Bunker Hill (CV 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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REAR ADMIRAL JOHN J. BALLENTINE, USN ..,i,,...I Sx ji 1 A? Xxfhen Rear Admiral John Ballentine became guardian of the U.S.S. Bunker Hill, she was a rather haphazard mass of gray steel and snow Hakes lying in a wet slip at the Fore River Shipyard at Quincy. He watched her grow daily and from the first day he saw her there was a light in his eyes that set him apart from the crowd when he spoke of things to come. His one overall aim was to strike the enemy, hard and fast. He and his crew found that enemy-again N '-1 , 1' 'fam ' 'l ffl ,.zltm .3 T uk 1-ff' , , -,Q ,u -- xx Na 'x .XX x . li Nlgfgrx N .ff fffffi .Jpiff in -'N' ips .' l, fn' f .' -L, 'f , .Muay .g i 2? ' 1 11.5 ,ff pf' f.,-' ' Jiri' .iw -4' .. 1 1' ' f-523' , , ,fi f .f5fi':-f.'1','1f 2' X ' . - gum' I, ,f f If E all r9,i i .:t.' f f'. -. 'Q :A'f!f- ,.-,lt- f J -V!l:.f'fl ' fi' ,M 'Q ,J , i YI., ll ,li If - ill- :-, v' ,ff iifli lbs' r , J1 .- ' Z ,Q4:l3f.'igf H ,riff ' :iff 1' H- ' A :!l,l . J If :Mil ' --.XGA mfr. 4: .5 ff n I v, , .... If .JZ ,... lr Jogfiii Ts1.,L01'5o1s'45j ig , 1 .4 I 1 . JW ,f like .' ' ,. , . and againg his ship became a lethal Gray Ghost as the airmen took to the pre-dawn skies on attack missions that came thick and HSL In February of 1944, Captain Ballentine be- came Rear Admiral Ballentine and was named Chief of Staff to ComAirPac. A short time later, he Was decorated with the Silver Star and Legion of Merit i . . for daring and skillful leadership of a carrier Hagship in the South Pacific.