Foote (DD 511) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 72 text:

COMMANDER ALSTON RAMSAY, UNITED STATES NAVY . . . . . . Conspicuous gaIIanTry and inTrepidiTy in acTion againsT The enemy as The Commanding OTTicer .... OperaTing in The ,NorThern SoIomon IsIands area during The period Trom OcTober 3I To November 2, T943 .... Courageous devoTio.n To duTy was in keeping wiTh The highesT TradiTions oT The UniTed STaTes Naval Service. LIEUTENANT coMrv1ANDER HARRY WILLIAM MCELWAIN UNITED STATES NAVY . . . . . . Heroic achievemenT in The connecTion wiTh operaTions againsT The enemy during The capTure and deTense oT Okinawa and ouTIying islands during The period oT I6 May Through I2 AugusT I945, while Commanding OTTicer .... I-Iis courage and skill during This Iong and arduous period were an inspiraTion To The oTTicers and men under his command. x LIEUTENANT JOI-IN E. VVASON UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE . . . . . . OuTsTanding courage in direcTing The Tire oT his guns on enemy aircraTT diving on The ship and inTIicTing serious damage To Two oT Them .... DisTinguished him among Those perTorming duTies oT name characTer. M CLAXTON R. L. COOPER, TORPEDOMAN TI-IIRD CLASS UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE . . . . . . In The Tace oT grave personaI danger Trom an aTTacking enemy airplane sTeadTasTIy direcTed his Tire inTo The aircraTT unTiI iT crashed inTo The sea in his imme- diaTe viciniTy .... DevoTion To duTy was an inspiraTion To aII his shipmaTes. WILLIAM BASS, STEWARD'S MATE FIRST CLASS I UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE . . . . . DisTinguished himseIT by heroic and meriTorious conducT as a machine gun- ner oT an anTi-aircraTT gun .... In The Tace oT grave personal danger sTeadTasTIy di- recTed his Tire unTiI The plane crashed in his immediaTe viciniTy .... I-Iis conducT ThroughouT disTinguished him among Those perTorming duTies oT The same characTer. DAVID BROWN, GUNNER'S MATE TI-IIRD CLASS UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE . . . . . . DisTinguished himself as Gun CapTain oT a 40 miIIimeTer gun . . . . Re- paired a jammed barrel oT his Twin mounT gun whiIe The oTher barrei conTinued Tiring aT an aTTacking pIane .... I Iis ouTsTanding skiII puT The inoperaTive barrel back inTo acTion beTore The aircraTT TinaIIy crashed inTo The sea in his viciniTy. LIEUTENANT GEORGE JOSEPI-I MONEZ UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE . . . . . . DisTinguished himseIT by exceIIenT service as an Engineering OTTicer . . . . I-Iandled casuaITies To The main engineering pIanT in a quick and eTTicienT manner. . As a resuIT oT his exceIIenT Training oT The men in his division, The engineering pIanT responded To every order. JAMES PATRICK SWEENEY, M-ACI-IINIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE .- ..... DisTinguished himseIT exceIIenT service during operaTions againsT The enemy. . . Displayed considerabIe skill and iniTiaTive in repairing The damage done by an 68

Page 71 text:

2 mg mn g 'Wmff 0 , QW V QQ! 1945 ...,,.,,,,,,c,,,,, Q 0 RN REGOGNITKON QF 'YDLEUGPLRKNI C, NO COUKPMCQE KM Tl-XE, GCTKON 1' FX ST 'THE C-NEAR E 'L GPHN K5 PAHPWZO 'o X-81:1 Ne NT QQ' N 1-NN XX- ON- E oucf A 5 0.5. S. FOO 5 X TENS CAT K. - fx ear fir f f'X 1,1 oix 5211- x X

Page 73 text:

enemy plane who crashed close aboard and fhereby confribuTed maferially To The confinual efficiency of his ship. FRANK EDWARD RICHARDSON, C5UNNER'S MATE THIRD CLASS UNITED STATES NAVY . . . . . . DisTinguished himself as a machine gunner . . . . Displayed ouTs'randing resourcefullness and meriToriouS conducf in quickly clearing a sToppage which occurred shorTly afTer his ship had opened fire on an enemy aircrafT .... Quick acfion pre- venfed The loss of The gun when iT was mosf needed. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MATTHEW S. SCHMIDLINCI UNITED STATES NAVY . . . . . . For his skillful and effecTive performance of dufy as ExecuTive Officer of a Desfroyer which was damaged during The engagemenT wifh Japanese naval forces off Bougainville .... PrompT inifialrion of damage confrol measures confribufed To saving his ship afTer she had Ioeen severely damaged. PU RPLE HEART CITATIONS In The name of The Commander Soufh Pacific Area and SouTh Pacific Force The following named men received The Purple HearT cifaTion and medal for wounds received in acfion. ENSIGN, EVERETT SHEPHERD, UNITED STATES NAVY ROBERT D. BONTZ, MOTOR MACHINIST SECOND CLASS. x UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE HORACE R. BRADBROOK, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE THOMAS E. FITZGERALD, SEAMAN SECOND CLASS. UNITED STATES NAVY JAMES R. HART, BAKER SECOND CLASS. UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE ANTHONY S. ISI4RzVcIcI. SEAMAN SECOND CLASS I UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE HAROLD J. KNIGHT, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. I UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE RICHARD L. LEWIS, SEAMAN SECOND CLASS. UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE FLOYD e. SHELTON, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE GEORGE G. THOMAS, JR., STEWARD'S MATE FIRST CLASS. UN TED STATES NAVAL RESERVE CLAUDE E. WIGGINS, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. UNITED STATES NAVY ARTHUR BOTELHO, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE THEODORE ROMANO - RAYMOND UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE 69