Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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PART VI THE MEN WHO FOUGHT HER (Ranks and rates shown are as of 14 May, 1 945) ' Plank Owners. OFFICERS Captain George A. T. Washburn, USN, 12352 Sand Point Way, Seattle 55, Wash., or Navy De- partment, Washington, D. C. Commander E. R. Eastwold, USN, LeRoy, Minn., or Navy Department, Washington, D. C:. Commander E. G. Osl orn, USN, II 02 El Ceniro Ave, Napa, Cahf. Lieut, Comdr. Ivan I. Smith, USNR, Ejido No. 7, Mexico City, Mexico. Lieut. Comdr. W. E. Bertram. USN, c o C. S. Aikins, 251 1 Limvood Blvd., Kansas City 3, Mo. Lieut. Comdr. W. H. Sands, USNR, Gambrills, Md. Lieut. Comdr. Leonard W. Hag- strom, USNR, 4362 Everett .Ave., Oakland, Calif. Lieut. S. Linton Smith, USNR, 2205 Beechridge Rd., Raleigh, N. C. Lieut. Potter Palmer III, USNR, 1301 Astor St., Chicago, 111. Lieut. J. H. Garrett, USN, 4534 Alabama St., San Diego, Calif. Lieut. Robert Homans, USNR. 5 Brimmer St., Boston, Mass. Lieut. Valter W. Kalteyer, Jr., USNR, 2056 Addison Rd., Hous- ton 5, Texas Lieut. James De . ngelis, L ' SNR, 1 03 1 Forest Rd., New Haxen, Conn. Lieut. James R. Tippett. Jr., USNR, 1735 Park Ave., Balti- more, Md. Lieut. Frederick L. Mar il, Jr., USNR, 1 301 New Road, Els- mere, Wilmington, Del. Lieut. R. L. Corkran, Jr., USNR 724 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk 7, ' a. Lieut. C. V. H. King, USNR, 818 Levering Ave., Los . ' ngeles 24, Calif. Lieut. Ivan E. McDougal, US.NR, 4533 3°th St., San Diego, Calif. Lieut. B. B. Upchurch, USNR, 862 Park St., Atlanta, Ga. Lieut. A. H. Berndt, USNR, 494 ' , N. Christiana Ave., Chicago, 111. ' Lieut. Merle Grant, USN, 26227 . ' lta N ' ista, Lomita, Calif. Lieut. Kenneth B. Little, USNR, Box 58, Wasco, Calif. Lieut. H. C;. Howard, USN, 3806 46th St., San Diego, Calif. Lieut. Robert W. Sutton, USNR, 1 1 18 O.xford St., Berkeley 7, Calif. Lieut. Charles B. White, USNR, 1306 Sherman St., .Alameda, Calif. Lieut. Henry A. Harrison, USNR, Box 874, Baker, Oreg. Lieut. Arthur W. Gilmore, USNR, 141 15 Greenleaf .St., ' an Nuys, Calif. Lieut. Wayne L. Black, USNR, 1436 Laird Ave., Salt Lake City 5, Utah Lieut, (jg) R. Denny, USNR, 800 Rivercrest Road, Fort Worth, Texas. Lieut, (jg) Albert C. Nolte, Jr., USNR, 38 Willets Ct., Manhasset, N. Y. Lieut, (jg) C. E. Stimson, Jr.,USNR, 610 Woodland Rd., Pasadena 5, Calif. -Navigation dcpaiuni-nt otiu 113

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and that alonr has been a ii;rfat hrlp to liim and to us in satisfartorily discharnin our chilics. He, too. has Ix-i-n fair with us, and. alxnc all elsi ' . that is the first trait vc look for in an ollifcr. To our Rxcc. also, wc say, Many thanks! . ncl, now. as wo comr to this last pai c in our rovifw of the past yoar, vvc find more and more of our ollucrs and men u;rttinti; their orders to other duty. Soon, we will all be gettini? our orders, and there will not be a Plank Owner left on board. To you who will man our ship in the future, a word of admonition. Before reporting to the lM ii;a Point and since, we have often heard the Kaiser- Vaneou er CA ' E ' s re- ferred to as Kai.ser ' s C offins. We are all well aware that they arc expendable, but so arc other ships. We know that she was thrown together in the haste necessitated by the exi- gencies of war. No one knows belter than we that she is not a pleasure cruis T. But wc do know this; if you serve her well, she will s tvc you well. Her engines have now chugged along for thousands of miles and there arc thousands of miles left in her. .She fights just as well as her big sisters. Her rerord speaks for itself. Take care of her, for she has served us well. I ' ight her victoriously; so that she will .so(jn be able t(j return to the .Stales for a well earned rest in that Peace for which she has strived so hard. Many happy cruises, and GrxJ Bless you all in the L ' ..S..S. I.un ' a I ' oinl. And. nmv that we are in the Ja ) ' . front yard, 1 1 V xhall keep on going, though the going he hard. Because ive know ive ve got the finest carrier; . othing . o, nothing shall create a barrier To making Hirohito himself anoint The fighting men of the Lunga Point. ' ' ' ' 112

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I « 1 r Lieut, (iff) G. R. Siiro, USXR, c o Breitkreutz, Talcott Notch Rd., Farmington, Conn. Lieut, (jg) R. E. Davenport, Jr., USNR, 1120 Bedford Ave.. Nor- folk 8, a. Lieut, (jg) R. W. Sebastian. U.SNR, 1415 Estcs . ve., Chicago. 111. Lieut, (jg) H. D. Hatcher. U.S.XR. Auxvasse, Mo. Lieut, (jg) NL J. Palena, US.XR, 1933 S. 2 1 St Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Lieut, (jg) Nelson C. Walton, USN 5310 Swiss Ave., Dallas, Texas Lieut, (jg) Wendell L. Phillips, USNR, c o Walter I. Phillips, 149 Elmwood . ' Xve., Wollaston, Mass. Lieut, (jg) Paul S. Smith, USNR, 1225 S. .Atlanta . ve., Tulsa, Okla. Lieut, (jg) H. T. Haacke, Jr., USNR, 892 River ievv A e., Day- ton, Ohio Lieut. (jg)Karl W. Reber, USNR, 9981 Grandmont Rd., Detroit, Mich. Lieut, (jg) William F. Nevins, Plank Owners. Communication Department officers. USXR, 22-, W. 71st St., New York, N. V. Lieut, (jg) John H. Whitehouse, USNR, 24 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, N. ' ' . Lieut, (jg) L. J. Cardinale, USN, 441 Ellis St., San Francisco, Calif. Lieut, (jg) A. E. Owings, USN, 2838 Kcrckhoff Ave., San Pedro, Calif. Ensign F. W. Stuve, USNR, 120 Ward Ave., San Antonio, Texas Ensign A. P. Czerwenka, U.SN, 405 Norwich Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. Ensign Walter R. Peterson, USNR, 1096 Keith . ve., Berkeley 8. Calif. Ensign Paul S. Pierson. L ' SNR, 1 1018 Ayras .-Xve.. Los . Xngeles 34, Calif. Ensign Edward J. Behn, USNR, c o Col. S. Behn, Int. Tel. and Tel. Corp., 67 Broad St., New York, N. Y. Ensign W. A. Mortonson, USNR, 5885 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago, 111. 114 Ensign J. J. O ' Connor, U.SNR, 2520 N. Maryland -Ave.. Milwau- kee, Wis. Ensign L. J. Winter, USXR, 31 Longfellow A e.. Newark 6, N.J. Ensign S. Riegelmen, L ' .SNR, 1134 W. State St., Milwaukee, Wis. Ensign Hillman D. Cumniihgs, USN, 241 1 Niinitz St., San Diego 2, Calif. Commander C. M. Tirrell, (.MC), USNR, c o Holbert, Box 88, ' entura County, Soniis, Calif. Lieut. Comdr. Paul C. Piatt, (MC), USNR, 6319 Marty .Ave., Over- land Park, Kans. Lieut. William L. Ray. (DC), U.SNR, 3530 S. E. Clinton St., Portland, Oreg. Chief Pharmacist .Samuel J. Gal- lagher. (MC). USN, 4183 30th St. .San Diego 4, Calif. Lieut. Comdr. F. P. Moore, Jr., (SC), USNR, State Hospital, East Gardner. Mass. Lieut, (jg) H. D. Riley. (SC), USXR, 316 Park Ave., Manhas- set, N. Y.