lawford, West Virginia. He enlisted in the Navy 2 April 1935 and received his Recruit Training at Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN, September 1942 from the USS Alcor. He WHS a Warrant Carpenter and was assigned to the C8zR Division as the ship's carpenter- Being promoted through the grades to Lieutenant Cjgl he put the BROOKLYN out of Commission and stayed on board while she was In Commission in the Reserve until January 1947. Was then transferred to the Philadelphia Group Atlantic ReSerVe Fleet and took care of BROOKLYN for another two years. ' Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, and the Campaign Medals and Ribbons with stars of a 30-year career in the US NAVY. Whellrftlriwelrlriines exploded around the bow during the invasion of Sicily I thought my 8 er was going to inhale his sound powered phones. A few minutes later W9 learned Qf the, D0SS1ble flooding in the freshwater pump room in the bow of the ship. Our First Lieutenant and Damage Control Officer Commander O.K. O'Dan1el USN' Wanted hrs Warrant Carpenter to inspect for the, damage. One very cautious Carpenter Wlth two men went forward very, very carefully, cracking each scuttle 111 turn, going throu h f d ' ' ' only minor no dg ofur ecks to the pump room. Then fmdmg in the pump r00m bl o ing rom small lines being ruptured. After that episode, 1311059 Scram ed eggs for breakfast on Battle Stations certainly tasted good. Lieut. Cdr. George E. HEAD, USN, fretj 3516 Atlas St., San Diego, Calif., was born 31 December 1921 in Maysville, Mo., one of the sons of Mae Shelton HEAD. He enlisted in lthe lgavy June 1940 and took Boot Training at Great a es, . He married Helen E. HOPKINS of Philadelphia, Pa., 7 June 1947 and they have a daughter, Karen Lynne born 17 September 1951 and a son, George A. born 1 March 1953. Both children make homes in San Diego and neither followed a Navy career. Mr. HEAD reported to BROOKLYN September 1940 and advanced through the ranks to Chief Petty Officer in August 1945. He was Leading Seaman, Division Petty Officer and Chief Petty Officer in the Deck Divisions. When BROOKLYN reported to Philadelphia for decommissioning he was transferred to the Philadelphia Group of the Reserve Fleet as a Hull Inspector. In September 1947 until August 1949 he was Chief Master-At-Arms of the USS Cascade. From August 1949 his duties were with several Air Attachments, one in particular, photographed all of the coast of North America for the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the making of new Navigation Chart. He was appointed Warrant Officer November 1956 and was assigned as Ship's Boatswain of the USS Valcour QAVP 55D and duty in the Indian Ocean. He had duty next in the Recruit Training Depot, San Diego, Calif., and was Commissioned a Chief Warrant in July 1959. His next duty was again Ship's Boatswain USS Kearsarge CCVS 331 and in December he was picked up as Lieutenant Cgl after which he had duty in the 11th Naval District, USS Zelima CAF 495 and Fleet Training Group in San Diego, Calif., where he retired as a Lieut. Comdr. in July 1970. Since retirement he has been a partner in a small boat business giving service to the boating community of San Diego and the Western part of the U.S. Decorations: Good Conduct with 4 Stars, Various Area Ribbons with stars in all seaing service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean during World War II and in the Pacific and Korean Waters and along the Coast of Vietnam. Commander Frank A. HANLEY, USNR, Cretl 51 Island Way, Island Estates, Clearwater, Fla., was born 1 February 1923 in Albany, New York. He entered the Navy 5 January 1944 from the Merchant Marine Academy Class of January 1944. He married Rita Obrien of Conshohoken, Pa., and they raised four children, none of which are following a Navy career. Commander HANLEY reported to BROOKLYN 17 March 1945 as a Lieutenant Cjgl and was the 5th Division Officer, Catapult Officer and Deck Watch Officer. He was detached in August 1945 for the Minewarfare School, Yorktown, Virginia to later become the Executive Officer of YMS 348 and on to Commanding Officer of the same ship. In 1946 he was offered a Commission in the Regular Navy but declined to become a civilian first class. From 1946 until 1951 he worked as a Cargo Supervisor in the Port of New York. He was recalled to Active Duty from 1951 to 1953 and was Naval Control of Shipping Organizations. Upon being released from Active Duty he established his own business of Cargo Supervisor in the Port of Philadelphia until 1960 when he established a business as Travel Agent in Philadelphia and Drexel Hill, Pa. The Commander spent 26 years in the Naval Reserve primarily in Military Sea Transport Service and Naval Cargo Supervisor Organizations. He wrote several magazine articles on Travel and Maritime Subjects. Lieutenant Commander George COHN, Jr., USNR, 3740 Deep Dale Lane, Louisville, Ky., was born 30 October 1909 in Louisville, Kentucky. He entered the Navy through the gaval gteserve Officer Program from the University of arvar . He married his first wife, Gladys Wakefield on 4 January 1940 and they have 2 daughters and a son. After the death of his first wife he remarried to Katherine Turner, 17 April 1974. LCDR COHN reported to USS BROOKLYN in the Bay of Naples the 17th of March 1944 and was assigned to the Communications Department to later become Communica- tions Officer and was the Photographic Officer. One of his favorite stories of interest while in the BROOKLYN was with Jack Lynn about tipping of the barber. It seems Jack Lynn always tipped the barber whenever he had them cut his hair. But this seemed to Mr. COHN that it was not quite right. He asked Lynn if he expected a tip each time he serviced and delivered a message to the Captain of one of the Department Heads. It was very strongly believed that the ship's barbers were only doing their jobs. This meeting broke off and about two weeks later Jack and George were talking again and it developed that from the time of the original discussion, Jack had stopped and George had commenced to tip the barbers. To George's knowledge this is the only time in history where two fellows got into an argument and both won. And here we need to give a big thanks to LCDR COHN for many of the photographs that are included in this history. Lieutenant Walter A. BURCH, USN, Cretl 250 E. Telegraph Rd., Space 251, Fillmore, California, was born 24 February, 1909, in Larcy Farm, Kentucky. He entered the Navy as an Enlisted man 30 April 1925. His Recruit Training was received at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. He was advanced through the line from Apprentice Seaman to the rank of Chief Warrant Electrician, and on through the grades to Lieutenant before retirement. He reported on board BROOKLYN in November 1942 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and was assigned as the E Division Officer. In Se tember 1945 he was transferred to the Staff of Philadelphia Group Atlantic Reserve Fleet. He was released from Active Duty 30 June 1947 and placed on the retirement list. Since retirement he has been employed by the Spare Parts Control Center, Mechanicsberg, Penn., and 30 November 1954, transferred to Port Hueneme, California. He was Director of Technical Division at both Activities. His wife: Anna Cecile BURCH. W l . Raymond John GOODWIN. Chief Warrant Officer, Raymond John GOODWIN, USN Cret1 8030 Rancho Fanita Dr., Santee, Calif., was born 24 July 1911 in Philadelphia, Pa. He enlisted in the Navy 6 January 1930 and received his Recruit Training at Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia. He reported to the Receiving Ship BROOKLYN detail on 30 Sept. 1937 to be onboard when commissioned. He was assigned to the E Division and was an Electriciansmate second class. Here he advanced through the line to Chief Electriciansmate Permanent Appointment on 15 July 1943. After detachment he further was advanced through the grades to Chief Electrician on 1 November 1956, and was retired 1 February 1960. He was detached from USS BROOKLYN 23 May 1943 and served in the following ships and stations: USS New Jersey fBB621, General Charles G. Morton CPA 1381, USS Frontier QAD251, USS Oriskany CCVA 341, Service School Command, San Diego, CA., Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Special Weapons Unit, Pacific, USS Essex CCVA 91, Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, Calif. QM -',l f,' 4. Sfmrrt me A fb . f I ' , 'M ,f .1 - ,K ' M., 1.11 Y 'f E77 Jrviq -. '44 - W, :fer ' -,I 'Q 'f'fe,a, f A , ' ' 2 ., 'ul'? ' 4 s.,. we M eg . ' M 1 I 1445- ,-,,,v., A ,,-...x, n .. Chief Ship Repair Technician Ernest E. DIAMOND, USN. fa long way from salt water1 Chief Ship Repair Technician, Ernest E. DIAMOND, USN fret1 488 Love Lane, Danville, Calif. enlisted .in the Navy 29 October 1925 and received his Recruit Training at U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif. His wife, Martha DIAMOND. He reported on board BROOKLYN from the USS Agusta CCA 311 in 1942 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York. He was assigned to the R Division and was a Chlef Carpentersmate. After a successful tour he was detached in April 1944 and was assigned to New Construction, the USS Bosque KAPA 1351. Some time in 1945 he was transferred to the USS Eldorado QAGC 111 and in March 1948 to the US Reserve Fleet San Diego, Calif. Back to sea again from 1950 until 1956 in the USS Badoeng Strait KCVE1. In 1958 to the USS Estes CAGC121 and in 1959 until 1960 with the US RGSBIVG Fleet, San Diego, Calif. On March 1960 he was retlred from the U.S. Navy. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Navy Commendation Ribbon, and various medals, ribbons and campaign medals with the stars for a Navy Career. Prior to reporting for the BROOKLYN detail, he served 1 . in the USS Raleigh CCA 71 and USS Augusta CCA 311. 9 Q 1 Since retiring he attended San Diego State College fNow Chief Ships Repair a University1 and was graduated with a B.S. in Accounting Technician, Ernest S X ' . Q in 1964. He then worked 12 years as an Auditor for the E- DIAMOND, . County of San Diego, California and retired again after his USN- Taken On- Nl X . . 65th birthday in August 1976. board the USS Badoeng Strait not 1 long before retire- 9 1 ,f S llli ment. fBalmey1 1 A, 9 S 4 1 A ...ll il T r . Siem , XX W . sw-C X I -l .SN Charles W. JOHNSON, Chief Machinist Mate, 1942. Below is Charles W. JOHNSON, Lt. USN lretl 1975 Below Greeting wife and daughters on their arrival at Guam, 1955. l to r: Linda, Winnie, Kay and Lt. Ggl JOHNSON, USN. in Winnie Charlie 1976, they were married 42 years. Lieutenant Charles W. JOHNSON, USN fretj 134 4th Ave., Chula Vista, California, was born, Frontenac, Kansas, on 16 January 1912. He enlisted in the Navy at Kansas City, Missouri, 20 June 1934. He said the program was Hunger. He received his Recruit Training at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif. He married Winifred Drake, 28 December 1936 in San Diego, California and they have 2 daughters: Kay L Strobel, born July 1939 and she has 2 daughters, ages 19 and 9g and Linda D. King, born January 1944 and she has a son age 10 and a daughter age 9. None followed a Navy career, but I have my eye on my 10 ear old grandson, I'll ship him in yet. Mrs. Johnson died' 30 June 1978. Lieut. JOHNSON served his first 6 years in the Navy on the USS Dobbin CARD 35 where he advanced through the line from Seaman Second Class to Machinistmate First Class. He then reenlisted in Kansas City on 11 July 1940 and was ordered to the USS BROOKLYN for duty. He was assigned to the A Division and the Machine Shop where he was advanced to Chief Machinistmate 3 June 1942. Commissioned an Ensign 24 June 1944 and retired 30 June 1956 as a Lieutenant USN. After trying to find a niche he went to college and received a B.A. Degree and went to work for the San Diego County Department of Welfare as a Social Worker. After 13 years he retired again December 1973. Those of you who made the Invasion of Sicily on the B will remember the mine field, and how the ship rocked like a big rocking chair. I was assigned to repair it and stationed on the third deck in the Marine Compartment with 6 men. When the mines started going off under us I assigned the men to go to the various parts of the ship to look for broken lines and or leaks. I went forward to sound the voids and was just getting back to make my reports when the word was passed for All Hands, except the Engineers and the Repair Parties, to report topside. I received all the reports from my men, and then reported all secure, third deck and below. My JV Talker had made the report and then said, Chief, they want to talk to you. Main Repair I was located on the second deck, that's where I had made my report. On the JV circuit was E.E. QBalmeyJ Diamond, he said, John, they are cutting down the chances, are you scared? Not right now I told him for up to then I had been too busy to be scared, and I'd see if I could figure a way to get even with him. I did later on the beach, but that's another story, not to be published. 1 '.4 -I411-.. A ' ' + rw-v -15f?Hff.iLf4'1'1 .m1.!1A::.:,..!'! 11- f 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' x W 325 Q7 ', 51 T 4 ,. L 1 f U. ' ,333 ? 'Qf1L1mffM'f ' 5 , 7 -fa 1 , ' V' if A Mk L! , V ,,,, .,,, ' pf cm, ' . A A ' ' 'W A ' . 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SCOTT. last day on the job, Introl Division, Chrysler Corp., Ann Arbor, MI. May 1972 ' f ' Q... blnq Scotty with the beard, his wife Dottie, Daughter-in-law Susan, and Son Vern. Easter 1974 below Son, Walter V. Scott, and Walter I. SCOTT. i . D., K' ., 'Ui f, I gpg? A' f f . f f WW Q 17? Mfg te . fit .Lf ' 4 . Q 7- ' Hifi ,A , .. -5 If ,,. A A. .,,... A I , Lt. U83 Walter I. SCOTT, USN. Donner Pass, Calif., 1945 Lieutenant Ugj Walter I. SCOTT, USN Cretl, 1821 Los Lagos Circle, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was born 3 May 1912 in Oelwein, Iowa. He enlisted in the Navy, 2 June 1931, and he received his Recruit Training at Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. He married Dorothy H. Scott, 26 May 1937 and they have -,one son. Walter Vern SCOTT was born 26 June 1.945 and he spent 14 months in Vietnam during a.4 gear enlistment in the US Marine Corps. His wife IS usan. Lt. SCOTT reported for duty in BROOKLYN, 30 September 1937 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, from the USS Tattnall. He was assigned to the F Division where he advanced through the line to Fire Controllman First Class on 16 May 1939. He was transferred to the Advanced Firecontrol School, Washington, D.C., 3 May 1940. He also advanced through the grades tp Lgglitenant GED 1 April 1945. He was retired in Aprll After retirement he was employed by Introl Division, Chrysler Motor Co., until 30 May 1972, at which time he retired again. Decorations: Navy Unit Citation, USS Denver, Letter of Commendation and the various Campaign bars and stars of World War II and the Korean Campaign- ss. X.. X ! X X. 3 May 1944 Arrival of Admlral L A DAVIDSON USN CruD1v Elght The Annual Mlhtary Inspectlon IS about to commence 1 to r under vertlcal fender, LT F M Lamkm, CDR R L Solt LCDR L L. Young, CRD G K Wllllams, Unknown Captaln, Captam F R Dodge CDR CF Sell OOD is Geo. Grelb Inslde gun shield IS CBM B111 Tyler, and CYN Cox + J' 4 'f5z??5 l iZ1f- ww. ,-.WT Y f . u ' ...wa-.ae , 'gs' VIEW of Palermo harbor in 1943 Note barage baloons for protectlon agamst d1ve bombers VIBW From: TO : IT HQS BEXITIFJLLY SO THB .SPL OI! YOURSELF -if OUR MIGHTY B Brooklyn was this cruiser's name, 'Twas in the Med she got her fame, Where ancient galleys used to roam, The 'Mighty B' had made her home. September was in Boston great, We fought the battle of the Cape. Canberra crew we gave the dope,v Call them lines, they a1n't ropes . Then came the hurry call, Savannah's hit, We're needed all. But wait, no cans to screen, To hell with that, our eyes are keen. Light off the boilers, up gangway, Make preparations to get underway. Go to your stations the sea detail, The watch has shifted, we're setting sail. Baker's checked, departments ready, The watch is set, the wind is steady. Anchors aweigh! We're off to the Med, So long old Boston, full speed ahead. The third day out we hit a gale, All turkeys mustered by the rail. O'rourke was missing in the search, We hated to leave him in the lurch. Seventh night out we saw a light, Land Ahoy. Old Gib's in sight. The channels narrow, traffic heavy, But our old man's course was steady. Oran we saw but not for long, We were eager, spirits strong. Due East we went, slowing not, North coast of Sicily was the spot. What port it was we didn't know, Then we sighted Palermo. Such beauty we had rarely seen, Mountains high and valleys green. Philly and the Boise were waiting there, They'd done good work in the Salerno a We got the Staff, they pulled away, And there we were, S.O.P.A. Now little did we know, When we set foot in Palermo, That it was in the books to be, The home port of the 'Mighty B'. But we liked well Mondello Beach, Souvenirs were many, not bad eats. Catacombs, churches, shops and vino, We nestled close to Mt. Pellegrino. Rugged duty was Shore Patrol, Look in the shops and take a stroll. At the Club the job was tougher, Stay on the wagon and really suffer. Here it was we met the Mayor, We think he liked our bill of fare. Plus other visitors who would beam, 'My gosh, you people have ice cream'. ffair. But came the call for CL 40, To help the Army with a sortie. Gaeta felt our wrath one day, Returned to rest in Naples Bay. Did I say rest? I take it back, 'Cause I hardly saw my rack. A new tune on the Hit Parade, Was 'Air Defense', Here comes a raid. Now Dirty Gertie from Bizerte, Is a legend of the Med. Here it was our fliers brave, Got the DFC from 'Dugout' Dave. SNAFU, TARFU, FUBAR, 'Twas the transfer of the war. What's the dope on the two star flag? Just who's winning this game of tag? Off to Algiers and H.K. Hewitt, To 'get the dope on how to do it. Something's up, we headed west. Stopped at Gibraltar for a rest. Gib's a rather British town, We liked their Scotch and drank it down. Here we heard the Bugle Blare: Attention for the Spanish Mayor! . But off again, a job to do, Escorting corn-huskers was something new. G Q all night, speed at flank, Well we knew, we were outranked. Oran's the spot that has good beer, Drop that hook in Mers-el-Kebirl Vulcan sailors out of the way, Here comes the Brooklyn down the bay. Nurses, Wacs, beer and snacks, At Maison Cologne some were taxed. Football on the dock we played, The Frenchies aft were quite dismayed. To Club Thirteen and Murphy's Bar, We bummed our way in the weapons car. The women here were quite allright, Better yet was Herman's delight. Every day the B.A.F. Flew o'er the ship till we were deaf. We shore bombarded night and day, To show the Frenchies how to play. Christmas season was drawing nigh, Malta's the spot and not too dry. Three long cheers for Admiral Dave, For our best interests he did slave. Our 4.0 Club was lots of fun, Beer.yvas weak, ale was bum, But Jltterbug our crew could do, The Malta girls liked something new. K1ng's Head Bar and Union Club, Valletta's Gut had many a pub. Sllema lay across the drink, A Dhysa'll take you in a wink. i. I l 1 I l I r r i 1 We had our Club two stories high, Three rooms and bath and lots of rye. The toughest duty of the week, Was staying sober while barkeep. At Marquesa's Palace by the sea, We joined the best society. There we danced to Brooklyn's band, And shot the bull about the land. Came one evening to a party, Malta's Prefect, big and hearty. He told great tales, all blood and thunder, But Andy Burgess drank him under. Christmas Day found spirits high, Thirty orphans shared our pie. Goodbye Grand Harbor, it's been fun, Let's get to work, the war's not won . A good friend of the 'Mighty B', Was H.M.S. Penelope. She'd done a lot for freedom's sake, Now she's gone, our heart does ache. The Dido and the Phoebe, Joined with us to Napoli. There's another landin in the Med, Brooklyn'll guard this lmeachhead. One dark night on the Italian coast, We moved in quietly like a ghost. At Anzio our troops did spring, A great surprise for Kesselring. The Army landed, no strain at all, We stood nearby to wait their call. And call they did many times, We blasted guns behind the lines. Brooklyn men will not forget, The Night they hit Mayo, Plunkett. Glider bombs and flares he dropped, But Jerry missed his jack-pot. Our old friends were Edison and Trippe, With heavy smoke they screened our ship. They dodged with us each German shell, Returned with us to give 'em hell. Beans and coffee, board's dessert, Seasoned with a red alert. Red Anzio from the Bosn's Mate, Was the password 'fore we ate. Up the coast one morn we sailed, Wind hit sixty, then it hailed. The Mighty B could take a lot, Her salty crew was troubled not. But one jg from Radar Plot, Had lips of white and looked half shot. Mumbled he: Just let me see, The Recruiting Officer who talked to me! The gallant Trippo tooks waves of green, O'er mast like a submarine. Now you see her, now you don'tg Forget this storm, you bet we won't . The Phi1ly's back, came the day, To rendezvous in Tunis Bay. French Algiers next we saw, Where CincMed reigns and ComNavNaw. Hotel Aletti is one spot, To see Algiers and what is hot. Bright uniforms and clothes bizarre, Were gathered here from near and far. We're off again on the 'Mighty B', To do a job upon the sea. Six months of cruising in the Med, You've heard a bit of the life we led. Six months Later Southern France got her 'D' Day, For invasion barges we cleared the way. The Riviera felt our roar, With French and British men-o-war. An Army Pilot downed at sea, Owes his life to the 'Mighty B'. Propriano was not much at all, So here we had our swimming call. Time overseas has reached a year, Hopeful rumors still we hear. Off St. Tropez long we waited, Long glass liberties the best we rated. On Gravesend Bay our hearts are set, It's been a year we?ll not forget. Some things are in my mind to stay, Like 'loading drills' and 'Staff Gangway'. When old Vesuvius got mad one day, We got her dust in Sorrento Bay. In Naples Bay 'mid summers heat, The King of England reviewed the Fleet. When Combat's planes are comin' in low, One mile out at two double oh, 'Combat's lost them, God knows where,' And the O.D.'s got another gray hair. When to Sky Six the 0.D. said, 'Permission not granted to go to the head Get on the ball up in Sky Aft, How's to track those two small craft. When our G.K. did pace the deck, And old O.K. was the Exec, When broken toes and a hundred ills, Were cured by Sick Bay's three white pills. When our Baseball Team was hard to beat And in War Bonds we led the Fleet, Now Jerry respects our six inch gun, And Brooklyn's proud of what she's done. We cussed those watches, swore like bums, About things in general we beat our gums. But there's not a ship on any sea, That we would swap for the 'Mighty B'! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I F I I I Mohammed Abdullah, Pasha Of Fedhala ....y.- 7'Q4l'T 4 1 - 6 - Mohammed Abdullah, pasha of Fedhala Mohammed Abdullah' Pasha of Fedhala 1 h t Jumped out of his bed and ran up to the roof At home wore a tarboosh, outdoors a p ug a , . th cried uAHah' Oh Auahw Read latest French novels and Philip Guedalla, Arouiddhlmwhedwgg-ization Plan put' to the progf But stood okydoke with the boss at Rabat. n Wa e ' From sixty years' diddling and all kinds of fiddling A bwrh full Zirzigllfkjrjrfdtgiesizififjoiggllesintizlff Mohammed Pasha was completely snafug I en :fc , , , J, But for social position, eight wives in commission While landing boats toilm' through Surf all 347011111 He kept, and 3 Tahiti trollop or two. Brought in reinforcements on every big swell. -2- -7- From local finances dough stuck in his pantsies- Offsgori,thifjhviesritfiigllfjiltozxiiigg ?:mTShes- Mohammedwas one to take care of his friends, S lx' . ' And little could he gain from old Marshal Petain, Indoxrs ltheTedZ1,Z:3iesfSr6i3ZgiSoigrrghielggiged peaches But plenty went up to make Vichy amends. S oca' , ' , The Germain high mission, by Laval's permission, Alofgthefe WaS,11u2m:1Efj':1a4Q1ff:3p?tmmm1ng He met in casino or local bazaar, 0 gwe avla 0 ' , Exchanged a Heil Hitler for something much littlerj Below, a' tafme camgl fby name Abdul lim? Whenever he passed Captain Fritsch in the car. Was hlt by 3' slxqncher square on t e ump' -3- -8- One November morning before the day's dawning Eachfggnfoelinzliii ijfsg gilgir Sgffgly begin, He said to Wife Eight Pm a son-of-a-bitch . . . ' . If the Yanks do not hanker for fair Casablancag Turned w1th,tremlgouE,hpftoWard at iii? fifihtmg shlp Let's send and consult the Herr Captain Von Fritsch. Sa,dWh0s2fiig'i?titiaiv5?1i lllalgegriioin Tjlitigl' Pipe down! said Fatima, You elderly dreamer 1 ,youu , . Them Yanks are all set to get slammed at Dakar, D S I Zio? D 5131 cglstsla' gig, damn! N dtfI'k, B1:t'Shk' oeee en HW f 0 rain giive cttheJYIanlk :girly Onae lil? of jlijalryf Gecha pants on Mohammed, de time's come to scram! - 4 - - 9 - H H . H u !v ' ' My dear said Abdullah, I trust that Fedhala , See?fDt3I:hWhaicrivghsexhigisgg? ?:,rvJli1:5 Z' 2132? ers, Is true to the Sons of the Prophet today' . . . ' But a splashing of boat oars and humming of motors Let giihjtliofllg sslsggygnioolxuailgptgs X22-ll3:r'here, Tells me something phoney is on down the bay' . ., ' Red lights are a-blinkin' and motor boats stinkin' , De Blgttene Sher? S gone dead as cokl turkey' Don't sound like a moonlight beach party to meg D G e guns in ebciplet fljzkif gut WI: a EJOP' t it You know that the U-boats and sundry French screw-boats e ermans avg, ea 1 ' on now ow mee ' In Have warned us a big Yankee Heet was at Seal, Compared wi dose Yankees de French are a flop. 5 - 10 - I , - - V i Yet, alas for the BROOKLYN, she ne'er had a look-in While talk he was makin' the dawn it was breakin' To see what her fightin' and shootin' had done A In the N01'l1h the B13 DIPPGI' Stood UP 011 his tail: The girls' planned reception just proved a deceptiong shore an old yahoo bawled Allah-Allahu! The Army 3 5,8 got the glory and fun Just C5113 xIi:1iZZ,ubi51ZlZ:1Tliergglalkwailll BAM' BAM' Three times the French Navy came looking for gravy, , er 1 wen . , Th - h' And Admiral Hewitt gave signal HPLAY BALLP, ree tirgmaetskthe bold BROOKLYN drove every s 1P Install? of retmng the Yanks commenced ming Now she's guardin' the carriers from Hitler's sea harriers, ith starshell and common, bombardment and all. Condition II set to take care of the pack SAIL EASY MIKE J 11 November, 1942. ,. ,.,, , , k X I -X. .. . .. ..-,...... K x1 hah u Q Q N- -I k-R -I- - -R-I-lg:-K-R-X-I-I-Q-E- - - -,, L 1-FOLD HERE T from: Sec lnmudlon No. 5 ---- MAIL To: ...................................... V-mail service provides a most rapid means of communicaiion. If addressed fo a place where phofographing service is noi' available lhe original leHer will be dispaiched by ihe mosl- expedifious means. 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Commander so he could take Command of a newly formed group of LSTs in the Pacific. right is a picture taken in 1978. Raymond WASARHALEY, LCDR., USNR., 34 Pearsall Ave., Glen Cove, New York, was born 9 March 1918 in Freemansburg, PA. Enlisted in the Navy in August.1940 as an Ap rentice Seaman. He made a one month crulse to Cuba and, then was one of the selectees for the first class of, H90 Day Wonders . The School was conducted in the USS! ILLINOIS, fSoon to be called Prairie Statel in New Yor . He was married to wife Regina 1 January 1943, and to this marriage was born, Raymond on 19 October 1945, he was a Lieut USA and served in the Vietnam War, and he has 2 children. Then son Brian, born 17 March 1948, Daughter Tricia born 3 October 1955. She now has 2 children. Son Gregory was born 9 October 1957. LCDR. WASARHALEY reported to BROOKLYN 4 December 1940, at San Pedro, California, directly from Midshipman School. He was assigned to the Gunnery Department and was one of the Turret Officers. After just a few weeks He was assigned to the 'Communications Department as Signal Officer and was a qualified Officer of the Deck Underway, being the Officer of the Deck for General Quarters. This was his assignment for the whole below Signal Gang, 1942 with Chief Meadows. tour of duty. 5 January 1943 He was detached, after being a volunteer for duty in the newly formed Amphibious Navy. He became the first Commanding Officer of the LST 376. lread the account of this assignment in the Story, U90 Day Wonders , following this historyj. Decorations and Awards: American European- Area, with stars for the invasion of Casablanca, North Africa, the landings in Sicily and Salerno, Italy. Letter of Commenda- tion for the Landings at Salerno, and for the shooting down of 2 planes in Sicily that were missed by BROOKLYN- 5-Ive is now Head of the Sales Department of Montgomery ar . The story that follows this history of LCDR WASAR- HALEY is one that was written by him from notesuand memories of his Navy Career. It is by far as dgood of ao S98 Story that most will ever put together, an have printed for all you to read and enjoy and fit yourself into somewhere ln the so nearly all the truth of a Navy Career- below Communications Officers 1942, with Lt. Sell Engagement Party given by Grace Dalzell in New York December 1942 for Lieutenant Ray WASARHALEY and bride to be Regina, center front row. They were introduced in the Wardroom in BROOKLYN by Father O'Leary and were married by him 1 January 1943. Others in the front row, Lt. D. Liane, and Lt. C. Wickham, second row, Lt. F.K. Coss, USMC, Lt. F. Cuccias, Ens. H. Green. back row, 5th from left is Lt. F.T. O'Leary. We are sorry not to be able to identify the others. 1 January 1943, St. Patricks Cathedral in New York. Ray WASARHALEY, new wife Regina, Father O'Leary. ii ill i i f,M 9 ' 90 DA Y W0 DERS PREFACE Somehow this salvo of shells had a different .sound from the others dropping in the water around our ship. We knew it was going to hit. It had been fired by the French cruiser Primauguet as she tried to come out of Casablanca Harbor with nine other French cruisers and destroyers. One shell smashed into the five-inch gunmount just below where I stood on the brid e, throwing the Marines around in a.red sickening mess. Tlre shell hit the deck at an angle, up into the side of the heavily armored coding room, kept gfllllg up past me so I, could almost touch it, and fell out into the water. It didn't explode. The date was November 8, 1942. I found this amongst notes, misplaced for many years, that I had written during my World War II Navy days. As I read through the notes that spanned over five and a half years, I relived the good feeling of patriotism, pr1de.of country and fighting a war for a cause we believed in with a whole country behind us. How different this is than the dilemma of my sons and all the teenage youth, plus their fagmilies, as they live through the era of an unpopular war to ay. No one can ever be glad there was a war in their life, but at this moment I am most thankful whoever arranges the whole scheme of who is to be born into whichtfaeriod of time, chose to put me where I was. It was goo to grow up with love of country and no doubt that you lived in the greatest in the world. That you were willing to fight for your country didn't make you odd because most of all those about you shared your feelings. I read through all the notes. Five and one half years is a lot of people, a lot of places and it was a time of world changing events. Everybody in the service bitches and going home is the constant uppermost thought. But now that I quietly go over these violent events, the many ocean trips, the far away places, the people and the victory, I more than ever realize I was priviledged to have had this experience with the right attitude and at the right age to be most effective. I didn't do a very ood job of helping my sons and their teenage friends in deciding how they should react to each one's approaching personal decision date on Vietnam. I thought I was really getting to them with, If your Country is worth living in, it is worth fighting for. These could be the most interesting and rewarding years of your lives, etc. I must be pretty thick. It took me months to realize what generation gap meant. They didn't know what I was talking about because they were in a different era with different situations. I was a real square to them and didn't understand their problems. It wasn't until I found and read these notes that I had a return of that feeling of pride in where I had been and what we had done. I used the term U90 Day Wonders on the teenagers and they only figured I certainly must be a wonder of some kind. , There are a lot of names and people included in the notes. I've lost track of them all. We shared this experience together and I feel like writing a letter to them all saying, Hi, you still there? Remember when we did this? I've never seen much written about the Amphibious Force as we knew it. The force that must have done a good job because we ended up on the winning side. I was in it from the beginning and am proud to have been a part of it. I feel like writing it down in hopes of sharing it with many of my generation that were there. I'm not really doing this to get around my inability to talk a convincing story to troubled teenagers. But as I read my notes and look at them, I feel that but for the chance of birth dates, they could have been me and I could have been them. Pm glad I drew the hand I did and maybe some of them would like to read this just to see what life was like with father. A , Pm going to start writing. It's a true story of evllglnltliyplaces, dates and people. All true. Chapter I APPRENTICE SEAMAN TO MIDSHIPMAN TO ENSIGN 90 DAYS PLUS It all started as I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1940. Here again, I was really proud of my school, its academic standing and the football teams. Now it is still a fine school, but mostly publicized as demonstration center of anti-anti. Mainly Anti Vietnam War. I had worked my way through college as a playground director for the neighboring city of Oakland and counselor in Oakland's summer camp at Feather River. Three of my fellow playground directors and I had planned a trip on bicycles down through Mexico, the Panama Canal and on into South America.. We had all the equipment and even went to a doctor and got shots. After graduation, one after another, all three of them backed out of the trip. I was left with my shots and nowhere to go. President Roosevelt made a request that was put out on the radio for college men to take a trip to Cuba with the Navy. The next day I got another playground director, Leroy McCormick, to take a ride at lunch time to San Francisco Navy Recruiting Office. They admitted they didn't know much about it, but said they would get all information for us. In the meantime, the chief said, As long as you are here, why don't you take a physical and see if you can pass. After spending more time than I had intended, including signing some things for the chief, we were on our way back to Oakland and I told Leroy I had had a funny feeling we had joined the Navy. We weren't to be civilians again for five and one half years. I never did ask Leroy if he was mad at me. Within days we had orders to come with the clothes we would wear, plus a pair of black shoes, to the Railroad Station in Oakland. We said goodbye to some bewildered parents and the train roamed all over the country picking up other college men and we knew the train's final destination was New York. I don't think anyone on the train had ever been to New York. before and we were ea erly looking forward to seeing the sights. The tunnel into grand Central Station, transfer to a subway and up to 135 Street, and the Hudson River, and onto the floating houseboat USS Illinois was exciting but not exactly New York sightseeing as we had planned- The Battleship USS Wyoming was anchored outside the Illinois waiting for us. Over 600 strong, we went aboard with the lowest rate, apprentice seaman, of anyone on board. We Were given white sailor suits, bellbottom pants and Illlfldy t0PS, and we were given hammocks. One of the other things We were given that afternoon were shots. I stood up tothe sailor in the sickbay after waiting in line to ask my question, I just had these shots for a trip to South America, does tllatfnake any dlfference? The sailor handlin the needle didn t even have time to get out the words, I cIon't know, before he had the shot in my arm. glue day we were on the train in civilian clothes. The next ay we were in sailor suits, out the New York Harbor and 4...1nd on our way to Cuba. The hijinx that night trying to sling the hammocks and get into them was a lot of laughs but not much sleep. Most of us quit trying and just put the gear in a corner and slept on it. Next morning was something. Didn't seem possible they brought this big battleship and us all that way just to have some ex-civilians clean up the deck. But that morning, and every other morning, the routine was the same. Up at the crack of dawn, eat some strange mixtures for breakfast, holystoning that deck. We were the lowest rank on board and everyone got into the act of giving us orders. Holystone means taking a stone shaped like a brick with an indentation in the top. You place a stick like a small broom handle inthe indentation and learn how to move it back and forth on the deck. Some holystoned, some used brooms and suds and some used salt water hoses to wash down. But all we did was clean the huge deck. After a while we took pride in how clean it looked. There wasn't much to make it dirty and still we had to clean the whole thing the next morning and every morning. It got to be fun as we went further South and the weather was hot and humid. Didn't mind gettin cooled off with the salt water hoses as we played arouncl washing down the cool thick teakwood planking of the deck. The trip went fast and we were getting ready to anchor in the harbor at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The regular crew had duty one day and one day off for liberty, but we were pretty free to go ashore every day. Our activities were confined to the Naval Base, baseball, football and swimming, plus beer in the ship service store and soon it was time to leave. The trip to Cuba was really just an incentive to attract us to where we were. I don't really know at what point I understood exactly what I was to do after the cruise to Cuba and I'd like to think all the others were as unclear as I was. On the way back to New York there were serious meetings where the whole thing was explained to us. The USS Illinois was being fitted out as a school. On a volunteer basis they wanted us to go to that school and in 3 months Q90 daysl they would cram the best part of the last 2 years of Annapolis into us. I don't remember any discussion of what was to happen after the three months. Of the 600, a little over 300 of us volunteered. The others were free to go home. We sailed into New York and up to the Illinois. Before the day was over we said goodbye to those going home, were Eromoted to midshipman, fitted for new uniforms, issued ooks and assigned a bunk. I was in an upper bunk and I remember sitting up there watching the boys set up the table for dinner. I could fall out of my bunk onto the table. Work got started in a hurry. Day started with an early reveille over the loud speaker, also right next to my bunk. After one day I saw it was to take some planning to get into the head and washroom, shave, etc. and get to breakfast in time to eat and on time for formation before the first class. Rules said you couldn't get up before reveille. At the first sound out of the loudspeaker, I took my shaving kit in my teeth, reached out with both hands on the pipe over my bunk, swung out and down with my legs moving toward the washroom before I reached the deck. There was a line already at each sink, so I went in a shower and shaved under the shower. After the first day of this there were lines of iuys with kits in hand outside each shower, but I seemed to e able to get in one first. A near tragedy happened a few months later when it started to get cold in New York. They sent steam through that pipe one night and I badly burned both hands before I could let go. Almost had to quit the school, but managed to write enough to get by. The 90 days were mainly concentrated school work. We learned the Navy system of grading - 2.5 was passing, 4.0 was perfect. We lived to stay above 2.5. In the end, 264 of us made it. There was a little time off. The World's Fair was in New York and we made several visits. Sally Rand had a farm of some kind there. One of the most wicked descriptions of goings on about New York in our spare time had to do with Woodstock, New York. It was an artist colony. I'm not sure any of us knew exactly what that meant, but we sure blew it up in our imagination. We were to have one overnight liberty and the plans were carefully laid. 0ne middy managed to get a car and we took off about 8:00 P.M. It was the cold part of the year now and when we got to Woodstock, a real bunch of eager beavers, we went into the first' bar we found to get directions to the - whatever it was we thought we would find. The bartender was rather kind in the way he handled six fellows in uniform who he thought were nuts to leave New York City to come to Woodstock at this time of the year for action. He even explained thatwhat most artists did was paint. And so we drove back to New York City. The 90 days were going fast. We learned there was to be a big graduation with the Secretary of Navy, radio and newsreel coverage. We also found out there was to be a graduation ball at the Astor Hotel and this meant dates. We really hadn't had too much time to spend on girls and not many liberties left to do something about it. Many of the fellows hadn't gotten much farther than the places around 135 Street and those who got to New York City hadn't concentrated on the better places. All ended up with dates for the Ball and some of them were really something to see. I was lucky. I was friends with a midshipman from New York City and he had a get-together at the Van Sand's fhis mother'sl apartment. I met a very lovely girl there just staring a career in New York and she agreed to be my date. Louise and I became good friends and I later visited her and her family in Pennsylvania. I remember the time about a year after that when I got a letter telling of her wedding. The graduation was very impressive. We had gone through all the bargaining of various uniform makers calling at the ship to convince us theirs was the best deal and we should spend our uniform allowance money with them. We graduated in Midshipman uniforms, threw our hats in the air and then it was true - we could put on the uniform of an ensign in the U.S. Navy and truly became the first 90 Day Wonders. There were many to follow, but New York hadn't seen many Ensigns around in uniform in November of 1940. I was looking forward to my date and it didn't bother me much when I stood in front of the Barbazon Hotel for Women in my spanking new bridge coat with the epaulettes on the shoulders and four separate people mistook me for the doorman. It was great after the Ball when still flushed with the pride of having the loveliest girl there, I took her to the Stork Club and had Sherman Billingsly personally bring over a bucket with a bottle of champagne in it. In the final days on the USS Illinois, when it became clear who would graduate, we were let in on what might be in store for us next. The offer was very fair with no pressure. We could go home with the commission or we could volunteer to spend a year with a ship of the U.S. Fleet. Of the 300 that started school on the USS Illinois, 264 graduated, 60 wanted to go home and 204 of us asked to go to the fleet for one year. They drew for the ship assignments and must have done it alphabetically because 5 of us W's, Wasarhaley, Wickham, Wilson, Washburn and Wakefield, were assigned to the cruiser USS Brooklyn then operating out of Long Beach, California. We called United Air Lines and a young fellow came out to talk to us. There were 9 of us that wanted to fly to California and we wanted to know if United would give us any deal. He made it a really good deal. There were three stops on a flight to California in those days and at each. stop were reporters, cameramen, the works. A story and - - - ' d in San pictures in the paper of each city. At the 611 , . Francisco, the paper had a picture of 9 of us with Stewardess, and the United A1r Line plane, of course, W1 this story: 9 ENSIGNS STOP HERE EN ROUTE TO HONOLULU Nine New York Giants, who might be but aren't a baseball team, arrived in San. Francisco over the weekend, bringing the West its first view of something else new in national defense. The nine tall youths, who arrived by United Malllllllel' in custody of diminutive Stewardess Gwen Nolan, are members of the first class to be graduated from New York City's Little Annapolis, naval training school adjunct newly formed to step up natlonal defense preparations. After four months' naval training, in port and on cruise, the young men are commissioned enslgns in the United States Navy, and are en route to Honolulu duty, following ten days' stopover in San Francisco. The youths, members of a charter class that number 264 are L.C. McCormick, R.C. Mallon, J.D. Lorenz, E.F. Evans, R.M. Wasarhaley, D.L. Cole, J.L. Laird, W.R. McClintick and R.C. Glasmann. I had a chance meeting with the young man from United Airlines some years later. He spent the whole war and had a big job handling service charter flights, all startlng with our trip. That was the cruise to Cuba plus the 90 days. CHAPTER 2 LEARNING Ninety Days plus isn't really a very lon time and many people in Oakland who didn't realize Pc? been away were certainly surprised to see me in an Ensign's uniform. At this point there were only academy officers and that took four years. Ten days of this and off to San Pedro to find the USS Brooklyn. We waited, swam and sat in the warm sun for three days before it came in and we went aboard December 4, 1940. Quite a thrill. Five-W class ensigns they called us. We ate our first meal in the wardroom. Three long tables where you sat according to rank. Starting with us at the foot of the third table up to Commander Denebrink at the head of the first. The Captain, W. W. Smith, ate alone and visited the wardroom only on rare special occasions. The logical thing to do with five ensigns was to assign us to each of five six-inch gun turrets as assistant gunnery officers. And to put us on rotation watches as junior officer of the deck. The ship left the next day for Honolulu. I started standing junior officer of the deck watches underway. Learned about station keeping on other ships. How to use a stadimeter, pelorus repeater and calibrating radio direction finder. Also learned an officer is supposed to wear a hat and they don't sell them on board. Which follows that I should have known better than to let mine blow overboard and I had to make the rest of the trip without a hat. I worked in the gun turret for two days and then something happened that had a lot to do with my later Navy duties, Commander Denebrink called me to his cabin and told me I was to be the signal officer and part of the unications staff. This meant that my time Blildldlilyn would be spent entirely on.the bridge wht?-I 3:2 ship was underway, led to my becoming the officer of the deck alongside the captain. and commander at Condition I Battle Stations and qualified me to command my own ship. ot m first real taste of a storm on this trip to Honol ltgwas all heavy storm and that 608 foot-long cruiser is 64 feet wide and really rolls in a heavy sea. Another thing I learned was I am not prone to be affected by seasickness Wakefield was violently seasick and some of the others tn some degree. Some get it, some don't. It was one of my blessings to be among the don'ts. We sailed into Pearl Harbor and tied up alongside two other cruisers, the Philadelphia and Helena. Now was to be my taste of what was really peace-time Navy. Wives of Brooklyn officers and men arrived and lived in Honolulu, We had duty days and watches and our work to do, then were free to go ashore. While on board with duty, the evenings were taken up with movies. While ashore, there was swimming, tennis, golf, daughters of high ranking Naval officers to take out along with the local talent, Waikiki Beach, trips around the Island, beautiful weather, the whole thing. In my job on the communications staff I was assigned to coding and decoding and was to be the first to read all secret and confidential messages coming in and to get them right to the captain or commander. My job as signal officer was an underway assignment. I had my men on the signal bridge that were experts at sending and receiving all forms of communications, semaphore, blinkers and signal flags. My main job was the rapid understanding and interpreting the meaning of the complicated combinations of signal flags. When ships are in formation together, the command ship handles the other ships by these signal flags. As a simple example, an admiral or captain will turn to his signal officer and say, Signal 45 degree turn to right. The flagship will run up the appropriate flags almost to the top of the mast, leaving about a foot of space at the top. All other ships with signalmen constantly on the alert are running up the same flags almost as fast as the flagship gets them out. They also stop about a foot from the top. Turn 45 is communicated to the signal officer on the bridge and through him to the captain or officer of the deck. Signal officer says, Signal turn 45 degrees to right. The reply from one in charge of deck is understood The signal off1cer's call to signal man is toblock, meaning run the flags all the way to the top indicating signal is understood. When all ships toblock, the flagship toblocks and it IS understood to stand by for execution. On the admiral's orders, Execute, the flags come down on the flagship and all other ships haul doen flags and execute the right turn maneuver. That's the simple one. There is a signal book .with explanations of all the possible flag meanings. A signal officer earns his pay in a big formation of ships when the lines are full of flags, three or four groups at a time calling for complicated ship maneuvers within formation. There were some moments with many ships involved all g0lng at lllgh Speeds, the air full of flags waiting for toblocli, 01' eXeCUll10lf1, and I'd be standing there with this big signal explallatlon book turning the pages, the captain standing over me with some choice words and I couldn't quickly Come UP Wlllh the answer to that one. I never failed to figure them out. Some just took longer. In a tremendously compelltwe Shlp Hgalnst ship performance with the first ship to tobl0Cli 1'9C0gH1Zed as being on the ball, waiting for me to flgllfe out the flags didn't sit too well. We g0.0l1lQ On maneuvers with other ships during the week and ship life IS one of constant striving for perfection. Drlll after dull, Competition with other ships in all forms of Seamimshlp and. performance. My first taste of gunnery practice was a night exercise. Nothing that I will see ll? all my Navy days impressed me like the firing of those 6-inch .17- turrets. Knocked me all over the bridge and I couldn't hear for days afterwards, but I was impressed. When we are underway in maneuvers like this, including night exercises, my time on the bridge runs 14-17 hours a day. Spent my first Christmas ever away from home by playing football and swimming in the morning and then an invitation to the home of Navy Junior, Miss Hope Toulon, whose father is captain of USS Indianapolis. I also had an invitation there New Year's Eve, but saw the year 1940 out standing watch on USS Brooklyn in Pearl Harbor and wondering where I would be on next New Year's Eve. Among other duties was to rotate standing guard, boom patrol, at the entrance to Pearl Harbor. We would sit out there in the sun with a gun and watch the boom which went across the whole entrance and held up the anti-torpedo nets that protected the harbor. I often wondered later who was sitting there when the Japs slipped those midget subs through on December 7. During this period, Captain Smith left his command to become Chief of Staff to CINCUS. Captain E. S. Stone took over as Captain of the USS Brooklyn in very impressive ceremonies. On February 9 I had my first case of decoding a secret message, telling the captain and commander, and then having to walk around with a secret I couldn't tell anyone else on board. Spent two days loading marines and equipment on board while all hands made wild guesses at our destination. Actually, it was Midway Island. We took those marines to that little speck in the ocean and unloaded them in small boats. From out where we were unloading into boats, the place looked like a deserted forlorn little strip of islands with hundreds of birds flying around. Hard to believe this was the site to become known as the Big Battle of Midway. I became very friendly with an Annapolis Ensign, Joe Keough, on the Brooklyn and we went everywhere together. Joe introduced me to two sisters, Phyllis and Fay, whose father was captain of the USS Honolulu. Two charming girls who knew many interesting out-of-the-way places on the island. Joe and I even bought a Model A Ford together so we could all get around, named it Heathcliff, and we were really looking forward to our time off the ship. Then I got another one of those secret messages that was to take us on a long trip away from Honolulu. CHAPTER 3 LEND LEASE On Monday, March 3, we left Pearl Harbor and went due South. We stay in Condition 3 all the time except to go to General Quarters every morning at 4:00 A.M. and are there to greet the sun as it comes up. I know we are on our way to Samoa and can't understand why the captain is keeping it a secret from the rest. The weather is getting very warm as we approach the Equator. I sleep in flag plot where it is cooler and I can get to General Quarters in a hurry. The captain had General Quarters five times in one day and the crew was getting battle ready when he announced our destination of Tutuila CSamoaJ. Yesterday I was a Pollywog. Today I am a Shellback as we cross the Equator with a riotous ceremony. I paraded dressed in an emergency flag to meet Davey Jones, dumped in pool of Water, completely greased, shocked, spanked, hissed a big baby's belly and had a lot of fun 1n the boiling ot sun. Sunday, March 9, Cmy 23rd birthdayl we sailed into the beautiful island of Tutuila CSamoa Groupl and anchored in the Harbor of Pago Pago. Certainly one of the prettiest places you could imagine. The ,population come out in their outriggers and circle the ship, but for some reason we have an absolute gag on talking to them. We can't leave the ship or write letters either. Even I haven't received any secret messages on what we are doing. By this time, the rest of the wardroom just assumes I always know what is going on, so I am a stinker for not telling them whether I know or not. All of a sudden the next day the bans are lifted and liberty for the starboard watch. Like a cloud of locust the officers and men bought that place clean in a few hours. The next day it was the port watch liberty and those lovely people really worked through the night to be ready. They brought out old mats they slept on for years and every conceivable piece of used junk and still sold out in no time. For some strange reason, I was sent to a Naval Office on shore and very secretly signed for and drew out 40 publications for operating in Asiatic waters. This was one secret that really had me bugged. As far as I know they were never used except to drive me crazy trying to figure out where we were going. In appreciation of our visit and spending all our money on their goods, the island sent native dancers to entertain us on board ship that evening and you wonder how those little girls way down here in Samoa learned to wave those leis around their bare boobies. The crew loved it and the officers didn't mind either. That night I got the word we were waiting for. Auckland, New Zealand. And on this day the lend lease bill was signed. We took off for Auckland and there wasn't a doubt in the mind of anyone on board that we were going to give the mighty Brooklyn to the British. We no longer darkened the ship, even had a movie on fantail at night. The weather was getting colder and we changed to blue uniforms. Some islands were shelled during the night by a Nazi raider and we still go to General Quarters 4:30 A.M., 9:00 A.M., 2:00 P.M., but skipped the usual 7:00 P.M. We crossed the International Dateline and March 15 became the day that never was. Ironically it was pay day. A message said a British mine sweeper would meet us outside the mine fields off Auckland to chart our way through the mines. As dawn came up, we sighted the mine sweeper and she blinked us a message, Send boat to pick up commanding officer with charts. I handed Commander Denebrink the message. He read it and I being the nearest and lowest ranked officer on the bridge, he pointed at me and said, Small boat officer take a boat and bring the commander here. I went down on deck and the chief boatswain let out a long bow line and lowered away a motor whaleboat with crew of four. He put the rope ladder over the side for me to climb down and it looked to me like from the top of the Empire State Building. With the whole ship looking on, I went down the swinging ladder and got my feet and then the rest of me in the oat. We took off in pretty choppy water and got to the mine sweeper. There was a ladder over the side and the coxswain made for it. Charts in a tube were passed down and then the commander, with a British-type, cork life jacket on, came down and into the boat. We shook hands and the coxswain maneuvered well back to the Brooklyn. So we both got up the long ladder with the charts and I really felt pretty proud of myself as I led the commander through the men and up to the bridge with the charts. I wasn't at all prepared for the blast from Commander-Denebrink. He put his face, livid with rage by this time, right in my face and called me some pretty salty names before he got to the point. The first time we meet the British Navy and you have to show them we don't know a thing about seamanship. You went to that ship and you took your boat to the windward side. Any common seaman would know you go to the leeward side. I was never so humiliated in my life. Then a few remarks about my lack of Naval training followed by, When you go back, and you are going back, go to the leeward! The commander was loud enough so the crew way back on the fantail could hear him so I was a little shook UP as made my way to that long ladder'aga1n. I motioned for the British commander to go first so I could pull myself together. He got down all right, but as he got his feet lfl the boat, the long line from the bow slackened for some reason and he fell sprawling face up on the small deck of the whaleboat with his feet up on one seat and his arms on another. In this position the boat slid under the scuppert bringing the various goodies out of the head and dumped it all over him. I got there in time 'to help h1II1 Plck mit some toilet paper and a few other things. He took off his life jacket to clean up and we took off. As we approached the mine sweep, the ladder was.st1ll down on the same side. I looked at the coxswain and he shrugged. I told the commander they would have to move the la der to the leeward side. Frankly, I still didn't know exactly what the leeward side was. The commander explained there was no leeward side because the mine sweeper was just sitting there heading into the wind. I told him I couldn't go back to my ship if he went up that same ladder so he called to his men to pull up the ladder and put it on the other sldie. You can imagine the expression on their faces, but they did it and we came alongside. The charts got up and then the commander. As he got to the deck I noticed he forgot his cork life jacket. I called to him but he said toss it up. I braced myself on the deck for the toss and just as I swung up, the boat rose on a swell and the wet life jacket traveled the short distance and hit the leaning-over commander square in the face. Commander Denebrink must have been satisfied with my seamanship on the second trip. He never mentioned it again. I saw the British commander in town a few days later. He was blessed with a sense of humor. Later on a trip through the mine fields went 0.K. Thank goodness. I stayed as far away from the commander as I lclould. Just felt like it would somehow be my fault if we it a mine. Went alongside a berth in Auckland and then it happened. The town was deliriously happy at our coming. The first day we were joyfully mobbed on the streets and pulled into pubs and private homes to have a toast and celebrate this great event. The demand for attendance at parties was so great that the morning of the second day we had to have a meeting in the war room and assign each officer to at least six parties that day. I got the Harbor Board Party, The Grand Hotel, York Squadron, Yacht Club and two private homes. Somewhere in here I met an American girl named Jean Buxton and she rescued me to the quiet of her place at the Waverly Hotel. At 9:00 A.M. the next day, off the ship for the same go-around. Children stop us for our autographs and the city was full of welcome banners. Everything is free to us, every show, pub and private home. I went and helped Jean Buxton mind someone's baby so the maid could o see what she could do to entertain the crew of the Brooklyn. I had an assigned trip to an Army camp with the biggest welcome yet. Young Army boys going overseas the next day just fighting to shake hands and get autographs. Cheering all the time - thousands of them. Then a climax banquet with all the elite of Auckland. I'll never forget our captain standing up to a hushed audience with his glass raised saying, I know you are all wondering why we are here. Many Hear, Hear's . Then the captain, If you don't know why we are here, you haven't got the sense of ood New Zealandsrs that I know you are. The cheering and shouting was wi . We sailed out of Auckland the next morning and I still haven't found out why we were there. 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The only eventful part of the trip was having two Fridays, March 21, as we re-crossed the International Dateline. Also a violent storm with winds 50-69 knots and heavy rains. One night waves knocked the port open in our room and when General Quarters sounded, Washburn and I piled out of our beds and almost had to swim. Some of the seats are empty at mealtime and meals are eaten with the chairs lashed to the heavier wardroom tables. Then the weather quieted down and there was the story-book island of Tahiti and we went into the harbor at Papleta. Anchored so our stern was only about 50 feet from the street running along the city shore. People crowded the shore and called to us in French. It's very pretty out there with the lush foilage behind the city. Some of the people are pretty also. Before any of us could go ashore, after our experience ln Samoa, the captain asked for a representative of the bank to come on board. The deal was made that the bank would take the crew's American dollars right there on board and exchange them for a given number of French francs. I forgot what it was, but say 50 for a dollar. Then before we C0l1ld leave Tahiti, the banker was to come back and buy back all the crew had left for the same 50 for a dollar. The agreement was made and the starboard watch was granted Ovemlght liberty. Many of the boys had a pretty short stay because at 500 per bottle of champagne in that hot sun, our Sh1D's shore patrol began carrying them back on board after only a few hours. Ira Wilson took Tahiti as a personal challenge. There waS only to be one liberty each for the port and starboardwatch an he was determined he was going to relive MUtlUy on the Bounty in that one night, and he did a pretty good '0b, He lined up a car anddriver and explained exactly what Le wanted. There were five of us involved and he wanted the girls that took part in the movie Mutiny on the Bounty, Also, the equivalent of a Tahitian motel on a beautiful beach for the night. The driver took us to.the other side of the island. Got us set up in what were individual huts with a bed in each. There was no glass- in the window openings or anything like that - just a little grass shack hut for each of us on a beautiful beach. The driver took off and returned with five girls, three of which, believe it or not, had been in the movie when it was made on Tahiti. I didn't want to spoil Wilson's dream of a perfect setup and it wasn't really necessary to point out that a few years had gone by since the movie was filmed here. These matrons seemed to have a good time that evening watching what we did as we paid more attention to younger, real beauties that seemed to be everywhere that night. We had seen Hawaii. You know what the mind pictures of Hawaii - grass skirts in the moonlight dancing on a native beach. Well Hawaii looked like downtown Los Angeles compared to what we saw on that moonlit tropical beach that night. There was native music and the native girls dancing on the beach for the love of dancing. The food on the island was pretty bad. They hadn't had many ships of any kind stop at Tahiti because of commitments elsewhere and they were making do with what they had. But in the atmosphere created by all the native people that wanted to get into the act that night, the meal seemed like a native banquet. It lasted pretty late, one thing led to another and we were pulled into an early mornin swim. I'll never forget the five of us nicely suntanned and looking pretty manly after our long trip at sea in the tropic sun, running like scared kids as a shark fin appeared in the shallow water. The giggling girls ran out and threw rocks at it and it went away. We got back to the ship at 9:00 A.M. to get ready to sail at 11:00 A.M. just as the money exchange with the banker was taking place. Since we had been on the other side of the island doing what we were, we weren't a part of what had taken place. Seems that each time a sailor went into a shop or bar or restaurant, they would take them in the back and start making deals for his dollars, 80, 100, 150 francs for a dollar. Most of them took it up and then bought all they could, but still had francs left that the banker was buying back at 50 for a dollar. The Brooklyn left with most of their saleable goods, etc. and most of the money. Back up across the Equator and an uneventful trip to Pearl Harbor to end a dream cruise that I call lend lease for lack of a better reason. Whatever the reason, I'm glad fate put lt on my calendar of events. CHAPTER 4 HAWAII TO ICELAND We settled into a pleasant routine of going out. on maneuvers and then in Pearl Harbor for days at a time. Heathcliff was running fine and Joe and I had lots of passengers from the Navy families living there. We formed H basketball team and played other ship's teams. Also a softball team with games against other ships. 'Swam and r0fle surf boards at Waikiki Beach, played tennis and golf. Qllllift a life. Even had a three-day visit from .lean Buxton, the girl I met in Auckland, New Zealand. She IS on her way to Boston via San Francisco. On a routine maneuver Tuesday, May 20, we had an eventful morning as a destroyer requested to transfer an 0fflCf-br with a very bad a pendix to the Brooklyn for Eosslble operation by our dbctor. The transfer was mgide Y D8SSlng lines between the two ships and the sick officer Pulled .across strapped in a stretcher-type sling. The appendlx operation was still going on when I pointed out th? f1agS1j11p battleship, USS Idaho, was running up a flag hoist designating Brooklyn follow me. Weexecuted the Slgnal and followed, all the way through the Panama Canal to Cuba. This was my first indication of what surprises Navy life can pull on people connected with it. The young officer on the operation table was to end up in Boston with only the pajamas and robe he came across that sling with. Families that were back in Hawaii had to somehow find out their Pappys had gone to Panama. fEven that was a secret from them.l Clothes were at cleaners ashore, girls were awaiting dates and Heathcliff is still sitting in that parking lot. The admiral on the Idaho made it a simple trip with few maneuvering exerclses. He had to conserve fuel. The trip to Panama was 4,689 miles. Deck tennis, grommets in hot sun and poker at night was the routine along with easy watches. The admiral didn't put up many flags on the whole trip and my job was easy. One signal flew on Saturday, May 24, that I had a lot of difficulty trying to figure out until I showed it to the commander and he knew the message immediately. The flag hoist meant Ship designated has been sunk hood. The reason I couldn't get it was I didn't know what the hood was. The commander explained to me it was the HMS Hood, British battleship. I know today, after the fascinating rerun late, late show movie many times on TV, that the Bismarck had done it and this was the start of the drama, Sink the Bismarck. On Tuesday, May 27, I delivered the message to the captain that the German battleship had been sunk. That same ni 'ht the whole ship listened to the radio broadcast of President Roosevelt declaring an unlimited national emergency. Since the Brooklyn was heading east at all possible speed, after a hurried departure from Hawaii, there wasn't much doubt in anyone's mind that we were going to do something. The spirit throughout the ship as all kidded and speculated on it was something to be a part of. One day the Captain scheduled a Captain's Inspection on the entire ship. As he and the commander were getting ready to start, they also wanted the officer of the deck. They looked at me and told the officer of the deck to turn the duty over to me and I had my first time at being in charge on the bridge for the period of the long inspection. The same night, to keep my ego in line, I got caught very late by the lst Lieutenant as I sneaked some sandwiches out of the wardroom and he really bawled me out. ' The heat got intense. Water temperature 89 degrees and the temperature well over 100 with heavy humidity. We take cots up on deck and sleep at night. Birds began to appear and turtles and porpoise are around the ship as we approach Panama. Early in the morning on June 4 we sighted land for the first time in 16 days. We have all the names on the ship and boats covered. This is all very secret. We don't go close enough to shore to be seen. Then at 8:30 P.M. we approach and start through the locks. It was dark but with enough moonlight so we could sit on deck and watch the locks and lakes as we went through. We were through Just before daylight and went to General Quarters right away. Word was passed we were on our way to Guantanamo, Cuba. A short run compared to the long Pacifictrip and we found the USS Savannah and battleship, Mississippi, also in the harbor at Guantanamo when we arrived. The USS N ashville and battleship, New Mexico, arrived the next day..I went to the Naval Station to draw the-necessary publications from the issuing officer to operate in these. waters and, by kee ing my ears open, found out we were icing to Bermuda. Had, the pleasure of telling the captain efore he got any i official message. Don't know if this had anything to do with it but for the first and only time he invite me to go aquaplaning while being pulled by h1S G18- That afternoon the USS Philadelphia came in. The three battleships took off and our coding room told me they wiere going to Newport, Rhode Island. After them, the Brook YE and three other cruisers went out of the harbor and heade north. The next day we joined the battleships and, With the destroyers escorting us, numbered 20 ships. Then.the message we are all going to Boston' and Im a little embarrassed at what I told the capta1n..Got even more confusing when our course was heading stralght for Norfolk, Virginia. I had just delivered the message to the captain that the USS Robin Moor was sunk when the cry of ' land ho WRS heard and there was the good ol' U.S.A. off in the distance. We left the USS Nashville at Charleston, the battleshlps at Norfolk, the destroyers at Philadelphia .and the remaining three cruisers continued north. It's getting cooler and we sleep below in our rooms now and go.to General Quarters every morning. Pm not sure how it officially started, but I am now officer of the deck at General Quarters. Handling the bridge and giving all the maneuvering orders to the helmsman at the wheel. A very heavy fog set in and we are wearing woolen underwear and bridge coats on watch. The cruisers are in position with towing spars strung out behind. Can't see each other, but keep position on the spars. Came out of the fog in the morning and anchored in Cape Cod Bay to await orders. In the afternoon, Brooklyn and Nashville got underway and moved up to graves to anchor in sight of Boston. Had a movie and went to bed to await liberty and mail tomorrow. Early in the morning we went alongside and docked next to the HMS Rodney which had just helped sink the Bismarck. Went ashore in Boston and, of all things, a date with Jean Buxton. Saw her in Auckland, Honolulu and now Boston. Small world! Returned to the ship to find all hands turned to load all of the many things being put on the ship. We had dinner on the HMS Rodney Sunday, June 22, and heard the whole story firsthand of the Bismarck show. While we were at dinner, word came that Germany had declared war on Russia. While the ship was being loaded, I went to the Navy Yard and went through the entire list of publications for operating in the Atlantic and made sure the Brooklyn's file was complete. Then back to the ship to find it so loaded with stores that some had to be set on deck and lashed down. The ship is filled to capacity with fuel and ammunition. There were a lot of pleasure boats out to wave at us as we went out the channel and headed south for rendezvous. We are in Condition 3, morning and night General Quarters and woolen underwear and face masks are being issued to the crew while they all speculate on our destination. Afternoon we pick up the start of the convoy, four transports, one supply ship, one tanker and four destroyers. Later the battleships, USS Arkansas and USS New York, and eight more destroyers. We are headed for St. Marys, Newfoundland, as our first stop. All personal radios on board were collected and locked up. The weather gets very cold and the windy gray Atlantic is a sharp contrast to the brighter Pacific we have been used to. We are all formed up in convoy formation steaming along practicing zig zagging with the trans orts for the longer trip ahead. As I stand on the bridge and, look around it's a little hard to realize that I'm actually looking at and a part of the first American convoy of the war. All the guns are set and orders are to open fire on any enemy aircraft or surface craft that comes within range. Everyone is kidding about the cold and how bad it would be to have ' . We were joined by 12 patrol bombers as add't' get-iJViI1llnThey are on their way to Newfoundland to esilaglsali a base and doubling as protection for the convoy, 'thout warning a very heavy fog set in, so thick dlii1ldn't see the bow of our ship from the bridge, We 1523 to crawl along and jl1Sll try tflkffep from bumping into one another. As I write this now, it IS hard to describe because radar takes care of all this in 1972. But just like trying to explain to a child of today what. life was like without television, it is just as hard to describe ships at sea Without radar. We did manage to stay together. The fog cleared Slightly and we found our way into Argencia, Newfound- land. So cold and had so many clothes on to stand my watch I couldn't move. And was still cold. In the next few days, while waiting for more ships to arrive, had a chance to go ashore and compare life in this rugged, rather backward part of the world, to what I had seen in Hawaii and New Zealand. The country is awesome and beautiful. Took a car ride to Platencia over very poor road. Was ferried across a lake by man in rowboat and had dinner in an old farm house. Back to the ship to stand 8-12 in port watch, but at 9:30 P.M. fTuesday, July D under cover of darkness and a light fog, all of the ships slipped out, formed up, and we headed north. Then the annolmcement we are going to ICELAND. Five transports loaded with marines, two supply ships with tanks, glms, etc., a tanker with oil, two battleships, two cruisers and thirteen destroyers. The night's so short now there is no need to go to General Quarters at sunu and sundown. We stayed in Condition 3. The ship's radlio got a press notice that Senator Wheeler says the U.S. is sending an expedition to take over Iceland and that we'll get there on the 24th. It's only July 3 now. Follows that the next day is July 4. The first time in years I haven't spent it in the Feather River Camp in California. On my first Christmas away from home, I swam in the warm Hawaiian waters and now, on July 4, it is snowing a little. Funny life. Our concentration is now on German submarines which are assumed to be all over this area. We drill each day on what to do if a torpedo hit us. Everyone had subs on their mind and the lookout concentrated. During this day, a destroyer sighted something and went racing toward it. We saw it and to us everything in the water looks like periscopes. It was a small boat with people, including four women, from a torpedoed ship who had been adrift four days. Then that night, with the sky in its semi-light, the general alarm went off with word, Man your general quarters - no foohngf' The crew went in underwear and plenty fast. It was a mistake. In the poor light, m jumpy si alman had read Turn Z1 to mean Emerg Syl, the suinsignal. We sight more floating life rafts and boats now and a destroyer drops back to explode a floating mine. I had a midwatch and the sun was only gone for three hours and the sky didn't even start to get dark. 'Ilhe.morning of July 7 started with a destroyer near US picking up a sub contact and dropping eight depth charges on the contact. Sure shook our ship. Then with pat1'0l P19-HSS, and our own Brooklyn planes spotting for US, we went through the mine fields and anchored in the harbor of the Clty of Reykjavik, Iceland. After one-half l10t11' we UP anchored and were led up a fjord to a beautiful hidden P1806 Where British battleships, cruisers, destroyerS, and subs were hidden. The cliff goes 2,000 feet straight UP b0th sides and the tops have snow on them. Heard the news that Our President had announced our arrival and with the SUI1 Shmmg brlght in my port at midnight, I went to bed- The next morning three of us put on some suitable c1otheS for hlkmg and climbed through some thick mud and rocks up. the 2,000 foot side of the cliffs of Hualfjarda. It Was qulte 3, Slghtl We rolled boulders down and watched them splash In the fJ0rd way below. Went by a British arm! camp and watched the men play soccer in what seeme to be about foot-deep mud. There is not a tree on th Iceland. When we got back to the ship, two of tllaevzllxglioi-E that fly the Brooklyn's catapulted spotting planes were making a report on how they were shot at by a British ship. After a brief investigation, the senior flyer was put under hack. Guess he was flying where he shouldn't have been. We learned that the convoy had sunk two and possibly three subs on the way over and four women were nurses and had been adrift 12 days with 12 men from a Norweigan ship torpedoed by a German sub. Five of us from the Brooklyn were invited to dinner at the King's Harbor Master's Wartime Residence with ten British officers that commanded the anti-aircraft batteries here on Iceland. The next morning six of us rode a destroyer down the fjord to Reykjavik. Seemed to me to be a nice old-fashion city with good looking, bashful people. Joe and I shopped a bit, swam in an indoor pool and then sun-bathed nude on the roof over the pool. We are just three degrees below the artic circle. We have frequent air-raid warnings, but no planes ever got near our ships. That night we entertained the British friends we had made on the Brooklyn and they were very happy with their presents of cigarettes, magazines and oranges. In the morning set the special sea detail, got underway down the fjord and out to join the formation. All ships except the tanker are going back with us and we are heading for Hampton Rhodes, Virginia. The battleship Idaho and three destroyers joined us and then the Orizaba had engine trouble and dropped way back. The Nashville and two destroyers came from the States with 200 bags of mail for the Brooklyn and passed them over to us via lines between the ships. My mail from home and friends was about what we would do when I came home this summer. They didn't know it would be awhile before I got there. The trip back was slowed by fog and for five days we couldn't see ships 600-1000 yards around us. Most of the time had trouble seeing the bow of the Brooklyn from the bridge. The mornin the fog went away we kicked up to 25 knots and headed for Norfolk. On Tuesday, July 22, we went into Norfolk passing the USS Wyoming, our apprentice seaman cruise ship, and the British HMS Illustrious which had been reported sunk, and alongside the dock ending successfully the first American convoy of World War II. CHAPTER 5 ATLANTIC-CARIBBEAN PATROL The Brooklyn was assigned to a task force made up of the aircraft carrier Yorktown and three destroyers to patrol the Atlantic from Bermuda to the Azores. Bermuda was our main base. This was a period of time when officers and men were coming and going in a steady stream of assignments to new jobs, ships and stations. In this short space of time, I had moved from the foot of the third table in the wardroom up to the second table with at least one third of the officers on board junior to me. I was assigned one junior officer' as Assistant Signal Officer and one to assist me in the coding room. We revised the communication staff to seven officers to handle the work three of us had done. The days are constantly hot as we go back and forth with the ship in Condition 3 and Baker with all hatches closed. General Quarters one hour before sunrise and sunset. The Yorktown makes constant launching and recovery of aircraft as they sweep the ocean in large areas around us. For each launching and recovery there is a course to head into the wind. The Brooklyn and destroyers are right with her with the necessary flag signals. Sometimes the Yorktown provides low bombing plane, towing targets for our 5-inch guns to have target practice. One day there was a simulated dive bombing and torpedo plane attack by the Yorktown on the Brooklyn. Frightening to say the least. You had to put out of your mind how you thought you could stand up to the real thing if it happened to us. The sunrises and sunsets are spectacular and we saw them all at .General Quarters. The sun, stars, and moon were all beautiful and we didn't have much to do but look at them. We would go into Bermuda and anchor off Hamilton. Liberty overnight except when we had watch. There were no tourists in Bermuda, just the local families and the ships of our task force when we came in. Got to know many of the families quite well, particularly those with daughters. Many nights would doze on a couch in someone's living room ready to make the 8:00 A.M. boat back to the ship in the morning. There were no automobiles and we had bicycles and sometimes rode the horse and buggy to our main gathering point, Elbow Beach. When out on maneuvers, we moved fast so the danger of submarines tracking and stalking us like a slow convoy is minimized. We had submarine sightings during these patrols either by the planes or destroyer screen and things really went into action - plane launching and flank speed, diepth charges by the destroyers, and bombs by diving p anes. On August 24 the number two shaft on the Brooklyn burned out and we were running on the other three. We had orders to go to New York for repair and the Yorktown was to drop off at Norfolk. There was a report of a German cruiser not 250 miles from us, so the Brooklyn put into Bermuda to fix the shaft. We were just starting on the shaft and getting ready to see a movie when we were ordered out again and started for Norfolk. At 11:00 P.M. we turned back for Bermuda. We sat in the Outer Harbor and the engineers worked on the shaft. The German cruiser was still around and it looked like we weren't going to New York where I had a five-day leave planned. At 5:30 A.M. the next morning we sat the special sea detail and sailed out headed towards Brazil in chase of the German cruiser. There are several other ships closing in on her also. We have orders to shoot on sight and our catapult planes go up with 500 lb. bombs when they patrol. I don't really like to put it this way because it's the taxpayers' money, but on September 1 when we were almost to South America, the chief of Naval operations decided the thin we had been hunting was the I-IIMIS Rodney so we turned around and headed for New or . I had my five-day leave and a visit with Louise, the girl that went with me to midshipman graduation in Pennsylvania. At dinner the first evening there, I had my first experience in trying to describe a war situation in the peaceful setting of a family dining room. See, as we approached New York that morning and went to General Quarters an hour before sunup, I was on the bridge and one of the lookouts yelled, Periscope. I looked up and there was a sub with a good part of its conning tower out of the water. We went to flank speed to dodge torpedos. Launched our two planes. They dropped bombs on something they saw. We picked up the planes and went on into New York. I took the train to Pennsylvania that afternoon and was sitting at dinner that evening. I started to tell what had happened that very morning just outside New York CRemember, we aren't at war yet.J and the people at the table looked at me like I was making things up - so I shut up. Two different worlds. Went back out on the Bermuda, West Africa Patrol with the Yorktown as soon as our repairs were complete, but on the return run, turned and ended up in Argentia, Newfoundland. Hot to cold and into blue uniforms. Found -M three battleships, two carriers, two cruisers, 20 destroyers in the harbor when we got there. Put on all the clothes I owned and sat outside to see a movie. We happened to be moored in the same berth the HMS Prince of Wales was when Churchill and Roosevelt met. It was here I was qualified to stand a full officer of the deck watch in port or underway. Ialso was one of two officers that picked the right number out of a wardroom hat and got to make liberty in St. John's. We took the lucky 12 enlisted men and left the ship at 3:00 P.M. to catch a 4:15 P.M. train. The train didn't leave until 6:00 P.M. and.the gunner fthe other officer, he was in charge of the marines on the Brooklynl and I really fixed ourselves. We bought first class tickets because of our high opinion of ourselves. After standing back to let all the lesser folks on the poorly equipped train, we found there was no first class - never had been - and we had to stand and flop around for the better part of a seven hour, 80 mile ride. There were our sailors having a drink now and then and talking to the girl passengers while most of the other passengers read church pamphlets. We got there at 1:00 A.M. in freezing weather and with no lace to stay. Finally slept in Mrs. Kelly's house. We had, met a nurse named Phyllis on the tram and she had given us some phone numbers of other nurses. We finally got a room in the hotel, called the phone numbers and got dates for a formal dance at the Yacht Club that lasted most of the night. On a 7:00 A.M. train for a wild ride that took nine hours to get back through wind and heavy rain. So bad at Argentina that no boats could run, so with no food since the night before, we waited until 11:30 A boat got through the wind and we had a wet ride ac . Mr. Coleman, one of the Brooklyn's aviators, took me up in one of our airplanes for some bombing runs. After being here with all these ships for almost two weeks, we were ordered to Portland, Maine, and found the New Mexico, Yorktown, Savannah, Salamonie and Denebola there with lots of destroyers. That night had a message USS Kearney a destroyer, torpedoed south of Iceland with heavy loss of life. She was convoying British ships. Two dalys in Portland and off to Bermuda where we operate right around the island for awhile with no' long trips. A message that the USS Salanis, the tanker that fueled us a few weeks ago in Newfoundland, was hit by two torpedoes. The carrier, Wasp, and cruiser, Nashville, join us as the British carrier, Indomitable, and cruiser, Dispatch, left Bermuda. Message the U.S. destroyer Rubin James was sunk by torpedos off Newfoundland. Somethin was wrong with our turbine and we were standing by to leave for New York to have it fixed so no liberty. Then word came to stay here and try to fix it ourselves. Then were ordered into South Basin Drydock in Bermuda and we laugh. All the British ships are taking up the space in American dockyards and so we take British sgace. It was a tight squeeze to get in. We are the largest s ip ever to get in this drydock. Since we are in British base, the British extend us the hospitality of all their facilities including their wives. I mean we could dance with them at the Officers' Club. Made note of a typical but bad day on November 6. I worked all morning and stood watch all afternoon, then the Captain had very im ortant high priority secret messages for me to encode and, send. He wrote them, I typed them and he checked them and I encoded them. There was a bad mistake in one of them that he made and I didn't catch and I got holy hell. Then I had the midwatch and a commander came back from liberty with a little too much to drink and we had a fight on the deck. My relief overslept and I got no sleep at all. mber 11 is Armistice Day and we had British ne iiollfoard and after dinner ended up at the Royal gyasll-E Club and I was escorting Mrs. Waterfield, acknowledged to be the most beautiful woman in Bermuda. She invited us to play tennis at the club in Sommerset and we played the next day before a gallery and drank tea afterwards. Was invited to her home, Casa Nina, on Saturday night, Made note on November 14 that I had been an ensign one year today. The captain decided to have a dparty that night and I was one of 10 officers to attend an entertain the British. Big dinner on board and here was Mrs. Waterfield again. We went to Malabar and danced all evening while her husband watched. The next day we went out in the morning and tested the shaft. Then a boat to Somerset and the Waterfield's party. I missed the last boat and had to stay in a 330 a day honeymoon cottage. Got up early the next morning and put on a bathing suit and went around to Casa Nina by way of the ocean - three and one-half miles over rocks and barbwire in my bare feet. The Waterfields were a bit surprised to see me again. We had a good day in the sun. I walked all the way back the same way I came and the lady at the honeymoon cottage only charged me a dollar for the cabin in honor of our war effort. I got the boat back to the Brooklyn. Never did see the Waterfields again. On December 4 I noted I had come on board the Brooklyn one year ago. We went out and in on gunnery practice etc. and this is how it was in beautiful Bermuda when the calendar read December 7, 1941. Over the radio flooded the messages. Japan had bombed and torpedoed the ships and shore stations at Pearl Harbor. We are at WAR. We listened to the news all night in between our aviators giving us very vivid description and diagrams of how it is impossible to drop a torpedo from a plane in Pearl Harbor and have it hit a ship. No sleep for awhile. The coding machine keeps us busy around the clock with messages and we also censor all incoming and outgoing mail on the ship. As the reports keep coming in we know there was a heavy loss of American lives. Many of our original 90 day wonders were on those ships. E. F. Evans, one of the nine to fly to the coast with us on. the United Airline plane when we graduated from the Illinois, went down on one of those big ships. The President officially declared war on Japan and so did England, Canada and a few other countries. We went into war-time conditions today. Darken ship at night and Condition 2 in the guns. The coding room is jammed with work and the mail censoring piles up. The Brooklyn has been scheduled for a two-month overhaul in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and everyone has his lans for leave. But .at 2:00 P.M. today we are ordered undler way with the Carrier Wasp and three destroyers to go to Martinique to capture or destroy any French ships that might try to get out. December 11 Germany declared war on us and Italy followed. We sank a Jap battleship in the Philippines - the Heruna, the news says. We are making 27 knots racing t0 Martinique. We know there are seven French ships there Including a carrier and two cruisers. We went to General Quarters on the word that action was probable and stayed until 10:00 P.M. when it appeared nothing was golllg to happen that night. Things! Were quiet in Martinique the next day and the French ships ooked like the were going to stay there- There. were submarines aroundv here but we hadn't seen any until Just before noon. The destroyer on the port bow had a contact and attacked with depth charges. Then an h0l1f later another destroyer contact and we sent our planes UP with 350 lbs. bombs. They saw the sub just below the surface and hit it with three bombs and sunk it. We t and steamed through the huge oil slick that kept cdlrlmriiig up from the sinking sub. The entire officers and men of Sky forward and director control had watched a torpedo track go astern of the Brooklyn shortly before the planes hit the submarine. Beautiful hot day with low clouds and blue sky and water. We are on our way to Trinidad to fuel. One sub alarm in morning, but no results. We had a warm welcome in Trinidad because as we got there, a sub was trying to torpedo the HMS Indomitable and motor boats were laying a smoke screen across the harbor. We refueled fast and got out just after dark and went at flank speed for Martinique. Destroyer dropped eight depth char es on contact just as it was getting dark and we also haf a brief definite look at a periscope as it dove in the darkness. The Martinique question was officially settled today by conferences with Darlan and Petan. We are awaiting word to leave. There are definitely many submarines here and we would just as soon o. It took 48 hours to come, but it did and and we headed for New York fast. Admiral Kimmel was blamed for the Hawaiian attack and relieved as CINCUS by King. Try to go as fast as possible, but are held back a bit by destroyers who will run out of fuel if we go too fast. We get there and go into Gravesend Bay, New York, to discharge ammunition prior to going into Navy Yard. Were greeted with 118 bags of mail that had been trying to catch up with us. December 24 in a freezing storm we moved up the East River and into the Brooklyn Navy Yard to start our long awaited overhaul. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were quiet ones. For the second year in a row, I had the midwatch to welcome in the New Year. Had a few things to think about. One of the most adventurous and exciting, but also the most lonesome, year of my life. I figured we logged 43,800 miles of traveling on the Brooklyn. Wilson an Wakefield are gone to other ships and only three of our original five are eft. Friends have been killed in less than a month of declared war. What will happen when the war effort really gfoes intg action? A sincere wish to still be around next New ea.r's ve. CHAPTER 6 CASABLANCA - THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA The Brooklyn went back to the Bermuda Area Patrol after coming out of the yard, dodging torpedos and attacking subs, then was assigned as the leader of two highspeed convoys to England. The speed of the convoys reduce the sub threat because we could zig zag and change course during the night so it would only be chance if the subs happened to be where we were at dawn. They couldn't chase us and had to lay in wait for us to be able to get off any goapedos. During these trips, I was promoted to Lieutenant The main si nal on a trip like this with. big fast ships 1S the Zig Zag Plan. There are many variations and they are all given in secret book form to the captains of each ship at the convoy meeting prior to sailing. Underway the signal is sent by the flagshipnin this Case the Brooklyn, on what plan to use. Then ive minutes before each hour a si nal flag hoist is put up by the flagship telling whether to 11? keep zig zag going according to. same plan, f2l change to another designated plan, or 437 218 Zag Plans are made so you go to the left for an hour and then if the signal says to you go to the right for an hour or you go to the left again. We had been doing the left-right plan during the day putting up a signal every hour indicating this. I had some decoding to do and the communications officer took over my signal watch for awhile. When I.came back on the bridge, I know he turned over all. the instructions before I relieved him, but I was just thinking of something else, day dreaming and watching the ocean. All of.a sudden the officer of the deck yelled, Oh God, Captain, Captain Come Quick. It was 20 seconds after the hour and 24 big heavily loaded ships were going in every direction. For the five minutes before the hour they all had a different idea of what to do since there was no signal. Some said we have been alternating left and right so he means to keep alternating. Some said there is no signal so we keep zig zagging the way we have been. Some said no signal means no more zig zagging. And they all did their thing on the hour. How there Wasn't a collision of two or more ships I don't know, but I do know how I felt when the captain walked over to me after he got things straightened out and said, You didn't put up the signal did you? Everything we had done so far was warmup. We were getting ready for the main event - the invasion of North Africa. After extensive plans and preparation, we put to sea from Norfolk, Virginia, with the Savannah and Philadelphia plus four destroyers and waited for the 100 plus other ships that are going also. There is no secret on this trip. The plans were too extensive and the crew completely briefed. We are going to invade West Africa along the Northern Coast, take Morocco and then Algeria and Tunisia. Get Rommel from behind in Libya and push the Axis out of Africa. We face up to the fact that we are going into our first fight, but somehow the might we see around us is reassuring: 3 Battleships 5 Aircraft Carriers 8 Cruisers 45' Transports with over 100,000 men and equipment 36 Destroyers and Mine Sweepers 4 Tankers Our ship and all ships have been stri ped of everything that can burn. Even the paint has been scraped off the bulkheads, decks and rooms. Unlike anything else we did, the eyes of the world are on us because it rea ly isn't much of a secret. Even the radio and press were talking and writing about an attack on Casablanca. It was the 30th of October before we were all formed up and this is what it looked like. There are over 100 ships and this morning all are going to fuel from the tankers to be full at the start. We have some submarine alarms, but figure most of the subs are gathering over near Africa waiting for us. Sunday, November 8, is D. Day. The day the invasion begins. 0400,is H. hour, 4:00 A.M. On the last da of October, we were etting more sub alerts. Dropped ten depth charges the day before on contacts, two more last night, and now, today, every hour we can feel and hear more going off. Our best estimates have .a line of subs from the Azores to Cape Verde Islands. Thirty to forty subs are there. Radio re orts that Montgomery is smashing at Rommel in Libya. Also reports that no Axis aircraft in the area of East Africa for the past few days. Maybe they have come west to wait for us. j .. . I l' 'MW I 44 '9e5lR A ' TGSCOLMSG Punt! Q t Q Wigorrh O SQDWM MMS I , l j g anifuvw j I I ,MMS I j I s 9 'A I I I I H Zffds I A A 'rexns fic 1 lwmsklllllllfl 'Hill , 'f,.'..eff III HI ' llllalzllll a I 4 1 1 1 . ' Zgyivl-ES I , l l I Hmm! , Shan' , , I Shvgvuuh Sragwzg I V' ' I I Q Striking force and convoy for Operation Torch We slow to eight knots today for a full fueling of all ships from the tankers and the depth charge sounds are more frequent at this slow speed. Also the bad news that U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp who we had patrolled with several times was sunk in the Solomons. Our first fight is a week away. Sundayg November 1 - D Day Minus 7 - We have come two-thirds of the way and Africa is 900 miles due east. We are turning south to make a fake' pass at Dakar. Another big U.S. aircraft carrier was sunk in the Solomons. In Gibraltar the parachute troops are arriving and off Dakar five U.S. submarines are taking position as spotting ships. We have issued all the equipment for each man. Flashproof hood, gloves, eye shields, helmets, life jackets, flashlights, knife, face masks, bandage case and clean clothes. All this we wear to battle stations and I also have binoculars and earphone set. Tuesday - D Minus 5 - We have completed our fake at Dakar. Last night the intercepted sub reports we got from various ships showed our force had been spotted by German subs who informed Germany. Some of the reports were able to be decoded. With this accomplished, we swung north this morning just before daylight and are now on course 035 degrees T. The Savannah had one torpedo miss her and Tuscaloosa saw a sub on the surface at night. The captain gave his speech to the crew over the loudspeakers. We are ready, he said. I ask only your best. Make no mistake, this is a killing affair. To stay alive, you must kill first. I have no inhibitions about kicking the enemy in the fteethl if it will help win. If we win, you will have a good memory of a job well done. If we botch things 'll have an awful defeat and probably the 1 tllle Kita? dvd our minds forever. Some will get hurt, Weczignqf think about that. Just think about the swell liberty we are going to spend in Time Square around December 5th. Much cheering. This is the largest expedition in history and the Brooklyn'S job is the most dangerous. We are to lead the main force fcenter attack forcel into Fedala. That means the Brooklyn steams ahead and within range of the shore batteries in the dark and can't open fire unless they do or we will give the show away. We stay in that zone within range of the French battleship Jean Bart's 15-inch guns all morning and protect the convoy as they come in. Our job is spelle out that we are to silence all enemy big guns before we are disabled. Wednesday the 4th - D Day Minus 4 - It's rough. So rough we can't stand up. High winds and big waves. We eat with chairs lashed to the tables and spill everything all over. We are on the upward swing and just off and out of sight of the African Coast. Just know there are lots of seasick soldiers on those ships. One carrier plane crashed yesterday and was lost as it tried to operate in bad weather. Thursday the 5th - D Day Minus 3 - It's still very rough - ship rolling 40 degrees and we really haven't had food on the table for the past two days. Just sit and balance a plate in our hand and try to stay in one place and eat it. At night we jam ourselves against the bulkhead and try to stay in bed to sleep. Not much sleep. Just pray for this weather to go away so we can use the small boats for the landing as planned. Battleship New York reported her A.A. guns and boats were being heavily damaged by the waves and early this morning the Minelayer USS Maintinowa had to give up and dropped back to come as best she could. The waves are over 35 feet high and hit hard. From Egypt comes news that Alexandria and the British 8th Army are giving Rommel's German African Corps a beating. A big victory with many planes and tanks, etc., destroyed. There was also news that heads of Vichy French Navy met with high German officers yesterday. This could mean the nme cruisers, two battleships, 19 destroyers and 30 submarines at Dakar and Casablanca will take orders and come out to fight us tomorrow or the next day. We kinda hate to fight the' French even if they have got themselves all mlxeduup with the Germans. If they fight, we have a necessary job to do on them or it could really mess this thing up. A British Catalina plane escorts us now. She can just about stay up in this storm. Ffriday, November 6, 1942 - D Day Mnus 2 - Our prayers did some good and the sea is calm and that awful pitch and roll has stopped. Had some sleep and breakfast and feel better. We are 300 miles off Casablanca. The destroyers all fueled and got that out of the way. The ship IS Complefely stripped and ready. This afternoon we go 111110 Condition 2 ffour hours on duty and four hours offl, and will stay that way until we go to General Quarters for the b1g show tomorrow night. We have on board a W41' correspondent and a naval historian. The historian IS Samuel Eliot Morison who was to write the Naval History of World War II and the corres ondent is from the New York Tunes. The name I remember is John Morrose. The other ships- also carry cameramen and war reporters. The Br1t1sh again had big victories in Libya, Madagascar SQVB UD t0day and we are ready here. Everyone is really qulte calm and businesslike. Saturday j Day Minus 1 - The day is beautiful and calm, and surprisingly only two submarine alarms all day. The Southern Attack Force broke off at 6:30 in the morning and went to attack Safi to the south. In the evenlhg the Northern Attack Force went north to attack Medehia. The carrlers dropped back and spread out. The Center Attack Force of B1'00k1YI1, Augusta,,20 transports and 9 destr0YefSf hill- The boats continued to pour the soldiers on the beach and plus minesweepers and minelayers head straight for Fedala 15 miles above Casablanca, the main objective. The Massachusetts, Tuscaloosa and Wichita went a bit South and stayed outside and to the southwest of Casablanca. At 8:00 o'clock Saturday night I took the watch as officer of the deck in Condition 2 and stayed there as officer of the deck until 3:00 o'clock the next afternoon. At 10:00 P.M. went to General Quarters within 20 miles of Fedala and could see the light on the point. We are in a long line heading south with the Brooklyn on the inside with transports behind and Augusta on the outside with transports behind. Brooklyn slightly in lead and closest to the French shore battery at Chergui the bi gest danger point of the whole operation because it coulcf really mess up the troops. We stopped at midnight. It was a pitch black night, slightly cloudy and even a little rain. The transports started to put boats in the water and unload troops into them. Still Chergui didn't open up, so the Brooklyn couldn't do anything without giving away the surprise element we had. We went out behind the transports and patrolled near them just in case the French warships came out of Casablanca. At 4:00 A.M., right on schedule, the first wave was on its way to the beach when a French Corvette and an American destroyer came close together in the dark. The French Corvette was told to surrender and it opened fire with machine guns and tried to ram the destroyer. The destroyer stopped him with its 5-inch guns and the show was on. Just at this time we got word President Roosevelt had broadcasted to the French people and told them we were coming, to be friendly or suffer the consequences. With the gunfire, the search lights on shore went on and illuminated the landing boats coming in. The boats poured machine gun shells back at them and put out the lights. The Brooklyn got into position with our main battery and plotted Chergui's position and our own on the chart and got the range and bearing to fire control. We were just launching our two spotting tplanes when Chergui opened up and a destroyer calle over TBS Chergui has my range. It was the DD Murphy with a hit in the fireroom about 3,000 yards off our port bow. The command, Open fire, went out from the bridge and those 6-inch guns that fascinated me so much in gunnery practice went to work like huge machine guns. Shell casings piled up on the deck as they were ejected from the turrets, three at a time from each turret at about 12 shots per minute out of each gun. Chergui swung all her guns at us and splashes went up all around the Brooklyn. It was no contest. Our plane spot kept calling, No change - No change. The duel lasted about 45 minutes with the Brooklyn slowing down the fire as the splashes around us got less or we would have used up all our 6-inch ammunition. The planes called, No more firing from Chergui, and our first job was done. CThere were many congratulations for that gunnery work later on.J the Brooklyn fired some more at targets pointed out. by our planes. Two planes started diving at our starboard side and Oil? 5-inch and machine guns opened up and drove them o . It was about 8:00 o'clock when the word came that the French ships were coming out of Casablanca and headlng for the transport area at top speed and for the Brooklyn to intercept them. We were ordered because .we just happened to be the only one in their way at this time with a chance of getting to them before they got to the transports. The French ships making 30 knots were using a smoke screen as they came out of Casablanca Harbor and along the shore. The Massachusetts, Wichita and Tuscaloosa 21150 making 30 knots could not catch them in time in the 15 gf 'K' ' '- mile distance to the transports so the Brooklyn was all alone until the Augusta could come down from behind us. Splashes' started coming up immediately around the Brooklyn. There were ten ships shooting at us led by the Cruiser Primauguet. We were straddled four times right at the start without taking a hit. One splash hit thirty feet from the ship alongside the bridge and we got the spray from the splash. Each ship was using a different color dye 1n their shells so they could spot the salvos by the color of the splashes. So when the hit came just below me and the Marines were tossed around in a red mess, it wasn't blood but the dye from the Primauguet's shell. The shell slammed off the armor plate below me and fell out in the water without exploding. j-.DE57PaYA-2: 7'm-asfffff .MJ s , t E gi f ,f , S - r ' 1 ' W ig- Y I H llysi if 1 2 'im 5 . ,. 2 116297 'fuscozefm 4 if ,f . .ytuca-X' qfwyvvk I 5 1 l.- ' ,' ,C xgXi,.l - Q V 4, 13,3 I -- , X Jewgm' 1 l ' , .5 E533-gd X j N f '- 4, . asa 0 Landing beaches in the Casablanca, North Africa, area. The Brooklyn opened up with the 6-inch guns also going 30 knots and firing that rapid machine gun like pace. Even through the smoke screenand haze, the poor Frenchmen found out what those 6-inch guns could do. First our spotting planes reported one cruiser damaged so bad she ran herself up on the beach burning. One of the big destroyer leaders and a destroyer sunk right there blown out of the water. Another destroyer leader and destroyer burning, the rest turned and ran back into Casablanca as the We our our other ships came up behind us and were firing also. stopped firing as we approached Casablanca because orders were to save the docks as much as possible for own use after we occupied the city. We steamed back up to the transport area and at 1:00 P.M. were still at General Quarters. We secured and set a condition watch because we hadn't eaten since we went to General Quarters the night before. I had nolsooner gone below and took off my helmet when the general alarm sounded again and the word was 'passed we are going to Casablanca again to intercept a cruiser and destroyers headed for the transport area. It was a repeat of the first time. We got there first and opened fire first so the French ships picked us for the target and splashes popped up all around us. Our other ships were right behind us and firing too. We found this might be a submarine trap because the Brooklyn had the scare of our lives when in clear View we saw a periscope and fire torpedo tracks showed up right- after. Brooklyn was going 32 knots with the torpedos fired off i the port bow. We turned to port and the 130119959 Wakj went right along the starboard side as they m1SS6d- starboard turn would have been the end of the Brooklyn- We kept firing at the French ships and h1t three of them as we made them go back into Casablanca. They towed 0110 cruiser back and one of the destroyers was burning and beached. Again we went back to Fedala and took up our p0S1t10f1 patrolling the transport area and again secured and set condition watch. I went below to get something to eat, but fell asleep sitting up in the chair. I had the watch an h0l.1l' later and it took three messengers and the chaplfi1I1,l30.Wake me. I can't hear out of either ear but the rlght one 1S the worst. I went on watch until 6:30, ate a sandwich and fell asleep on top of the mattress with my clothes on fthe covers were off the bed to prevent burningl. At 4:00 A.M. I went on watch again which was: Monday, November 9, and D Day Plus 1 - So, D Day was over and we on the Brooklyn felt the Lord must have listened to the chaplain Saturday night when he said a prayer from the brid e over the loudspeaker and the whole ship stood with headi bowed and helmets off. It's hard to .believe we were straddled so many times with only the one hit and- that didn't explode. Dawn came for D Day plus One and it was a bright clear day. We had gone to General Quarters an hour before sunrise and were patroling as usual. I was alone on the bridge as far as officers were concerned when four planes were reported coming in on the starboard quarter low and I ordered open fire. The twenty milimeter, 5-inch and 1.1 went off immediately and I went to flank speed and full left rudder. Something dropped in the water about 2000 yards away and the light was too bad to see if they were aerial torpedoes or not. I was relieved and took over the communications watch on the bridge standing on the starboard wing when planes were reported high this time. We opened fire as did the transports. We turned right and there were four huge splashes right beside the bridge and only about thirty yards out from me and then explosions. The spray hit me and shrapnel from the bombs hit men below me on the machine gun platform. Then a larger formation of planes came over and our own carrier planes came in. We saw a dog fight. Several French planes crashed but it was hard to tell exactly what was going on. Land was so close and planes were dive-bombing and stliiaffing the beach beside us where the soldiers had gone as ore. Went below to get the news dispatches which says we have taken Fedala - our first objective. The Northern group have landed and are in a tank battle with French tanks. In Oran and Algiers we are also well installed. The British 8th Army have completely routed the Germans and Italians and Africa seems to be going our way. We have moved closer to Fedala and pushing the unloading of troops because we must take Casablanca to have docks go unload the very heavy equipment that will arrive in four ays. In the afternoon the Brookl n shot down a French fighter. I was below asleep and did,n't even pay much attention. Our firing had been so fast we were low on ammunition so we were sent out to take the Cleveland's place with the carriers and let her come in here with her full load of shells to shell Casablanca. We got to the Carrier Ranger in an hour just as excitement began. The big carrier was making 21 knots with three destroyers and the Cleveland near her. A submarine periscope broke the surface and fired four torpedos. Her whole conning tower came up and she went down in almost a 90-degree dive. The destroyers rushed over to the spot and depth charged. The four torpedoes t t rn of the Ranger and then a periscope W ' bvrslbulrlsssarboard bow. We turned away at full spggi 1561122 depth charges. We released the Cleveland and she went to Fedala. We steamed behind the Ranger with a destroyer in from of her and one on each side. All day planes take off and land on her deck. They are bombing Casablanca and aiding the troops where needed. At noon word that Algiers and Oran have surrendered and Admiral Darlan was captured. From north of us comes word the vital air field at Lyantey was resisting heavily, so the old U.S. destroyer, Dallas, with raiding troops on board rammed right through the anti-submarine net at the moutli of Lyantey River and, under the cover of our planes, went all the way up to the airport and drove ashore. The men ran out commando style and tonight had captured the administration building and are working on the rest of the field. This air field is the one we need to land the 60 P-40's the USS Chenango is still carrying on her flight deck. To the South we have taken Safi. They also rammed the anti-submarine net and drove the seatrain Lakehurst right up to the dock and unloaded her 100 tanks. But Casablanca is the main objective. The New York came up and, along with the Cleveland, Tuscaloosa and Augusta, bombarded the city today. Then word came that the battleship Jean Bart inside Casablanca had opened tire on the Augusta with her 15-inch guns. The Ranger immediately sent nine TBS bombers carrying 1000 lb. bombs and they roared over us on the way to Casablanca. One hour later they came back in a proud V formation with bombbays open and claimed seven direct hits on the battleship and two near misses. I was on watch when D Plus 3 Day dawned. Casablanca was still holding out and during the 'night their guns from the harbor were shelling our troops. So we are .sending all the planes from the Ranger, Santee and Suwanee to bomb the city and harbor while the New York, Cleveland, Augusta and Tuscaloosa shell it from outside. If the city surrendered, the word was to be radioed cease firing. At dawn the Ranger launched her bombers and fighters in front of us and they went off to the south. At 7:15 A.M. the message came cease fire. This was from the Army who were attacking from the rear of the city. Since then there has been no word. During the afternoon, the Chenango launched the P-40's and one crashed near us, going down so fast no one could reach it. The plane and pilot were lost. Right after that, Suwanee planes caught a German sub on the surface behind us and hit her with 12 depth bombs as she dove. Forty-five minutes later there were still big water spouts and oil shooting up. I had the 12 - 4 watch on the bridge at night and it is cold because all the windows were blown out by the firing Of the Brooklyn's 6-inch guns. The. Chenango and Suwanee fthey are converted aircraft CHf1'1e1'Sl Jo1ned.up with us and we steam in a square Wlth the destroyers in a semi-circle around the front. A German sub apparently got through our screen and t01'Pedoed and sunk the U.S. transport, Hewes, and U.S. destroyer, Hambleton, in the transport area. News from Europe tells us that Hitler today ordered the OCC'-lpatlon of all unoccupied France in order to get his arm1es.down to the Mediterranean to stop us. He alS0 moved into Corsica. The next morning found the destroyer Hambleton pretty low in the water but not sunk, and WHS towed 1nto Casablanca. It is skippered by a friend of mine, Commander Close. But the U.S. tanker Winooski also took a torpedo during the night. Didn't sink though There are about 98 German subs operating in the Atlantic area and a lot of them sure are right around here. We spent the day dodging torpedos and sighting periscopes. We go as fast as we can but are about out of fuel. At noon they decided it was too hot for these valuable ships and there were no more air attacks needed so they sent the three carriers and five destroyers with the Cleveland and us out to sea about 250 miles. We are to fuel from a tanker out here tomorrow They found we had sunk the Jean Bart a cruiser and several destroyers plus many merchant ships in the bombardment of Casablanca Harbor We passed a very big convoy from the States headed for Casablanca. The Arkansas was the head of it Friday, the 13th of November - We are still heading west with these carriers and tanker, but the weather is very rough and can't fuel. We can only keep this speed for another two days without re-fueling We roll, pitch and zig-zag and stand Condition 2 watch at night so not much sleep. But we are heading West and that's the U.S.A. Morning broke with 30-foot waves, falling barometer 35-knot wind and a cloudburst rain. One destroyer in desparation tried to fuel from the tanker and got her bridge bashed in. So there was nothing left to do The three carriers were too valuable to go slow through these sub waters. The Cleveland had just enough fuel as did four cans to make Bermuda. So the Brooklyn and three cans were left with the two tankers to go at slow speed save fuel and try to ride out the storm. We go to ten knots and can last five days at this speed. The ship, empty of fuel, jumps, twists, and bounces rather than the pitch and roll of a full ship. We can't sit down to eat, hard to sleep and heading east instead of west so everyone downcast tonight. Pray for a good day tomorrow. Morning came with no change. Big waves and high winds. Nothing else to do but leave the tankers in the area they had to stay in and take all three nearly empty of fuel destroyers and head for Casablanca at 20 knots zig-zagging. The submarines are having old home-week down here. There must be about seventy of them around. We found out the transports Bliss, Scott and Rutledge had been sunk by subs in the Fedala area since we left with a loss of many lives. The cargo ship Electra was hit, but afloat. As we approached the Casablanca area, there are so many subs around they sent out nine destroyers to protect us 1I1tO Casablanca. About 8:00 in the morning we saw the outline of the beautiful modern city that is Casablanca, brown-yellow buildings, looking like the Miami shorellne As we got closer we could see the large man-made harbor behind the breakwater, the big cranes and docks. Then we came around the breakwater and could see our handiwork. First was the mast of a French destroyer - sunk. On the shore a large 4000 ton destroyer leader - badly. shot up, beached and burned out. At anchor the cruiser Prrmauguet, her superstructure shot away and mast leaning - whole mam deck and sides burned. There was our cargo ship, Electra, with torpedo hole in her, very low in the water. Came ln further to the anti-submarine net and in front of us just the mast of a sunken merchant ship. Inside the harbor were the results of our shells and bombs: two French tankers overturned, a passenger ship on the bottom and another on her side, down at the end two destroyer leaders and a destroyer riddled with shell holes, in the corner two French subs sunk with the mooring lines still hanging. Right in the center the massive superstructure, stack and turrets of the mighty battleship, Jean Bart. Down by the bow, 191113.11013 too badly banged up. A beautiful ship. In all we had killed over 2000 French Naval personnel They hate our guts now but those weren t peanuts they were shooting at us The USS W1n0OSk1 and destroyer Hambleton were also there with big 15 foot torpedo holes clearly visible We put our stern to the breakwater between the Chenango and Maintlmoma The USS Terror was out laying a mlne f1eld Twice durlng the afternoon reat explosions were seen and heard with nothing aroun That could be subs hlttlng mines One of the destroyers further out the USS Woolsey got a sub with depth charges that evening We started fueling at once from the Chenango because It s crowded and th1s harbor IS hard to move around the sunken and damaged ships so we have to get out and make room for the convoy coming in to unload There are already cargo ships and transports putt1ng troops and supplies ashore at all avallable dock space Couldn t o ashore because there 1S too much work to do and besi es the natives weren t exactly friendly Some sniping and killing going on yet The Brooklyn s bombardment of Chergui was widely talked about We sent a photographer over to get some plctures of Chergul Some stories he brought back We fueled and took on aviation gas The skies around us have plenty of P 40 s flying to protect this harbor which full of ships is a perfect target for an Axis air attack Had a good night s sleep wlthout fear of subs and no rolling During the night the Br1t1sh Hospital Ship HMS Newfoundland got confused and went across the newly laid mine field It worked I mean the mine field worked She had to be helped into the harbor with a hole in her bottom Put her right next to us and we awoke to have nurses to talk to about 30 feet away across the water One of the crew, a radioman 2fC, died. He was buried at sea. The whole crew stood in ranks as the chaplain talked. We got a message to go to Norfolk first' then ten days in Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York. I was hoping it would be longer, but ten days is ten days. It was too rough to go topside so for the first time in weeks we didn't see the dawn as General Quarters was canceled. Storm still on and we have our old problem that the destroyers are short of fuel and can't go alongside the tankers. One of the carriers had the waves push in the bieams holding up the forward flight deck and can't operate p anes. The waves also pushed in the jack staff and bow of the Brooklyn, but nothing serious. On the minelayer Monadnock though, it buckled the plates and flooded the forward part of the ship. On Wednesday, November 24, the waves and wind are still high and the destroyers, three of them, are down to their last bit of o1l. So we set up the tanker with the wind coming across her port bow. The Brooklyn then steamed up on her port bow forming a lee and the big transport Brazil went up on the Brooklyn's port bow for another lee. The wind had to come across both the big ships and then the tanker to get to the destroyer that was to come up on her starboard quarter to get the fuel hoses. Each ship put over storm o1l to help calm the waves and we fueled the three destroyers after many unsuccessful attempts. At lunchtime a particularly big wave put the Brooklyn what seemed to be straight up and everyone fell all over the wardroom and any plates, etc., that were left were flnished off The wardroom was a mess from the food and broken stuff all over. 9 9 , . . , , , . . , . . . ' ' .in - U .. . . . . . . I C Q I ' 1, ' . i 9 9 ,. . . . . . 5 ., . ,V 1 ' , , . O 17 l . . , . . ., ' . . . I 2 V - .5 . , . . .. .. . . . , . . . . ' . . . - . - .. . . , . . . , D 1 I U , , . . . , . . . . . .. . . 1 . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 1942, it is still very rough, but the Chenango decided to launch her planes anyway to keep a submarine patrol. A F4F Wildcat got off on a down roll, the wing hit the water and the plane sank immediately. When the destroyer got there, the pilot was swimming around and got picked up. How he ever got out, we can't figure out, only a few bruises. On the destroyer Wilkes a doctor lashed the patient to a wardroom table. Then lashed himself to the table and operated on the sailor for appendicitis. For Thanksgiving dinner had frozen turkey, dehydrated mashed potatoes and canned asparagus. Had to find things to eat it off of and then hang on to eat it. Sunday, the 29th of November, the worst storm the Brooklyn has ever seen calmed down after seven days. As a result of the storm, the Augusta had to put into Bermuda because of her damage. The Chenango had her 1.1 gun director and platform washed overboard and the forward part of the flight deck caved in. The Monadnock is still half full of water. Several of the transports have plates open and are taking water. Norfolk is only 250 miles away and we can look with satisfaction at a job well done. There is a wonderful pride in our officers and crew for our equipment and men. We really have the best. The surge in optimism in the whole Allied world following this successful operation is reflected in all the news releases. Yesterday the entire French Fleet at Toulon scuttled themselves, three battleships, seven cruisers, 25 destroyers and 30 subs, when the Germans tried to take them. The Russians started a counter offensive at Stalingrad that has put the Germans on the defensive with heavy losses. In Africa we have the Germans in a pocket in Tunisia and a big battle is a matter of days. Bring on New York and the Navy Yard. CHAPTER 7 LOVE I got more than I bargained for out of the trip to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I had a severe attack of love. It makes a guy do funny things and changed the rest of my Navy story. We got back from Casablanca around the 1st of December and I really didn't expect much more to happen that year. But the first thing was promotion to a full two-stripe Lieutenant. Then as I stood the midwatch one night in the Yard, the chaplain came aboard and we started talking. Somehow I got on the subject of girls and how hard to meet nice ones when you're sailing around and looking around hotel lobbies ashore. He said he had just come from a visit to a friend of his who worked in the showroom of a millinery company that made high priced hats for the better stores across the country. He said the girl was very close to the couple that owned the business and he knew they had a very pretty niece that was a model at Milgrims Department Store on 57th Street. What would I say if he invited them all out to the ship for dinner. He had a feeling they would like it and could bring the niece along. I said, sure, and he made the invitation and it was accepted. The chaplain and I went down to meet their car as they arrived. The back door opened and the girl that tried to step out caught her heel in the hem of her dress and would have fallen down if I hadn't caught her. This was the graceful, beautiful model. I took Regina up to my room on the ship to see what could be done to the bottom of the dress. I had a needle and thread and gave it to her, but she explained she didn't know how to use it. So I fixed up the hem and we joined her charming Aunt Mable and Uncle Edgar Lorie with the chaplain's friend in the wardroom. After a very pleasant dinner, plus tour of the ship, and before they left, Regina asked me if I would care to go to a party that Grace Dalzell, a friend of their family, was having in her apartment in New York the next night. I went, we had a good time at the party and also got acquainted as I took a long time getting her back to her aunt's apartment where she was going to stay that night. Too far to go to Forest Hills where she lived with her mother and sister, the Arguimbaus. We had a date the next night too. Then Grace Dalzell, whose family had the Dalzell tugboats in New York Harbor, thought it would be a good idea to have another party with officers from the Brooklyn and it was a grand affair. Another date, then a visit to the ship for dinner. Then another visit to the ship for dinner when I knew we had to leave for a long trip the next day and I gave Regina an engagement ring. We left for the long trip two days before Christmas and didn't get very far when something went wrong with the engines. Were ordered back to New York.. The Amphibious Force was just being formed and a message was sent to all cruisers asking for volunteers of one full lieutenant from each cruiser to start this new force, lovingly nicknamed the Suicide Squadron. The commander announced this in the wardroom as we were on our way back to New York. I had an idea and followed him into his cabin. ' I told him I would volunteer if he would give me time off to get married. He agreed and told me the ship was going back in the Navy Yard for something that wasn't working right and he could give me whatever time we spent in the Yard and then I would have to be detached from the ship and report to Norfolk. Big excitement, rush, rush. The ship got back Christmas Day. I made the announcement to Regina. Her family was something. So were the boys on the Brooklyn with their bachelor party at the Ritz Carlton. I spent New Year's Eve on watch again this year, only it was at the Plaza' Hotel because a groom couldn't see the bride the night before the wedding. We were married in the rectory of St. Patrick's Cathedral on New Year's Day 1943. The chaplain that married us was the Brooklyn's chaplain, Father Francis O'1eary, the one who had introduced us. The affair afterwards at Aunt Mabel's was beautifully done and we moved into the Plaza Hotel. The ship was only supposed to stay for four or five days and I would call the commander each day and he would say, try one more day. It went on for two weeks and then he said, Tomorrow is it. I was detached from the Brooklyn with orders to report immediately to Norfolk for further duty. And that is how I got into the Amphibious Force. CHAPTER 8 LANDING SHIP TANK NUMBER 376 On the train down to Norfolk, I had some time to think about what I had gotten myself into. I knew they had to have ships ln an Amphibious Force, but I didn't know what kind. What I did know was a very good feeling for Denebrink for what he taught me. It was Captain Denebrink now and he had become Skipper of the Brooklyn before the convoys to England. Ever since that episode over Leeward in Auckland, I learned to. respect him for everything he did and what he did in training .me so I wasn't the least concerned about what I would find at Norfolk. Denebrink was born to be in the Navy - in Command. I recalled one incident while we were returning from the second trip to England with blg empty troop transports in the convoy. One of the transports, the USS Wakefield, way over on the starboard 4.1 outboard column, had a fire on board. Denebrink must plan these things out in his mind to be ready for any situation, because while all else were standing there with mouths open watching the fire, he had that Brooklyn out of our lead spot in the center column, around the entire convoy at flank speed and on our way along the port side of the burning ship. It was a very bad fire. Spread rapidly and left the ship a hulk sitting in the water. But not before Denebrink had our cruiser alongside right under the flames and cargo nets from the transport down to our deck. Men would hold the cargo net on the top of the transport's deck and Brooklyn do the same at the bottom. Then one at a time a passenger or crew member would wait for the right roll of the ships and he would roll down the cargo net to safety. Took off everyone of the hundreds on board without a casualty and it had to be done fast. I was with him and learning my whole time on the Brooklyn when he was Commander, Executive Officer and Captain, the Skipper. Many times I hated him for the moment but it was always his way of making a point that he knew would make a better Naval officer out of me or any of the other officers he was dealing with. He has a round face and when he was Executive Officer, I once took an ink mechanical drawing compass and did a portrait of his face all in circles. It turned out pretty good or I wouldn't have given it to him. I autographed it for the times we went round and round together on the Brooklyn. After all my care in doing the art work, I spelled Brooklyn wrong and he got a big laugh out of that. He framed it and hung it in his Exec's cabin and then the Captain's cabin. This was the first time since being on a ship that I had been without his protection. I felt kind of alone. I reported to the Landing Force at Naval Operating Base - Norfolk, and almost at once went before a board of high ranking officers for interview. The only thing I really remember was the first question, How old are you? and I replied, 22. About three questions later I realized what I said and blurted out, 'Tm 24, it's my wife that's 22. Making a big impression while being interviewed for possible command of a ship of the Navy and don't remember how old you are. Denebrink had done a good job. If he had written the questions, he couldn't have prepared me better for this interview. I was given command of LST 376 being built in Quincy, Massachusetts. The first thing I did upon leaving the interview was to find out what an LST was. A ship, longer than a football field. Three hundred twenty seven feet of ship that can be run up on a hostile beach and put off 50 tanks or trucks over the big front ramp that goes down after the big bow doors are opened. Crew of 120 men and six officers besides the captain with space to carry up to 500 troops. I was to report at once to Paradise Creek in Portsmouth to pick up my crew. After all the rushing: I had to wait three days for the officers and men to get t ere, but I spent that time finding out everything I could about a landing ship tank. I met the six officers: Stan Bowman, the Exec, Jones, the 1st Lieutenant, Hochman, Communications, Burns, Supply, Bankert, Gunnery, and Bower, Engineering Officer. The Exec had the service records of the crew. It was hard to believe as I looked through them. Seems like when they put out the call for officers to the cruisers, they did get volunteers. But at all bases they would take their troublemakers and threaten If you don't shape up, we're going to send you to the Amphibious Force. They d1dn't shape up and here they were in our crew. Their service records looked like the winners in a contest of who could get the most deck and general court martials. Some of those names I can't forget even from the first time I read their records, Virgillo, Pompillo. First order of business was to get us all to Boston. In a rainstorm we loaded everything in trucks to get to the Cape Charles ferry. Dave Jones fof all namesl, the lst Lieutenant, held things up a bit by getting married in the morning and Bankert's wife wanted to come along on the train. Burns almost missed the ferry but finally we were all on board. Got on the train at Cape Charles and found it was not a pullman sleeper the way it was supposed to be. Sat up all night. Had breakfast in Philadelphia and on to Boston. Got the men to Fargo barracks and ourselves to the BOQ. I called Regina, she said she would be up on Saturday and I had to find a place to live in this crowded city. Found a room and a big bath. In fact, the bathroom was three times the size of the room. It was in an old house on Commonwealth Avenue. We went to the Bethlehem Steel Company at Fore River, Quincy, Mass. to look over our ship. It was snowing and our first sight as we came up the ladder was a workman with a paint sprayer painting the deck with snow on it. We go every day to the ship mainly because the paper work to put a ship in commission is staggering. Regina arrived and my first taste of married life and commuting. Would get up in the morning and have breakfast. Put on my big fur-lined coat and boots and wade in the snow to the train. Work until about 4:00 and come home. The big day was the launching of LST 376 with ceremonies, champagne bottle breaking christening and the big party with wives, admirals, etc. Pictures, food, drink. Then the commissioning with more impressive ceremonies. Admiral Smith was on board and conducted the commissioning. Then the last paper had to be signed. I signed it and it said in fact, I hereby sign and receipt for 33,000,000 worth of ship. And a few days later we all sailed it up from Quincy inland waters to the Charleston Navy Yard in Boston with a pilot. Workmen are funny. If they like you they will do anything and have the time and material to do it. They liked us and help fit the ship up with many extra comforts. A radio and loudspeaker with record player in the crew's quarters and wardroom. A plexiglass windshield that I dreamed up because of my experience coming back from Casablanca without windows. Our conning tower Cbridgej is open and I could just visualize standing there at sea with head and shoulders above the sides of the bridge and freezing. They built a beauty with a solid metal frame that extended around three sides and was three feet high. We ran our trials. I sent Regina home to New York and were ready to try the ocean. The last thing we did was gunnery trials. Big deal after the Brooklyn, but the 3-inch gun on the fantail, 20 MM mounts on the bow and machine guns around the bridge were our armor. We also ran the degaussing range, calibrated the R.D.F. on 365 KC's and in 15 degree below weather with ice solid on the water we adjusted the magnetic compass and set the coils. I reported to the Commander of the First Naval District for orders and was told to proceed the next morning all along through New York and then out to sea and around to Norfolk without stopping at New York. When I heard the no stopping at New York, I called Regina and asked her to fly up for one night. There were no planes so she came by train and then all the hotels were full. We stayed in a house on Marlborough Street and the next morning the ice was so thick we couldn't get the ship out. Then the bow doors wouldn't work and we yelled and got moved to South Boston Navy Yard for one week to fix the doors. We had to move out of the rented room after one night but they let us stay in the ballroom at the Hotel Statler. The week was up and this time it looked like we were going. Bought Regina a railroad ticket. Re-confirmed our orders and were set to go. On the morning of Saturday, February 27, we got underway and I took the ship by myself for the first time. Backed it away from the dock without a pilot and out to sea. I wish I could say it ended up a proud first day but it did not. The waves were about ten feet hi h, which is fairly high, and before I knew what happenefl about 40 men and six officers were violently seasick. We weren't even out of the sight of land. The only thing I could do was drop the anchor. It didn't take me long to find out what I hatln't bothered to check in the service records. There was only one other man, the Quartermaster, who had ever beenoutside the I2 mile limit. In fact, for most of them this was the first ship they had ever really been close to. ' In the morning it was not too bad, and we managed to get underway and go through the Cape Cod Canal where the wind kicked up to 50 knots. These waters are known to have some enemy mines in them and you are supposed to stay in the swept channels. But the wind kept blowing this empty ship off course and the only way we could get back on was to make a circle and try again. Five times we did this and then Dave Jones, the lst Lieutenant, fell and hurt his back badly. I saw on the chart we were off Newport, Rhode Island, and I headed for the harbor. It wasn't nice what I did to that dock and only hit one other ship doing it. An empty ship in a 30 knot wind with a seasick crew is no way to practice your first docking. They told us we were the largest ship to come into New ort in years and when they found out what we wanted? rushed for the ambulance and got Dave to the hospital. So it wouldn't be a total loss, we went to a movie. The wind had definitely died down as we started out the channel the next morning when the steering gear stuck and I had to back full to keep off the rocks. We anchored and luckily fixed it. Had the first calm sail with the ship and, not to pressour luck when it started to get dark, I went in near Stamford, Connecticut, and anchored. I had an idea and put one of our two small boats in the water and had the coxswain take me ashore after dark. We couldn't figure out why it was so pitch black and we kept running into things and then found the shore when searchlights were turned on us and shouts went up. Seems I had picked the time to come ashore just when Stamford was having a trial blackout and Civilian Defense drill. They thought we were part of the exercise of a small landing party trying to sneak in and they were so proud to capture us. When I explained what I was doing, they drove me to the train station. I called Regina and we stayed at the Savoy Plaza that night and I left at 3:30 A.M. to get the train back to Stamford. The boat picked me up in spite of the ice that had formed overnight and we got the LST underway for Hell Gate. Took a pilot and let him off after we had gone by Manhattan and we proceeded out the New York Harbor when, the thrill of my life, I see the Brooklyn coming towards us. In the Navy when two ships of the line pass each other they render honors. This consists of a blast on the bugle as the ships come bow to bow and all hands come to attention and salute. You hold this position until the ships are stern to stern and then the bugle sounds secure. - I had enough trouble finding men let alone bugle. Most of this crew is still feeling their lack of seaworthiness and are sacked out below. I run around like crazy yelling, Everyone on deck. and trying to find something to blow. The outfit that was standing on deck half undressed when I blew a whistle, the only thin I could find, and yelled at them to salute was a real laugh. But the Brooklyn went along with it and my men's eyes popped out as that cruiser slid by close aboard so you could see every face of the officers, marines and men at stiff attention and saluting. As we moved away from each other, we exchanged many messages until we were out of sight. And then out on the ocean for the first time and heading for Norfolk. We steamed darkened all night and almost hit another ship off her course and darkene . It started to snow, then rain and was very cold. I was up all night on the conning tower LST 376 renders Honors to BROOKLYN and thank goodness for the windshield. We went through the mine fields off Norfolk with another 40-50 knot wind blowing and a snowstorm. The Exec and I went ashore in a wet small boat ride and there found we are badly needed in North Africa. We are to go back to New York and get fitted with four more boat davits and boats to become an Assault LST which means in a landing on hostile beach we goin first and land troops with small boats and then beach to land the trucks and tan s. All the next day we awaited word to get underway for New York when a boat came alongside and summoned me to a conference. Here I was told that 13 LST's would get under way at 6:30 tonight and go up the Chesapeake for a week's maneuvers together. I had a hospital case on board to take care of and didn't et away until 8:00 and in the dark first tried to find the Chesapeake and then the other LST's. Almost hit an LCI and, of all things, almost hit an aircraft carrier. I anchored and said the hell with it. The next morning got underway and found the rest of the group. For five hours we steamed in circles calibrating a R.D.F. frequency we already had and when we got to the one we could use they quit. Held .another conference and were told to get underway at midnight and hold daybreak beaching exercises. We steamed all around after midnight in a heavy rain and when morning came the column leader was lost so we drifted around, for awhile. I got mad and anchored because you couldn t see in this weather and didn't want to hit anything. I fell fisllffep after being up all night and when I woke up was a .little afraid since I hadn't asked anyone f0l' permission to anchor. But when I went up and looked, all the other LST's were anchored around us and it was still falnlng Very hard. So I went to sleep again and got up after noon- It WHS Pea SOUP weather and raining cats and dogs. So we just stayed anchored there. all Sunday morning another conference and picked SIX S IPS to 80 to New York. We were one of them. In the afternoon sailed all the way up the bay to calibrate R.D-F- OH 450 KCs and came back near a beach. Then at sunset, a .a One, W9 ran that ship up on the beach and it was really quite 8 thrill to run this big thing way up on dry sand for I I i 6 l l l u l ...J gm the first time. By using our ballast tanks and stern anchor, we came off in good shape. The next day we had tactical maneuvers with the 376, the leader of the second division. The next day we hit the beach all together at sunrise and all got on and got off four times in a row. It wasn't planned this way but that was the extent of our training. Whether we know it or not, we are ready for the Germans. Ship was fueled to capacity and supplies were loaded aboard. Had a conference of Commanding Officers, loaded the deck full of boats to transport to New York, filled all our fresh water tanks and took on a draft of 60 men for passage. Eight LST's pulled out and formed up. Again I am in charge of the second division. The calendar tells me another year has gone by. It is March 9, my 25th birthday. Same kind of thing, through the mine fields in the dark and then rain and wind. I stay up all night to keep my ships in column. The whole next day rain then fog, a supposed sub sighting, the leader got lost in the fog and we couldn't find him so I got his remaining ships to follow us and we found New York Harbor, got pilot to lead us to Staten Island and anchored. The ship went into the yard at Bayonne, New Jersey, where a lot of changes were made. The four additional boat davits to give us six landing boats and the loading of a 105 foot, 120 ton LCT fLanding Craft Tankl on deck with two other LCMS inside it. The huge tank deck below is completely loaded with cargo including carefully measured plates to repair a cargo ship, Thomas Stone, that has a torpedo hole in it waiting at Oran. Moved to New York and loaded Army and Navy passen ers to give a total of 250 men on board. Regina and I livecl at the St. Regis Hotel as a gift from the family fit was the only room we could get in crowded New Yorkl. Then on the 5th of April we left the United States to be gone for a long time - 25 LST's including 5 British with a tanker and 10 escort vessels including 5 destroyers. We were put in lead of the 8th column. The day was rough again and most of the passengers and crew seasick. I live in the chart house on a transom to sleep and on the conning tower to direct the ship. Sleep when I can but am up on the conning tower at least once an hour during the night as things happen. Aside from rough weather, one very dark night where we went for hours without seeing another ship, 13 depth charges dropped by destroyers on sub contacts, the trip was uneventful. We sighted Bermuda very early but it was afternoon before we got pilots down the long channel to Great Sound and anchored at King's Point. For the three days we were here I enjoyed showing the officers the places and introducing them to families I had met while being here with the Brooklyn. We had invitations for all of us for dinner at homes each night. The Smith family who have the department store in Hamilton were particularly gracious. We were to have a convoy meeting before we sailed and another skipper got me aside and pointed out that the leader of each column should be the most experienced skipper and he thought we should speak to the convoy commander and tell him of our experience and how we felt. I listened because I knew he was no dope and had seen the same thing I did on the way down from New York to Bermuda. With the LCT on the deck, you can't see over it from the conning tower. However, if you were one of the column leaders, all you had to do was to look sideways at the tanker that was to be the guide at the head of the center column and that way you had a clear, unobstructed view. It was a tremendous advantage Earticularly on a long trip and cparticularly at night or in ad weather. So I figured I ha nothing to lose and went with him. He did most of the talking and was sitting next to me at the convoy conference when they unveiled the big master board of ship positions and there was the 376 the leader of the column just to port of the tanker and his LST way back about sixth in an outside column. On Tuesday, April 13, we moved out the channel early. Ninety two ships in all, the tanker, LST's, LCI's fLanding Craft Infantryl and escort vessels. As always, very rough and seasick boys. The crossing is to be 30 days and first few were uneventful except for the occasional depth charges, and even clear sunny weather. On the third day our port shaft was slipping out of the flange and we had to stop the engines and dropped out of column and way back to figure it out. We finally decided that by driving it ahead in forward position it would go in and not out and we would drive it ahead and never slow or stop it. So we started and went with all our speed to get back to the lead of that column. I hadn't thanked my lucky stars all the times for that break in convoy position to lose it now. We got back to the lead after a loncg run and kept that port shaft going ahead at the same spee no matter what. Any station maneuvering was done with the starboard engine and shaft. We figure in the building of theship one crew must have started to tighten the flange in :place and the next crew didn't finish it. Anyway, we know if we try to stop or back the port engine, the shaft would probably go right out in the ocean. That's what the Engineering Officer said anyway. I go above deck. Not so knowledgeable about those things down there that make the ship go. The days melt together in their sameness. Weather warm and calm sea. I sleep with my clothes on in the chart room at night and get called every couple of hours as officer of the deck has a problem. In the morning after General Quarters, I go to my very comfortable cabin on main deck consisting of an outer office with desk, couch and chairs and inner bedroom with two big innerspring mattresses on the bed, a washroom and head. I wash and eat breakfast in the nice wardroom with tablecloths on the tables, good silver, plates and glasses and three stewardmates to prepare and serve the meals. Then I lie in the sun by the conning tower. Take a salt water shower washed off by a towel soaked in fresh water and have lunch. More of the same and then dinner. Read a little and have General Quarters before sundown and usually an evasive course change at 9:00 and again at midnight. Sleep in my clothes and have General Quarters an hour before sunrise. Cover about 200 miles a day except the days when we slow so the tanker can 'fuel the smaller escort ships. These LST's carry enough fuel in their many tanks to go around the world - a couple times. I have a good tan and have read everything there is to read on the ship. Big events are like the Army doctor, who is a passenger, operates on another passenger's ear. We are getting close to the Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde that had all the subs during the Casablanca bit. Wonder if they are still around. Saturday, April 24, the big event was we saw a bird, and then on Easter Sunday, at the request of the crew, I said a sermon and conducted a church service for over 225 men on the stern of the ship. Right after this things started to happen and we had to drop back to fix a fuel pump. Then, just got back our precious spot in the lead, when our steering stuck and we went over and collided with the ship next to us carrying a cargo of gasoline and put a couple of holes in her above the waterline. We lost our anchor in the collision and some small holes in the bow. Did emergency steering and got the regular steering fixed. Maintaining our place in column and then at 7:00 P.M. the fuel pump went again, dropped way back and had to come up in the dark. A Large patrol bombers are comin out from Africa now and stay with us all day. As we get closer to Africa the weather gets rougher. We had been taking shots all the way across for Cholera, Typhus, Tetnus, etc. Today the Army doctor' gave us all the last Cholera, a big dose, and the lot must ave been bad because it knocked the whole ship out. Fever, swelling arms, backaches, headaches and all but ten had to go to bed and stay there. Officers of the deck were passing out on watch. I was just as sick as anyone and it I' was bad. The weather is rough and so is the' night - much pain and no sleep. We are just off Africa. No one feeling much better as we went close to the African shore past Casablanca and dropped 12 LCI's at Port Laueyte. Weather calmed as we got closer to the Straits of Gibraltar. Next morning had the coast of Africa in plain sight. Kept getting larger and then the coast of Spain came into VIBW on the other side. With Spain on one side, Africa on the other and a swarm of British spitfires low and Hudson bombers high we went through the mine fields of the Straits of Gibraltar. Soon the Rock came in sight and we went in the harbor. I would have been enjoying it more if I d1dn't have to think of that port shaft that couldn't stop or back. Hard enough to put this ship where I want it with two screws. A British pilot came on board but he turned out to be a young officer just qualified to tell us where to go. After scaring everyone and bumping into a few ships in the crowded harbor, a British tug with a loud speaker came up and yelled, Just stop, we'll put you in. And he did, alongside a dock. Went on a British LST for a party and then slept on my innerspring mattresses for the first time on the trip. A conference in the Gibraltar Navy Yard the next morning was followed by a tour of Gibraltar by several skippers fthe only ones that could go ashorel. During the day walked over the Spanish border and into Spain, also ate lots of fresh sea food. While we were doing this, the yard was securing the flange on the port shaft and it was completed that night. Underway in the morning and it felt good to have both screws to maneuver the ship away from the dock without pilot, all around the many ships in the harbor, and out into a fairly heavy sea. The ships formed up and We went through a pitch black night with hard time keeping in formation, early morning sub alarm and then all straightened out on a course along the North Coast of Africa to Algeria. We dropped ships off at Nemours and Benisap and went slow to arrive in daylight tomorrow in Oran. At dawn were off Arzeu and entered Oran Harbor at 10:00. Pretty little harbor that has seen much activity already in the war. We tied up bow to the dock, opened the doors and put the ramp down to go back and forth on the dock. Went ashore that evening to find there is very little to do in Oran even though it is a good size city. Everything closes at 8:00 P.M. with a curfew at 10:00 P.M. Everyone clears the street, so we came back to the ship. In the morning started unloading. The big LCT was lifted off the deck with a crane. The cargo was taken off by being lifted with the crane from the ship and onto floating barges alongside the ship. Hard to forget the scene when they were unloading all those plates that had been so carefully engineered and each made to fit perfectly so the torpedoed ship Thomas Stone here in Oran could be repaired. There must have been about 20 plates of different sizes and shapes, each at least 25 feet long and almost as wide. The crane operator lifted each plate and the men on the barge were maneuvering them into place one on top of the other. The stack was getting pretty high and you could almost tell something was going to happen. The boss on the barge looked up at the crane operator and even in Arabic sign language you could tell he was asking, How many more. The crane operator relayed a sign language to the man in charge on the ship and we could see the answer, One. So they picked that last big plate up and gently set it down on top of the others. Straw that broke the camel's back - after all that careful planning and work to make them in the States and us to carry them here, the barge slowly tipped on its side and dumped the whole load to the bottom of Oran Harbor. The front is only 300 miles from here and planes and ships arrive hourly bringing in wounded. In the evening had our up-to-8:00 P.M. night life and back on the ship. Worked all the next day seeing that the ship was completely unloaded and took on fresh water - which must be ed in this area. Went to the Red Cross in the giiesiiiiidlon. The Red Cross really is the whole life here. It feeds the U.S. soldiers and sailors, the natives, the U,S, Officers and nurses, etc. They pass out sandwiches and coffee constantly. They also put on shows. Saw one the next afternoon after a bad morning when the wind came up strong and we broke our lines to the dock. We and one other LST went adrift across the harbor. It was real bad for awhile, our engines, of course, were secured. We smashed and sunk two small boats before tugs got to us and pulled us back. That evening the radio tells the unbelievable news that Tunis and Bizerte, right over there to the east of us, were about to quit and the war in North Africa was almost over before we got into it. We kid each other that the sight of all these mighty LST's coming down the Mediterranean scared the hell out of them and they ran for home. Several loads of German prisoners were unloaded here in the harbor today. Seemed very young. We have air alerts two or three times a day, but no planes have come over so far. The night spots in town, that really only operate in the day, are the Coq d'Our, Florida and American clubs. They serve wine and have music with some rather unexciting girls around. A couple days of this is enough. When we were completely finished unloading and the ship cleaned up, we were moved to the outer end of the harbor just inside the breakwater. Berthed by dropping the anchor to swing stern to the jetty. It is quiet here after all the activity of ships unloading and the view of the city and hills is pretty. Did exciting things like target practice with our 22 pistols on the breakwater and play football on our now clean huge tank deck. It is beautiful, warm and the Mediterranean just over the breakwater as we sunbathe with a constant reminder of what is ahead. Convoys arrive almost daily. Today, May 13, we watch a big one bringing almost 50,000 troops plus supplies come past us and into Oran to unload. The battle of Africa ended today after wild times down at Bizerte. News said 150,000 Germans and Italians, including 12 Generals, surrendered at the end. Sitting here minding our own business when we get orders to go out with the LST 357 and go to Nemours, about 90 miles away. We got underway with the 357 and had an escort. At Benisaf the escort left us even though these are sub waters and we made Nemours just after dark. Went in a blacked out harbor, had to go around two nets, a small opening in the breakwater and around to tie up at a dock. It's a very interesting town we found the next morning. Really only two blocks long and is a walled city. Today the whole town and us turned out to see the beautiful annual horse show by native and French Algerian horsemen. In evening invited officers of the U.S. Rangers, who are here getting toughened up for their part in what's to come, on the ship for dinner and then went to see their camp where they all do the rugged things to keep in tip top shape. We found a beautiful little sandy beach here and seem to be the. only ones using it. Of all things, I am senior Naval Officer ln Nemours. How about that? Of course, there aren't many other Naval Officers here. Had a conference with the Commander of Western Bases today as he came for a visit. Tried to find out what we are dolng here and he said I am on my own to train my crew. Guess they just want to spread these empty LST'S along the coast until we are needed. Another LST, the 352, came in and joined us today. During the night Oran was bombed. Good thing we are here. We have to move into the Olltel' harbor because Liberty Ships are coming in here due to the congestlon at Oran from the bombing. That night we had a real a1r raid alarm here and ran for the ships. The planes came close but were driven off. The Comman. er of Western Bases had told me to try a few beachings lf I could find a spot. So today we went out to a spot we picked out on the chart. Took an approach course and had a real lm.-nd - run at it, dropping the stern anchor right on time and ramming the bow way up on the beach. Swing open the doors and down went the ramp. Didn't realize it but we were scaring the life out of the natives. This big monster coming at them right up on land and opening its mouth and sticking out its tongue. They all ran up in the hills with their goats. They soon came back very curious and tried to sell us eggs and handmade baskets. Pm making this beaching of a big LST sound easy. It really is if you have a nice calm day, know the slope of the beach from the chart and nothing better to do if you happened to get stuck. The process of beaching is to study the slope of the beach first and know if it is steep or shallow. A steep one is better because you can put the bow on and not much of the rest of the ship is aground. On a shallow beach you are pretty much all aground and probably will have quite a bit of water between the bow door and dry beach. The real secret to getting off is the handling of the stern anchor. It is on a reel on the stern of the ship and has 1100 feet of cable not secured at the end. It is up to the captain's eye, and this alone, to know when to drop it going in. The worst thing is to drop it too soon and when 1100 feet run out, so does the end of the cable and you will have to find other means of getting off the beach. The next worst is to drop it too late so you don't get a bite on the bottom and pull the anchor up when trying to get off. This is bad but at least you will have the anchor and if all else fails, you can put it in a small boat and take it out the proper distance to get a bite. W It is obvious you must drop it right and every skipper I knew had his own method. I tried to have a place where I stood on the conning tower and put my head at eye level with the railing and site the approaching shoreline against the edge of the bow of the ship. Even as I write this I know I knew what I meant when I did this. I know I wanted it to look to the men with me on the conning tower that I was doing a scientific thing and give them confidence. Remember we were to do this in poor li ht of dawn with smoke, haze and shells going off arouncl us on a hostile beach. What I really did was to get a point that my judgment told me was right. Say a little prayer I knew that I timed to take ten seconds for insurance against being too soon, and then with all the authority I had from my squatting position looking at the beach I would yell, Let go stern anchor. It worked for me and no skipper ever taught anyone else on the ship how to do it. It was one responsibility you didn't want to delegate because you couldn't teach anyone else how you did it. We beached once more and went back to a little cove just inside the harbor at Nemours and anchored. If there are going to be air attacks, it's better out here. And there was an air alarm after midnight. We went to General Quarters fast, could hear the planes but nothing happened near us. Explosions over near the town. Next morning found out five soldiers were killed and nine sailors injured. We will have air alarms every night now. The next day we had gunnery practice shooting our mighty A.A. battery at balloons filled with helium. That was our only gunnery practice. On Wednesday, May 26, we moved out and went up to Mostaganam about 100 miles closer to Bizerte. They put us in between two Liberty Ships unloading ammunition and this place has one or two air alarms a night. The next morning we open our doors and ramp on the dock and have our first loadin of tanks, half tracks and trucks. Also took on six boats and the crews for them. As the tanks and trucks load, they come up over the ramp and the first ones are run on the elevator just aft of the ramp and lifted to the main deck. There they are maneuvered into their spot and chained down solidly in position with chains and special holding clamps in the deck. After the main deck IS filled, they come right into the main tank deck and are also secured by chains and clamps. Big loading job and I thought it Was going okay in the hot sun. I was on the dock by the ramp giving directions when I heard a loud voice behind me ask, What the hell is holding up the loading of this ship? I never really appreciated the situation until I saw the movie. It was General Patton riding around in a jeep. He asked me a few questions and was off. But he did make an impression. Was impressed how much George Scott looked like I remember him that day. We are loaded now and in the morning move out to outer harbor and anchor to make room for other LST's to load. In the evening come back in to the more protected area for night. Mostaganem is also a town where the night life consists of the free sandwiches at the Red Cross plus donuts and coffee. All that night we fueled and took our capacity of fresh water. I now have on board 100,000 gallons of fuel for cargo, 50 tanks and trucks and over 400 men. German planes come over at night and we could see shooting from Arzeu, but no damage here. Tuesday, June 1, at 9:00 A.M. we go out the harbor and join up with 26 fully loaded LST's plus LCI's and LCT's as far as our eyes can see. We are going to Bizerte that was just captured a couple of weeks ago, to end the African war. We are column leader with seven LST,s behind us. We can see the coast of Africa all the time and have fighter planes over us and move around the edges of the convoy., Picked u five more LST's as we passed Tenes. Went to General fsuarters at 7:00 P.M. and didn't secure until after 10:00 because the sun goes down so late. While at General Quarters before sunrise, we do an emergency turn as a sub pops up right in front of us. Turns out to be French. Pass under Sardinia and Sicily with a very good air cover. I took a pair of khaki pants and cut them off for shorts and a shirt that I cut the sleeves off and this becomes my uniform. Held drills while underway putting troops in boats and lowering the boats down but not in the water. Both our side and the Germans have taken turns laying mines in these waters for a long time so we slow down to be sure we go through the newly swept channels in daylight hours. Wind is much stronger and we are rolling. One of the small boats was not properly secured in the davit and it came loose and was banging out and in as we rolled. Had a tough job gettin it back in place and secure. We are nearing Bizerte ani the columns are forming to enter when a sub chaser came right alongside us, hit a mine and sunk in four minutes while we watched. Some depth charges went off while there were men in the water. The wind was too strong for us to try an entry even into the shelter of Bizerte breakwater because of all the sunken ships there. So we anchored outside with the mines. The next mornin we got inside the breakwater and anchored. Took small boat to conference in a shell-torn building in wrecked Bizerte. We were shown a big chart of the channel we will have to go through to get into the inner harbor and lake. The channel is fine once you get to it but there are 29 ships sunk at the entrance to block it. They had made a path as best they could 70 feet wide four ship is 50 feet widel. To get past the sunken ships, it required an angle approach marked by buoys and then a sharp left, sharp right and left again into the straight channel. There were buoys there. All you had to do was stay in them. A few feet outside were pieces of sunken ships sticking up. We had our turn with a pretty strong wind, made the turns and were going up the channel past the blasted city when someone started shooting at us. Snipers, a couple of shots hit in the water alongside the ship. And into Lake Bizerte which looked so pretty now but was to become a real nightmare. As more and more ships were put in here, and it is a big lake, the Germans sent bombing planes, anywhere from one to big formations five or six times a night. No one really got any sleep because we would go to General c ,,.. ,,,.. ..,.,.,.. , .,., .. .,., ,, Quarters at every alarm and the danger was not so much from the bombs, which did a lot of damage, but the ung0d1Y amount of flack all these ships put in the air as all shot. That flack would come raining down pieces of metal and it was lethal. In the morning went into a pier 1n the inner Bizerte Harbor and started to unload. Walked out into the wasteland 'that surrounds the city after the big battles that were fought here. Wrecked German planes ly1ng.around. Had a meeting in the afternoon to be told the time and place had been set for our next action and we had to be ready. On the way out, took the ship to another dock and discharged our cargo of fuel oil. This ship is sure useful. Can carry a lot of things. As we unloaded fuel, German planes came over very high as they were to do in the days to follow. We figure they are taking pictures of this buildup. We have an air strip right along the west side of the lake and all day and night spitfires take off for patrol and heavier bombers to bomb Sicily and Sardinia. There is no liberty here. Bizerte is a deserted, battered city full of unexploded shells, mines and booby traps. A Got underway and went to Ferryville on the other side of the lake. Sent small boats in to pick up Army troops. Loaded and unloaded them several times and then had a dress rehearsal of sailing in near the beach, lowering the troops in six small boats and they went ashore in waves as shells and mines exploded to make it realistic. Did the same thing the following day and I was put in charge of 12 LST's for the operation. Somehow, as they always did, my crew with their anti-regulations instincts mana ed to et in where they weren't supposed to and pickecf up a :fog in the ruins of Bizerte. Dirty Gertie from Bizerte they call her. Cute little thing and we now have a dog on board. Today we picked up the troops and went all the way down the channel with the tricky turn to go out and landed the troops in small boats on the beach. Pulled out and let the LCI's come after us. Then had to maneuver that tricky turn just at dark to get back in the lake. During the day over 100 flying fortresses went over in formation heading north. Never saw that many big planes before. Quite a sight. That afternoon the news that we had invaded Pantalerria, a small island about 50 miles north of us. Had orders to get underway empty and go out the tricky channel and alon the coast to Phillippeville to pick up a load of tanks ancf trucks and bring them back to Bizerte. Picked a bad night to do it because two bombers got through to Phillippeville that ni ht and did quite a bit of damage to the dock area near where we were. On the way back we tried to go through that 70 foot turn at start of channel in a high wind, the stern swung over with the wind and current and we heard the starboard propeller snap as it hit one of the sunken wrecks. Went the rest of the way on one screw, up to the dock to unload. Unfueled into the LST 300 to get ready to fix the screw. Two heavy air raids tonight and we are next to some Merchant cargo ships where the men on board get a special bonus for every air raid they are in on a trip. They are next to us in the most protected spot they can hide in cheering on the raid because it's more money for them. My men are exposed shooting the guns and giving the merchant seamen a bad time. Are starting to bomb Sicily daily. Getting them softened up for us we think. The bombing raids on the lake here in Bizerte go on now almost hourly day and night. We have a conference and are told the plans for final dress rehearsal. Only LST 376 won't be in it because of broken screw. I am to be a passenger on the 375 to witness the show. Packed my bag to get ready to move over to the 375 the next morning. We all went out that channel the next morning, 230 ships of all types, without a mishap. Made me feel kinda silly that I had to mess up here. Moved down to the Bay of Tunis in formation, night came and we started the approach and went through an entire dress rehearsal of the landing. Very late when completed and just anchored and stayed there. There are many officers on this ship observing the rehearsal but skipper to skipper he lets me sleep on the transom couch in his cabin. As we all again came through the channel without incident, I saw my alongside a dock getting fixed and got back on board. F1n1shed the repairs and moved out into the lake. Word that a small ship was sunk and two LST's torpedoed and beached just outside the Bizerte breakwater. Also got news that in the Pacific we have taken Munda and New Georgia. Had to get underway to go into a dock in Karouba and, my gosh, you can't move in the lake. British cruisers, American transports, destroyers, etc., etc. The lake is. jammed. We are having daily meetings now on final briefing for the operation. One of the low things is fresh water. It's pretty scarce anyway here and all these ships. We have to cut our supply way down that we carry so as to make the ship light when we beach. We practiced with another type of beaching, with pontoon causeways. When we hit a shallow beach as Licata, Sicily, might be and the LST grounds too far out, a ship carrying these huge causeways will put them in the water and push them to the LST. When put at the bow with the ramp down, it makes a roadway almost 300 feet lon Ctwo pontoons fastened together in the middlej to the beach. Our final meeting tonight. The Admiral said, Good Luck, and then about 5:00 A.M. all hell broke loose. The Germans who have been sending constant small raids sent everyplane they own in this area over Lake Bizerte. Planes all over the place and with so many ships shooting along with the bombs from the planes. It was like a raining hell. Only way to describe it. I wanted to find the thickest thing I could find and get under it. On board we had four men Wounded and we personally saw four German bombers burst into flame in our sector and fall in the lake, and that's how it was on Tuesday, July 6, D Day minus 4 getting ready to invade Sicily. A good part of those skippers and officers getting ready are 90 Day Wonders. ' CHAPTER 9 SICILY We'll start with the morning of D Day minus 4 CD Day is Saturday, July 10, H Hour is 0400, 4:00 A.M.l. LST 376's objective is to land the assault troo s in the first wave of small boats at Licata and after to beach and unload the tanks and trucks of the armored division. On .the morning of D minus 4 we loaded all the heavy vehicles and equipment of the second armored division and then the troops. Also take on a doctor and three hospital corpsmen. It is so hot this doctor is trying to take a man's temperature and can't get the thermometer below 104 degrees unless he puts it in the wardroom refrigerator. fFrankly, it went right up again when it came out.J At 0600 wenloaded the assault troops of the 15th Infantry that will go in on the initial small boats. They sleep in every conceivable Position and place. The wind was blowing very hard as we went through that narrow turn in the channel and I had my fingers crossed. Anchored in the outer bay and then started to form u . Ships as far as your eyes could SGP, hundreds of them - big, little, medium. Out on the fringe we saw the Brooklyn go by. I blinked them a message and 8012 H reply. The convoy gradually took shape and W0 turned into the Gulf of Tunis and when night came turned due east. To .pass the time away, the assault troops gave aodemonstratron to our crew on how they approached.a P111b0X With dynamite in hand and got the explosives ln the slots of the pillbox. Fvate had to bling this day from somewhere out in left field. ithout warning the Mediterranean, which is usually quite ca m, had the worst storm in its recent history. Ram and winds over 70 knots. There seemed no hope of holding the convoy together and Joining up with the rest of the smaller ships. We rolled an pitched and went along as best we could. When we turned north, the winds really hit us. The LCT's and LCI's somehow got to the rendezvous on time. The 90 Day Wonders were doing quite a job. Many were damaged from the storm but none turned back. As night came, we were in one long approach disposition extending for miles behind. We were late and had to go to flank speed to keep up and in thejdark was hard to keep from getting lost. At midnight we made the difficult approach and the 376 found our assigned spot off Green Beach and dropped the anchor at the same time as the LST 375 and we were too close together. So close that I could look right down in one of their small boats as it hung on the davit and the troops were getting in. There was a flash as a smoke type flare ignited for an instant and a Navy officer from the 375 jumped in the boat and smothered it with his body. CBuck, the skipper, wrote of how this officer prevented exposing the entire force. He died from inhaling the smoke and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumouslyj Our small boats were loaded and away for the first wave when the Italian searchlights on the shore illuminated them. Shooting started from all over and we lost two of our boats on the beach. The searchlights were shot out. Shooting kept up and, as it got light, German planes were coming over the hills and dropping bombs. One went right into the deck of the 375 alongside us and we waited for the explosion. Later we figured it went all the way through the ship. What really happened was it went through two decks and slid to the bottom of a compartment at the bottom of the ship filled with salt water ballast. It was found three months later when the 375 was in a yard for repairs. When it was our time to go into Yellow Beach, the 375 and ourselves were pulling anchors up at the same time and more planes to Sicily and had to scatter to keep out of their way and then reform On Monday July 12 we entered the outer harbor at Bizerte to go inside for a fast loading job and back to Sicily We were the first convoy back from Sicily and the troops waiting their turn to go were lined up all along the sides of the channel leading into the lake My 376 was the second ship in and the troops were all gaspin and pointing to our battered ship as we went by We coul hear shouts of You really caught hell up there I felt like making signs and han ing them over both sides saying Relax we were just hlt y our own ships Went down to Karouba and up to the dock bow first Other LSTs followed and we were a line of 11 with bows against the dock doors open and ramps down They were really ready and waiting for this first turnaround and had been drilling on what to do Some LST's carried prisoners and they marched out on the docks and whisked away. The ambulances were waiting for the hospital cases and they were rapidly taken away. We all loaded the waiting trucks, ammunition, fuel, water, medicine, etc. according to plan. One LST was assigned Arab troops and horses. We took two aeroplanes, piper cubs. Worked all night and were ready to move out at dawn. There were 15 of us now and we are the leader of the left flank. Sail southeast and then up to Pantelleria on a clear warm day. Our planes go back and forth over us and it is a good feeling that this time we won't be bombed so much. Reached Licata on the 14th of July. Beached and did a good job unloading over pontoons and by evenin formed up and headed back. Counted up that we, one LST, had already landed 143 vehicles and over 600 men. During the day we see convoys coming and going to Sicily Hard to realize one year ago these were the most dangerous waters in the world for Allied shipping. Reached Bizerte after midnight and anchored out in the bay. At daybreak into the channel and alongside the dock where another load was waiting and started on board immediately. Had a full load at 1:00 A.M. . . 9 ' ' , I 0 an ' ua - ' . . . . . . . c u u . 5 . ,, . . . . , ' ' ' cc ' Q Q 'Q ' as . ' 1 . . , , s . . . . were coming in. In the excitement, the 375 pulled her bow into the starboard side of our ship knocking down one of our boat davits. We ran a good beaching on Yellow Beach and were unloading good too when an LCT coming in lost control and ripped into our port side with a long gash. Within minutes another LST misjudged on the starboard side and rammed us all along the side with a big hole, all the stanchions, etc. knocked down and the whole side scraped. We were only half unloaded but were told to pull off and anchor. CTO save us from more damage, I guess.J It was while we were closing up to pull out, we found those Army pillbox assaulters had left some of .their dynamite in the small boats and we were still carrying it around. We anchored offshore and early in the morning were directed into the now cleared port of Licata. We were the first ones in the port and all by ourselves when two German planes came in straffing right at the Brooklyn who was guarding us. All the various A.A. guns of the Brooklyn opened up and it was massive, but those two planes straffed and flew right through it, over the Brooklyn and right at us straffing our whole deck. This could have been one of my finest moments if I wasn't diving for a place to hide. Those wonderful part-time criminals of mine manning the two 20 millimeter mounts should have run too, but they sat there, spotted and fired. One plane blew up over our ship and the other was burning as it went over the hills behind us. The destruction of one and possibly two enemy aircraft by the LST 376 is noted with gratification 1S the Way the Admiral's report of the landing and. letter of Commendation to the ship read. The Brooklyn raised a flag Signal Well Done. Finished unloading fast so we could join the rest of the LST's waitin for us. Went into formation and 11 LST.s with not much escort headed for Bizerte. Passed Pantilleria close on our ort side and headed for Cape Bon Afl'lCa- About midniglit we ran right into a convoy coming across and got underway to anchor in the lake. Underway at 5:30 A.M. and out the channel with 34 ships. We are the leader of the first column. Quiet day and ni ht, into Licata Sunday afternoon and anchored off the harImor. We were called in once then told to stay out. We anchored and waited and got word an air torpedo attack was coming. The unloaded LSTj's got out in a hurry but we were loaded and had to stay. The attack never came but we waited all night for orders and at daylight the 357 and ourselves found we were deserted. All the others had left. On checking we found out that loading system that seemed so efficient in Bizerte wasn't fool proof. We had cargo that was supposed to be in Syracuse, Sicily. Way around by Italy. So with a destroyer escort we went around. We got within 300 yards of the Syracuse Harbor when things began to happen. Three German E boats roared in out of nowhere and fired nine torpedos at us before we knew they were there. All nine missed and hit the rocks of the shore behind us with mighty explosions. The harbor quickly laid a smoke screen and at the same time there was a heavy air attack on the docks of Syracuse. CThe German air bases are only a short distance away in Italy.J And at the same time our destroyer commenced firing at the E boats and they returned the fire as they sped away. And, of all things, a heavy fog set in and we just couldn't see anything. These are heavily mined waters and you must stay in the swept channels. Night set in and we just drifted around because we didn't know where we were. What a night! I sat up on the conning tower scared and confused. I took the hand fog horn from the quartermaster and for lack of anything else .to do, I. gave a big blow on it with my mouth every three minutes, timing myself with my watch. The only thing we bumped into was a British mine sweeper and it was just a little bump. Hardly noticeable on my beat up ship. Dawn came and the fog thinned out so we could see the harbor and also found the 357. I led him into the small crowded harbor andanchored just off the docks that had taken some good hits in the air raid last ni ht. I went over in one of our small boats and had a harcf time finding someone in authority to talk to. The British told me I was the first American in Syracuse and what was I doing there. So I considered myself Senlor American Naval Officer present and told them we had to unload and get out and they had to supply the men to unload. I went back on ship, blinked the 357 what to do, and the two of us went up and beached on a low spot side by side. Opened the doors, put down ramps, and Went off to get the working party. The British supplied the men and they got the stuff off by 5:00 P.M. We saw a British convoy of LST's starting to move out of the harbor and blmked them a message saying we were going with them: Got off the beach and fell in line behind the last Br1t1sh ship. Syracuse was bombed every night and we wanted out. .By blinker found out we were heading for Sousse, North Afrlca. Ran at top speed all night and all the next day. It is a good fast convoy and the weather calm so got some sleep. Got to Sousse at 10:00 P.M. and anchored in the outer bay. Very still and hot. Heard a German news broadcast tell of an E boat attack on a small convoy entering Syracuse. The skipper of the 357 and I went ashore in battered Sousse and up on a hill to the British headquarters. Had a cup of tea and talked to the Naval officer in charge. He gave us orders, to proceed unescorted to Bizerte. At 1500 P.M. took off and navigated along the coast. Ran into two convoys and not much else and reached Bizerte at 5:00 A.M. the next morning and anchored outside. Then went into the lake and saw the hospital ship, USAHS Acadia, anchored there and it seemed a natural thing to anchor rlght alongside her. I went ashore in a small boat and talked to the one in charge and see what we were to do. He showed me the master list of ships operating and there was the LST 376'with a notation Lost alongside it. He said he would work me back into the operation at once and I told him about the condition of my ship. Holes in the sides, boat davit hanging over the side, etc. He said things were going pretty good and they could afford the luxury of one more day so he would send some experts out and look over the 376. They came the next morning and were impressed that we could operate at all the way we were and made a report recommending immediate emergency repairs. Oh me! The hospital ship was loaded with nurses. The area around Lake Bizerte had sprouted Army Field Hospitals with nurses. Everyone else was operating and we had'this all to ourselves. We still had four small boats and rigged them up with aquaplanes behind and would take the Acadia group aquaplaning and then they would invite us on board for dinner. Good food and music. It was nice to see night come and not be afraid of it. v The work on us was to be done by a repair ship anchored in the lake not too far from the hospital ship and only a short ride to the beach where the Army nurses were. In contrast to the dazzling white of the hospital ship, girls there were rugged kids in fatigue coveralls that have been right with the Army through the Tunisian campaign washing daily with a helmet full of water. So they loved the. showers and tables with tablecloths in our wardroom and we made regular boat schedule to pick them up and return them ashore. They had transportation and we had time. Would explore the places around Bizerte and end with a good dinner on the 376. Had to make a personal wardroom schedule to keep the Acadia nurses and the Army nurses on a non-conflicting program. The biggest complication was when a second hospital ship, the Seminole, came in and anchored in our little group. Then we really went on a tight schedule. This went on from July 23 until August 7. Word gets around quickly and we were the envy of all those boys still making follow-up run after follow-up run. I always had respect for the intelligence of the Commander of LST's in the area and he showe his intelligence when he and his staff moved on board to live and operate. That very night the Acadia nurses gave a dance on board. The little devils spiked the punch A wonderful party and we didn't move back to the LST until 3:30 A.M. and I could see I might have a permanent guest in the commander and staff. It was here that I met an Army lieutenant in a little place outside Bizerte who loved ice cream and naturally couldn't find any around. I told him we made fresh ice cream in the freezing compartment of our wardroom refrigerator. He came back to the ship with me and ate to hls heart's content and I told him he could come back anytime as long as We were there. He was so grateful he took me to his place of business. This happened to be a big open space that was jammed with beaten up things. A supply center in reverse, His job was to dispose of Army material that was used, damaged and not able to be used for regular operations. He took me to a field of jeeps and aske me to take my choice. I could choose between one without this or thatl chose one without a windshield but most everything else in apparent working order. The lieutenant made out a paper without bothering to note that it was being traded for trays of ice cream, I sprawled a signature on the paper and drove off with my prize. In operations like these there are Army gasoline dumps all over and all I had to do was drive up to one and fill up. I kept that jeep for a long time. We made a place to secure it just inside the ramp on the tank deck. I had a small Navy flag mounted on the side right next to the missing windshield Clike I had seen on Patton's jeepj and it was a real thrill when we Went to a new place to go up to the dock, open the doors and ramp, and ride out in my short pants and sleeveless shirt with my flag flying. As I said, word gets around fast on LST's and soon it was a common sight to see skippers in the various things they were able to get their hands on - jeeps, German volkswagons, etc. riding off their ramps and going ashore, Bizerte was still being bombed at night but not every night. One was particularly heavy with 32 planes. Their main targets were the docks and ships at the docks. Without so many ships to shoot back and less flack falling back, it didn't bother us so much out where we were. Bizerte by this time was a cleaned up city with little places serving wine, even had a movie house. It was during this time on Julyt 216 we heard the news that Mussolini was all through in a y. By August 7th we were all fixed up and looked like a new ship. Loaded up and had a tearful goodbye with all the varlous nurses. The commander and staff had some tears, all theirs, as they left our ship. We formed up With a bi convoy for Palermo, Sicily. I must say that what I write about this trip is not so much from notes or memory, but from what I found out in the movie Patton.'f I never really understood what was going on in 3101137 Whlle we were playing with the nurses or why we dld what we did 1n these next few days until I saw that picture. We sighted Sicily on Monday, August 9, and went around the hlgh western mountains and into the outer harbor of Palermo. Anchored and they called us in to dock about 6:00 P.M. There had been a real battle here. The harbor is very b?al5 UD. We docked, and started unloading the bulk stores with the help of Italian prisoners. Had a ood part of It off the tank deck when an Army jeep dashed up to the bow and delivered me a message to stop unloading and prepare to load. Loadgasoline and ammunition, he meant, and We Were to take 1t up to the front lines. So all night long, in thls harbor that no one wants to stay in at night because It sets b0U1bf-ld, We load container after container of gasoline and ammunition. Planes came over three times but there had been a build up of our night fighter planes operating is Ellis .area 1n the past few days and they did a good gag . UV1118 the German bombers away from Palerm0 night. Au day long they Still piled those big barrel-like cans all over the main deck to where the tank deck could hold nO g-- ..'.Q , more. I was officially informed they were ' 13 k loading everything they could that night and vgglariulcd 18:12 at dawn with directions they would give us just before we left. Then I did a fool thing. This city was taken after a pretty good battle and the people were still getting over the effects. Many didn't have places to live, they were cooking in the streets in front of the crumbled buildings that once were homes. Children go to the bathroom in the same streets. They were desperate and I found out there was looting and stealing going on and a U.S. officer has to wear sidearms of a 45 pistol to go into the city. I heard with usual efficiency the Army had opened up an Officers' Club within two days of taking the city and I felt like seeing it. The mistake I made was going alone. I met some nice Army fellows and some of the local girls who had been carefully screened and were hostesses at the club. I was doing pretty good with the language barrier with one hostess when the club closed at midnight and offered to walk her home. I didn't realize why she took me up so quickly until we got out on that completely blacked out, shell damaged street. Couldn't see where we were going or what was around us. Somehow it wasn't so bad because there were two of us and she knew where she was going. I went in and met her mother, father and sister. The four of them living in one room they had put together with all sorts of blankets and curtains over the open spaces of the walls so they could use their candles and still be blacked out. I have never had such a feeling as when I left and walked out into the blackness again. I was scared all the time with the guns and bombs. But this was a different kind of paralyzing fear. I didn't really know where I was or how to get back to the ship, I couldn't speak the language to ask if I dared to talk to anyone and I knew that in every dark corner were people who would kill me without any feeling to get my 45 pistol Cworth moneyl and anything else I might have. It seemed like hours, but, of course, it wasn't, when I saw the glimmer of light coming from the tank deck of my LST at the dock. I don't really know how I got there. Never was so glad to see anything. The.Army came on board before dawn to brief us. Patton's Army was moving across the top of Sicily and going fast. They needed gasoline and ammunition to be in a certain Elace when they got there. They gave me a chart and their est uess of where I should go. They had sent LST 3 out two days ago and didn't know much about her except that she had been hit and hadn't come back yet. As long as -we were going anyway, maybe we could look for her too. I tried to find out if Patton hadn't yet gotten to where we are suppose to go, what is there now? They didn't know the answer. We went out the harbor and along the north coast of Sicily that had not yet been swept for mines. At 3:00 P.M. we found San Stefano, our point on the chart, we also found the LST 3 with a bomb hole in her stern sitting on the beach with her bow on dry sand and her stern sunk on the bottom. American Army personnel were yelling at us from the beach saying we should go to St. Agatha. I looked at the chart andrSt. Agatha seemed to be pretty far up. I dropped the anchor, put down a boat and went into the beach. They told me they were the advance.part of the offensive and the main body would be going through shortly, I wasn't sure who outranked who but I looked at the LST 3 and figured whatever games the Army was playing, I liked my LST and this was as far as we were going. Went back on board, got underway and took a slow run at the beach Cdidn't want to get stuck hereJ,.opened the doors and ramp on dry sand and turned the entire ship, including officers, to unloading. I went up on the road that runs along the shore and along a railroad track. Found the advance unit of the Army sitting there in their jeeps. I told them I thoucght it would be a good idea if they came down and helpe unload the Ship- They wanted no part of that ship and I was to find out ,W why. I found part of the crew of the LST 3 sitting around the road and I told them to come back to their ship with me. We went on the LST 3 and got the officers together and said I was authorized to give them a-ride home but first they and the whole crew would have to help unload the ship. The captain promised complete cooperation and he gave it. Around mid-morning a German fighter plane came in from the sea, took a good look at us and went over the hills on the other side of the road. About noon without warning a fighter plane hopped over the hill and, with no straffing and not much time to aim, dropped a bomb at us from a low altitude. It missed the back of the LST and the plane was gone in a flash. There was no shooting because we needed everyone to unload. This happened three times. Twice more that day and once the next morning. A hop over the hill, quick aim and drop a bomb in the water behind the LST. It was like a frustrated basketball player standlng all alone on the floor with no one opposing him and not being able to drop the ball in the basket. Why he never straffed I don't know. A few machine gun shells in all that gasoline and ammunition and OH BOY. I could see why the Army wanted to stay up on the road. Wouldn't even come down when I turned the other cheek and invited them to dinner. Then Army personnel showed up and took over the unloading. They had DVWKS to load on the tank deck and run off and the job began to get done. Went on all night and in the morning we began getting things that we could from the LST 3 on our ship. A bulldozer pushed the disabled LCVP landing boats of the 3 off the beach and in the water. We pulled them over to the 376 with our boats and fastened them with a long line to pull behind. I was right in the act and the LCVP I was riding was more badly damaged than the others. It sunk under me and I had to swim ashore. The bulldozer was helpincg to move some stuff near the bow of the ship and backe into our bow door so half of it wouldn't close. About 6:00 were ready to go when eight loaded LCT's came by and said they had orders for us to fuel them. While this was going on, the Army came down to tell me there was a captured German locomotive up on the railroad track pulling a load of ammunition to the front and it needed water. We ran some hose up to the road and watered it. At midnight we got underway and slowly made our way back to Palermo with one bow door opened. After seeing the movie Patton, I understand why he was making this headlong dash across the top of Sicily. It was to beat Montgomery coming up from the south. If I had seen the picture first, I don't think I would have gone to San Stefano. And I am glad I didn't go to St. Agatha. As a sequel to this, the crew of the LST 3 were given a citation and the skipper a medal and all sent back to the States. We got another job to do. As we were going into Palermo, the hospital ship Seminole, was also coming in. We anchored and I took a small boat ashore and went to Naval Headquarters and talked to the Admiral. He told me the 376 was scheduled to make a landing behind the enemy lines. I talked to him for awhile and told him about the bow door so he sent me down to the docks to act as an advisor to the captain in charge of loading. Before I knew it, I ended up at the Summer Place of the King of Italy and ate dinner at General Patton's headquarters with three generals and the captain from the docks. Ate off the King's plates in the beautiful dining room. Went by the Seminole and said hello. Back to the Admiral and got orders to go back to Bizerte and not go on the behind the lines deal. Joined up with a small group of LST's and proceeded to Bizerte to learn of plans for the next big invasion. One bow door is still open. That was the last time we were in Sicily for awhile. f Ehankzgiuing 15137 h A Q. 4 e 552 fffgfxss, N 'fp .Sf LQ xii? 'gf 1 .1 X 5 71,2 'V , 29 1, ,, fxfix, xxx., iz, if 1 41 P7 74 ,. 'ff 1 as ,J if .:5'i'DEfy3f?13f5.' fi .1 T 1- S NH 5,.5HX3fS?f..w 'Q 1 - f 1. .shes see... fwwee A we -J., . at, xxf. :gf in j liZq?:c3'Q U. S. S. BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. NEW YORK, N. Y. A Qlyaltlwgiviug CAPTAIN W. D. ERERETON. U. S. NAVY ...1JiH2nu... 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BROOKLYN sg - 1, r igigiiifixie I is CHRISTMAS DINNER N ' M. Si - sig' iii. ' '- . 25 ' DECEMBER ' 1940 ' Q .-.... -. e-' ..i-i.inr:g.r A HITS ff cfff gf? v ' afiin -' 'ik 1 'T.W'i'? i li - 5 .-x. Y be :.?-L,1f'A'.SfN.Qr17i jlLffQ'xllA2Z'fl:f ips Q W r .ii pr-iw ..M5.JWf.L.g..:1-iff-S-iff: CAPTAIN W W SM A '.i.SEffli7if:iTf?nf7'it 2ifS'fn'ie.5illniii'ff'fi i5 'ln2.?'F ' ' WH ' - - C d' Off' CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP COMMANDER r. C. DENERRINI4 . omE2::nfiT,i Oiiixi TOASTED CRACKERS Al' A Li i.-C a . E , H ..,, Je? M221 CSL: scifi. Ir. tlv:Cl - . Medical Officer ROAST YOUNG TOM TURKEY VIRGINIA BAKED HAM ' ' r-' . I' . - S-M-r f -' - - . errin . - - K A 5.55 hi it fx - --- VVS it' f Q Q A 9- V - First Lieutenant , 5 if, . If E QQ LTWI-Comdrl IA HI Thcchl IL Gunnery Omcer CRANBERRY SAUCE CELERY DRESSING 5 i l li l i f ini by L'eu 'COmd'i H' E- lohnson - . Navigator GIBLET GRAVY l I i X l X12 in f V-I.. Lieut.-Comdr. R. W. Cavena h - - . V 5 X i I fa U f. 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Parker J J bw l-lei-ll. figl W. T. Groner Chief Boatswain H. V. Randolph CIGARS CIGARETTES ' fmx , Y Lieul- ilgf L- Le Cross fDCl Chief Electrician P. E. Koon , .5 f Ensign H. C. Lank Chief Carpenter A. R. Clemens C' BROWN fir. .ns Ensign F- A. Hooper Machinist A. D, Robbins cniei cernnisseiy sirweie, U s. Navy . Ensign W- l. Valentine Radio Electrician A. B. Ward fx Q. rg: in f Ensign A. E. fakel Pay Clerk R. G. Cook Ensign W- l- HU9l l9S. lr. Machinist N. A. Smith , .A i , 4 iW1,, . C'-we 1 'Sg'wIH iggf- ' Q? mn. .JEQQW. will 9 . ij. 9' ' ' I 1 i, Ieieiign. .ROSTER OF OFFICERS M E N U P , - U- S- S- BROOKLYN CHRISTMAS DINNER r'Zi:'n frittonz rfifr. fioiw I'-as ---- si. in-fs ---- - -ees-ee.. .ss .. 25 - DECEMBER . 193 -. ' 9 Uni U. 5. si. S IQ: ip ' iifii Q tilts A - - ini R . ' if ' IU i Captain W W S 'th - - . . , li .1 , . . mi - Commanding Officer is 1 Sommander F. C. Denebrink - Executive Officer CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP ' lr f r- ieut.-Comdr. I. B. 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I The Commander, Naval Training Center I I requesls the pleasure of the company Inf A III I J MM 'ro wHoI-I IT MAY CONCERN: IMI attbeRecruitBrigadeReview This is to certify that HARDING, T.W. , Slc , is an authorized III I honoring 7 dgiverlicgr this vessel and is authorized to stay ashore I I I . - . 1 . 7 ' - ,r 'l . A ' II , iZz',6A1zif2f72wz4zaf! aEf:ee?a!5,7flQZj B er arty hours to drive ' Ship S car' 3 .E I I 3 1' , ' -f' I I I on J2fdz4gx,A2 ,za '7'Qf vzf24f pf I I I at ,inf .mock - F.c. LAYNE, ' ' f -f -. Commander USN. I I mm fgfzgfljlljg , If -,I J Exeeutive'off1cer. I I Z,?5'!,m! W7 W' -' My I I xzeefmflf - ,Q ,app I I I -110 I F -1 T' 57 -7-' -jl Q.x xf?2fX g, x 2 N X Xxx- y I ., E , A -K N fH12T ,MA ,rx Ju ' 'lDQ fl. 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Domain of Neptunus Rez ,gg , - ,fi 11 - T0 vmom mr cum 'mess mmm: if-gg.1s: '-f '2'Q,i 5 ' 0 Gamma nm ssvumx ' ff 5 1' Whereasg The good ship BR00?YN, bound southward for Neptunus Realm is about to enter our donning and t e a oresaid ship carries A large and slim cargo of landlubbers, beach-combers, sea-lawyers, lounge-lizards, parlor-dunnigans, plow deserters, park-bench warmers, chicken-chasers, ha'-toesere, ch1t-signers,sand- crabs, four-flushers, squaw-men, and all other living creatures of the land,and last but not least, he-vamps and liberty-hounds falsely masquerading as seamen, of which low scum you are a member, having never appeared before usg and Whereas,iThe Royal Court of the Raging Main has been convened by us on board h g d sh p USS BROOKL . n t e Seven day of larch 1941 at Longitude 158-31 88west, La u e - 3-cow, and an inspection ot our high Royal Roster shows that it is high tIEe the sad and wandering nautical soul of that much-ab- used body of yours appear before the High Tribunal of Neptuneg and Be It Known, That wg hereby summon and command you Z.E. Zebrowski. now a SEAlc U.S. avy to appear before the Ro al Hi U t A - ust Presence on,the aforesaid date at such time s y gn our an U8 a may best suit our pleasure, and to accept most heartily and wlth good grace the pains and penalties of the awful tortures that will be inflicted upon you. To be examined as to fitnessw become one of our Trusty Shellbacks and to answer to the following charges.: CHARGE I. - in that - F' .. Hi pq' 3 SEAQLC U. S. Nav has hitherto Wilfully all 0 0085571 failed to show reverence and allegiange to our Royal Person, and is therein and hereby a vile landlubber and pcllywog. CHARGE II. - TRYING TO IMIPERSONATE A SHELLBACK Disobey this summons Under Pain of Our N-nf H! Sw f Vigilance is Ever Wakeful, Our Vengeance is 5ugta::dTg11::g3le mspleasure. our Given under our hand and seal. Attest, for the King: 'ggi mu lens, Rim Name ' Ohms in Full. Surname to the Leftj i Name 8h 28 nc 4ameinFul1.Sux-namcco fry csevse No-I Ru' A 81, 23 Rue Sze Dmhpomd About November,16, 19h0 s ' N09 ,U S S f.R.pm.a Ab...a. NUWUDUT 16, 191.0 ' QPrehent Sip or Btntionb o NTS, Newport, 3.1. - 181:19 or Staten Received Frornh On Sept. 3, 191+-2, participated as member of crew 'U.S.S. BROOKLYN, attached Task ' Force 38, in rescue ei ees of 1173 survivors from burning U.S.S. WAKEFIELD. G. G. mmm, cdr., U.s.N. On--Nov. 8, 19l.2, participated, as member of crew U.S.S. BRCDKIIN, attached Task Force 3l., in bombardment md silencing of Chez-gui shore battery Chenchl near Fedhala and then in three separate victorious actions uith French mval forces off Casablanca, French Morocco, Mr 1080 G. G. PERRIIG, CQmd1'., U.5.N. DeteTnnoferred To v igmtureendRankofCanfnuxdinl0f5oer. Deke Received Alaoardz, ' flied hip or Stadonl 1143! Ship or stlfi0l'l7 hwl'll.iRll'lEd'CCIlmll'dil1omRf. DUPLICATE ron sur... ENLISTED nuws ncxnr J..-,.. - 1 .S . S . BRQKLYN ' KPreoent Ship or'StntionJ NTS, Newport, RJ, C369 or Station' Retxived Fromj 7 March, 191.12 Crossed the Equator and intitiated into Royal Domain of Neptunus Rex. Long. 16602l'OO , Lat.. ooooomooff as Loyal shenback. 11. larch, 191.12 Crossed the Inter- national Date Line from East to West at Long. 180oOO'OO , Lat. 26ol+7'l,B S0uthe F. C. DENEBRINK, Comnander, U.S, Navy 1 Apr., 191.1 Detailed as crew's meesmang extra couqaensation credited. F. c. DENEBBINK, cqmmder, u.S.N. Date Transferred To ignlture and Rank of Commanding Oliioer. Date Received Aboard: CNN Ship or Station! Cast Sip of Shtionl lignltme and Rank ofOanmending Officer. DUPLICATE ' ,lan-Li :au .lg-rin ggxgucxgf , This is a sample of the Enlisted Personnel Records that were kept for each man during and a short while after World War ll - Date .- ,,,,,, ,,. ,- ' lgmff N N 47 -ANCHOR WATCH ,,,, Rate 441245 1931... . f A-,-,,,1uJ,y,.2.s.,..1a4.1. .......---- ------- - - Bluet NO, ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, , FIRST PART sEcoND PART Mail M wn-eg N R H WA'1f-'B Ngu R B W' Request ' ' ' ' GM . . - , ,- i No. uf' I U' WH No.- , ' ' '- - , VALENZUELA, A.s. If seeze 120 23 ' gif ....,,... .... Ee.s1.e...E.Q....:i?. ............ -- ' ' - 'POLISKY, E. V Sealc 220 -24 o 5 SUTHERLAND, CQH. if seele 240 oz o - ...srsAussssass.a....M...JL .se.s1.Q... .ass .Q..-...... ---- R HARVEY, N,R, V Sea2c O20 040, --,,-,,,,, ,,,, ........., ,,,,,-,- ,,---- s,-..- .......,....LA..cusr....a-a-...,-...ef......se.eae....oz so- R lp MOODY, R.G. 'V Sealc O4 -T n to E w ...-.........smmoan..s.s...-......14......se.e1e,..oss Reason: - -- - -- , H ,,-.,.,,,,,-,agen-zegisxiiq,.gr5Ll..9is.Qnz:.1sal...s9B12s319J2.4.....------ ' ' X5 L, QA!-Q -.- .......... -- ..... -.1. .... ,.,, - H - -ummm- W,,,.sgg..AyerJ.grprg,gran..xx..sneJ3Qr..:reS.sl11......Q...... ' . -- ---- - - -r -------'-------------- --------' R - ..... ..-hh . Leave address: - ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,lm ,---4----,.,,,.-,.,,,L,,,,,,,,-,,,,,.,,,,,,, and ktC1d1DGO,mCH'- Instructions for taking a Regulation Shower ---- 1- -----------------'--------- ----------------'--'---- ---'--- - . Wet down as quickly as possible. . Turn off shower. 1 2 3. Soap down good all over. 4. Turn on shower to remove soap. 5. Dry down and clear the shower room quickly. 6. Living in suclii closehquarters as wave do, it is very good practice to ta e a s ower every ay. But before showers were installed. REMARKS: ----- -----------. 1. Each man take your scrubbed and shined bucket to draw ' APPROVED : 2 your ratios of water. --------------- ---- ---- e - - -- ---------...... .... - . irst scru . your teeth. , R , . 3. Shave. M ' 4. Scrub your clothes and hang them in the designated ' 1 1 ,I places to dry. lf ff 5. Use the remainder of the water to take your bath. ' 6. Clean and shine your bucket for inspection. Note! the MAA has been directed to pick up all clothes hanging ln the berthing compartments, ----------------------------------- K Executive Oificerj , WM- , . g .. . 1 llyg I I,,. I ,VW 77. Vfvg, V LQZLV. Z. M wig, 1 T -. , v I g vl-.1 . 1 1- 5 T 5 I -- 5 ' ' 1 1 Tj! 5 , Q A 1 - 'T :,py-' ' M. Q I l V A uw 'gv ff I - h 5 X E iw U H i 'V Lili wvxgfg Yivllrlht , f' H-,,, I - ' ' , .. a H -- A-1' A' ' 3 , , ' - L ...... . ' ' U L cl' ll, 1941 T f . 3 w U 5 5 V5 'R 71 V I A x,- ' 5 - . 5 l ' i V ll W l . . kg 3 ? I T y . E vs K? 9 I X . f ,f s I l , , C, X xl .,, T.. , R lf 1 xl Xll hi..-if ' Z A. Ti-A-L-IHSQVJ W- !'5 . .Z IT. fr, ' '. A ' 3 K 'Z 'Edited 'oy 1 1 T ' Luc , U41 S 1 'illcklllflc' .A A-P CY 5 9 ,,:. . I .Ju ..,, ,M .. - ,. l W 5 f Z 'X J X 'I ' 5 -I ' if T Lf , ' i f wss rr WW . - ' H . l ' Q ,lk CI ,s n E' K ' f-an FOR , lil 'N , -f1,...,fT7 '47 A . 'ffitisl , X P ., N .. -q.f3f'fj sz, , ei L k ARMY 2 lx , Millenia I 7: if L -SW-V? L I ' AND Q 'w ,. , TQ '. ,-Tv , ' '.'?T1l'liLl . If i g B I IM S X Jr an All ' Kvvxxiwwiib, T 11. ' iq iv, .,1 - TE ll NAVY . 1 4 x g - . -4 ,I Mfgfgml I A , - A V USE ' I f T wa v- 1 ' 1... T W I l ,J z - X , 11 l ,- ' 3 5 A if. - l s i if ' Qmm-fa gi ,, , ,, Z aff! IWQ K 1 L I 1 1 T ffi1i :'L'?a: C 5 : A ll Ag , . C .fp :E 'rl' . f- p:rT.z-:fi-:li.,,gt::-:ha X .- h . ..,, sf. .. if 2 f ..i.i 1 - I . ' -I: . , ,P fig' , Q - 5 f Faq, P MMF' Y 1 ' , , .f-1. T - ' M rl ','1Zy. 0007? 'F You ViffV 7' fl 5'6H'T , ' THo5Ex5,,flll-I7 1 T . LW lil- 1 ' 1 ,I LONG 'HHNDA-ED DRAWQRS! '. - - 1, ima' j A ZE.gj.,i,-R Q ..... --W- ss- , H . ffmam l , l ' 5,63 E .. .. , W -v' fw 1 -v. ' --.4 Y S, A FEW GUOD SAILORS TO SERVE A SAILOR After the security of childhood, and before the second, we find a bunch of good guys called, SAILORS . They can be found anywhere, on ships, in the air fwhat they call Airdalesl, in the clouds, under the sea, in bars, behind bars, on leave, in Love, and in debt. They come in assorted sizes, weights, and states of sobriety. Girls love them, towns tolerate them, and Uncle Sam supports them. ' A SAILOR is bravest with a deck of cards, laziest with a gun, and a protector of the seas with a copy of PLA YBOY'i He has the energy of a turtle, the shyness of a fox, the brains of an idiot, the stories of a Sea Captain, and the as irations of a Cassanova. He also has the sincerity of a child, the appetite of an elephant. When he wants something it is usually Extra Liberty. Some of his likes are, Girls, Women, Dames, Females, Dolls, Daughters fbetween the ages of 6 and 605 and also the opposite Sex. His dislikes are, answering letters, wearing his uniform, his Superior Officers, fthat's not necessarily truel Marines, the chow, his haircut, and getting up on time. Nobody else can cram into a little black book, A Jane Mansfield calander, a deck of cards, a beer opener, what's left of last weeks pay. He likes to spend money on girls, beer, girls, movies, girls, and the rest he will spend on booze and girls of assorted kinds. A SAILOR is a magic creature, You can lock him out of your home, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can brush him off your mailing list, but not out of your mind. You might as well give up, He's your long away from home lover, and your one and only blurry eyed, goo for nothing bundle of worry. But all your shattered dreams seem insignificant when your SAILOR comes home and looks at you with those blurry, bloodshot eyes and says, HI HON . - November 15a,l9h2 l attle Areas in Tumsta I 'A GENOA YUGOSLAVIA I A FRANCE LA S EZ'A -swssszssssf' fiTOUi5'N 555lil2..IiTALY ROME asses 4 fiuzenfe nip r ' an ,,,,,,,,,,,,, , tryna? T555 -, . ,, A ff M .... , :E U' GERLA ,' 'Z .... U, ff- L V 1 F' 'T in ag xx 5 . l O :cg 'N -T-F?TR'P0'-lif5552iiiissssezsssssssssss V1 U' K ' V' a ,f XI ! MISURATA WSIRTE X ,..... 'c YW' LIBTYA ' IP, A'4jt1I5iiy1l'lLQm gg H33 I g--F Allied an-I Axis forces clashed -yesterday at the BlZ0l't0 IHIVHI base as the Allies entered Tunisia from Algeria KNO. on U10 P13177 from the KVes1c. The Axis .forces advanced, on BIZCITG C50-u 2 on the mapp from the North and East. Italians came from Corsica and as far away as Nice QNo. 3 on the mapj, German b0Iubers.at- tacked ports and shipping at Bone and Bougic, southeast of Algiers KNO. 1 on nmpy while the Vichy radio reported a large number of French troops had occupied .Puulon QA on .mapj while the RAF re- ported smashing airdromes near Tunis QB on the mapj and other sea engagements were reported at the southern end tdotted linejl trom Tripoli up the coast and across as far as Malta. 1? In this area of the Mediterranean each man in BROOKLYN did more to serve his ship than in any part of the worldxthus far visited by.Her. His job had to be done to the best of his ability, and his part of the team had to be 'ust ab t f J ou per ect to have engaged the Enemy held territory as many times, and as many laces. T h ' ' p o ave sailed her home after a period of 15 mo th ' n s continuous duty, and not have lost a man to the enemy. Operating in this area and back to the invasion of North Africa, 8 November 1942 until the day They departed for home was an awful lot of time here in the 2 years and 5 months th t BRO . a OKLYN and her Crew were a very lmpolgtangz and effective part of the Atlantic and Mediterran- ean ee s. After these three pages of Artwork, here are just a few of the many Sailors to cross her Quarterdeck, Fight Her, Fight for her, Eat her Chow, Sleep 1n her bunks, Clean her sides and yes, Her bottom too. Don't forget her Flags and bunting, and those of you who saw, and rece' d we t f th Comlng Pennant , will long remember? par 0 e Home THE PHUQQDELPPIIA INQUIRER s gg V e - MONDAY Moi3cN1NaG.,,JU,LY ig, 19,43 MILES CU?gRCg7la1Ag6Zl?g4ENT it T 0 ,so ATIONS IN Msssmia smur 5' Q AIRFIELDS' 1 SICILY si' M- . ' 'V 'f:.,,-'.:,.., ' ' n Qjyx! 9,0 S435 Jah ZfZfZffjf'1::S'1', 4 Y' 9 o 5f.f253E2i'- ' cr v ,,,s'9,y -:SA c TRAPAN' si. 4' 'Y ' SEFRYANN' ,.5gSgiss5E:E:5:TAoriMnNX REGGIO T 0 gb ' Giigtfigli ' CM., oil asf., ,, '-f22':QRT9.'E+i1PEbbCLif5s: CATANM xg., BON 19:1 Qc bo AGRIGEN1'o,':E33:'g':'-sr UG TA gs- .gb-5 S Gr 'r uCArA':.f:.:.azffqa-.1 A Us 1331- 19' ' 13E1'3Q0W505- 5:2-' .-.rfia-2-' 6 1'1:2i-:- SYRACUSE . wi, :'.'z:::i1. 0 uni., .Bo r:,,.yNl2f.-.2 Q9 PACHINO aiziiiftiifiifff-Z P- :r,,c ,,o,,,v 47 ESEQKQNFIDAVILLE Q S i-:namely Q as6Usss:1. LAMPIONE LINOSA , ' g 5 5-'LAMp5DU5A MALTA Mediterranean Sea SICILIAN AIRFIELDS TARGETS OF INVASION Some of the principal Allied objectives in the invasion of Sicily are the island's air fields. This map shows the key air bases fplane symbolsl bombed steadily by Allies, in pre-invasion assaults. Arrows indicate Allied F 1-', o .STATUTE MILES zo T SICILY raiders' bases. ' isumw NU Pusuuvfnj f SYRACUSE T Floridia , x Palazzolo 0 ' Carricallini Y Q Cassibile T RAGUSA NOTO Avola. Medica r 1 w Rosolini ' fi .Spaccaforno Pozzall' packing Marzamemi Z Pgrri ' ' Pa ,O Z ' 0 Cape Panera 1 Z Corren ti Is. Z S Mediterranean Sea --:lu KEY BEACHITEAD IN ALLIED HANDS ALLIED EHIEFS WAHN By IVAN I-I. QCYQ PETERMAN Continued From First Page coast, covered by heavy flre from both British and American naval forces, as well as those of the Royal Indian, Dutch, Greek and Polish navies. Apparently the Sicilian invasion compared with the one which eight months previously, almost to the day, landed American and British troops in North Africa. North African Air Force pilots returning, from flights over the island reported that the ships were strung out for miles early Satur- day. BIGGEST FLEET It was the biggest fleet I. ever saw, said Lieutenant Nathaniel Robins, of Wappinger Falls, N. Y. On the edges he saw destroyers, and in the middle, invasion barges with merchant ships on the out- side and in the rear. The mass of boats and their wakes made a pretty spectacle, he 'd sai . American aircraft, which out- numbered any other in the theater, soared over the beaches without Sl'V1Y.Hho' env ann'-my ffhfw- .......- ...- - chutisrs,Glider TTOOPS First to Attack e idly bl 5- 23, U ' 12 ,, fs--:az . ' 517 an gona V n :Messina J .San,- , KJ 'Q aww d,-.FQICO MnIazzD:ifffx??ig!o n, , Wo - 2 ...E-.: I ff- 'I lo 1 '- x 1' , . Q3-AQ pa 'mo 2g5B rc9llona Mfg ' ' ' A L 3' '? ' -- . --Q., Coffin , 2aaz.F2 a . 1 -. X Castellammare ,1.-.-- , -r -:1 -'f-?:'f y 1 174, g-F 1 - rf- f as'-i f Q M' ,ynffa -t?::: -5:-: 'flgi-'-1 , A P 'X--' - 'S ,,l ',v1s fkorizzo --Z sex 9 .H l j T333 ' f. - ti Melito Y V ii A V , ,-Q ' -nu. -O -I 'nf' Kay. .. ' Y final? - i -n - Lercara'f , A - f 'X ' mm ' 3 f. -'ij-I-, ' JE- -sal ,Z aa V4 '-' '51-- L ,,,. 1' ' . Q fa: . se I L 1 Erma 3 -:-.,, A ,ge I Mann . astelvefranot, V., Q wx r 1 ,mgh - ' ff? 1. If c i- V T-W -' -3-E: ' SNTSS1 Acnreale Q - A, X' Caltgnggsetgagi-g-S.. ' n . - i ' - ' r- - ..- S-Q' . Sclicca iff' QA' if :ii-'Ti Catania .2-I -ia.-L:,: , . 5 ff At 'A . .. xQ A9 9 2s-5' L ginlfatfl 4 S Licaf f' K fjgig'p1:1+:i y y - fel a s Swfewse -.l ' ' ', , -. 'Q-: -35.- - .1 1 .Vittoria 210- ' -Qagugqi ' . A 05 r-- a , A -.la ff .iCQlTlISO' .y -safer-Nags x ,I ., , .n ysx ns-- T owl Q A ' m'4L:', .?iiig3 - . A t 1 . A . as y J ' - A A 3 1 A f lg d d A ,J t i A A V - ' r . 'agen'-vqiggh-ru,-44,,,,,,,,-,..T.At..- .H - f- A: ---, A-'H---f 'T--- 'tf'rhjjfj ' :rf ,QC H , A ,Q 'l . A .V : i ., ' rj-fi? ,--Ib 'I , ,, , I , I I I I A L ines' - 2 Ai I I J JF ' X - : a l N- t 5.2gas5s1ggy3j:+,:,, gg A , - . , -5:2 k u, ' .......a ,.... .' - A lvfazi ff-11.5 r l 4' A19 C7'lf9f'l'G,lfI e cz n Je 0, p,,,.Y1Nw,.m,fAffc WHERE ALLIED T-ROOPS'ADVANCfE' BEACVHHEADS IN SIGILY While Allied domination in the air virtually isolated , , . Sicily from the mainland, more invasion troops farrowsi and arrowsj after landing at Ragusa and other inland? were reported yesterday to have landed near Syracuse points. American troops captured the vital bridgehgad on the east coast. Canadian and British troops attacked of Gela and warships -blasted an Axis- tank column-which Cape Passero from two sides and joined forces across the tried to attack them as they waded ashore. Otherlandmgs southeast tip after faptllring P2Chi110- American para- were reported -at Licata, Canicatti and AraZ0Ha- - ' ' age '2,' pictures on Pages 3 and 141 Chute troops were fighting to reach the coast tSYmb0l I Other mvaszon maps 'on P 120 r ,Q Palini iii? -1 x E It I it BW'- ' , is .I I, M4 CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS NAPLES, ITALY, 11 March 1944 seated 1 to r: Diamond CCM, Sanchez CMOMM, Bassett CWT, Bumbaugh CPhM, Riley CTC, Anderson CMM, Genessee CBM, CMAA, Griffin CBM, Penn CAMM, McBain CBM, Nadeau CFC, Tyler CBM, standing: Wyatt CSP, Little CWT, Bowman CMM, Hebert CWT, Heaton CEM, k8DtSlIcI5li'gRM, Kendrick CMM, Eaton CSF, Olson CGM, Robey CWT, Lord CWT, Hamm CWT, atez . FIRST DIVISION SECOND DIVISION il., -5? - DIVISION t FOURTH DIVISION - EIGHTH DIVISIONl I FIFTH DIVISION NINETH l Q2 .-4 ' ,ff ,, f Wil? WM? BOILER DIVISION ELECTRICAL DIVISION FIRECONTROL DIVISION MA CHINER Y DIVISION I I I I REPAIR DI VISION T INTELLIGENCE DI VISION I A VIA TI ON DI VISI ON I V1 f COMM UNI CA TI ONS DI VISION 1 f . . I I I I I I I -1 ip- ,1,i -lunu.3.-.,------- V STE WARDSMA TES XM' mf I 2 X :,f 'l Yr? Y will 'WW ' 3 '4laa QUARTERMASTERS kneeling: Jackson Y3, Seidel BugM3, Shorty McDonough Slc, Perkins QM2, Freyser Slc. seated: Young QM2, Collins Slc, Anderson QM3, Roberts AeroM2, McGill QM3, F.A. Rock CQM, Jacobs QM3, Pertell QM2, Gilpatrick QM1, Iasillo BugM3, Taylor Slc, standing: Lt Qigj Bill Cosby, Donohue BugM lc, Wilkes QM2, Holm QM2, Burns BugM lc, Lewis Qm3, Brooks Qm2, Most Slc. I f ' 'SF wzfgl. g Q .f 'Q 4 5 i'?.vsfs-ff?,,,., -4 iv . io 7'f '4l ' ' - + I - iw ., , ,, H, , fm, . 5 I 1' llflkqgr ,r K' Q f L -,Ji IE 'iw 'K- x 15 P Q S UPPL Y DIVISION .Ja ff- ,gf Y f . ' A-if 521' 4 f... . r Joe GENESSEE, CBM, the only Pennant up, Pennant down Sailor. Served many months as Chief Master At Arms. 3 J- - , X, . I, If 1' - f --M, ., , ',,M,w, -- I f' f . K , Q ' 'A -' rc A -- 1-' ' A - . . ' ' - r W H A, f .QST-w'f'1w ,,,5'.'3M-f,.,sf -A ft? '-2-fin.. '32 1 if .5 mg, r f.'ifN --W' , CQ ff: L La -'-1-Q- x , M5 , Y' 3 ' - . ff .f,31 f' I ff' 6 fc' 'rw--Mrffsf-. ' . -.M-a'1.A,,..-,fi-I , .V A-fy, - -ff' Q , w-,xr .I '-sw , ew.. 3 L I., JJ''W r K-M r' ' mi M' ,win :rf ' N-:ln ' 5 'six' ee' , ,I fi ,H-V' - :nfl . my ',..f .I ..wQf'g-' fe-Nao. 'rv-'Tv 1-so ,,..f,T+.Tg 'Q-'f 1-'J-V -ah 4715 Q, Z. 1dfwj..:..ff-,S g , ,,,,,,55g1QLvmg A I X fs i -- , 'N' 5:-gmc., iffy? rg, , gil L sr. .157-lights N, ,, I I - , V 1 , ,3ve.,-ffff , ff-cg--. AQ, A 1. , 'fn N.,-gg,-A wfcfa..-fwf1f ',Q ws9c.,+Q:f-4. ,lf .sv ,,, ,, ,, .M I ,M , A., , ,Q -.,,..z.g-f , . I ,I ,r2,..f-w ffm!'.-'1 'W ,ai MQ- --nk 2 -- , .,. 'N S 'Ali - 'L if fe s.im fri- n xsd ' . . 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' V nw, .... -Q ., ... ...z - f SWIM CALLf BEER IS COLDL CATACOMBS, PALERMO, SICILYf SWING AND DANCE I .,,v,f 2 , 4, 'fmpvx 4: ,, , 2'.q...,-ff ,,,, , ,, ,.,,-,,.,,n. fj,,:r4y',f, far.-?',-1i'Yf'f-+atrrmn,I ' W f'f: f' -'. - 'K'-'vii'-' XJ- .. ' ' 'af-. ' 2952:-sMi,s4,f'f ,ima -A .. N . l -t1l HOSPITAL DIVISION, 11f1944 seated l to r: Ingoglio Phml, Snider Lt. QMCJ, Dr. Moran LtCDR Senior Medical Officer, Rondeau Phm2, Kelley Phm3, Ferro Hal, Bumbaugh CHM, Stampeles Lt. CDCJ, lngleson Phm2, Hudy Phml, Standing: Torres Ha2, Chase Phm3, Hubbard Ha2, Schwartz Phm3, Sobey Phm3, Curtis Phm2, Talkowsky Phml, Wozdilski Ha2. Marion E. JONES, HMC, USN fretl was born 10f1f19 in Colfax, Iowa. He enlisted in the Navy 1f4f39 and underwent Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. with Company iil-39. JONES reported to BROOKLYN while the ship was on patrol in the Bermuda, Is. area. He was assigned to the H Division and was advanced through the grades to Chief Petty Officer in 1943. His wife is Helen, and they have one daughter, Lori Rice born 5!5f56. She presented them with their first Grandson, Ryan Robert Rice in December 1978. From BROOKLYN, Chief Jones was transferred in April 1944 to the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. From there he went on to serve in several ships of the Amphibious Navy and with the Marines, 7th Division and C Medical Co. He retired from the Receiving Station, Treasure Island, Calif on 10f27f58. After retiring he was employed by the S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co. for 5 years as a Field Representative on the West Coast. For the past 16 years he has been employed by Solano County Welfare Department. As a medical Administrator for 8 years, and for 8 years as Food Stamp Administrator, in Vallejo, Cal. He plans to retire in 1982 with about 18 years of service. Robert M. BUMBAUGH, HMCS, USNR-R was born 618118 in Harrisburg, Pa. He entered the Navy by enlistment 3f1f41 and reported to BROOKLYN in New York City in early 1942. He was assigned to the Medical Department and advanced through the rates to Chief Petty Officer and was the Chief of the H Division. In 1945 he was transferred to Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. and on to Naval Supply De ot, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Released from Active Duty 1f16i16. He is now an Active USNR-R Driller HMCS, and is employed by the Blowing Rock Hospital as Director Respiratory Therapy and Physicians Assistant. His wife Nancy B. and 2 grown sons with 2 grandchildren make up his family. Life has been very happy and full, and for this he thanks God and praises Him. All of the Crew of BROOKLYN were the very best and memories are all good all of us so young and yet it is as though it were just a short time ago in many ways. 124 1 Jan. 1939 Marion E.. JONES 1943. l M.E. JONES and wife Helen, 1978. M.E. JONES, Lori, and Mrs. Jones. Note Grandad and Grandmother's look of the very proud Grandparents, it is the First One, that's for sure. R. M. BUMBAUGH, HMCS, USNR-R R.M. BUMBAUGH and Nancy B. BUM- BAUGH fbelowl Included in this picture are a few of the Good Men of the Navigation Division. left to right: Perkins, QM3, Shorty McDonough Slc, Joe Iasillo BurM 3c, McGill QM 3c. Enjoying the Liberty, 1f9!45 at Hotel Lincoln, 44th 8a 45th Streets, and Eight Avenue, New York, New York. Joseph A. IASILLO, born 12f19f19 in Denver, Colorado entered the Navy 6f7f42 and received his Boot Training in SanfDiego, Calif. He reported to BROOKLYN in January 1943 as one of the ships Buglars, being assigned to the N Division for his duties. He was advanced from Seaman lc to Buglarmaster 3c on 17 May 1944. Upon being detached in February .-1945 he was assigned to shore duty in San Diego, Calif. a ain. 15 May 1945 he was given an Honorable Discharge, and returned home to Denver. For several years he was employed for himself as a mechanic and then went gm fvorla for the city of Denver, and the city of Wheatridge, o ora o. Decorations include the ribbons for operations in the Atlantic and European Waters, with stars for Sicily, Anzio, and Southern France. Joe's wife, Eleanor works for the Gilmore Enterprises doing office work. They have a Son and Daughter and five Grandchildren, 2 boys and 3 girls. David C. GILPATRICK, born 7f18f18 in Davidson, Maine, enlisted in the Navy 1!2!42 and received his Boot Training at Newport, Rhode Island f18 days onlyl then reported to BROOKLYN 1f21f42 in the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. He was first assigned to the F Division, and then to the N Division where he was advanced through the rates to Quartermaster 1c 411144. He married Elizabeth CBettyJ Cooper 4f5f42. Decorations: American Defense Medal, American European Theatre, Good Conduct, and the stars and awards of BROOKLYN's Operations. On the 25 August 1945 after being transferred to the USS Clarke, Gilpatrick was discharged to go home. HG Immediately headed for a Civilian Career as Sales Representative of AC Spark plugs Division of General Motors, Connecticut Territory, and finally Eastern Massachusetts Territory until April 1953. Is now with Dorman Products Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio where he has been for the last 27 years in a commission selllng position. Joe and Eleanor IASILLO 9f30f78 in San Diego, Calif. below is Joe in New York, July 1943. W 3, .4 f I My -..... ,f-4. if E 'Q 1 fi, if at 5 2 -' Q Q .. N1 sf-Cf- N ft . up 1 2 fi , M 2 I ms in 4 .29 'Kg V is' .532 . fl it .av My 5 4' Q x w f I f fig. is W U rv . 1 X97 f' 4 - ,-...,...,.4,.. :W p ,,, Q, . , 4, an , . . F f. -...M I PNA R ,,,. , ,. S 1, ,g,'.:5, ff A ,J 'fr 4: get , ff, if gg ' ' if ff 'X '93 1 NNN f David C. GILPATRICK, QM 1, USN., 1944. Betty and David GIL- PATRICK on their 35th Wedding Anniversary, Cape Cod, Mass. 4f5f78. A iiii 5 4' 1 4 ,I J. , VkYN.,,X M i N. ' ' ' ff! Z if , 2 Eff L 1 l 9 Q s Q f or X J ' ' A group of the Orphans invited onboard for a Christmas Party. Valletta, Malta 1943. This event has been remembered by several of the old crew members, and is hereby very well said by one of them who was there for it. David C. GILPATRICK, QM 1'c. At the bottom of this page is a memory of the many times. for a short while that we were able to take in the slack just a little after the many days on the line, and ready for the unexpected. W. Orvil YOUNG, QM lc, USN was born 7131! 20 in Booker, Texas. He entered the Navy by Enlistment, August 1942, received his Boot Training at US Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. From there to Quartermaster School, Newport, Rhode Island. He reported to BROOKLYN in the New York, Navy Yard on the First of February 1943, and he reported as a Quartermaster 3c. He advanced through the grades to that of Quartermaster 1c and was the Leading Petty Officer of the N Division at the time of his discharge in October 1945. YOUNG was married to wife Lorraine on 2f1!42 and his first Son was born 8!7f43, they named him Raymond Orvil and his father did not see him until December 1944 after the invasion of Sicily. This Son is in the Auto Parts business with his Father in the town of Rialto, Calif. Cary Layne Young, the second son of the YOUNG's was born on 10f9!45, just 5 days after his father's discharge from active duty. He bears the names of two of the more prominent of the BROOKLYN's Skippers, Captain R.W. Carey, and Captain F.C. Layne. He is now an M.D. and is Director of Medical Science Department Stanford Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. The third of the YOUNG boys is Mark Allen, born 12!18f50 and is the Director of Development, Western Montana College, Dillon, Montana. The YOUNGS have five Granddaughters, Chrissy 10 years, Jenny 6 years, Amy 7 years, Amber 5 years, and Katie 4 years. They also have two Grandsons: Philip IW years, and Christopher is 5M months old. ' After discharge, Young went back to the Bank of America job until 1947 when he went to Home Oil Co. in Pasadena, Calif., as Sales Manager and Bulk Plant Manager until 1963 when it sold out. Then to Featherstone's, Inc., an Auto Parts wholesale distributor as District Sales Manager. In 1965 he had an opportunity to buy a Partnership in Redlands Automotive sales an Auto Parts Jobber, in Redlands, Calif. He sold out to his partner in 1977 and found another Parts House that was, and still is a challenge to operate. 4 M From 1942 until 1945 there were many events that could be considered to be outstanding. From the early stages of the war while on convoy duty in the North Atlantic, Dodging the Submarines, and setting tight in the Air Raids. The many Invasions, starting from Casablanca, North Africa and Orang Mers El Kebir: Licata, Sicily: Anzio, Italy: Southern France: plug the supportive fire for the Fifth Army and the Many Air Raids in Naples Harbor, along with the eruption of the volcano, Mt, Vesuvius, and yes, running afoul of the mines in the mine field. Every event in its own time seemed Outstanding. However, the one event that I can never forget and therefore would have to pick as the most OUTSTANDING took place on that Christmas Day, 25'December 1943 in the port of Valletta, Malta. At the time it was the British Naval stronghold in the Mediterranean, It was the fortune of the Mighty B to be invited to be the Christmas Guests of the Admiral of Malta. The Island was the most frequently Bombed target of the war which had reduced it to a rubble, and had resulted in very heavy casualties to the Defenders and left a tremendous number of Orphaned Children for such a small island. In the True Spirit of Christmas, the Mighty B rose to the occasion and invited about 300 Orphans and Maimed Children onboard for a Christmas Party and Dinner of Turkey, Ham and all the trimmings, served by Her Crew, with more Volunteers than could be used. This was the event that I can never forget. W. Orvil YOUNG and wife Lorraine. This is a picture of YOUNG at his High School's 40th reunion, taken in November 1978. below W. Orvil YOUNG. As he is about to become, Lt. Gover- nor, Kiwianis, which he will become in September 1980. 4 :cas - R 4 ,, - V . 9' . 5. I W. . X B 2 lll .A SX- x Sis c ,h-as 31 X xxx K.., -.e. is - X as , EX Q .N i'e- -'-. I . X f X k.-l,,- kfVk ..,A X Sf. '..i 15 Ti r. s XX f t' .Lf X . 1 ye.. Lynn and Bob MUELLER with Granddaughter Melissa. Robert A. MUELLER was born 7!16!22 in New York, New York. He enlisted in the Navy 9f17f40 and received his Boot Training at Newport, Rhode Island, and was transferred to BROOKLYN upon completion while the ship was in Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif. He was assigned to the 1st Division, and later to the Navigation Department as Navigators Yeoman. He was advanced through the rates to YN 2c and on 18 February 1943 was transferred to the Receiving Station, Norfolk, VA. for duty in the USS Yorktown detail, a new ship to be commissioned. Five 13 above left, Bob MUELLER 1943, right Jolly Civilian MUELLER was married 6f26!43 and Divorced in June 1966. To the marriage there were three children born. Robert A. Mueller, Jr., 5f30!45: Richard G. born 12!17!46: Randy E. born 5f14f56. Randy has gone on to become an Aviator with the USMC, and in 1970 he made Captain and augmented to the Regular Marine Corps. In January 1978 he was flying a large Sikorsky helicopter on a tour of duty in Okinawa. Pictures of the burning of the Wakefield were submitted by Bob. . , , ,V .K Q I Herbert Edward MURRAY, commonly known as Ed was enlisted j M, A I in the Navy 1!2!42, and was given a very short Boot Camp, and Herbert E. MURRAY, S2c, ...aff 1 I the 1st day of February was sent to a ship. He reported on USN. 1942 BROOKLYN in Norfolk, Va., and remained as a member of the Crew until 4f24f43 when he was transferred to the USS Monterey CCVL 261. uiifdur nriice numb.-:ry Surname? Urifsf mmol umtiao ....te.:p..':..8+.:1d.fz..fgPa.f:.. NAVY PAY RECEIPT November 3, 1943 fSh.ip or sta tionj ina te, I acknowledge to have received from the Disbursillg Officer' In S person and IN CASH, on account of pay, the SUII1 Of! ' --+'---i- Dollars QAmount in wordsl fPayoe's ' U. S. N . mls Fingerprint QRanIc or ra ting? I ' lltind E , 'f ' ' pecif , , - ' ' ' ' urea, ods: dllgiirizdmprmeggnlg B y fThm ,receipt must be filled out without interlxneahclxivr CFB! GF Somebody tell me, how many Pay Chitsn did We have to fill out just to get payed- i Fred Lewis BEYE, SMCM, USN, fretj was born 10112119 in Van Cleve, Iowa. He enlisted in the Navy, f1'0m Des Moines, Iowa, 6118140, receiving- his Boot Training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He reported to BROOKLYN at Lon Beach, Calif. in October 1940, and was assigned to the G Division by the then Executive Officer, CDR. F.C. Denebrink. He was detached and transferred to the USS Gyrasol KPY 271 for duty. He was advanced through the rates to that of Master Chief Signalman on 12116160. He was. spot promoted to Lieut fjgj in 1961, but refused the Commission to go on and transfer to the Fleet reserve 112164. BEYE served in various ships of the Navy, at various schools, and ships of the Amphibious Navy to complete a Navy Career. He married Donna' K. Luing of Rhodes, Iowa at Portsmouth, Va. on 815142 and to this. union was born Gregory F. Beye on 12112144 who was 1n the Navy 111 a Beach Jumper Unit in Vietnam to conduct Psychological Warfare. Debra A. Beye born 9119149: Rick A. Beye born 219151 and Denise K. Beye born 10122153. Decorations: American Defense, WW II Victory Medal, American Theatre, Asiatic Pacific Area, with 6 Stars, Navy Occupation Ribbon, Philippine Liberation Medal, and the proud holder of seven Good Conduct Medals. Since retirement he is in business for himself in the BEYE Real Estate Co., Altoona, Iowa. right LCDR. McBratney, Officer in Charge, Des Moines, Iowa Recruiting Station, congratulating Chief BEYE on his advance- ment to the rate of Master Chief Signalman. Mildred and Lyle HALSTED Lyle W. HALSTED, USN fretl was born 818112 in Dover, Ohio. He enlisted in the Navy 4126133 and received his Boot Camp Training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station for 6 weeks, and then to San Diego, Calif. to complete. He reported to Navy Yard in Brooklyn for the BROOKLYN detail on 6130137 and to be onboard when commissioned. He was assigned to the R Division. HALSTED reported from his previous duty station of the USS Navada. He was detached 417141 for duty in USS American Legion, a transport. He completed 20 years and 7 months of a Navy Career and has also completed 20 years service in the Aircraft Industry. I-Ie met his wife Mildred at the Luna Park, Skating Rink in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. right The HALSTED Family in Long Beach, Calif. Lyle, daughter Mary, age 21W months, wife, Mildred, about, 5 December 1940. Iassic M. LANGWELL, enlisted in the Navy 3127134 from St. Louis, Mo. He received his Boot Training in Norfolk, Va. Reported in BROOKLYN as an EM2c, 24 May 1939 in Norfolk, Va. from the USS New York. He was assi ned to the E division. Advanced to EM lc 12131141 and to SEM CAAJ 311143. He was transferred to the US Naval Hospital, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va. on 5131143. LANGWELL married 112142, and the LANGWELL's sons Dennis L.: Anthony A: John T.: Dean P.: Joseph J., Song Dennis L. DPC, USN lives in San Diego, Calif. and is attached to NAVMINPAC. John T., EM 1 USN is in the USS Calhoun SSRN 630 William G. MUNTER GMCS, USN fretl was born 512113 in Brooklyn New York. He entered the Navy 12129141 and received his Boot Training at Newport, Rhode. Island- Reported to BROOKLYN on 1131142 and was assigned to the 9th Division. Was advanced through the rates to Gunnersmate 1c and was detached on 1216145. to Commander Atlantic Amphibious Force. He was retired from active duty as A Gunnersmate Super Chief on 8116166- William G. and Grace L. his wife, born 8111124 married and have a Son William S., born 8112146 that served in the USNR from 6114165 until 6113171. They have a Daughter, Grace E. born ef23f49. At this time MUNTER is employed by the US Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground aS an Instructor, Coordinator and a Vehicle examiner. lgid Floyd Taylor Cited By French Gov't. New Orleans, La., August 30.-In behalf of 'the French Government. me Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star was presented -August 22 fto Floyd Otis Taylor, Signalmain, 2-c, USN, for his heroism during the in- vasion of Southern France in the autumn of 1944. Signalm-an Taylor, who formerly lived -in Walnut Ridge, received the deggra,tion'- from Commander J., B. Ogle, USNR, District Communica- tions Officer, at headquarters of the Naval District here in New Orleans. Taylor, who is at present on duty in Communications at -the Port of Ernbarkation, in New Orleans, was assigned to the Cruiser, Brooklyn, iii June of 1943. On this vessel 'he wok part in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. Just before the invasion nf Southern France ihe was trans- fer,-,id .to the American Liaison Unit aboard the French mine laying cru- iser, Emil Bertin. While- aboard the French warship, he served as a sig- nalman to faciliaite communications with American naval ships. g The citation accompanying his Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star., which was signed by Voe Admiral Lemonnier, Chief of fthe General Staff of fthe French Navy, said that during the operations and landings at Provence in August and Septem- ber, 1944, he exhibited proof under fire of the enemy of the highest military qualities and greatest brav- ery. Previously, the United States Navy Department had taken cognizance of 'I'aylor's gallantry in action by awarding him a commendaitionf rib- bon for his services on the Emil Bertin. Signalman Taylor served in the IPBVY from 1927 fto 1930, and again enlisted February 13, 1942. He wears the European-African ribbon with three stars, fthe American Theatre gibbon and the Good Conduct rib- ou. ' In the early part of the war he served on a submarine chaser off the Florida Coast. Later he' spent six months as a signalman striker BbO81'd.i,llC U.S.S. Alcor, a ,training ship. Since returning to the states in December, 1944, he fhas been on i Fl d O ' Arclr3ansa1slSHeXYIlpRdUSN crew was born 6f10f99 in JSSSUP 5!15!27 f ev lste In the Navy on a minority cruise ori . . rom Little Rock, A k Trammg at Hampton Roadg, 231518. He received his Boot Ee Weis discharged 4f15f30 to pursue a career as a Civilian ut a ong came World War II and chan ed all that H, . e glgsrrzlegntg gat ,lgavfi to 30 by Signing ur? with the Draft physical butlta liihink that he had a chance to pass the the Nag R e, fmy had. an eye on him. He convinced 2!13!42 yi d ecruiter to enlist him .atgain for 4 years on an was sent to the USS P 478 for dut . The vessel being a subm ' h A ' y the coast of Floridgrine c aser operating out of and along if22f42dhe convinced someone on the Alcor to swap with B1i1O2g1KIyi?t one year later he was transferred to the USS 13 Ad . Ili for dUtY.w1th Commander Cruiser Division th, mira .T. DUBOISB for the invasion of Sicily. He was en Sent 0Ve1' to BRQ0KLYN's ships company and was Tent to the French. Mlnelaying Cruiser Emil Bertin as a iason communications operator, during the invasion of Southern France. After this operation he was sent to shore duty in Burwood, La. and discharged in 1946. Before the 90 days were up he reenlisted and completed a 20 year Navy Career. By a.prev1ous marriage TAYLOR has a Son and Daughter, Son is Robert J. Taylor, and Daughter is Carmen Maria Taylor. He has remarried to Lola C. TAYLOR and she had a Son and two Daughters. right above Floyd and Lola TAYLOR, 1978 The Signal Bridge is a busy place, most of the time. Awarded Croix de Guerra. Floyd Otis Taylor, signalman 2-c. of 2123 North McKinley street, has been awarded the Croix de Guerrei with a Bronze' ....... .. -. . ' l St 3 r b Y th ,,,. mi. , French govern-2 - 1 .,,f m e n t for hxsl 2 heroism during 1 rf ' - . . H ,fa i 9. xr the i n v a s 1 o n .'rg,,'ff:za,.- ' .aw 'K f.,.s.s:r?. of f S o u t h e r n' fri, t, - France in the f l ais tau of 1944. I .,,,, , xi i e citation X 'md - sigiiif f:'g .az.z:1:a During the 'ifigiii g' operations and, . landing at Prev-s 1, n.ei:-xi. 227.239 43gf:53:5.,'cyg,- . - ' ence.. France., mf August and September,-'1944,',he'? exhibited proof, under fireot the! enemy, of, the, highest militaryg qualities and greatest bravery!! Signalman . Taylorfserved in gthei 'navy-from 1927 to. 1930 and re-en-i listed in February, 1942. He 'servedi on the cruiser Brooklyxrbefore bail ing' transferred -to the A American liaison unit aboard , the - French .mine laying .cruiser Emil Bertin. 'He took part in-. the iinvasion 'off Sicily, Italy and Southern Francef and he wears the European-Afri-' can-Middle Eastern. campaign rib- bon with three battle stars, the, American Theater- ribbon .and the Good Conduct medal. He, is staif duty at 'the U.S. Frontier Base, Burwood. Louisiana. Within the past few weeks -he was transferred to the 1121325 of Embarkaition in New Or- Yerle MINER was born 8f6!23 in Pratt, Kansas. He enlisted ln the Navy 9f25f41 and received his Boot Training at NeWP01:t, Rhode Island. Upon completion of Boot Camp he WHS assigned to the BROOKLYN and to the 8th Division for his first duty. He was later transferred to the C Division for radio, and was advanced from Seaman 2c to Radioman lc. He was detached for Home 9f45. He is married, and he and wife Beverly have 3 sons: Ronald b0l'11 1f18f46 and served military service in the US Army: Gary born 4f16f48 and served his military service in the US Air Force: James born 7f6f60 is a student. Miner has his own business, that of a cabinet maker, located In Honesdale, Pa. si- Visual Communications of this type are.a very secure procedure to maneuver the Fleet, or avoid the Enemy. at New Orleans, Lal: Thomas W. HARDING, JR., BMC, USN tretl was born 11!11!22 in Richmond, Va. He enlisted in the Navy for 6 years on 12f9f41 and received his Boot Training at Newport, Rhode Island, and was ordered to duty in BROOKLYN on 1f23l42 at the Brooklyn, Navy Yard. He was first assigned to the 4th Division, 1!23!42 until 3144, and then to the 3rd Division until August 1945 at which time he was ordered to duty for Landing Craft Training at Little Creek, Va. and there followed 10 different shipsg to the Academy at Annapolis, Md.g and MSTS, Brooklyn, New York, and was retired 4!21f61. Decorations include a total of 14 different awards in the 20 year Navy career. His wife Mary Williams Harding to whom he has been married for 30 years gave him a Son David J. Harding, a Son, Thomas W. and a Daughter Janet M. The two Sons are married and they gave the HARDINGS 4 Grandsons. Son Thomas served ZV2 years in Vietnam, in the Navy, and Son, David served 21!2 years in the Air Force. tioned at the Part ,ot ,Embarkation Layton W. McCABE, was born 5130118 in Bishopsville, Md. He enlisted in the Navy 1114136 and received his Boot Training at Newport, Rhode Is. He reported to USS BROOKLYN in the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York on 30 September 1937 and was assigned to 3rd D1v1s1on and then on to C Division as a Signalman. At the end of his enlistment he was discharged, and in March 1943 he was Drafted as a Signalman 3c, advanced to Signalman 2c in Norton Heights, Cn. Was advanced to Signalman 1c at Augar Is, in the Palau Group in the Pacific. He was stationed and remained there to the end of the war in the acific. McCabe was discharged 1112145 and there followed a career of odd jobs until January 1949 when he was employed by the US Postal Department until retirement 8111178. His wife, Grace A. McCabe was born 10113123: Daughter, Bonnie B. Fukumura, born 10126142: Daughter, Nancy E. Cjejn, born 1112143: Daughter, Faye L. Hackfort, born 3 4 78. left, Layton W. McCABE, about 1939 1 retired 1957 Paul Kenneth RAMSAY, ACMM, USN, Cretl was born 1213117 in York, Pa. He enlisted in the Navy 5111137 and took his training with Company 16, Newport, Rhode Is. He re orted to the detail forming for BROOKLYN on about 911137 and was berthed for awhile in USS Seattle until BROOKLYN was ready for the crew. He was first assigned to F Division and then 2nd Division, and on to V Division to advance from Seaman lc in 1938 to Aviation Chief Machinist-mate in 1943. He was detached 1215140 for Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fl., and training squadron VN -14. In August 1943 was assigned to bombing squadron 109 and served the remainder of the war in that squadron, participating in 7 major battles in the Pacific area. v Andrew SIMMLER, Jr., born 10127121 in West Chester, Pa. and Enlisted in the Navy 12127141 to take Boot Training in Newport, Rhode Island. He was assigned to BROOKLYN, and reported onboard in the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York and was assigned to the 8th Division to later transfer to N Division and made Quartermaster 3c about May 1943. He was transferred to Miami, Fl. for Sub-chaser School and put the USS PC 1083 into Commission for duty eventually in the Pacific to patrol the mouths of harbors and inlets to protect against submarine attacks. The trip went from Miami, Fl. thru the canal to Seattle, Wa. then down thru the Islands of the Pacific to Guam and returned to Seattle 1 day before VJ day. After a short tour in the USS Grimes CAPAJ and the USS Hooper Island CARGJ and a trip to the port of Tsingtao, China, left Paul K. RAMSAY family 1964, back row, l to r, Wayne, Paul Jr. and Paul K. center, Barbara, Ruth, front, Robert and David. 4 RAMSAY, ACMM, USN, just Decorations, Distinguished Flying Cross C2J, Air Medal 165, Commendation Ribbon with Combat V 141. Presidential Unit dCitation, and other area ribbons and stars of areas serve . Married the former Ruth A. Sternberg, Storekeeper 2c in the Supply Department at Jacksonville, on 11118144 and they have 4 Sons and a Daughter. Paul K., Jr., born 1945, Daughter, Barbara born 1946, Son, Wayne, born 1949, Son, David, born 1956, and Son Robert, born 1961. Paul Jr., served in the Navy Reserve, and Wayne served in the Army eserve. RAMSAY was the coxswain of 112 motor launch that took the first survivors to come up from the deep in the BELL from the ill fated Squalus. he was discharged to become a first class Civilian again and pursue a career there. Since discharge SIMMLER has worked for Wyeth Laboratories in West Chester, Pa., a Pharmaceutical Firm. He never married. BROOKLYN. with the carrier Ranger had to Back full astern. to avoid a collision with the Destroyer, USS Closz. Captain Denebrink sent the followin message to her Skapper, Pm in favor of a two ocean Ixlavy, One for you an one for me . To this the other Skipper replied, We like to follow the Air, and miss our friends, Closz . To this Denebrlnk replied, Humph . above, Grace A. and Layton W. MCCABE E.E. RICHARDSON, on vacation in Arthur M. BROCKWELL, MM 1c, Q Arthur M. BROCKWELL, MMC, USN, Cretj was born in Petersburg, Va. He enlisted in the Navy 12f18!39 in Richmond, Va., and received his Recruit Training at Norfolk, Va., and was assigned directly to USS BROOKLYN at Long Beach, Calif. Was first assigned to 4th Division, but one day while working on deck, the Executive Officer, F.C. Denebrink, asked if he would still like to go to the Black Gang . His answer was affirmitive, and he was assigned to 113 fireroom for duty. After a tour of messcooking in the Chief Petty Officers quarters he was again assigned to M Division and worked in the Engineering Storeroom also doing various jobs in the M Division. While serving in BROOKLYN, he was advanced through the rates to Chief Machinistmate, and when she was decommissioned he was assigned as an Inspector for 56 ships in the Reserve. 1949 he was reassigned to the USS Worchester CCL-1441 and after shakedown he was discharged his enlistment being up. After trying to find a good job, and having a ruptured appendix he went to an Old Shipmate , Genessee, BMC, the recruiter in New York and reenlisted to serve on several other ships and stations and complete a Navy Career to retirement. Since retirement he has worked as a refrigeration and Air-conditioning repairman and installer. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, C5J, Presidential Unit Citation, other ribbons of areas assigned, and the stars of actions he participated in. BROCKWELL married Dorothy Alice Fedor on 1f12!43 in New York City, and to this union were born: Vivian, born 19465 Roxann, born 19525 Linda, born 19543 and James, A lot of the photographs in this history were from the newspapers from New Zealand loaned to me by Eugene E. RICHARDSON was born 11f1f21 in Harrisburg, Pa., and enlisted in the Navy 9l18f40 for Recruit Training at Newport, Rhode Island. In late November 1940 reported to BROOKLYN at the Mare Island, Navy Yard for duty. Was assigned to the Supply Department to work in Commissary and Cooking. About 1942 was transferred to Motor Torpedo Boat Training, and assigned to PT Boat USN 1943 born 1961. .. g p nyfgg RICHARDSON. fEdJ T' ill: jf -I-P ,' . .. 0 a if '45 120 for duty. Sf. sqgfw . 5 'Z ig .sax . f X 7 227223 He was advanced through the rates from Seaman Apprentice to Chief Ships Cook, CAAJ. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal 125, Victory Medal and other ribbons and bars with stars to go with areas of operations. His wife is Catharine M. Richardson, and they have 2 daughters Sue and Cathy. left: E.E. RICHARDSON, on liberty in New Arthur M. BROCKWELL, 1978 Zealand. George W. SWOYER, was born 3f30f25 in Bauwstown, Pa. And he enlisted in the Navy 6f1f43 and was given Recruit Training at US Naval Training Station, Sampson, New York. Elected from Company 41526 to go to an Electronic Course at Arma Corp. and then reported for duty in BROOKLYN in August 1943 and assigned to the F Division where he advanced from Apprentice Seaman to Seaman 1c before being discharged at the end of the War. Decorations: Victory Medal, American European Theatre Ribbons with 2 stars for the operations participated in. Since discharge he has worked for Mrs. Smith's Pie Bakery, at Pottstown, Pa., and for Metlack, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pa. as a truck mechanic. His wife, Glovia was born 12!25f28 and to their marriage has been a Son, George W. Swoyer, Jr., born 10f13!52. Germany, later. August J. TOMETICK, fTommieJ, was born 4f19f19 in Numa, Iowa. He enlisted in the Navy 5f1f39 and reported to BROOKLYN for duty 9f10!39, was assigned to the 5th Division for duty and on to the Supply Department to become a Chief Storekeeper. He was detached in February 1943 for duty in. Bahia, Brazil until returning to the States for discharge 1n September 1946. With wife Gilda, to this union was born a Daughter, Nancy, a Son, Tom, and a Son, David. Both Sons served a year enlistment in the Navy. They also have 4 Grandchlldren. Harold S. ROGERS, ARM 2c, USN 1943. , , , 7 132 - f24f22. Harold S. ROGERS, born in Carthage, Texas OH 1 Enlisted in the NaVX 5f5!40 from Houri1t0Q,.Te'g1Ztffnd received his Boot .Training at US Naval .rgllllngadiomari San Diego, Calif. Was elected to so to Avia mln orted School at North Island Naval Air tation and lil 6515? i ion to BROOKLYN for duty and was assigned P0 e '.V1S Radloman he e he advanced through the rates t0 AVJHUOU . gc. Illle was transferred to Naval Air Station, .Sand Pcamtg Seattle, Washington, for duty until he was discharge 3 the end of the War. Decorations: Asiatic Pacific Area, ribbon, European African Theatre with 2 stars. He was awarded a Commendatigii for his part in sinking of a German submarine, 12f14 - He married wife, Lillian Wayne from Dardenelle, Arkansas in March 1946. One event he will never forget is that of being fired upon by a British, Battle-Cruiser, while on patroloff Iceland in July 1941. Either the ship, .or the plane, didn t have.the correct set of identification signals for the day and the time. James J. DUGAN, WT 3c, USN., was born 8f13f24 in Philadelphia, Pa. Enlisted in the Navy, 6f18f43,. and received his Boot Training from the US Naval Training Station, Sampson, New York. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN in August 1943 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and was assigned to the B Division where he advanced from Seaman 2c to Watertender 3c. He was Honorably discharged on 417146 after the war was over, and the BROOKLYN was decommissioned. He and wife, Evelyn, born 5f20!18 were married after she already had a family, she was a widow with 4 children. Stepdaughter, Betty, born 7f31f39 and has 5 children of her own: Stepdaughter, Evelyn, born 6f8f41 and has 1 child: Stepson, Bill, born 9!7!44 has 2 children, and he served 4 years in the Navy: Stepson, Jim, born 1!31f45, is married and has 1 child. He spent 4 years in the USMC: Son, George, born 1!4!51 is married and has 2 children. After discharge, Dugan became a carpenter, and has one son.a1so a carpenter. Both are active in the American Legion, and Evelyn IS President of the Ladies Auxiliary. left: James J. DUGAN on liberty in Malta, 12!26!43. right: James J. and Evelyn DUGAN, P Harold Rogers Commended For Part in Sub Attack Harold S. Ilpgers, son 01 Paul Rag. ers of this county has been commend. ed by R, E. Ingersoll of thi, -U' 8. Navy for hls D t l locating and 0 YOYIHK an 'IHGUIY submarine. The commendation citation follows: UNITED STATES ATLANTIQ FLEET FLAGS HIP COMMDNDATION' April 2nd, 1942 FROM Commander-in'Chiet, United St L Atl tc Fleet. T0 HAROLD S ROGERS. RMBC, U. S IN y SUBJECT c d mm. ' 1. Th c a In-chief. U. s. Auannc Fl r r with great inl terest and g tlfl t the report th L D, b 14 41, while you W D ii ill I Z I aerial flight as radl n of a U S X vy Scouting Plan d enemy sub anne was sub. jected to a prompt d ll executed attack in which lt was . ' -ly da-nl. ag d and 'probably dest y d. The Commander i Cb' f, Atlan: tl Fl et, commends , f y u-r p I the action descrb d bove, hl h reflects 'great credit ou you d th Laval Service. n. E.'INGERS0LL,,9 Commendation :il Q..-' ' , I' r 1977 .f 'W e Robert G. CARTER, was born 12f24f26 in Whitleiy City Ky.. Enlisted in the Navy 2!1!44, and receive Boot Tralnlngcat Great Lakes, Naval Training Station. Reported to duty in BROOKLYN while the ship was deployed to Palermo, Sicily having passed through USS New Y01'k Receiving Station, Norfolk, Va. Passage to Palermo was by Robert G. CARTER, 1978 after 27 years teaching in the school system of McCreary Co., Kentucky r - .... .... .. . I sr, I ., .1 . .. g V gg a Refflgerator ship of the Navy. He was assigned to the M Division, working in one of the engine rooms and belng advanced from Fireman 2c to Fireman 1c. In about June 1945 was transferred to the USS Honolulu KCL 485 and Honorably discharged at the end of the Wal' Since discharge he has been a school teacher for 27 Year in the McCreary County, Ky. School System. Decorations: World War Victory Medal, European Africa Theatre Medal C1 starl American Area Ribbon. The most outstanding event recalled to memory WaS Wmmng of the M Division Anchor Pool upon the arl' In New York 1944. The prize was S5300.00. X X xsf XXX XXX Qs Xxx N X X X k s U 5 X . . X A is K X Q X X Xs X ' GN Q X X X X s X N xr X NS Q . X xXx X Q Q - - .,Z N '- ' - Q S, xr 'XX 'E ' rxxf X S X x Q ,X X . xx s X, rl is J Q X XX X N N I X X S N'Xx 5 XX X XXV N X XX Q Xx N N s. NN f f nf 41 lv f Oscar H. OLSEN, CWO, USN Cretj. was born 7f17f16 in Albany, Or. Enlisted in the Navy in August 1935. Was given Boot Tralning at Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. Reported to BROOKLYN at the Brooklyn Navy Yard about January 1942 as a Gunnersmate 1c and was assigned to the 8th Division for duty with small caliber Anti-Aircraft weapons and director watches. He was advanced to Chief Gunnersmate in 1943 and in August 1944 was transferred to .Underway Training Unit in San Diego for duty. He retired ln 1956 and has become a Masonry Contractor, Building Inspector, Federal Housing Authority Inspector, throughout Southern Calif. and Nevada. Decorations: Include only the area ribbons and stars for an active Navy Career. I-Iios wife is Esther. He has a Son, Philip, born 1948, who is in the Naval Reserve as a Radioman 2c. He served 2 tours 1n Vietnam. Of all the sea story tellers, this is the Master, but he did not even send one for this History. He could only remember all the good hard work, all the watches that were stood and the oh so many General Quarters and Air Defenses. below left, Oscar and Esther Olsen, and A.M. Brockwell Oscar H. OLSEN, 1978 ' below right, Balmey?' Diamond, and Oley Olsen Oscar H. OLSEN GMC USN, 1943 Robert C. WELCH, CWT, USN fln BROOKLYNJ was born 9f10!1O in Wilda, La. back in the woods in Louisiana, and was able to enlist after the roads were graded to allow him to attend and receive a high school education. He was enlisted 8f27f27 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in August 1937, from the last coal burner the USS Ontario, at Pago Pago, Samoa. He was assigned as a Watertender, and would work in a fireroom. He was advanced to Chief Watertender in BROOKLYN and was detached to the precommissioning crew of USS Intrepid. From there to the USS Columbus, and finally to the USS Salisbury Sound as Chief Engineering Officer. below: Robert C.' WELCH, CWT, USN Decorations: All the Area Campaign medals plus a Good Conduct Medal. He met his wife on a trip of the SS Mariposa from Honolulu to Samoa and convinced her she should help make the adjustment to the modern way of life. Not wanting to admit defeat, Genevieve and Robert have: Judy, born 1!28f40: Elizabeth, born 12f7!42g Robert, born 4f24f44. All are married and the girls have three children each, and Elizabeth adopted two while living in Bogota, Columbia. After leaving the Navy he was a school teacher and school counselor for 19 years, and for the past 12 he has been an avacado grower. below: Robert C. WELCH after teachin 19 fKnobbyJ below: From plan of the Day 8!12!42 years g sf : ' . The following :len have been recoirzended for Gnptaiivs Gommcndzitcry 555, V, '. 3-f N , Mast for month of July as follows: R f it if Q llOOIflIflCI1dCd at meritorious tiast for being outstanding in his 1 f . division in contributing: to the battle readiness of thc.U.S.S. V r BROCKLYIT by his perforgzimce of duty, zeal, energy, initiative, g Cangcity tO'wo1-14, intelligence, alertness, judgenent, ability 1 ogg.: tolthink and act quickly and properly in emergencies., loyalty f to country, to the naval service and to his ship during the V ,gg month of July l9lp2. lS'l3 Division - - -TYIERQ WilliCLIEl S. , ' BI-.ilc ,U3N. 7' ll' ' CTC USIT ' 2nd Division - -RILLY, lelvin, ,- 3 .. , 3rd Division - - -DUTIIJ, Stanley, CTC, USN. X, I Ltth Division - - -I-TED-FRICH, Frederick L, Sea2c, USNR. ir 5th Division - - -I-IOCD, Ernest, Cox. USU: V 6th Divis ion - - -YOUNG, 'Joseph F. , 'Blflle , USU. Sth Division - - -l'J.1LTON, Javiccs C. ,'BMle, USN. ,1 C Division - -HARRELL, Eugene D., Scale, USN. If Xxx vvyw Divigiol - -TONG-UE, l-ierle,'CFC, USN. . XwW,.,f- j. R Division - -LITTLE, Howard, Scale, USN. B Division - - -WELCH, Robert- G., .CWT, USN. sw f' 5 HM!! Division - - -.ll-TDERSON, Robert W., Lllilc, USN. fifiif LLM jj . Lieutenant Cofriizrler, USN. , N ,LLX jf ',:,i. gemovtnz G. G. '7lERRlNG, ' Film? Lieutenant , Q . rsis Clormandolw U-3- NHVY , ...ai irii ' 'i:- El' l Executive Offi cor 1 133 - . STOKES, Jr., SFC, USN Cretj was born 7f6f17 ihelilrgdeolljlyn, New York. He enlisted in the Navy 9f12!40 and had his Recruit Training at Newport, Rhode Island. Upon completion of training, reported to BROOKLYN at Long Beach, Calif. 11!6!40. Was assigned to the Division and was advanced through the rates to Chief Shipfitter in 1945. He was transferred from BROOKLYN in 1943.and there followed a number of ships and stations to retirement in 1960 from the USS Yosemite QAD 199- Decorations: Good Conduct Medal C5 starsl and the various area ribbons and bars from serving in both Oceans, and Korea. 7f7f77. George F. STOKES, SFC, USN. He married Marie O. La Blanc in Brooklyn, New York George has been President of Branch 112 Fleet Reserve Association Brooklyn, New York. George and Marie STOKES at the Kennedy Eternal Light in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York. Ronald M. ELLIS, RM2c taken, Palermo, 1943. 1 f --... .m z, f, L- ' , I 'A 4 Marie and George STOKES, 1979. Ronald M. ELLIS, RM 2c, USN. was born 11117114 in Lake View, Carlton County, MI. Enlisted 2f26!42 and was given Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. Reporte to BROOKLYN from US Naval Training School lRadioJ, Auburn, Al. where he served as a Radioman in the C Division until the BROOKLYN was decommissioned in 1945. He was then discharged for home again. He said, You see the BROOKLYN was my Home for over three years, my entire duty in WW II . After discharge worked for 35 years for Cedar Service, Inc., Cchanged name from Scott Pole and Treating Co.J until they discontinued business. Then went to work as an Inspector, and Heavy equipment Operator at Bell Pole and Lumber, until retirement. His wife, Viola, born 4f28f15. They were married 6f18f48. In 1976 his family, aged 88 and 91 were living in the same address that he gave when he enlisted in the Navy. Viola and Ron. ELLIS taken 5f77 for Vio1a's 40th year with the same company. Jeral J. WILKES, QM 2c, USN was born 9f15!14 in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Enlisted in the Navy, 8f28f42 at Dallas, Texas, and received his Boot Training at San Diego, Calif. Reported to Quartermaster School, Newport, R.I. and then on to BROOKLYN for duty 21 15143, at Brooklyn Navy Yard and was assigned to the N Division. He reported on board as Quartermaster 3c. He was transferred 12!6!44 to the USS John A. Bole a Destroyer in the Pacific for duty. He was discharged for home 10!19!45. Decorations: American Theatre, European-African Area, Asiatic-Pacific Area, WWII Victory Medal. He married Marianna Rogers, 8!6!47 and to this union was born two Daughters, Sharyl and Sharyn, both born on WILKES birthday one in 1952 and the other 1954. Upon discharge he .reported to work at National Gypsum C0-, Rotan, Tx. until being transferred to New Haven, CN. 1f14f58, and on to Tampa, FL., 11f10!61, and retired 12f31f76. :nr John ALADEEN, BM 1c, USN on the forecastle of the USS South Dakota, sometime 1945. John S. ALADEEN, BM lc, USN, was born 12!26f19 in St. Joseph, MO. He enlisted in the Navy 6f4!40 after eating bananas for several days to gain the required weight to pass the strict physical of that time. He received Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill., and reported to BROOKLYN for duty in September 1940. He served in the Deck Divisions, and also served as one of the Ship Service Barbers during his tour in BROOKLYN. He was transferred with several others to the USS Pittsburg pre-commissionin detail at Newport, R.I. Orders were changed to the USS Springfield in May 1944, and on to the USS South Dakota October 1945. He was discharged as a Boatswainsmate lc, 6f5f46. Decorations, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal C1 starl, American Area, European-African Area, Asiatic-Pacific Area, with stars on each area ribbon. He married wife Patricia in 1955 and they have one Son, John born 8f4!57, currently serving in the Navy on board USS Prairie. One Daughter, Kelly Lee, born 10f16f60, she is currently married and living in Omaha, NE. Pat Aladeen helped this Editor to put this History together with her typing and proofreading her own typing. John ALADEEN, 1978, New Navy. Clifford G. BOLTON, CBM, USN, was born 1f12f16 in Carlton, New York. He enlisted in the Navy 12f4!35 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. After Boots he was sent to the USS Milwaukee until 819137 when he was ordered to the USS BROOKLYN detail and to be onboard when commissioned. He served in Divisions, V, R, 1st and 6th during his tour of duty in BROOKLYN. After the completion of hostilities of WWII he was discharged and returned to work as an Officer with the Correctional Unit of the New York Prison Detail. With wife Ruth, born 12f28f19 they have two children. A Son, Clifford R., born 6f13f42, and Barbara, born 2f24f46. The ALADEEN's, Kelly, John, Pat. This is one of the outstanding men to serve in BROOKLYN. Of the many services he performed for the good of the many to serve with him and work for him, one of the memorable deeds done by BOLTON was to catch the Jack Staff when it got away from the crew that was unshipping it for sea. He caught it on a shoulder or no doubt seveaal would have been injured or possibly killed in the acci ent. No doubt one of the reasons for Clifford R. to have spent a four year hitch stems from his first set of tailor made blues. When Clifford R. was just able to stand, his Dad stood him up on the sewing machine in Subway Tailors, on Sand Street, and had him fitted for his first suit of Tailor Mades . CLIFFORD G. BOLTON, BM 1c'USN. CLIFFORD G. BOLTON, CBM, USN CLIFFORD G. 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GEE DEPUTY CHIEF' I , x . , , Palm Beach International Airport - -Building S-1361 I g TeIephone,683-5111 West Palm Beach, Fla. 334CB Robert J. GEE, was born 7f14!24 in New York, New York. He enlisted in the Navy 1f3f42 and recelved his Boot Training with Company 15 - C, Newport, Rhode Is. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN in January 1942 and remained onboard until the ship was decommissioned. He was assigned to the lst Division, and on to C Division as a radioman. He received a Letter of Commendation from Admiral H.K. Hewitt for operations in Southern France and subsequent Operations. He is currently, Deputy Chief of Department CrashfFire!Rescue Station, Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Fl. He and wife Alice have two Sons: Robert W. and Timothy S. The Ghost, a good sight to see . . . Lt. Cjgl Stanton, Richard Thorp Radarman Bc and myself, after months of training in Palermo, with a new system, departed BROOKLYN to set up a portable radar, Beedix , and communications network on the Island of Port Cree and Levante, prior to the Invasion of Southern France, and the Taking of the Islands by Special Forces, 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions. The job done, and after a month of being transferred from Destroyers, Somers, McCook, and Rodman and various Royal Navy Destroyers, we finally caught up with the B in the early morning hours. Her ghostly appearance was'a sight I have never forgotten, for then I knew I was home. 3 iz if li Ii l is ll li il is .1 H ll i l I 1 I I l 1 Hugh P. BRICE, 1945. 1 R i J Hugh Palmer BRICE, CWT, USN., was born 11f29f17 in Cooper, Tx. Enlisted in the Navy, 3f9!36 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. He reported to duty in BROOKLYN in July 1941, at Norfolk, Va. from the Destroyer Base, San Diego, Calif. He was assigned to the B Division, and advanced from Watertender 2c to Chief Watertender. BRICE was discharged from the Navy for home 8f29f45, and since discharge he has worked as a salesman, a builder, and a farmer. He married Agatha Schultz, 8f1f42 and they have a daughter, born 11f21f49 and a son born 9110153 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh P. BRICE 1978 'I 1 x 2 ,ll 4 4 - Hugh P. BRICE, and W.M. GASKIN, on liberty, Palermo, Sicily. 1 I August M. BOSAK, GMC, USN, Cretl was born 8f7!20 in Fullerton, Neb. enlisted in the Navy 5f28!40 and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. He reported to duty in BROOKLYN in the fall of 1940. He was assigned to the F Division and then to the 6th Division. He was advanced through the rates from A prentice Seaman, to Chief Gunnersmate on 11f1!44 and, was transferred to the Staff of the 16th Fleet when BROOKLYN was placed out of commission to that Fleet. He did remain in the Navy for a 20 year career, and retired on 11f1f59. He and wife Nancy have 10 children: Joseph, born 1!2!45: John born 3!19f47: Frank, born 3!19!47: Mike, born 9!14f48: Patrick, born 9!23f49: Nancy, born 7f16!51: Thomas, born 7f19f53: Susan, born 8f11!56: Peter, born 6f26f60: Steve, born 5f28f65. Dillon S.. BIGGS, SMC, USN, fretl was born 9f14f11 and enlisted 1n.the Navy in September 1927. He received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN as a member of the Commissioning Crew, to the C Division as a Signalman 2c, and a part of the Signal Gang that won 2 C's with 100 ofo score in competition, the first two. years in commission. A Lt. McCoy was the Communications Officer. He was detached for duty with the turnover of Old Navy Destroyers to the, British build up effort in 1939 and 1940. BIGGS retired from the Navy 1948 and since has worked as a Salesman, Bowling Alley Operator, large Restaurant Opxjrator. fand something else this Editor couldn't make ou . His wife is Charlotte and they have a Son, Stanley, 8 graduate of Naval Air, Pensacola, Fl.: a Son, Steve, a Businessman. rm'- James L. f Red J CHAPMAN, FC 2c, 9!2!23 in Andice, Tx. Enlisted in the Navylgrillnuvailyi 5921121 and was a member of Company 103, at the Naval Trainin , Station, San Diego, Calif. He reported for duty is BROOKLYN from Naval Training Station, Great Lakes Ill. to the F Division in May 1942 at New York New York, He was advanced to Firecontrolman 2c and was,transfe1-red to the USS LSMR 528 in June 1945, until he was discharged at the end of the War. Since discharge he has worked for the Power Co. for 32 years. With wife Mary Lou, they have 4 children: Son, Dennis Ray born 6!20f52: Son, Lynn Edwin, born 8!24!55: Son, Jackie Glynor born 1!18f57, Daughter, Debora Gay, born 2!26!61. tckie is in the Navy and onboard the Destroyer, USS an ey. The CHAPMANS, Betty Lou, Red , Debra. l Q , YM-M V X: g'f sa.,, front row: J.L. Red Chapman, Rudy Evertsen, JOE LEWIS, Rex McKee, J.P. James L. C Red J CHAPMAN, in Naples Nllllett, back row: Chuck Todd, I.H. Hanneke, Lee Stocken. Picture taken at Hotel Italy, on liberty, just passing the time of Lincoln, New York, N.Y. A small F Division party, plus Joe Lewis. day. Harry J. MCMULLEN, Jr., was born 3f6!27 in Oxford, Pa. and. enlisted in the Navy on 3!6!44. He received his Boot Training with Company 3142 in Bainbridge, Md. In May 1944 he reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Naples, Italy and was assigned to the 2nd Division for his entire cruise. In April 1945 he was then transferred to Fort Pierce, Fl. to train for Underwater Demolition Team 9, as a member. After discharge from the Navy, he served in the 82nd Airborne Division, and has worked as an Inspector Foreman for Chrysler Corp., Newark, De. ' Wife Marie, born 8f2f34, and when they married, was a secretary for Chrysler Corp. They have a Daughter, Denise, born 10f14f54. Decorations: Victory Medal, American Defense, European African Theatre, C2 starsl and Asiatic Pacific Theatre. Most remembered, was the evaporated milk cans, used in Rkace of cocktail glasses at Joe's Joint, Oran, North rica. r William S. TYLER, BMC, USN, Cretl was born 5!7!15 in Muskogee, Ok. Enlisted in the Navy 9f21f32 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN on 10f5l37, from the Asiatic Fleet. He was assigned to the 6th Division and served in the Gunnery Department in other Divisions during his Cruise in BROOKLYN. He advanced through the rates from Seaman lc to Chief Boatswainsmate IPAQ before being detached 10130144 for duty at the Naval Air Station, Houma, Louisiana. He was retired on 8!31!58, after 26 years of service. After retirement he entered the US Postal Service on about 9!15!61 and is Clerk in Char e, Air Force Base Branch, Charleston, S.C. He became grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons in 1976. He married wife, Esther on 11f22!40. The Plankowners , voted TYLER an Honorary Plankownern, due to a delay in transportation that was unavoidable in getting from the Asiatic Fleet to Brooklyn, N.Y. for Commissioning. J 1 I 5 ' 1 I i fi c QQ l l l 1 v 1 Josephine and Wallace DAVIS. . DAVIS, was born 7f12f23 in Brewster, Ohio, and llilealdgliistgd in the Navy on 6f20f42- Received hi? Boot Training in Great Lakes, Ill. and upon completion he reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Pier 92, New York, N.Y. He was assigned to the 6th Division where he advanced through the rates to Gunnersmate 3c on 6X 14144. He was discharged 10f2f45 for 1101119- Aft d' h he worked in the carpentry trade for 2 years anderthef cahligfilienced work for the Norfolk and Western Railroad as a Brakeman until 1953 and then to Conductor until the present time. With wife, Josephine, they have 4 Daughters: Janice, born 5!18f41: Walle Anne, born 12f26f45: Lavonne, born 51231495 and Mary Jane, born 9!23f52. Remembered: Never was one for bouillon out of the K rations, till Anzio, when his brother made a pot full on a hot plate in turett 5. Till this day there has never been anything so good as that steaming pot of K ration bouillon. And of course the midnight Watch on gun 5 and the southern drawl of Bill Duty, I shoor would like to get out of this, Chicken - Outfit . The MISSISSIPPI HILL-BILLIES , played for a dance at an Officers Club somewhere in North Africa, sometime in 1944. The music was also broadcast over the then, Armed Forces Radio, by shortwave, to all parts of the Mediterranean to be enjoyed by those less fortunate to A family friend living close to the DAVIS home in Ohio, , . f,,. I 6 I . ,vvs f I nri' 2115? ' ..', 7-,V IW? !n5,,,-V'l6i.w m.- '-. f ,V Y',27fV1,f74.EV V, gp 4 ',,' 1 , M . aff'-f.1,f1V 'fakf izfff ' 'ai' , rr-r 2 'l 'e'.'1 , f 'i'5i3f f 1 if ' 4' 1 f'- 1 ' '. 1- gf l f 7 3 w .Vf V V 1 VV,f,,f aw 'flzaggf V 4 .g. -1, . VNV f-M 42- . 4' .V ,.V. . Vr:'Z:. ,I ', if 1331: ' ' it ' . 42, 4: '.af-'fiaf ' ff5!?f?'l , V .5-'5,:. i Wallace G. DAVIS. 1943 i l l I l 5 3 v be at sea. 1 1 picked up the broadcast and thought the boys were home. He contacted the DAVIS family to see if they were, and then they all enjoyed the remainder of the broadcast. 114,115 ' , 5, . V :1f :1 Vwf5:ffg'z :'lz2 ' qnWinton P. DAVIS, GM 3c, USN. 1944 Winton P. Davis. 19791 MISSISSIPPI HILL -BILLIES right The MISSISSIPPI HILL- BILLIES , left to right, standing. Wallace DAVIS, Winton DAVIS, G.L. LEDGEWOOD, Wilbur DAVIS, Bill HAHN. The MISSISSIPPI HILL-BILLIES entertaining BROOKLYN shipmates on the fantail as happened so many times after they formed the famous group from the DAVIS brothers who had duty in BROOKLYN. Fiddle player, G.L. LEDGEWOOD, Mississippi, Mandolin Player, W.P. DAVIS, Pennsylvania, W.G. DAVIS, Guitar player from OHIO, W.J. DAVIS can be seen leaning against the catapult to the right. Sorry not to be able to identify all in the photo. fEd.J Winton P. DAVIS, was born 12f20!24 in Brewster, Ohio, and'he enlisted in the Navy on 7f8f42. He received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. Upon completion of training he reported to BROOKLYN at Pier 92, New York, N.Y. for duty, and was assigned to the 5th Division where he advanced throufh the rates to Gunnersmate 3c. He was discharged 10f2 45 for home upon completion of hostilities. After discharge he became an apprentice Plumber, and he has advanced through that trade, and received his Master Plumbers License 1n 1958 and has worked in the trade ever since. With wife Rita, they have 3 Daughters, Elaine, Sharon, Arlene. 1 Son, Wmton E. and 5 Grandchildren. Remembers: I was aboard ship a very short time, when we were to stand Administration Inspection. I was all spit and polish and shining like a new nickle. Chest all puffed out, and was as proud as Hell. When the Admiral got to me, hestopped, and looked me over and said, Son, you can write home and tell your mother you are old enough to shave now. Needless to say, a loud round of laughter broke out in the 5th Division. I was 17, and the youngest of the 3 DAVIS brothers on board. -Y --H-ll- '-'l -f - Charles A. GADDIS, BMC, USN, fret was b I in Omaha, Ne. He enlisted in the Navy 812113c9.nR2h?aiSs1Zd his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. He was ordered to report for duty in BROOKLYN at the Bremerton Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wa. He was assigned to the 6th Division and later on to the 8th Division after being advanced through the rates to Boatswainsmate lc to perform the duties of Leading Petty Officer. He was advanced to Chief Petty Officer in July 1944. He was discharged in Au ust 1945, but after a short stay at home he reenlistecl to complete a Navy career of 20 years, serving on several 'ships and stations, retiring in 1959. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal Q5 awardsl Victory Medal, WW II other theatre and area ribbons with stars for a Navy career. Since retirement GADDIS has been employed by a long haul truck line as a dispatcher in Omaha and Denver. His Son, Micheal was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marines on 3118178. James Burton KENDRICK, MMC, USN, Cretl was born 12127120 in Tullahoma, Tn. and enlisted in the Navy in 1938. He received his Boot Training with Platoon 28 at the Naval Training Station Norfolk, Va. He was ordered to re ort for duty in BROOKLYN at Brooklyn Navy Yard on 511139. Was assigned to the M Division and was advanced through the rates to Chief Machinistmate in April 1943. He was detached to the Staff of the 16th Fleet in Philadelphia, Pa. when the BROOKLYN was decommissioned. He went on to serve in several ships and at several shore stations to complete a Navy Career and retire as of 611159. After retirement he attended Peabody College, Nashville, Tn., and graduated in 1962. He attended United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, and graduated in 1968, Ordained United Methodist Minister, served churches in Ohio and Tennessee. His wife, Ida Mary was born 9121120 and to this family was born a Daughter, Rebecca Jane Lybarger 614146, a Daughter, Patricia Lee Judd, born 51281472 a Son, James Burton Kendrick, Jr., born 915151. Robert U. BIGGS, Seaman lc, USN, was born 1016124 in Sciotoville, Oh. and enlisted in the Navy in February 1943 to receive his Boot Training at US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill. He reported to BROOKLYN for duty in May 1943 and was assigned to the 9th Division where he advanced to Seaman lc and was discharged from the Navy after the end of the war. Since being discharged BIGGS has worked at. US Steel, Fruehauf Truck Plant, and has had a Gas Station for the past 25 years. His wife is Mary, and they have a Son, David Michael born 1011152. mi ... 7 .. , Charles A. GADDIS, BMC, USN, Cretl 1959 James B. KENDRICK, 1975. James B. KENDRICK, MMC, USN, 1948 www., . X fy -. . - -'rx .' 'N I f I f . , ' -7' f wi r , nw --A '. 4 -. , x i-. Mahi ' '-g.,.+3eigE K 5 -?fifz32f?, Qe5g A .,, -w A Y 4,Ef-mfs-if--Q:2:f1wssw:.5fa.,.--,.-wxfat.:-s K gg wwi-W, -- QQY ,jk -: N, -X is - . 1 'K g,S'izA,L 1 ' Qi!f...g:'Q.5a,.a--'i3'b.... QA, M Rf ' ww V 3 9 .SS ' . We 1-A ' 1 -e f X - 2 , ., ...ssrsiwk Xavbsefxxm . .i . , ,.... 2 - 2 f- 'X X yer N agsr -Q, E S , .. ,,,,., .,.. , .f J fe , 8' , ,f X .. K .rLi,,'Q.5:-if 1. 5650, S .. xjfI,I'g-. F ,-'. 3 'gen-292 553 .,,. ,rr -X .:- W- Q' fs E I x,.. ,k..yV k . , S Robert U. BIGGS, New Recruit. Robert U. BIGGS, 1977 141 I Vfjfmaux Port Arms, San Diego 1938 R.L. FOSTER, MoMM 1c, USN August 1944, having just been awarded the Purple Heart. right, On own lobster boat, Boston Harbor, 1969. Boat is a 38 foot Novi Lobster Boat. ,f above right Leonard CUPANI, Paler- mo, Sicily 7114144 right Leonard CUPANI, 1978 above left to right, Friend Francis, Lfonard, Joseph, and Rose CUPANI. 8 72 Russell G. COWAN, S 1c, USN was inducted into the Navy through the Selective Volunteer program in April 1943. He received his Boot Camp Training at Great Lakes, Ill. He reported for dutly in BROOKLYN also in April 1943 and was assigned to t e 3rd Division where he advanced through the rates to Seaman 1c. He was discharged for home in October 1945. Since discharge he has worked in the Audit Department for the Dan iver Mills, Co., Danville, Va. He is married to Pearl Giles C39 yearsl. They have a Son and a Daughter, and 3 Grandchildren. FOSTER, new BOOT, with rifle at Raymond L. FOSTER, was born 10f15f19 in Orland, Calif. He enlisted in the Navy on 12f13f38 and received his Boot Trainin at Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN following a short stint at Machinists Mate school in Norfolk, Va. He was assigned to the A Division and a member of the life boat crews, in one of the motor launches. Then to the after engine room, as Messenger, and phone talker and also the watch Coffee Maker. He advanced to Fireman 1c. He was transferred from BROOKLYN in November 1941 to new construction of the USS Hambleton CDD 4551 but never 'made it for the reason of a case of the mumps sent him to the Hospital. From here followed duty in Guadalcanal, Lunga Pt, and to Tulagi where he was wounded. He was discharged at the end of Hostilities to home and the pursuit of a civilian career. Decorations: Purple Heart, and Campaign ribbons of the areas in which he served during the war. He was married and they had 3 boys and two girls, all of which are grown and married with children of their own. He is now married the second time for seven years, no children by this marriage. Leonard CUPANI, FN1c, USN, was born 3f7f26 in New York City, and enlisted in the Navy 3f6f44, was given Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Sampson, New York. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Naples, Italy on 5!23!44 after a passenger ride on a Navy Freighter bringing supplies to the Fleet. He was assigned to B Division and Number 1 Fireroom for duty. He advanced to Fireman 1c. Being one of the few to actually do all the hard labor of getting the ship ready for decommissioning, it was his job to do all of the scraping of the inside of both stacks, and to get them preserved with consol oil to prevent deterioration. He was discharged from active duty to go back to his ori inal job in a Plastics house.. Then after being a Taxi Cai driver for 6 years in New York City, at 29 needing security for the future, he went to work forthe US Postal Service as an over the road tractor and trailer driver. CUPANI is married, he and his wife Rose have one Son, Joseph who when just a child of nine, accidentally injured his spine. This left him paralyzed from the waist down. But with this he has learned to cope, and is now a Lab. Technician with St. Vincents Hospital, teaching other handicapped to help themselves in everyday life. James BERGE, enlisted in the Navy 2l21!34, and received his Boot Training with Platoon 34, at Hampton Roads, Va. He was a member of the pre-commissioning Crew, and on Board when Commissioned. He was assi' ned to the 1st DIVISION. He was discharged and reenlisted in March 1942 then after World War II he was discharged to become a member of the Reserve. He reenlisted in August 1946 and stayed to be retired in June 1975. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, and various other campaign medals and ribbons to go with a Navy Career. With wife Eleanor, the have 2 Sons: James R. SN, USNR, and Son, Walter E., SIN, USN. James T McCAULEY and daughter Susan Andrew KASACJAK, was born 1114122 in Gilphin, Pa., and he was enlisted in the Navy in November 1942. He received his Boot Training at the US Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. and after a short school for Firecontrol, he reported for duty in BROOKLYN at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1943. Assigned to the F Division for duty. He was discharged in December 1945 for home. Since discharge he has worked in the Steel Mills in Leechburg, Pa His wife IS Donna and she had a Son Bennie born May 1955 and he has a Son Bennie born December 1972 Andrew KASACJAK 1978 fto the left abovej right Andrew KASACJAK 1943 just fresh in the Navy and a pretty sharp looking Sailor doing an outstanding Job for the defense of his country James T McCAULEY was born 12!10!23 in Philadelphia Pa and enlisted in the Navy on 1!22f43 He received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station Newport RI Reported for duty in BROOKLYN at the Navy Yard Philadelphia Pa He reported to the 4th Division for duty Was detached from BROOKLYN in December 1945 for duty at Commandent s Headquarters of the 4th Naval District for thirty days then discharged for home Slnce discharge he has been employed by the EI Dupont Co for 35 years and has been a Reserve Police Captain for the past 22 years Hrs children Jeanne McCauley Payne born 3f1!55 and Susan T born 5f16f57 Decorations Victory Medal WW II and the Theatre medals and ribbons for Atlantic Fleet Operations He was reenllsted 1n the Naval Reserve from 1946 until 1954 below Jay MERRICK Du-ector right JayI MERRICK taken in Valletta Malta CBS 1978 25 December 1943 Jay Irwin MERRICK Radarman 2c USN was born 7f23f21 in Chicago Ill Enlisted in the Navy 1n March 1942 in Chicago Ill and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes Ill Reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Norfolk Va and was asslgned to the 6th DIVISION and on to the Radar Division He was advanced through the rates from Apprentice Seaman to Radarman 2c and was discharged for home in November 1945 Since dlscharge he has been Stage Manager and Associate Director for CBS at Television City Hollywood Calif Decorations Good Conduct Medal and rlbbons and medals for the Atlantic operations ln WW II He IS married and has 2 children Daughter Dona age 28 and Son Jay age 18. James T McCAULEY sl 1945 Wm Eddie COCKING, Coxswain, USN., was born 314114 in Morenci, Az. Enlisted in the Navy 11114140 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN on 1121141 in Pearl Harbor, H.I. and was assigned to the 5th DIVISION, then on to the R Division for duty. He advanced through the rates from Apprentice Seaman to Coxswain, and was detached 8116145 for the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, Fl., where he was given an Honorable Medical Discharge, and sent to the Veteran's Hospital, Ft. Whipple, Arizona, and then on to home in December 1945. He was rehired by Phelps Dodge Corp., an open pit mining Co. For the past 30 years he has been a cat Skinner fbulldozer operatorh. Pretty good for a man that the Medical Survey Board had told that he would never do a hard days work again, ever. He has been a State Official for Baseball, Basketball, and Football, has coached Little league, Pony league, and Babe Ruth league, not to say, played Softball, and was chosen to Umpire the Babe Ruth Playoffs 4 times. He retired at 65 to let others have a chance, and enjoys, just doing nothing. He married Wanda King from Dawson, N.M. on March 27, 1946 and they have two sons: Eddie Jr., born 11110146 who is a graduate of the University of Az.: Son, David L. born March 24, 1947, and is a graduate of Northern Arizona University. The two large framed pictures taken at the Ship's Dance in February 1945, and that we all have enjoyed so much are a present to the Association from Eddie. Eddie COCKING, Seaman lc, USN, about 1942. Eddie COCKING, and Granddaughter, 1977. Victor J. BROWN, Seaman lc, about 1941 Victor J. BROWN, CCStd, USN, was born 218122 in Princeton, Wis. He enlisted in the Navy, 2127140 and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. Was ordered to duty in BROOKLYN at Pearl Harbor, T.H. in June 1940. He was assigned to the S Division and there he advanced through the rates from Apprentice Seaman to Chief Commissary Steward. He was discharged for home on 2128146. After discharge he attended, Oklahoma State, and Marquette University. He has now been in Banking for 30 years and is the Vice-President of Kenosha National Bank, Kenosha, Wi. With wife, Faye, born 10119120 they have 2 children: son, William, born 4112144: daughter, Linda, born 11122146. Anton Arthur fTonyJ PFLANZER, BM 1c, USN, was born 7127119 in Sheyboygan, Wi. He enlisted in the Navy 7131137 and was given Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. He was ordered to duty in BROOKLYN in August 1941, and served in the 5th Division, the 6th Division, and was the ship's Postal Clerk. He advanced through the rates from Coxswain, to Boatswainsmate lc before being discharged in Boston, Ma. on 10113145. After discharge he went home to Green Bay, Wi. and was employed by the Police Department. He was advanced to Detect1ve.1n June 1952, when he went to work for the Immigration and Naturalization Service as a Patrol Inspector at McAllen, Tx. In 1954 he returned to Green Bay, W1., and was employed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. With wife, Marcella, they have three children: Diane Lynn, born 11161501 Michael Keith, born 8116156: and Steven Russell, born 215158. None of which make the Navy a career. left Tony PFLANZER, BM 20, USN, about 1944. Faye and Victor BROWN, 1978 just above Tony PFLANZER, at home, 1979. 1111- ..., ,. ,V,, Alford W. WELLS, PNC, USN, Qretl was born ' Kansas City, Mo. Enlisted in the Navy 11!14!3g!guii12l,V:,1Q given his Boot Training at Naval Training Station San Diego, Calif. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at,Long Beach on 1f26f40. Was first assigned to the 3rd Division: then B Division, and on to A Division with duties ag Engineering Department Log Room Yeoman. He advanced through the rates from Apprentice, Seaman, to Yeoman 3c and then was detached to Submarine Chaser School Miami Fl. On 6f1!43 he was advanced to Yeoman 1c and on to Chief Yeoman on 6f15!45. He was then discharged and reenlisted to complete a Navy career and retired 4f1!69. He served in several ships and on several Shore Duty assignments during his career. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal C5 awardsl, Victory Medal, and various other campaign ribbons and medals awarded during a Navy career. He married Virginia Marie MacCauley of Greenwich CN and to this union was born: Thomas Alford, born 11!26!46: Michael John, born 3f6!49. Thomas is a graduate of Old Domicion University, Norfolk, Va. Michael gave them two Grandsons. Thomas also served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. After retirement WELLS entered the field of Real Estate as a Salesman, and received his Brokers license on 711165 He has served in the office of President of the Virginia Beach Real Estate Board, and in Official capacity throughout the Virginia Real Estate Association. He is also very active in the many civic activities, and the Knight of Columbus Councils. John P. PRICE, SK 1c, USN., was born 4f17f21 in Louisville, Ky. and enlisted in the Navy from Tampa, Fl., on 8f13f40. Received Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. and was ordered to report for duty in BROOKLYN in October 1940 in Long Beach, Calif. He was assigned to the 1st Division and on to the Supply Division and the Ship's Service section. He was advanced from Apprentice Seaman to Storekeeper 1c. In February 1944 he was ordered to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at University North Carolina. The war coming to an end before completion of the program, he took a discharge and stayed on to complete Pharmacy School and go on into his own businesses. WELLS taken when WELLS was K installed as President Virginia Beach 5 Board of Realtors Inc Virginia Beach Va January 1969 Alford W WELLS YN 2c USN December 1942. Thomas A Wells Michael J. Wells , ! 9 wlfxs ' 7 7 W 5 Virginia M. Wells, and Alford W. 1 A , , , -2 2 1 M ' 7 '9 I '7 ' , .. 9 'Q if NJ ' 7 7 ! Decorations: Victory Medal, WW II, Good Conduct Medal and various ribbons and medals of the Atlantic Fleet Operations. His wife is Virginia and together they have these children: Daughter, Gloria, a graduate of the University of Chattanooga: Daughter, Jackie, a graduate of Barry College: Son, Mason, is a Farmer, and helps to operate the Price firming enterprise, Creekland Stock Farm, Chickamauga, a. He is and has been a member of the City Council, County Commission, Pharmacy Association, and is listed in Who 1S Who in the South and Southeast, Regional Health Commission. Frederick C. PRESTON, WT2, USN, was born 5f14f22, in Providence, R.I. Enlisted in the Navy 8f5f40 and 1'6C01Ved his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va., He Reported for duty in BROOKLYN on 10f31!40 .at Long Beach, Calif. He was assigned to the engineering Department, and B Division. He was transferred to the USS Keokuk on 2!15!42 for duty. After being detached from BROOKLYN. he served in several other ships and stations. He was discharged from the Navy on 8!30f45. After discharge he was employed by the Veterans 2 sometime 1944 Administration at the Veterans Hospital, Bay Pines, Fl., from where he retired as a Supply Clerk on 8f23f72. His wife, Kerima Kurban, was born 1f5f31 in Bridgeport, Cn., and they were married 12!24!49, and to this union was born: Daughter, Susan Lee Andrewlevick on 5f29f54 who is presently serving in the US Army with the 19th Army Band. Her husband Ronald Andrewlevick is presently attending the Berkley Conservatory of Music, Boston, Ma. Son, Raymond Barrett, born 7f10f59 and is presently attending Firearms Academy, Clearwater, Fl. . ' .f:- r' above: John P. PRICE, 1977 left: John P. PRICE, SK lc, USN., ,,,,,,,,,,,............-...fggg f . ,, ...-:if 1 Q John W. CJimmieD Hodge, SF 2c Clara and Pat PATTEN, retired. and Benjamin PATTEN, SF 2c, December 1977. USN, taken on the Shakedown Cruise in 1938. Betty and Rodney HUWE. BOWER, GM 3c, USN, was born 10f23f22 and enlisted in the Navy on 2f3!43. Received his Boot Training at, Naval Training Station Sampson, NY. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN on 5f22f43 and was assigned to the 9th Division. He advanced through the rates from A prentice Seaman to Gunnersmate 3c. He was discharged '1l?7f46, from Lido Beach, NY. After discharge He was em loyed by the US Postal Service as a Railway Mail Clerk. Tl'le run was from Pittsburgh, Pa. to New York, City, on a Railway Postal Car. Now there IS no longer a Railway Mail Car, so He is employed as a clerk in the Pittsburgh Post Office. He and wife, Betty have been married for 32 years, and they have 1 Daughter, Diane, and she gave them 2 Grand children, John, age 9, and Lyme, age 7. below C. W. BOWER, S lc, USN, 1944 below C. W. BOWER, Postal Clerk, 4 j, 1978 Tom, Betty, Doug HUWE. ' min PATTON, CWO, USN, fretl was born 2f8f17 in Rglylilon, Ga. Enlisted in the Navy 4f 16f 34 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. He is a Plankowner that reported on the BROOKLYN detail at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to be on board when commissioned. He reported in July 1937, from .the USS New York QBB 341. He was assigned to the R DIVISION and was a Shipfitter 3c and was advanced to Shlpfitter 2c. He was detached in January 1940 for the pre-commissioning detail of the USS Dixie CAD 171. After this henspent the most of World War II with the Amphibious Navy. The invasion of Normandy, Southern France, and after, to the Pacific for the Invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. He was advanced to Chief Warrant Carpenter, but reverted to Chief Carpentersmate, and transferred to. the Fleet Reserve in April 1954 and was placed on the retirement list as a CWO 2 USN in April 1964. Since retirement he worked as a Mechanical Contractor in Philadelphia, Pa., until October 1972 at which time he retired, moved to Florida and, his words, Living Happily ever since . He and wife Clara have 2 children, a Boy and a Girl. They have 4 Grandchildren, 2 Boys and 2 Girls. Rodney HUWE, S 1c, USN, was born 1!25!21, in Bristol, South Dakota. He enlisted in the Navy in August 1942, and he received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. He reported to BROOKLYN in October 1942 for duty, and was assigned to the 6th Division. He advanced from Apprentice Seaman to Seaman 1c. He was detached from BROOKLYN, and was discharged in October 1945 for home. After discharge he worked at different' jobs until January 1951, when he seemed a job as a Bus Driver, for Jackrabbit Lines, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D. Wife Betty, born 4129126 gave him 2 Sons: Thomas, born, 5f6!54: Douglas, born 1!26f59. Betty is a registered Nurse, Son Tom is a fulltime Carpenter, and Douglas is a Fulltime Civil Engineering Student. Warren F. BROOKS, QM 1c, USNR, was born 10f12f20 in Appalachia, Va. Was ordered to active duty under the V6, USNR grogram' on about the lst of January 1943. He was assigne to Qjuartermaster School, Newport, R.I. and then on to BRO KLYN for duty in March 1943. He was assigned to the N Division, and was to advance through the rates to Quartermaster 1c, USNR. He was transferred to the USS Hu h Purvis IDD 7095, and was discharged for home on 12!9?45. Decorations, The regular campaign ribbons with 3 stars earned in the Mediterranean. He married Hazel B. Parrott, and to this union was born 3 children, Harry, Sondra, and William. After discharge, BROOKS went back to college, acquired degrees in Science and Chemistry and for the ast 34 years has taught in High School Science and, Chemistry Department. Warren F. BROOKS QM 3c, USNR, 1944 School Teacher 1978 11' 1:9 ix. 1...-J Virgil F. BIRD, EM 2c, USN. Virgil Franklin BIRD, EM lc, USN, was born 6130123, in Lehigh, Ia. Enlisted in the Navy 10131142 and was assigned to Electrical School, Ames, Ia. Re orted for duty in BROOKLYN in April 1943, assigned, to the E Division having made Electriciansmate 3c in school. He further advanced through the rates to EM 1c before discharge. He was assigned to the USS Cascade in the 16th Fleet after BSOOIELYN was decommissioned. He was discharged 29 4 . His wife, Veronica P. Newby and they have these children: Patricia C., born 917146: William M., born 9130148: Susan C., born 4130151: Nancy A. Tolerico, born 8129155: Keith V., born 713161. A Happy family. Veronica, Virgil, Patricia, Cseatedj Susan, William Nancy, Keith, fstandj Francis J. GLAESER, was born, 3113121 in New Orleans, La. Enlisted in the Navy 1111143, and reported to BROOKLYN in Naples, Italy. Was assigned to the 9th Division for duty. After BROOKLYN was decommissioned He was sent to the Separation Center in New Orleans for discharge. After discharge he went back to the company where he was employed before enlisting and assumed his old job, until 1963. He is now Vice President of the company where he is employed. He and wife, Yvonne have lived in the present home for the past 21 years. They have 2 sons, F. J. and Keith. Remembers: Upon the return to New York after the end ' V of the War in Europe, he won the 3500.00 anchor pool upon tying up to the dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Francis J. GLAESER, S 1c. 1114144 E above William J. WETHERELL, DCC, USN, fretl. below Dean Hirst and Donna Wetherell Bertha and Bill WETHERELL, At Disneyland, 1976 William J. WETHERELL, DCC, USN fretl, was born 8121122 in Exeter, N.H. Was enlisted into the Navy 10122140 and was given Boot Training at the Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. He received orders to report to BROOKLYN in 1942 from the USS Wichita, and reported for duty in the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was assigned to the R Division, and was advanced through the rates from Shipfitter 3c to 2c while in BROOKLYN, and in 1943 was transferred to the USS Carlson KDE 93. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, and other area ribbons and stars of a Navy career. With wife, Bertha Marie, born 3110118, who had a Son, Dean R. Hirst, born 6125142, they have a Daughter, Donna Jean, born 1118148. His Step-Son, Dean served 4 years on the Nuclear Submarine, USS Permit, and IS now a Public Affairs Officer for the California Highway Patrol. Donna is a Legal Secretary in Tampa, Fl. The GLAESER Family. 3113178 YW VM? William E. STONE, BM 2c, Jeanne and William STONE, USNR, 1943 1978. Jesse M. INGRUM, CWO, USN fretl was born 1 He enlisted in the Navy on 12f5!35, took Recruit at the Naval Training Center, Norfolk, Va. He was member of the Commissioning Detail in BROOKLYN and on board when commissioned. He was assigned to the B Division and advanced from Fireman 3c to Watertender 2c while servin in BROOKLYN. He was transferred to the USS Bunkeg Hill and onboard when it was Commissioned. He retired after a 20 year career in the Navy, and has .ff if Karl N. SEIDEL, AND A FRIEND, doing a Job they seemed todo pret- ty ,wel1, entertaining the crew of BROOKLYN. To identify others in the picture, seated, front row, 1 to r. Kendricks, MMC, Rock, QMC, Ol- sen, GMC.. and to the far right seated, Lt Gil Grieb, and LCDR, L. . D . . Young. above Karl N. SEIDEL, enjoying life A above right Karl N. SEIDEL, and friends Karl N. SEIDEL, BugM lc, USN, was born 5f6f24 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Enliste in the Navy 5f3f43, went to Bugler School, and reported to duty in BROOKLYN at Naples, Italy, and was assigned to the N Division. He advanced through the rates to Buglemaster lc, before being transferred to the USS Raleigh in August 1945. After discharge from the Navy at the end of hostilities he returned to Pittsburgh and has been a US Postal Employee for 26 years. He never married, he says, Worked better that way, very independent, love to play the field . As one of the accom anying photos will show here, SEIDEL was one of the peoplje who liked to entertain his shipmates, and did so on many occasions with skits, jitterbuggincg and with assisting in the bands, and groups that ma e an endeavor to add a little joy to the lives of the crew. William E. STONE, CBM KAAJ USNR, was born 7!17f22 in Indianapolis, In. He had enlisted in the Naval Reserve in September 1939, with the 17th Division, Naval Armory, Indianapolis, In. He had been ordered to active duty for 1 year in August 1940, and reported for this duty in BROOKLYN, but along came the War, and He had been assigned to the 2nd Division, so he advanced through the rates from Apprentice Seaman to that of Coxswain. He was in charge of the 112 motor launch. He was detached from BROOKLYN just after she had hit the mines in the Mediterranean, and helped to put the USS Canberra into full commission. He advanced from Coxswain to Chief Boatswainsmate, Acting Appointment, before discharge to home, October 1945. Decorationsi Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal WW II, and the various ribbons and stars of the area operated ln. After discharge and to the present time, He become. 8 P1'!Hl3?l', and .has worked for newspapers, commercial printing, and Job printing of various kinds. With wife, Jeanne L., they have 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls- Ages from 32 to 21 years. 3 of the boys were in the Navy, and 2 boys were in the Army, all volunteers. Th0Y gave the STONES, 13 Grandchildren. gorked most of the. time since for Civil.Service in the orfolk, Va. area with Navy related facilities. Decorations: Navy and Marine Corps Medal Victory Medal and the other medals and ribbons to complement a Navy Career. With Wife Ruth they have 2 children: Linda, Born 1939, and Jessica, born 1938. - William F. GROSS, RDM 1c, USN, was born 7f28f24 in Boston, Mass. Enlisted in the Navy 1f2f42 and received his Boot Training at Newport, R.I. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1123142 and was to assigned to the 2nd Division. WH Gross was the first Radarman in BROOKLYN and operated the first Radar to be installed for use primarily in Convoy work as an extra set of eyes for the Officer of the Deck to very readily see at night. This first operation was on one of the convoys to Greenock, Scotland, with Captain Denebrink as the Commanding Officer. Being a Radarman, He was sent ashore in Anzio with the 5th Army as a Shore , Firecontrol Spotter. 5 -A , Q He spent the entire war in BROOKLYN, advancing from V! j Apprentice Seaman to Radarman 1c before being 4 discharged 10f13!45 for home. ' , ' 1? Aftler dischcarg? he ergtered thefMassachusett1s, Sltate Pollice, ' ', f an retire a ter 2 years 0 service, wit t e ran of W.u. F GROSS RDM 1 E . . L.b t P1 S. .1 Ito Captain. He then became Superintendent of the Boston and I lam ' ' ,c' - moymg 1 fer y' -a ermq' ICI y Maine Railroad Police, organizing that Department. He is t194L:naBR0OKLYN S flafgffggegielth' dnvgr'eB11l GROSS' now Chief of Police, Stoughton, Massachusetts, and has . a ar n' S S can g ' been 5 Years. S , l -' He is married, and wife, Ann Marie, the daughter of Boston r o 3 Police Detective, helped him to raise Deborah Ann, now A Supervisor, Delta Airlines, Boston, who is married to Frank J J Simonds, career Navy man. He has just received a Fleet Commission, and now is a Lieutenant Cjgl with duty in one 1 ., of the Submarines out of Grotton, Cn. ' th'- right. William F. GROSS, Chief of Ponce, Stoughton, 5 , no Massachusetts, 1979. if Frank Henry PONS, was born 2f12f22 in Ashville, N.C. He . n was enlisted in the Navy 10!31!41 and received his Boot 1 Training at Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at the Navy Yard, New York, in December 1941. He was assigned to the 5th Division. In August 1943 he was transferred to the USS Fechteler KDE 1591 and was wounded when that ship sunk, 5f5f44 in the South Pacific. After being wounded, he was transferred to Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill. in October 1944, and discharged from US Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., in July 1945. Vliith wife, lkgargoia, so tlhis gmion was barn: Ehristine gkieryl, Frank H- PONS, Hb011t 1944 W o marrie y e . opp an t ey ave 2 c i ren, . . David, born 8!18f67, and Lesley, born 11!19!70. Son Frank TWO Sallors m New York' on the Matthew PONS is married to Carolyne Ems and they have Audrey born, 5f16!76, and Allison, born 12!27!79. left is F.H. PONS!! left William H. MARSH, S lc, USN 1945 William H. MARSH, was born 10f19f25 in Allentown, Pa. and enlisted in the Navy in March 1943. He received his I . Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Sampson, N.Y. below William and Joyce Marsh, 1979- He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Norfolk, Va. in May 1943 and was assigned to the 8th Division. He advanced to Seaman lc and was transferred to the Fleet Boat Pool, Melville, R.I. and was discharged for home in November 1946. Since discharge he was a Police Officer with the Allentown, Pa. Police Department, and with 23 years of service he retired from the Department in January 1979. With wife, Joyce, born 9f26!23 they have 3 Sons: Barry, born 12f17f47: Bruce, born 10!23!48: and William, Jr., born 9f27f52. Barry spent 2 years in the US Army, and Bruce spent 3 years in the US Army. Raymond L. HUMSTON, S lc, Raymond L. HUMSTON, About USN. 1944 1978 Raymond Lloyd HUMSTON, S 1c, USN, was born 12120118 in Washington, Ia. Enlisted in the Navy 8124142 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN .at Norfolk, Va., 1019142, and was assigned to the 6th Division, where he served his tour of duty. Advanced from Apprentice Seaman, To Seaman 1c. He was detached for discharge on 9120145 and was discharged for home 1014145. After discharge and some college, he has been employed by Richard A. DEMAREST, ET1, USN, fretl was born 5114124 in Flushing, N.Y. and was enlisted in the Navy 718141 to receive his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. He reported for duty in Brooklyn on 9117141 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was assigned to the 4th Division and then on to the F Division. He advanced here from Apprentice Seaman to Seaman lc. He went on to make a Navy career and was retired on 611172. After serving in BROOKLYN until 5129142 he served in several ships and on several stations to complete a well rounded career. Decorations: Good Conduct Q6 awardsl, Victory Medal WW II and the ribbons and medals issued for the area of operations. His wife, Eleanor A. was born 11117124 and died 1016178. They had the following family: Richard A. Jr., born 10122146, Rob Robert A., born 318148: Dyanne M., born 5121149: Raymond, born 6112154: Darlene M. born 101281571 and Russell A., born 215160. They also had 7 Grandchildren. After retirement he has been, Marine Services Supervisor Department of Ocean Engineering, College of Engineeringz Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fl. Emmett D. POSTLE, was born 9113104 in Richland, NB. He enlisted in the Navy on 10130123 and received Boot Training at Naval Training Station, San Diego, Ca. He reported to BROOKLYN for duty with the precommission- ing detail and to be onboard when commissioned. Plankowner He was assigned to the B Division where he advanced to Chief Watertender, CPAJ. Made a Career of the Navy, and retired about 1951, went to work for the HUMSTON Family, standing, l to r Richard A. HUMSTON James H., Ray L., Loel K. Letts, seated, Connie with Carrie, Mary, Clara Belle, Barbara with Sara and Adam. the Washington Community Schools in Building and Maintenance for about 18 years. He was married 314143 to Clara Belle Black, who was born 1015122 and to this union was born the following family which will include the Daughters and Sons, their wives, and children. Richard A., born 11122146, and is married to Connie Wolf, and they have Carrie Rae, born 812177. Richard was re'ected by the Navy for an eye defect: Barbara Jo, born 121191l49 and is married to Loel K. Letts, they have, Adam 5 and Sara 3, James H. born 1118154 and is married to Mary Jedlicka. -N... S.-- . Q.. , .-. , '?A , - ..., . tl. 4 '.o9q,,...-...q 1' .ss Richard A. DEMAREST, About 1943. Veterans Hospital for 3 years and then has been Sllperlntendent at an Hydro Electric Plant for the State of Arizona, until 1978. Remembers: Returning from a convoy, in the vicinity of the Azores a rainbow was observed at night from the light Of the Very bright moon. W John P. GILLEN, Sheriff, Hudson County, N.J. 1978. Richard T. KARN, Fc 2c, USN was born 1112125 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He enlisted in the Navy 11111142 and received his Boot Training at the Naval Station, Newport, R.I. After 17 weeks of basic Firecontrol School he reported for duty in BROOKLYN at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. He was assigned to the F Division. He advanced to Firecontrolman 2c., and was discharged 1211146 for home. After discharge he Went to work for Western Electric for 2 years, and then went to the Rock Island Railroad as a signalman for 10 years. Was called back to active duty during Korea, and served in the USS Fargo. Was discharged again, and went to work for the Police Department, Suffolk County, and is now a Detective Sergeant. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal WW II, and other ribbons and medals of the times. With wife, Julia, they have the following boys, Rachard C., Thomas J., Raymond A., and Kenneth K. Fred STEMMLER, Palermo, Sicily, 1943. Byron F. LYNN, Firecontrollman lc, USN was enlisted in the Navy 9114139 and after completing Boot Training at Great Lakes, Il. was ordered to BROOKLYN at Bremerton, Wa. for duty. Was assigned to the F Division. He advanced to Seaman '1c. and was advanced to Firecontrolman lc before being discharged 9127145. Lynn spent all of World War II' in BROOKLYN and participated in all the invasions and operations during .that time. He was away at school for Firecontrol several times and was transferred to school on 3110145 in Washington, D.C. and on to LSMR H501 for the completion of his 6 year enlistment. . B ' lf: John P. GILLEN, SM 2c, USN was born 513124 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He enlisted in the Navy 8119142, and received Boot Training at Newport, R.I. Was then sent to Signalman School and further on to BROOKLYN at Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. He was assigned to the Signal Gang, and advanced to Signalman 2c. He was discharged by the point system on 1215145. Since discharge he has been a Confectionery Broker, Teamsters Organizer, Appointed to the Jersey City Police Dept. Promoted to Detective, Ist class, and in 1977 was elected as Sheriff, Hudson County, Jersey City, New Jersey. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, WW II, and the other ribbons of the Atlantic Fleet. He has 7 Children, and 3 Grandchildren. He is not now married. This is just some of the Shore Patrol, and just one of the times it was stood. Palermo, Sicily, 1943. Fred STEMMLER, RM lc, USN., was born 6123124 in Pennsylvania, enlisted in the Navy on 8112141. Received Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. After Training, was sent to Radio School, Noroton Heights, Cn. From there to the US Armed Guard Station, Brooklyn, .N.Y. After a trip to Murmansk, Russia on the S.S. Mauna Kea, as a part of the Naval Attachment in a Merchant Convoy, he was sent to duty in BROOKLYN. He Was assigned to the C Division as a Radio Operator and advanced to Radioman lc, in charge of the Communications Office. He was dischar ed in July 1947 with the following decorations. Goof Conduct Medal, Victory Medal WW II, European Theatre ribbon with 5 stars. Other ribbons and medals of the time. Since discharge he has become a Savings and Loan Association Executive, in California. Charles R. GUILLEBEAU, Jr., was born 11111123 in Augusta, Ga. Enlisted in the Navy, 919141, and received hrs Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Palermo, Sic1ly 1n August 1944. Was assigned to the M Division. He was detached in April 1945. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal.WW II, and the other ribbons and medals for the Atlantic Fleet. With wife, Martha, they have Sons, C. Ray who is married and a Detective with the Jacksonville, Fl. 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After discharge he went to college for 1 year under the G I Bill and accepted a job as Chief Electrician, Asbestos Manufacturing Co., Huntington, In. He joined the Naval Reserve again in 1948 and was recalled to Active duty for the Korean Conflict, and was discharged again in 1951. He then passed the exam for Journeyman Electrician, and worked in various jobs in the various states in the Mid-west. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal WW II, and the ribbons and medals for the area of operations. He married wife, Eleanor Shaw, and they have this family: Michael, born 11119145, a teacher: David, born 2126147, a Loan Officer: Steven, born 12113155, an Electrician: Cynthia, born 3115157 . a Nurse, and is married: Teresa, born 1114159, Accounting Clerk: Vincent, born 112162, deaf student. Willian C. GARNER, BM 2c, USN, was born 119119 in Granite City, Ill. Enlisted in the Navy 3119142 and reported to BROOKLYN for duty about 5110142, at Norfolk, Va. Was assigned to the 6th Division. He was detached from the shi about 915142 to commission the USS Montpelier, KCL 565, at the Philadelphia, Pa. Navy Yard. He was discharged at the end of hostilities, and went work as a core-machine operator in a battery factory for about IW years. Then become a salesman for about 16W years for the W.T. Raleigh Co., Will retire in January 1981 from time Kelly Springfield Tire Co. with about 15W years with t em. With wife, Goldie, they have one Son, Lee who is a teacher in Nashville, Tn. William and Goldie GARNER. picture taken sometime 1944, before they were married. They married 1945. 1 154 I Michael is a Lieutenant Commander, USNR. He was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School, Newport, R.I. in 1968. Assigned to Underwater Demolition Team 1111, seeing duty in the Philippines, Vietnam, Mekong Delta. Navy Commendation for Demolition work under fire. Was Backupteam Leader for recovery of Apollo 14, 1971. David is Yeoman 3c, USNR, seeing duty in Vietnam, Special Services, and Beach Patrol, before being discharged from the USS Kitty Hawk, 1970. After Happening: Was talking to a Foreman on a job, and he had been on the Invasion of Sicily as a Soldier. After the landing on the beach, they were held up by sniper fire from a house. An Officer come by and asked what was the hold up,. the delay. He was told, and after a short conversation of the radio phone a salvo of shells come over . . . missing the first time by 50 yards . . . second salvo was closer . .. and the third went ri ht through the window. These salvos were from the BROOKLYN. Two months later talked to the pilot of the second plane that was fired upon in the mix-up of signals off Lacata. H A 'sf 2 Q E A group of Firemen from 111 Fireroom at Q W , I 41 ' Palermo, Sicily, 1943. kneeling: Native Kid, Pop SLYNEY, Griffin, fl'0H1 WiSC-, Standing! James P. SLINEY, 1978. James P. SLYNEY, Boilermaker lc, Stassin, from Wisc. H.J. Johnson, from N.Y., Kethline, from Kansas, Layman, from Wisc., and Littlefield, from Maine. James P. SLYNEY, Boilermaker 1c, was born 2f28!00 in Boston, Mass. First enlistment inthe Naval Reserve on 8!7f18 and was Honorably discharged 9!30!21. Then reenlisted 1012142 at the Fargo Building, Boston, Mass. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN, on 12!5f42 and was assigned to the B Division and 111 Fireroom. He advanced from Fireman 1c to Boilermaker 1c in this duty station. He was detached at Toulon, Southern France, and was assigned to Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va. and was then discharged from Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Va. Decorations, Victory Medal WW I, Victory Medal WW II, Eldon L. VERMELAND, SC 3c, USN, was born 10!16!24. He was enlisted in the Navy 3f20!42 and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. He was assigned to BROOKLYN in June 1942 and was assigned to the 6th Division and then on to being a Cook striker in the Supply Department. He advanced to Ships Cook 3c. He was discharged for home 11!5!45. USNR. 1944 and ribbons and medals to go with the Atlantic Fleet. His first enlistment in 1918, the spelling of the last name was incorrect, and with the spelling as SLYNEY, it had to be that way when he reenlisted in 1942. The correct spelling is SLINEY. The same service number was 192 63 05. He married Helena A. Sliney in 1908 and they had one daughter, Rosemary Quinn, born in 1935. Se is now a retired School Custodian after 32 years. Revere, ass. After discharge he was in the Tavern business until 1960 in Yorkville, Ill. He then Moved to Texas, and has been a Salesman ever since. His wife is Marie, and they were married in 1947. He has one Step Daughter, the only child. below 1 to r, Kenneth Ruby, Herb Rorr, below Marie and Eldon be10W Marie and E1d0n Eldon VERMELAND, Palermo, Sicily VERMELAND, 1945. VERMELAND, 1977. 1943. . Vi . A Q, H W ul fa 1, A w 1 ' CJ x ...Q Q ,ig 'P ' Liz ' ,. , 7 6 , 2... ' I i x f W'-Z-x f? , . .f ' f vrf ' f V, 4, 4. ,y ' -, -A g 'JN V , ., ,, ,,. I Clarence E. GILBERT, CSM, USN, was born 11!20!23, Entered the Navy through the Naval Reserve program. He was assigned to duty in BROOKLYN in August 1942, and was assigned to the C Division and to the Signal gang. He advanced through the rates to that of Slgnalman 2c, and' was detached in July 1945 for the USS West Point KAP 231. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, WW II, Naval Reserve Medal, and other ribbons and medals of the time. GILBERT stayed with the Naval Reserve until 1956, then Clarence E. GILBERT, 1978. K ? Louis J. PARLAPIANO, 1943. Government. Clarence E. GILBERT, 1942. ' . Louis J. PARLAPIANO, Rdm lc, USN, enlisted in the Navy, and received his Boot Training at Newport, R.I. Was assigned to Bliss Electrical School, Washington, D.C. and on to duty in BROOKLYN, reporting in September 1942 at Norfolk, Va. He was assigned to the C Division and advanced through the rates to 'Radarman 1c before being discharged to home on 8!29!45. Since discharge from the Navy, he has retired with 31 V2 years of service to the US Postal Service. He married Doris M. Carson, and to this union was born: Robin, Wendy, Brian, and Erica. Doris and Louis PARLAPIANO 1977 at Reunion in St Louis Mo ln.. let his contract lapse, and went to work for the US Morris Glenn PICKARD was born 6!17!19 in Burlington Morris Glenn PICKARD, 1943. PICKARD family, Christmas 1978. Ralph W. HOYT, was born 7!5!26 in Jacksonville, Fl. Enlisted in the Navy 6!16f44 througnh the V6 program. He received his Boot Training at Camp erry, Va. and reported for duty in BROOKLYN in April 1945 from the Signalman School, Bainbridge, Md. He was assigned to the Signal Gan for duty, and was detached in September 1945 for the USS N.C. and enlisted in the Navy 2f26!42 through the V7 program. He received his Boot Training at Atlanta, Ga. and reported for duty in BROOKLYN on 512143. He was assigned to the V Division to become an air crewman in BR OKLYN Air Force. He was detached on 7f13f45 to Commander Air Force Atlantic Fleet. Decorations: Distinguished Flyin Cross 121, Victory Medal WW II, Naval Reserve Medal ancf other ribbons an medals of that time in the Atlantic Fleet. Since discharge- he attended University of North Carolina, and received his LLB in 1948. Practiced Law from 1948 until 1974. He was State Representative 1961 until 1968, North Carolina. With wife, Mary Ellen they had these children: M. Glenn, Jr. 1954: Thomas Alfred in 1958: Fredrick Walker in 1960. Langley, and then was discharged for home in June 1946. Since discharge he has spent a little time in college, and is the owner of his own retail business. - He is married and has three girls. f Repperts have a wedding in the family. back row, standing Terry Reppert, Thomas Hardesty, Howard Reppert, Sr., Florence Reppert, Howard fBudJ Reppert, Jr., William Reppert, Michael Reppert. front row, l to r, Denice Reppert, Angela Reppert, Patrica Hardesty, Katherine Reppert, Minnie Reese, Bonnie Reppert. Howard E. REPPERT, Jr. enlisted in the Navy 3!15!44 and he received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, Bainbridge, Md. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN in Naples, Italy on 5f15!44. He was assigned to the F Division where he was advanced to Seaman lc and then was transferred to the USS Cascade for duty with Commander Sub Grou Two as a Yeoman. He was discharged for home on iofaiga g Decorations: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal WW II, and other ribbons and medals of the Atlantic Fleet Operations. ' - Howard E. REPPERT fBudJ, Jr. 1946 After discharge he worked as a mechanic, a taxi driver, and then went to Bethleham Steel as a laborer, and operator of heavy equipment. He became Supervisor in 1966. He was married to wife Katherine on 6l22!47 and they have these children: Terry Alan, born 3f15!48 Cfour years to day he joined the Navyl. Terry served 2 years in the Navy.: Patricia Ann, born 4f26!51, and was married in April 1972: James David, born, 6f5f52, died 8f7l55: William Howard, born 2f21f54, served 4 years in the Navy. Two Sailors on Liberty in Hawaii, 1940 one on left, unknown, other WALSH, SM 3c. G. Patrick WALSH, ADC, USN, fretl was born 12!18f17 in Staten Island, N.Y. He enlisted in the Navy 5f11f37 and he received his Boot Training with Company 16, Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. He reported to the BROOKLYN detail, and to be on board when commis- sioned, on 8f10!,37. He was Assigned to the C Division, Signal Gang, and advanced to Signalman 3c before being discharged the first time on 5!30!41. He re-enlisted on 8!15!41 and was sent to Corpus Christi, Naval Air Station for school and training as an Aviation Machinists mate. He completed 20 years of a Navy Career and was retired. He served on several Aircraft Carriers and at several Air Stations during this career. Since retirement he has worked for United Airlines, and for Lockheed Aircraft for a total of 8 years. He is working as a Specialist. Supervisor Aircraft Specialist for the Federal Aviation Comm. in Atlantic City, N.J. With wife, Lorraine they have 5 children. Arleen, Bernadette, George, Kevin, and Colleen. gnlijg George Walsh wedding: 1 to r, Colleen, Brenadette, Arleen, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, George, Lor- raine, Patrick, Kevin. G. Patrick WALSH, ADC, USN Qretl QQ: g l Michael B. ZIELINSKI, was born 2114119 1n.Ch1cago, Ill., and enlisted in the Navy on 1130142 and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. Reported for duty ln BROOKLYN about 6 weeks later, andwas assigned to the 1st Division and later to the 2nd D1v1s1on. I-le advanced to Seaman lc. He was transferred to the USS Birmingham for duty. He was discharged for home on 1016145, after the end of hostilities. After discharge he worked for Western Electric.Co., for 32 years and retired from there. He is now working for the US Postal Service. h1967. . . Michael B. ZIELINSKI, . . 1944-5 , I I 7 Duane L. FOSS, SMC, USN, Cretl was born 12110121 in Ellsworth, Wi. Enlisted in the Navy on 12113139 and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. with Companys 45-39 and 49-39. He was held up because of a bad sore throat. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Long Beach, Calif., on 3123140 and was assigned. to the 2nd Division and then on to the C Division and the Signal Gang. He advanced throu h the rates to Signalman 3c on 711141 and was transferred on 7127142 for duty at Pier 92, New York, N.Y. He went on to complete a Navy career of twenty years and is retired, but wor ing for a Tugboat Company in Long Beach, Calif. He is their dispatcher. He and wife Rose, have been married for 28 years,.and they have daughters: Judith, born 8122151, and Janice, born 1013154. Janice is married. QnTwo Sailors ashore, on the Pike, Long Beach, Calif., FOSS at left. other HAMILTON. Victor P. BERTI, CWO, USN fretl was born 3129114 in Cheshire, Mass. Enlisted in the Navy, received his Boot Training at Newport, R.I. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN as a part of the commissioning crew on 6130137. He was Assigned to the R Division, and he was a Sailmaker. He was advanced through the rates to SMM 2c. In June 1941 He was transferred to the US Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif. After being transferred he went on to make a Navy career, grad. advanced through the rates and ranks to Chief Warrant icer. BERTI retired 711155 after 24W years of service. He is now the president of a Movincg and Storage business in Escondido, Calif .... His wor s, My Son runs the business, I just count the money and go to the bank . Lloyd N. HAUGLAND, CTC, USN, fretl was born 7122118 in Crystal Lake, Ia. Enlisted in the Navy 12128138 and received Boot Training at Greak Lakes, Ill. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN in mid-July 1939. Was assigned to the 2nd Division, and after a few months became a gun striker in Turrett 2. He advanced through the rates to Chief Turrett Captain in April 1944. He was detached and transferred to the USS Providence on 812145. After this transfer he went on to retire from the Navy in July 1959. With wife, Lydia they have 2 Sons and 1 Daughter. They have 5 Grandchildren. Frank REMENTER, MM lc, USN. reported for duty in BROOKLYN in April 1942, was assigned to the A Division. He was transferred in April 1944, He is married, and wife is Jean. Donald G. DUTCHER, was born 712121 in Des Moines, Ia. He was enlisted in the Navy 916139, and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill. Reported for duty in BROOKLYN on 11111139 at Bremerton, Wa. He was assigned to the E Division where he advanced through the rates to Electriciansmate lc. He was transferred to the USS Chauncey CDD 667 D and was advanced to Chief Electriciansmate on 611144. He was discharged on 6126145 and returned to Iowa, and Iowa State College to become an Electrical Engineer. Has been in Electrical Control ever since. With wife, Bettye who he married 2119143, they have these children: Garry, born 51291465 Donnley, born 1014149: and Connie, born 513156. None did service with the Navy or Military. ..1u-Q sv -i- - l l Eugene R. ZWEIGLE, CM 2c, USN was born 7f23!20 in South Boston, Mass. Enlisted in the Navy in September 1942, and received his Boot Training at Great Lakes Ill. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at pier 51 on 1f3!43 and was assigned the R Division for duty. He advanced through the rates to Carpentersmate 2c. He was discharged from the Navy for home on 10!15!45. He received a letter of Commendation for securing valves and electrical switches in the Fresh water pump room after the ship had hit the mines off Sicily in July 1943. Since Discharge he has worked for 33 years for Hershey Products Inc., Dedham, Mass. They make water meters. He is a pattern maker for this company. He has a Daughter Marlene, born 4!11!45, and she is a housewife. A Son Eugene, born 11l28f43 who spent 6 years in the Navy, and now is a Radio Officer in the Merchant Marine. MINES AND THE FRESH WA TER PUMP ROOM AS TOLD BY EUGENE R. ,ZWEIGLE I reported for duty in the USS BROOKLYN early in January 1943 I wasn't on board long before I inherited the duty of Fresh Water King . For those shipmates who never visited the Fresh Water Pump Room, it is located foreward at frame 1112, and is about 35 feet straight down from the Anchor Windless Room, just over the keel. I couldn't believe so many valves and pipes and pumps could be crammed into such a small space. Aside from being the distribution center for all the fresh water, it was also the pumping station for all secondary drainage in the foreward part of the ship. Little did I know that this tiny space would become by General Quarters, battle station. fRepair I, Unit IJ. After spending several General Quarters down there sitting of the cold steel deck, my shipmate, John Tierney, SF 3c, and I decided to do a little improving. We smuggled an old Navy hammock down there and hid it under a cabinet. Then during the Invasion of Sicily we lashed that hammock between the fore and aft bulkheads, and one man could rest awhile, and the other, man the phones. Early that morning, in July 1943, we all remember we hit mine number 1. It seems the first mine exploded back aft someplace. The ship began to plunge, then rise rapidly, but did finally settle down and just sort of bounce. The strange thing was, the absence of an explosion sound. My thought was we had run aground. Before we could get any dope over the Damage Control Circuit, we hit mine number 2, and it exploded directly beneath us. All hell seemed to break loose. It was a big bang, all the diamond deck plates were torn loose, flipped up and fell into the bilges, followed by Tierney and I and the hammock. Our only lights now was a battle lantern, and to add to the confusion, a klaxon mounted on the bulkhead, William F. SEYBOLT, CWT, USN, fretl enlisted in the Navy on 2f4f30. He received his Boot Training at Newport, R.I. and reported for duty in BROOKLYN on 9f30f3f7 as a part of the commissioning crew, from the Asiatic Squadron. He was assigned to the B Division and advanced to Watertender lc. Was then transferred on 4f4f41 to the USS Republic QAP 333 for duty. Decorations: Good Conduct Medal C6 awardsj, Victory Medal WW II and various other ribbons and medals during a Navy Career. 9.1 Q ,.. ws. Eugene P.. ZWEIGLER, 1979, at Nubble Light, York, Maine. ! standing, l to rg R. Adkins, SF 2c, Barton, SF striker kneeling, Wright, SF Striker, E. ZWEIGLER, CM 2c 1943, Palermo, Sicily 1 for use as an alarm, started to blare. Water was coming from somewhere, and had already covered the keel. We recovered the soundpowered phones, and yelled for help i to Repair I, reported flooding, and a lot else. We couldn't start the electric pump, so we switched to the Firemain eductor system and started umping the bilges over the side, through the overboard discharge valve. Suddenly the escape scuttle over us opened and there was Carpenter Showen, and Chief Diamond. They yelled at the two most frightened Swabbys in the whole US Navy, get the hell out of here, the place outside is just loaded with mines . The funny, but happy, ending to the story is this. The klaxon was an old telephone signal, supposedly disconnect- ed, but the concussion proved that to be wrong. The water, which we did believe to be salt, was fresh water leaking from one of our own ruptured lines, and would have only gotten 1 about a foot deep at the most. The hammock, no, it didn't survive,.but perhaps it saved us an injury, because'we would most likely woul have been - I sitting on the deck plates when they were torn loose and 5 fell back into the bilge. After clearing the mine field, we returned to the pump room , to assess the damage, and repair as necessary. Some of our l fresh water was contaminated with saltwater, but generally the damage was superficial. I was then convinced the USS BROOKLYN was well l named, The Mighty B , to stand all that punishment and I still be ready for the fight. Incidentally I remained Fresh 1 V Water King until decommissioning, couldn't find any U takers for my job. fs! Eugene R. ZWEIGLE, CM ze. ll William F. SEYBOLT, . ' CWT, USN, about 1941 I . iv- ,, 9 if 1 l 2 I l l 159 158 Remember: We all, Good Sailors, that is, had to start someplace like this. We all were on the parade grounds and stood many of a bag inspection, throughout. l i i , i All ships are basically constructed . . . To cut this burner in properly . Anderson says, I told you it was easy Let go the Starboard anchor. l f rw X'S..,F Sr A . s -Q 5 myf- Q J X ' ' xx yi? 1 X 6 rA! xr l T4 A sf if i .r all e,. ,f 91:1-4-' X4 in is-'1s,sSl:.i?fX i 1 , . W ' f -X J . - - . f - K, A . A K N. .vp W .. 2 'L 'rigiapsgrg so Q .lou as - .N ,V ',.-ww Sgr xii? l 2 Ng- g X X X f 'R X of f f- o s f 'fx X X . 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Maybe a little better, a USO Show I iq, WMS r - X 5 ii xx Xex. ,QV 4..-and r' Congratulations . . . For a job Well done With the highest in keeping I know of no other who could do it better You represent an Ally that we are proud of My compliments to the crew . .. The US Marines will always be known .. A s f Q! .K , X N D i 2 W V l l, l UCIGAR! YOU FR IN THE ALLIGATORU A LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN NAVIGATION BY RADAR. You will remember Commander F.C. Layne's tall, lean, clean, highl professional and proficient presence which frequently dsbminated the' bridge and chart house in 19113. He was our Navigator. BROOKLYN was 1n onthe Sicily invasion and provided gunfire support for General Patton s Seventh Army, around Licara, on Sicily's south coast during the landings in the early hours of 10 July 0 1943. Bombardment firing day and night, fast maneuvering- to avoid air attacks, and a lack of on-shore aids to Navigation had made Commander Layne's job a difficult one to say tihe least. He'd been awake and on his feet at least four ays. The German air force, failing to disable the .fire support ships during daylight, tried night attacks, using flares to help silhouette us for their low-flying bombers. In the Radar Room for CIC as it was later calledl, located one level below the Navigation bridge and chart house, we struggled to make effective use of new technology, new organization, and new tactics. The proximity of land and other vessels made the detection of aircraft almost impossible. The Surface Radar did a fair job of locating ships and coastal contour, and was of some asslstance to Captain Ziroli and Commander Layne in maneuverlng at night. It was pretty good for gunfire control of bombardment 2 miles from shore. fThirty years later most TV watchers would understand and take for granted the use of Radar as an aide to coastal Navigation, but such was not the situation in 19433. After several near-misses, and during a lull in night fire support, Cigar CBROOKLYN'S voice radio callj was sent to seaward to escape the hazardous position of the ship-congested area close to Licata on the north, and a freshly laid U.S. anti-submarine minefield fdesignated Alligator J to the south and eastward, and the flare-dropping Luftwaff overhead. It was the first uneventful night in a week. Tensions dropped. But Commander Layne and his crew in the chart house worried about getting the ship back to its dawn fire support position in the dark. They worried because in waters near the enemy, the ship was kept ,moving to avoid submarine attack and the ever-present Luftwaffe. The constant course-changing during darkness made accurate Navigation extremely difficult. Furthermore, whatever aide may have been forthcoming by Radar was lost once 15 miles from land. It was hoped that the Radar could be used once again on the return to position before dawn. General Quarters sounded in darkness after midnight. It was pitch black. The ship was easing northward again toward the action. The squawk-box in the Radar Room came alive with Commander Layne's voice from the chart house, Woody, you should have Licata bearing about three-five-oh, range about 30,000 yards. Tell me what you've got . Radarman Gross and Hobgood, Lt Cj J Tucker and I were anxiously watching the screen. We hac? reported various ships and land contact to the Officer of the Deck. The Radar began to depict a somewhat familiar scene, a long quadrant of land beginning due north and extending on a 15 mile radius eastward over a gulf filled with transports, cruisers, destroyers, and dozens of landing craft. At this distance we were not sure we could precisely identify what we were seeing. For the shoreline to come into good focus and be completely familiar we'd need to move another 5 miles' north. We knew the radar would display the high ground first, but we had approached from this distance only once before, .that was during the dark dawn hours of 10 July. One high point- near the shore was Monte Sole, situated .about 2 miles west of Licata. but 300 feet higher in elevation. Mount Gallodoro was the same elevation about 5 miles east of Llcata. We expected to see these two points before seeing L1cata, but Licata would be somewhere in between. Then there was Lungo Point the same elevation as Licata but located 9 miles eastward. The trouble was, nothing on the Radar actually showed up as a point in those days. The sweeping beam was too wide. At 12 miles, Monte Sole. and .Mount Gallodoro tended to be a merging one-inch-wide arc. But Licata should split the arc. So we made estimates. . Commander Layne had said, Licata 350 degrees. It was too early to be accurate. I said, I've got it about degrees, Commander, but I'm not sure. Another Query, What about Scoglitti or Bracetto? Can you S66.tl16I?1?,, These points, about 90 degrees east of the direction of Licata, if discernable would be a valuable verification. I gave .him a range and bearing on what I could best determine as Scoglitti, but that was all lowland . over there, and at extreme range it was not accurately dlscernable. Some tension was now beginning to be felt. Twenty minutes went by with questions and answers. Are you sure you've got Licata? Yes sir . Does it bear degrees? Well almost, I've got degrees yards . The tension in the Radar Room rose a bit but not to the point of alarm. The screen now showed good contours but was not exactly familiar. ' Tucker and I felt uneasy. For several minutes the TBS fship to ship voice radiol had been silent. Were we giving Commander Layne what he wanted to hear? We stopped the antenna rotating and -made slow oscillating sweeps around what we thought was Licata. That had to be Licata! But something made us doubt. Did we have it? Maybe we'd made a mistake earlier and deluded ourselves by making an early judgement from too great a distance. Check again, Check again. A left course change began and the ship leaned a bit to starboard. From the chart house, Give me a range and bearing every minute . But the TBS come to life, CIGAR! CIGAR! YOUER IN THE ALLIGATORY Loud and clear again, C'IGAR! CIGAR! YOUFR IN THE ALLIGATOR7 Another ship had been tracking us. It took a finite time for this significance to reach my consciousness. The Alligator? That's the minefield. Oh hell, we've done it now. We've given Commander Layne the wrong point I'm responsible . . . God help us. Mines can be worse than torpedoes. A whole mine field of them and we Were moving pretty fast. Can't stop now. How many'll be killed? How many hurt? My friends in the firerooms and enginerooms. The magazines. HMS Hood had gone down in seconds. Ido thoughts occupy time?J When it did come it seemed worse than it was. WHOOOMU Those not sitting in the Radar Room were knocked down. Lights out. Power off. Another 10 seconds, WHOOOMU Same as the first. The Radar Room was in complete darkness. Will the magazines be next? how big is the hole? Can we stay afloat? Silence everywhere and darkness a looong time. No more explosions . . . Thank God. Dead in the water but not listing. We're going to make it. The mines were too deep to destroy us. An hour went by. In daylight I went up to the chart house warily. Fatigue, disappointment, resolution, courage, compassion, all were mirrored in the intelligent, classically lean, but ashen features of the man settin smoking a cigarette on the leather couch. I said, Will it Ire the Green Table for us? . He shook his head, I don't know Woody . We had other times and opportunities, and we learned. Commander, Captain, Rear Admiral F.C. Layne, U.S.N.: My good fortune' to know him. as told by Robert J. WOODALL, Jr. The first Radar Officer in g BROOKLYN. Editors note: After many days of charting every move, speed changes, the consideration of currents, wind effect, and all the elements that might have gone into determining the actual position of BROOKLYN on that morning. Making copies for everybody except Davy Jones , Cwe d1dn't go to his lockerl the Navigator and Radar Officer were only held accountable by just doing an even better Job, the next time. All the reports, track charts, dead reckoning tracer, quartermasters log Creconstructedl were called for an reviewed by the Flag Officer embarked, Commander Cruiser Division Thirteen, Rear Admiral L.T. DuBo1se, USN. His remark, after the review, and the sudden appearance of the Captains Night Order Book in his hand, as remembered by this Editor, Shall we o to the Navy Yard to have damage inspected and repaired due to near-miss by bombs, or shall we go to the Navy Yard to have damage lnspected and repaired due to this mine f1eld incident, followed by the possibility of some Courts Martlals .. The answer by someone in authority was, Bomb damage it w1ll be then . The Admiral then took all the reports and paperwork, even the original and I guess he still has them. W fi-M ALL AMERICAN BLUEJACKET!!! If' -'V ' A ,- 7 , ' eff 'K AD ES ,-f1 T'55 - 'TH 57' r I' 1 ,- I 'T rom a n a an r A it ALL AMERICAN BLUEJACKET. , I . , 'iii I'm in love with a wonderful guy, W, J But what am I gonna do M A' 12 ,ff - li' I never get to see him 'W M g J But once every year or two. 2 ' AAA. ,' I I' A I-Ie's been drunk in half the bars A ' ' K r FT! here til SESBHO' Japan lunwx ' ,. i But es got t e in of lovin' I , Q 1- tg? A, It Like no other man! I 5-5 r He can fight and he can swear, ' g - And gamble away his mone N '49 ff a 1 y, - f. A 6 H:-451 But none of Itliese things matter when I ' gV?.E , A ' ' i ' ' --'f1i1a. , . 5 QL5jiV H ff 4' I've heard a lot of stories ' ' ' About Naval Operations', 3' . ' ,raf t And, doubtless, he's made love to gals ,gf-Af JAV fr' . - . A-,4:,5EEs 5?L+ we, A-inf From twenty-seven Nations. if .'.-a: 5: Q1 '- - fff-i' .A But, I love him, . .. what's the use AAIQ1- QL: 1a'.5 Af .,,:, 3 Of raising a big racket? : iff 7 He's just a normal, typical, I 1966 - by ACDC gCl?H5ewAM 'i Y- 1 r la- a IF YOU CAN'T guarantee to put me on 'che' cruiser Brook- lyn I'l'I go into the army. Sentiments of a lot of BROOKLYN -A Bob Curtin l to rg Bruce Stroley, Bob CURTIN w't ' ' ' 1 front. h a Native child in Bob CURTIN, Seaman lc, USN. after completing Boot Training at Great Lakes, Ill., was sent to New York, N.Y. to pier 92 for further assignment. Of the two lines for assignment, he picked the line for BROOKLYN. He was L VFW Elm- l npqr Q 9 Ja., 'V-. X, ., M M M-r U l-A gf A ny 5 1 1 J top left, Paul Geisel, right, Bruce Stroley kneeling left, Bob CURTIN, right. Tom Harding. assigned to the 5th Division, turret 115 and then to battery to complete his tour of duty there. He was discharged for home in October 1945. Sailors. the 5 165 1 to r Ashore in Palermo, Sicily in dungarees yet off a cruiser. 1 to r: Tom Mc Mahlll Raymond Howard fone of the injured when BROOKLYN was hit off Casablancal and Snyder from the Saillocker in BROOKLYN. f1944J 1. to r. Boatswain George F. Champagne, his wife, Rose, Tom Mc MAHILL, and Fred A. Rock. Having a ball on liberty just after Champaign made Warrant Boatswain. H9431 i, Thomas A. McMahill, Jr., CWO, USN just prior to retirement at the Naval Station, Long Beach, Cal. As Duty Officer, getting ready to sample the Crews, noon meal. 119461 Your Editor and His Assistant Thomas A. MCMAHILL, Jr. H9791 Gladys V. MCMAHILL A. McMAHILL, Jr., CWO, USN fretl was born glldggglaln the country, close to Winston, Mo. He enlisted in the Navy on 8!26!41 and received his Boot.Tra1n1ng at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., with company 1138-41. He was assigned to duty at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fl. with VN 14, a training squadron, as a beach crew member. 2f11f42 he reported to BROOKLYN for duty, and after a few days, Acting Executive .Off1cer, CDR F.C. Layne assigned him to the N D1v1s1on for duy. He advanced through the rates to Quartermaster lc on 5 16f44. He was then detached for duty in the USS Pittsburgh CCA 7 21 to be onboard, when commissioned 10f10f44 as Leading Quartermaster. He was advanced to Chief Quartermaster 1f1f46. H ' d ' the Navy to complete a career and retired one Sleilflllzilfieaslrthe Ships Boatswain in USS Hornet. QCVS 125, where he had just completed training the Pick up Crews for the first Pacific splash down of a space capsule. Since retirement he has been in business with the SMO Corp., as Liquor Dealers and Wholesalers. Handy Man, and is now employed by the S and S O11 and Propane Co., Inc., a Phillips jobber in Emporia, Kansas. He married Gladys V. Shepherd, born C5f23f25J and they had 2 children. Michael Frederick born 4f6f45, and Pamela Celest, born 4f5!53. Neither made a Military entry. Michael is a Fireman and Paramedic with the Denver, Colo. Fire Department, and had 4 boys: Gregory, Matthew, Kevin, and Jason. One daughter, Megan. NAVY MAN Most of us, when we were young, embraced a favorite dream. You were no exception, when you were seventeen. You proudly donned the uniform, to serve the Blue and Gold. And off you went, to sail the sea, like sailing men of old. Like other lads, made men too soon, you sailed the ships of War. And when the smoke of battle cleared, returned to homeland's shore. Your heart is with the Navy, now, the same as it was then. In peace, you've sailed the sea, around the World, and back again. You've braved the icy northern winds, and felt the Tropic sun. As you walked the decks of mighty ships, with Pride in every one. Never a job was too mighty, Never a service too small. True to the code of the Navy, Answering duty's call. Steadfast is each performance, devotion, too, in each one, Knowing, each day that ended was the end of a job, well done. A tribute to the flag you serve, with gallant loyalty And fortitude and courage, of the men who guard the sea . 1954 - by ACDC Returning from an Operation in the Mediterranean during the war, BROOKLYN was one of the last to enter the protected area of the Harbor. The escorts and submarine protection were in as much of a hurry to get in as everyone else. It was their job to patrol the entrance and close it up astern to be good protection from any submarines. One such escort was a British Destroyer who had worked very hard not to be the last in. He closed, close astern of BROOKLYN, in fact, close enough to g1Ve the Skipper a little worry. Slacking off just a little, the signal light flashed this signal to BROOKLYN, If I lgfilifgl ji?glb?l16I'6 l'll marry you . AR. 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OR DE R, PR E mt: rx.. Lui: . If CRT? AND KEEPER OF JUAN H IT. L, C1-me . -. THE Sncaso SEAL -nfvffv . l' lf f ul iz.. 4-Turret Number Five 1 to rg Baker, J. O., MOODY, R.G. Alton CCatfishJ, N.R.nb R.G. MOODY, BM 1c, USN, was born 8f23f20. Enlisted in the Navy 11f11f39 and received his Boot Training at the Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. He reported to BROOKLYN for duty in Long Beach, Calif. in January 1940. He was assigned to the 6th Division where he made Seaman 1c before being detached 6!22f42 for the Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va. He then went to the USS Winslow, CDD 3591 for duty. He served in USS Valkenburgh CDD 6565 and was with the Occupation Forces in Japan ,at the end of the war. He was discharged 12f6f45, and joined the Naval Reserve and was recalled to Active Duty for the Korean Campaign, serving in the USS Navarro CAPA 2151 and the USS Los Angeles CCA 135J. Discharged again in June 1952. After being first discharged, MOODY drove a bus in New York City, and now has worked for, Phelps Dodge Corp., a copper producing Co. for the last 23 years. They operate open pit mining. He is a pipefitter and plummer foreman. He is married to wife, Virginia, who he married 8f16!43 and they have 2 Daughters, Dale and Doreen who have 4 children of their own. 1 167 1 AN OPINION . i If any Naval Officer is qualified to report on this fascinating subject, it is young Robbins. Even before joining the Navy, his latent abilities in this field were discovered, first by college professors, later by his associates inthe business wor . ' At one of our smaller Eastern Colleges, he was a prisoner of AOSWEO '. In business, while attempting to analyze financial reports, he earned the admiration of all by his ability to sit in a chair, eyes open, turn the pages, make check marks on occasions, yet completely in the arms of Morpheus. During his first few days in the NAVY, it was feared he might lose his touch, but upon the 5th showing of the thrilling NAVY epic entitled, Chemistry of 3 Fire , he regained his old form. The story is too long to tell, suffice is to say that young ROBBINS had a cold and that the vibrations caused by the grating sound emitting from his nostrils caused the sound track of the film to be jammed. When last heard from he had been transferred to the Fleet Auxiliary, the USS PERMISSION NOT GRANTED, as Assistant Swimming and Diving Officer. 'Art of Sleeping with Eyes Open. NIGHT AT SEA Reaching out like a shadowy hand As if to grasp it's prey, So comes darkness and the night Heralding the end of the day. Upon a ship out at sea There's many a weird sight, Contorted shadows and sallow faces Due to the lack of light. The bridge holds the silence of a tomb And we on watch know the reason Why, For one false move or one wrong move May cause our ship to die. Each wave that breaks upon our bow Is whipped by wind, and takes a form, Of some one dear, and lost, sometime 380, Who comes back for us to mourn. The quiet roll of our stately ship Upon the Azure waters of the deep, Brings back sweet memories dear to me Of a mother, her child, and gentle sleep. So come those many shapes and memories Caused by the dark and silence of the night, We who are on watch are glad to see The break of dawn, and the sun, thank God for light. WHEELS. Cfrom 18 July 1940, Brooklyn Bridgej MCH I ' I - 5 ,il ' ff 0 sw ' 4, , Q' V. , V, .'!-igffpfr gg, ..,,Q:,N:,,,m'.,, .65V,h.?f.g:,g!:V',h! .V VII., I 4 , ,jf ld, llc Q f 1 f n 1 Q Q f - 1 .- 4w,,,,. L ,, :VV Mr Q f 7 V , 1,5932 3.1.75 A ' ' i ' 'A 32 W ,,,, . , , 3 A if agp, ,v. I W. g 4 , peg! I 3 . I I , .... V M y V. .73 40 T H D? 1,- 'i 7 ' . , P .1 ' W' A . ' ff , 4- fvwffwil ' MY GIRLFRIEND OF THE SEA There she is .. . in a frame on the wall . .. My girlfriend of the sea. She is the one I'm depending upon To bring you home safely to me. We've never met my friend and I, But I'll know her, if we do. I've seen her decks and her galley, I've been in her wardroom, too. Through your eyes I have seen her Displaying her talents at sea. Telling me she is doing her job Of guarding my love for me. Never a word have I spoken, To my beautiful silent friend, But she will be watching over you, Until your journey's end She is my faithful keeper of you . . . And greatful I'll always be, To the beautiful lady, who hangs on my wall My girlfriend of the sea. 2f66. by ,ACDC Donald E. KIMBER, MMC, USN fretl was born 4f6f20 in Fort Morgan, Co. He enlisted in the Navy 11!25!40 and received his Boot Training at Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. He reported for duty in BROOKLYN at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and was assigned to the B Division for duty, where he advanced from Seaman 2c to Machinistmate 2c. In May 1944 -he was transferred to the USS Pittsburgh ICA 725 for duty .lnuthe pre-commissioning detail to be onboard when commissioned. After this tour of duty, he went on to complete a Navy career, retiring in 1960. I-Ie is married, his wife is Alice, and they have 3 Daughters, Llnda, Verna Lu, and Lois, 1 Song Donald, age 4. A few moments of relaxatlon and a llttle sun for everyone Good Friends Cold Beer Harmony wlth lto r Tyler Cox Sheppard Gennesse Eaton fSharpen up your handball game, anyone. fPreparations for the Title Fight. Baseball speaks for itselfl The Pros had scouts in the trees.l phr- 169 l l 4 1 x Q, 7 Y Y W, - , 1 'r ,J f ,' f 7, , rj Jf f ,AA, N Q .-, , A,4f,L, ,,, 07 ,L 3 A, I 'ML Cbmwfv AMLA MW' 'MJ J !J , , . wt f I Vylrl fl fx, If i. D0 wif' cffsaug WM mf. f 2 A Q 7f2'1,' ' fV'u,f' - 5 Cfvwb 07 mm, , . , ., J VJ I 4 M' A Hin,--V, ,,,, ml ,rf if in I -230 lV07L- 'Z'-4: fk SAUXD H56 0 '271.f2L?, ,ala A 1,5-Au! CQ - , , , ' ,.Af if Fl: M6 MAE? '--' 17? fi! M-175 Smmcfp1L,:q,4, ,.f.. L. fm ,,f -- l ' be- W1 - f --ff 1 'A 1 2 nf --,,. WLM fwmww '18 Lim 1-wif' 7266- LJ ML vs M . 'm- fb ' W 46 74 E lidifimlmj Q, af , f,1sffAW,1,, ii 1 ' f'. ,,z- , -- -,. .,,, , -n.,,.,- 2 1. ge-4 1 f n Y Q vf .3 L- .. x ,V CONMEMORATING TI-LE h'EI251'?ECE ap fp RESCUE OF THE. U. s. s. sQUzas. ass 5 ' 'g 1 May 1939 - 3 5 4,0 ff 'ff if 1 Xgy- 195 ' Q 6 I gg: if VIN' A Malik:-faali-iz 4.-,LQ A' -5,1 I' is .L , , -W .M , YN-.SL nu. ' X ws. .' VV ' ' X T 510, W' ...U - 'ff'.f'N. ' 7 Q dgmamwfmmun suswamns 'bcfff AVR :MA I L 4, ,...,.Lw.S-Sclfrvfff. n ue T cumin --I 'ng S 'W j vasrnuron Q fqph f Q Q A 3 , uxswmqmc J- . fLWpif! 1' i vu 'P f 4 , ,,,, n A h , I ,g --.A ni .- -Q L ui sv4oALsAdJb1j?.w:J:F5 i v ZH N' R S. A'ULlfVL' 5 f-PL 5 y ,mi 2 -V1-wnanaafv une Nj-3 '??,22iM.!l! ffilq , ' 1 Q I7 , to. 'S' 1' ,, -'-' A R E Y TI 1 ' 'Z-7 U.S.C,G.M- Qkdlf b 'S W sEcTxoN ' A 5 774 751V 15 L4 W D gg. 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' I KW' . ., , .1 Q, W N x , la . Q I in I ' X' hQg.......--- -f'- ....--.-..-ggg:ag1',upv' J' ,N 'X W 'J' s, f ff f m T Y ff, A .6 , Q ., fl, 'Q 42 f. , Hb f 4' 1 iw y- ,R if .JV f rf' .iulv q V- f+f7--x'7v'f5 ' fi -I - pl '5'W'i X 1 1 1 1 l RUION REMEMBER D Brooklyn Vels Plan Reunion NORFOLK-Former shipmates of the light cruiser USS Brooklyn QCL-407 will stage their first re- union Saturday at Fleet Recrea- tion Park on Hampton boulevard. The cruiser Brooklyn was com- missioned September 30, 1937,yal the U.S. Navy Yard, N.Y., the third U.S. Navy ship of that name. During World War II -she fought in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of operation. She participated in the invasions of Casablanca, Italy, and France. She was placed out of commis- sion Jan. 30, 1946. Chief Personnelman Alford Wells with the office of the At- lantic Fleet Destroyer Force rep- resentative, Naval Base, Norfolk, is chairman of the reunion com- mittee. former Ashipmates desiring to join the get together ' may phone him at MA 2-8211, ext. 4143 or at his home after working 'ours ta-mol at JU 7-7253. USS BROOKLYN lOL-4Ol REUNION Former crew members of the U. S. S. BROOKLYN QCL-405 who desire to attend a planned reunion are urged to contact Alford William Wells, PNC, USN, 1316 Oakpark Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia, either by letter or phone-JUstice 7-7253. A picnic will be held at Fleet Park, Hampton Blvd, Norfolk from 1000 to 1600, July 27th. Also a dinner will take place later in the evening at a place to be announced. fi 'iii 1 mf? ,agp E nd Star, Sat.,'Scpt. 13. 1958 USS Brooklyn few-fltrffsirtfs f I I I I f, I . gave U24 lla we .3 425, f. if an .twat ii.-fs To REUNION ., ' ' -- fi V '31 ' W A f .f ... Did you ever My -Y, . .trii ,. , ,,fQ .Q 'B ' ' :fe i z.1g.e,1r':i...wwa,...,,e: serve aboard the USS Brooklyn. 5 gf, V, ,wfgrmjwgx If you did you are invited to come 'Jack aboard and visit with some of your old shipmates at 3 p.m. Sept. 20 at Pier 7, Norfolk Na- val Base. The Brooklyn is now the Chil- ean cruiser O'I-liggins and is docked here for a training pe- riod. Alford W. Wells, chief-person- nelman in the Navy has the names of many of the former crew members of the Brooklyn 'md is helping the captain, Guil- lerno Kofraitic, send out invita-, tions to them. Wells served aboard the Brook- lyn for three years. He said the former commanding officer of the vessel, Adm. Frank C. .La-ne, allEH'rs 'QL av ,INA ww ,. my Z 74 1 pf f M. W W Z M f fL:7.jf.f4 pf . , V, 15 W I .V ffl 1 ' I ' , f I . W . , , V' f MK r ai' ff W ref' 1 fl' if 'm..,s.4 l 7 7 53 G CI .fx fr? Q 522 Z3 if l... if K! N ij f 237, i,..5f3t,,!if5. MQ. 1 9 i i ?Y5,yf ig 5 51.3 K., 6 USN fret.J, will accompany the g wg? Aff... former crew members to the ship Q for the - .. . 1 ti. 1-1 in , ' ' t . A The Brooklyn was turned over Eiliiii, - B to Chile in 1951 and renamed the 4......4 ..., B 1 X A f ' Oylqiggins' after the'Gene'9l who ..... if izqqv Xiifi tmp pi ,,,.t,p won independence for Chile in ,,., , , Q V x.lLVx,' ith- t. , ne Brooklyn sei-ved in we tn-'i4 ' Mediterranean area during World i tv f U kk A X War II and was in the initial brit- tle at Casablanca. It visited Nor- filk and New York many times 'uring its career. The cruiser was pretty well- know in her day, according to Wells. ' -W -V., . -W. V W. ,Q fe W e ij 'fel . f M. 1 6' ' W... y They were made possible due to a lot of work by a few. Thanks for all the good work done by the committees. l 1 ,N '-.. 'Vai 44, efrtl sf. .71 1 N WELCOME 5.11: 7173 .gif 11:21. A1212 .::f.-LH.: -:rar if-T. .71'l- :rr 1'-Zlijfrzrx-ri: 552-Q-jg.-..:': .:.':f Z::.:Lr :I , U . fr 1 i ' -f.n,1m..w 11.4141-1,f1L . 'ww 1. 'H- ff ', MHZ. A 1 ,I f- .. .2 H Lf ' USS BROOKLYN REUNION ,NN N.-1 Q, -, . 173 . .I I-1r1,.....-.I ,...1.,.4.,r. , 1-5 '. .....I-,':r1,..:..,...4 5.7. . ,I-f:.:. .,.,.w1.,:..-- 11 .1 .. .mf 7 q.., fr-m:.I.....,,,-,,....,- 1 ,,.. ,., ,... ,, , usa nnanxun I I FIUCEHU IVHIIIIIIIIS X X , ,,,, A , ., L I -I Wy- .Nfwwms ' . 'zgffiifiif fy f 7 I I I UIIIQGIHS fa... K I I I , I I I 1 I I I I I I I I 1n.: a I THIRD ANNUAL REUNIOIXL 29 September 1978 to Uctober 1978, BAHI MAR HOTEL, and AVAL TRAINING CE TER, SAN DIEGO, C' LIF. , 1? f , 2 'III Ti feee I 2 IIRI, eeeeeeee f f if ff L f I' i1Z?5l , f yn ,ii 6, f I fi, ff' 3 , . J., .miee 3. Lef f , ,,f '14 W ,M ffSf5,?'3izU M ig, f4i 1fSl.- fy' M f, 414' Y' , I 9' 9 V ' '44 ,fl f 1' ff ' ff' f e e ' 'Win f..1,f-, I ,M , fy ,f'f,ff2 ,fff,f,,g,u,y,,z I 1 75 ' Admiral Denebrink is the Reviewing Officer for the graduation of the batallion of new Recruits that have just finished their training and are yin , ff l I f 7 X, f V ,, f W I ,. ff now ready for assignments to the Fleet. Admiral Denebrink is presented with a coffee cup by the Commanding Officer of the Training Center. , I r , f ,. Admiral Denebrink presents the Outstanding Recruit with a plaque, designating him as such, at graduation. l ll The Admiral signs the Visitors Log for the Commanding Officer i of the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California. 1 I f r I i Admiral Denebrink assists Pretty Daughter, Joyce, to cut the celebration cake in the Commanding Officers Cabin. Admiral Denebrink chats with the Parents of and, and with the Outstanding Recruit of the graduating Batallion. as ' -wry mi X Vs, its 'x., Y xszqf--2 X QF' 1 N l w 1 The admiral gives the Outstanding Recruit some words of advice, with much wisdom about the life of a seafaring man. 29 September 1978 ' W F0 UR TH ANNUAL RE UNION CA VALIER HOTEL, SEPTEMBER 2 7 th To 30th, 1979, VIRGINIA BEACI-L VIRGINIA IAII IIIIIAIfIIfIIIff IAIIF Q 'ffA I E P ,,IQ F YNSL ,X 51,9 . Wx f , , W W',1 !M,,.,,,.,v,.... g, , M L, if , f 1' ' 177 '42 .,.,.. ,. .1-3,11.--V1-1-1-1g,:.:1'4'-i'i5.q:::f-I11137ls:::::51iiiIL:-.:::4:.::21Z-253:uarfiiillEm.:ri1-51211-21-mirzfgifl '25::ifl1::z353g35141:15-gq3:L:1:.-13.1,7,qi-.:.g.3i,gA1g11.:.4.I,4,,gm11,.,.,,,-J, . ..., 5... ,,,,,... W. . ,,..-.:. ,,,,,,, .. .... ,,...-.....-...... 1- .-. 1I 1 l 'l vi l l 1 l ME ORY Let Us Not Forget First row, left to right: Chief Pay Clerk J.G. Stantong Chief Boatswain H.V. Randolphg Chief Electrician P.O. Koong Chief Carpenter A.R. Clemens, Second row Radio Electrician W. Schimmelpfennigg Chief Gunner W.H. Cady fhatlg Chief Machinist L.W. OTTg Acting Pay Clerk R. G. Cook and Gunner O.K. Russell. Most of the Chief Warrant Officers above were Plankowners when BROOKLYN was Commissioned, and most are Deceased. ll I .f ,f Stanley Carl HOLM, QM 2c I 1 1 1 Harry Flook, 9th Division, ' Harold Eckhardt Allen V. Sherman ChGunner Gilbert C. Moreau T.L. Cionni CDR Frank A. Seelaus LCDR Clifford M. Sims Capt. Edson H. Whitehurst BMC Garnett L. fBi1lJ Wilson l as . tif X .vf . . - fs, .K ,uw J ' ' i . 5 l' 3 flf lima' R . . 1 of it we-fffo.:fv.9 .. V - 4 1 . ,,-a3,g,2r if .ysfiygl may 1 fe' f , ff ig, Fig: wi ' io . x . if ff K W , . wx X 'V' of fl N fm C . 5 4 K W is is ' at ' fi ip.s.s 'W-L 'L Captain H.W. ZIROLI, USN. 12f 75 12f1!7 6 12f76 8f 76 1Of77 10f 29f 77 11f14f79 6f4f78 Knot surel BMC H.S. Williams CDR David H. Baker LCDR Frank A. Frick LCDR Horace S. Greene James Harvey, 9th Div, Mrs. Fanny Denebrink Mrs. Marguerite Berti Mrs. Winnie Johnson Joel W. Bunkley, 54-, Dean of Law School OXFORD, Miss., Sept. 30 CAPJ-Dr. Joel W. Bunkley Jr. dean of the University of Mis- sissippi School of Law, died to- day after he was stricken at his home. He was 54. He was named dean in July 1969, after the resignation of Dean Joshua Morse III. Dean Bunkley was first ap- pointed an assistant professor of law in 1946. , He received his bachelor's degree from the College, of William and Mary in 1938 and his law degree from the Uni- versity of Mississippi in 1946 He also attended George Wash- ington University and was a Sterling Fellow at Yale, ' 1950. Dean Bunkley was born in Washington on Nov. 12, 1916. He entered the Navy int 1941 as an ensign and served until 1945. Survivors include his wife Ruby, and a son, Joel Bunkley III. 'a law school student VINCENT T. KUBINA Vincent T. Kubina, 67 lieutenant commander United States Navy, retired died recently at Oakknoll Veterans' Hospital, Oakland Calif. Mr. Kubina, who made his home in Castro Valley, Calif. was a Torrington native, son of the late Anna and Michael Kubina. He is survived by two sons William and Michael C. Kubina of Newark, Calif., several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held in Castro Valley, with burial at the National Cemetery in San Diego, Calif. 9 1979 9 78 2 5!1'1!79 1978 10f 28f 77 9 77 7!1!78 Y I ll 1 F' 5: P 111 P . at four grandchildren and ir n 1 le E! 1 l I79 f f ,I il I If ALADEEN - 135 ANDERSON - 66 ARMSTRONG - 56-57 ARTAEACTS - 108,109 110-111,112,113,114-115-118 BERGE - 142 I BERTI - 158 BEYE - 128 A BIGGS, D. S. - 138 BIGGS, R. U. - 143 BIRD - 147 BOLTON - 135 BOWER - 146 BRERETON - 34 BRICE - 138 BROCKWELL - 131 BROOKLYN AIR FORCE - 54-55 BROOKLYN HISTORY - 2-16 PICTURE HISTORY - 17-32 BROOKS - 148 BROWN - 144 BONDEREAU - 66 BOSAK - 138 BUMBAUGH - 124 BUNKLEY - 178 BURCH - 69 CARTER - 132 CARY - 44 CHAPMAN - 139 CIGAR - 164 COOKING - 144 COHN - 69 CUPANI - 142 COWAN - 142 CURTIN - 165 CREW - 1939, 72-73 DANCE, FEB. 45, - 136-137, 152-153 DAVIS, W. - 142 DAVIS, W. - 142 DEMAREST - 150 DENEBRINK - 8,40,175 DIAMOND - 70 DODGE - 46 DUGAN - 132 DUTCHER - 158 DIVISION PHOTOS - 121-122-123 ECKBERG - 47 ELLIS - 134 FEINSTEIN - 64 FITZGERALD - 47 INDEX GIBLERT - 158 GILLEN - 151 GILPATRICK - 125 GLAESER - 147 GOODWIN - 70 GREENE - 59,61 GRONER - 63 GROSS - 149 GUILLEBEAU - 151 HALSTED - 128 HANLEY - 69 HARDING - 129-165 HAUGLAND - 158 HEAD - 69 HESTER STORY - 62 HILLBILLIES - 140 HOLM. - 178 HOYT - 156 HUMSTON - 150 HUWE - 146 IASILLO - 125 INGRUM - 148 JOHNSON - 71 JONES - 124 KARN - 151 KASACJAK - 143 KENDRICK - 141 KENNEDY - 60 KIMBER - 168 KIRBY - 67 KUBINA - 178 LANGWELL - 128 LANK - 48 LAYNE - 45 LEWIS, JOE - 139 LIANE - 65 LYNN - 151 MCCABE - 130 MCCAULEY - 143 MCMAHILL - 166 MCMULLEN - 139 MALTA ORPHANS - 126 MARINE BIRTHDAY - 43 MARSH - 149 MEMORY - 178 MERRICK - 143 MINER - 129 MOODY - 167 MOSROSO - 9-39 MOSS - 65 MUELLER - 127 MUNTER - 128 MURRAY - 127 OFFICER ROOSTER - 35 FOSS - 158 NAVY MAN - 166 FOSTER - 142 NELSON - 66 GADDIS - 141 OFFICERS - 49-50 GARNER - 154 GEE - 138 O'LEARY - 64 GENESSEE - 123 OLSEN - 133 OTT - 68 OUR MIGHTY BROOKLYN - 76-77 PAGE 9's - 115 PARLAPIANO - 156 PATTON, GEN. GEO. - 58 PATTON - 146 PFLANZER - 144 PICKARD - 156 PIG 82 ROOSTER - 39 POLSON - 67 PONS - 149 POSTLE - 150 PRESTON - 145 PRICE - 145 RAMSEY - 130 REMENTER - 158 REPPERT - 157 REUNIONS - 172-177 RICHARDSON - 131 ROGERS - 132 SAILOR, A, POEM - 117 SCOTT - 74 SEASTORE CIGARETT STAMPS - 116 SEIDEL - 148 SEYBOLT - 159 SHELLBACK SUMMONS SHOWEN - 68 SIMMLER - 130 SLAGLE - 154 SLINEY - 155 SMITH - 36 SQUALIS - 37 STEMMLER - 151 STOKES - 134 STONE, E. S. - 39 STONE - 148 STORY - 67 SWOYER - 131 TAYLOR - 129 TOMETICK - 131 TYLER - 139 VERMELAND - 155 WALSH - 157 WASHBURN - 61 1 WASARHALEY - 82,83,84-107 WELCH - 133 WELLS - 145 WETHERELL - 147 WHITEHURST - 63 WICKHAM - 60-61 WILKES - 134 WOODALL - 62 YOUNG - 126 ZIELINSKI - 158 ZWIEGLE - 159 ZIROLI - 42,178 1 1 . 3. ff , , ff'-ff'-?s?5: 'f' 5 Z.,-2 x f 1 md as l,...,,, J mt an f, -,V yw, ,' 9, , , , ,nm MW, , , ,.,,5 ,. ,,,,w,, 2 ,- ,. 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