Bunker Hill (CV 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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I A X, 5. ' .. 4' ,- Al ictory has its inevitable price. And meaning of victory IS more thor oughly searched than when its price ncludes the loss of human life. In effect, 'i f ,- I . .n 4 gf ,v 1 I' .flw vi a. . 'LJ' TN. Anon, ut. . ,, .. . lt '-mf. . 1 . A n nf Quant of the Earth and its waters in a strange way W, , ,,, , .sux ------or--. . , nl, .N e , We never quite understand it, we're never 1 l quite willing to believe it. It's all a. vague never is there a time when the I 'omeone gave his life that someone else night survive, and that somebody who lied might have been spared his fate one noment earlier . . . or one moment later. The Grim Reaper moves upon the face vain. SGZNC-.lb-'L..,'2ffl...oil--'f'...:ffl V,.c Lf... f,,,.:i'. . - .e - l ' A. A' . K K KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY Seward CCB?-irper, .QMM 3c Jack W. D Vine Ensign, USNR aYm0nd - l,Cl'f, ea 2C Ralph L. Gunville, Lieutenant fjgJ, USNR John S- Osakowlczr, SK 39 , John W, Hayes, Ensign, USNR Henry C. Carby, Lieutenant fjgl Carl A. Johnson, Ensign, USNR Robert W- Beedles Enslgn Frank M. Whitaker, Lieutenant Commander, Mark P- MOWYY: Llelltenallt . USN Warren W. Delesdernier, Lieutenant Cjgl John K. Pearson, Lieutenant ogy, USNR Edward J-, Deener, Lleufefleaf C183 Edward D. stock, Lieutenant qjgi, USNR Peel J- Wlleefl, l-leufenem Gel Andrew soopolifio, Ensign, USNR Ralph C- Revnelelen ARM 3C Winnnn H. Ransom, Ensign, USNR Clefenee Al Metlfen- AM 2C Gordon A.sn uin ,F tLa n ant, USMC Ralph A- Ven Rlvefn AMM 2C Wa ne o. snii hgitonniinnnfig eiisN Rebefe E- Wagner, AMM 2e Y t , Raymond L. Clzfpper, War Correspondent John Stephen Flathmann, Sea lc, USN MISSING IN ACTION Dewey O. Tallman, ARM 3c Robert H. Irving, ARM Sc Wesley P. Terry, ARM lc Quentin R. Welbaum, AOM 3c Frank L. Toothaker ARM 2c Charles L. Titswortli, AOM 3c Charles H. Sill, AMM 2c Kenneth H. Shaw, PhoM 2c Wesley J. Morris, ARM 3c Edward Emilianowicz, ARM 3c Laseph A. Appletield, ARM 2c illiam B. Gerrity, ARM 3c Taumo O. Pikkaramen, ARM 3c Wallacegl. Shuetz, AMM 2c Carl V. eighton, ARM 3c Andrew C. Dills, ARM 2c Charles E. Polk, ARM 2c Jvseph R. Roberge, ARM 3c Gwrge F . Taphillias, Sea lc Eu J. Bieber, AMM 3c Chard A. Kaster, Sea lc 'ee Morey, Sea lc A Sugarman, Sea 2c , , Norman W. Imel, Lieutenant fjgl, USNR Prentiss CnJ Newman, Lieutenant Cjgl, USNR n Peter L. Evanoif, Lieutenant fjgj, USNR Walter E. Carr, ARM 2c, USN Harwood S. Sharp, Lieutenant fjgl, USNR Arthur D. Jones, Lieutenant, USNR Robert D. Horne, Lieutenant Cjgj, USNR Leslie B. Stinson, ARM 2c, USNR Walter L. Oliver, ARM lc, USNR R. H. Higley, Lieutenant C. J. Husted, Ensign Clinton W. Thompson, Lieutenant Cjgj Charles R. Lavenson, Ensign Alfred F. Smith, Ensign . Earnest D. Williams, Ensign Robert W. Bice, Enslgll Newton B. Birkes, Ensign James H. Forman, Ensign George H. Freed, Lieutenant c George L. GlasS, Llwfeflaflfi 03, Arthur P. O'Sullivan, Lieutenant fjgl 229 dream that happens to someone else, w sometimes think. Without exception the men who made the f Supreme Sacrifice on our cruise left their places in the role of a true shipmate: they were doing their jobs at their places with the unwavering devotion characteristic of heroes. They had given their time and talents to their country in a tight that prom ised to be long and hard, and in dying they gave their final energies, their everythmg for a life they had hoped to retain in peace We salute our shipmates. In paying final tribute to them, we pledge our most intelll gent powers to forbid their having died in Robert J. Hanzal, Ensign George A. Wildhack, Lieutenant Franklin R. Swenson, Lieutenant fjgj Donald E. Carney, Lieutenant . Palmer I Touw, Lieutenant fjgj Robert S. Benshimol, Lieutenant Qg Norman L. Davisson, Lieutenant Cjgj Robert E. Sterling, Lieutenant fjgj Charles D. Smith, Lieutenant Cjgl James O. Mclntire, Lieutenant Qjgl Willis H. Folkedahl, Lieutenant QjgJ Leonard John Mason, Jr., Lieutenant fjg USNR John Benton Czemy, Lieutenant fjgJ USNR Nicholas C. Salvatore, AMM 2c Ray S. Buschow, ARM 2c Charles M. Pointer, ARM 2c Stanley S. Stump, AMM 3c Fredrick S. McKenzie, AOM 2c John P. Witzke, Jr., AMM lc James H. Stone, ARM 2c Daniel G. McLean, ARM lc Herbert L. Schacht, ARM 2c William Hammer, ARM 2c Neil Howard Whitson, AMM 2c Hollis H. Hughes, ARM 2c Harry William Ashton, ARM lc Kenneth E. Bartlebaugh, ARM lc Robert N. Varmette, ARM 2c Claude W. Aunspaugh, ARM 2C Robert H. Grisman, ARM 3c John M. Keith, PhoM 3c Leonard W. Nicholson, AOM 2c Glenn L. Reding, ARM 2c Ray Charles Sharkey, CPhoM Julian K. Joliff, Ensign F 5 .., . Vn p 3 1