Brooklyn (CL 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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