Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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PART VI THE MEN WHO FOUGHT HER QRanks and rates shown are as of 14 May, 194,55 OFFICERS 'f Captain George A. T. XfVashburn, USN, 12352 Sand Point lfVay, Seattle 55, Wash., or Navy De- partment, YVashington, D. C. 'tC0mmander E. R. Eastwold, USN, LeRoy, lNIinn., or Navy Department, lfVashington, D. C. If Commander E. G. Osborn, USN, 1102 El Centro Ave., Napa, Calif. 'I' Lieut, Comdr. Ivan I. Smith, USNR, Ejido No. 7, Mexico City, 'Mexico Lieut. Comdr. YV. E. Bertram, USN, cfo C. S. Aikins, 2511 Linwood Blvd., Kansas City 3, lVIo. Lieut. Comdr. W. H. Sands, USNR, Gambrills, Md. 'lg Lieut. Comdr. Leonard YV. Hag- strom, USNR, 4362 Everett Ave., Oakland, Calif. 3':Lieut. S. Linton Smith, USNR, 2205 Beechridge Rd., Raleigh, N.C. Lieut. Potter Palmer III, USNR, 1301 Astor St., Chicago, Ill. 'lf Lieut. H. Garrett, USN, 4534 Alabama St., San Diego, Calif. 'Lieut. Robert Homans, USNR, 5 Brimmer St., Boston, Blass. Lieut. Walter W. Kalteyer, Jr., USNR, 2056 Addison Rd., Hous- ton 5, Texas Y I Lieut. James De Angelis, USNR, 1031 Forest Rd., New Haven, Conn. 'kLieut. James R. Tippett, Jr., USNR, 1735 Park Ave., Balti- more, Md. if Lieut. Frederick L. Marvil, jr., USNR, I3OI New Road, Els- mere, Wilmington, Del. Lieut. R. L. Corkran, Jr., USNR 724 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk 7, Va. USNR, 818 Levering Ave., Los Angeles 24, Calif. 'K Lieut. Ivan E. McDougal, USNR, 4533 30th St., San Diego, Calif. USNR, 862 Park St., Atlanta, Ga. 'Lieut. C. V. H. King, ' Lieut. B. B. Upchurch, 'F Plank Owners. Lieut. A. H. Berndt, USNR, 4945 N. Christiana Ave., Chicago, Ill. Lieut. lXlerle Grant, USN, 26227 Alta Vista, Lomita, Calif. Lieut. Kenneth B. Little, USNR, Box 58, Wfasco, Calif. Lieut. H. C. Howard, USN, 3806 46th St., San Diego, Calif. Lieut. Robert W. Sutton, USNR, 1118 Oxford St., Berkeley 7, Calif. Lieut. Charles B. Wfhite, USNR, 1306 Sherman St., Alameda, Calif. Lieut. Henry A. Harrison, USNR Box 874, Baker, Oreg. 7 tk Lieut. Arthur W. Gilmore, USNR, 14115 Greenleaf St., Van Nuys, Calif. ff Lieut. Wayne L. Black, USNR, 1436 Laird Ave., Salt Lake City 5, Utah Lieut. R. Denny, USNR, 800 Rivercrest Road, Fort Worth, Texas. if Lieut. Albert C. Nolte, Jr., USNR, 38 Willets Ct., Manhasset, N. Y. Lieut. Cjgj C. E. Stimson, Jr.,USNR, 610 Woodland Rd., Pasadena 5, Calif. Navigation department officers. 113

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that alone has been a great help to him and to us in satisfactorily discharging our duties. He, too, has been fair with us, and, above all else, that is the first trait we look for in an oflicer. To our Exec, also, we say, c'Many thanks! And, now, as we come to this last page in our review of the past year, we find more and more of our officers and men getting their orders to other duty. Soon, we will all be getting our orders, and there will not be a Plank Ownern left on board. To you who will rnan our ship in the future, a word of admonition. Before reporting to the Lunga Point and since, we have often heard the Kaiser-Vancouver CVE,s re- ferred to as c'Kaiser's Coffinsf' We are all well aware that they are expendable, but so are other ships. We know that she was thrown together in the haste necessitated by the exi- gencies of war. No one knows better than we .s ..,,, ,,.. that it p know this, if you serve her well, you well. Her engines have new along for thousands of miles and thousands of milcs left in her She as well as her big sisters. Her for itself. Take care of her, for she has sht is not a leasure lcruiaw. l 13 us well. Fight her victoriouslyg so tha, will soon be able to return to the States well earned rest in that Peace for which strived so hard. Many happy cruises, and Bless you all in the U.S.S. Lunga Point And, now that we are in the japs' front yard, We shall keep on going, though the going he hard Because we know weave got the finest carrier, Nothing! N 0, nothing shall create a barrier To making Hirohito himseh' anoint Thejighling men of the Lunga Poinlf 3 ff DJ J Ri X! . .,-,-.-,,,,,,i,,- . . ff M ---wr - gu- -,jx c N5Lt. '.:f- f 17's N-- 'Qn Y..- 'x

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.ts W seas tt . -A : Lieut. qjgp 0. R. sum, USNR, Lieut. Cjgj R. E. Davenport, Jr. Lieut. Cjgl R. W. Sebastian, USNR cfo Breitkreutz, Taleott Notch Rd., Farmington, Conn. USNR, 1120 Bedford Ave., Nori foik 8, va. 1415 Estes Ave., Chicago, Ill. i Lieut. qjgp H. D. Hatcher, USNR Lieut. Cjgb M. PJ. Palena, Pls ik Pk Dk wk 211 7 Auxvasse, Mo. USNR, 1933 S. 21st Street, Philadelphia, Pa. f Lieut. Nelson C. Walton, USN 5310 Swiss Ave., Dallas, Texas Lieut. Wendell L. Phillips, USNR, cfo Walter I. Phillips, 149 Elmwood Ave., Wollaston, Mass. Lieut. Paul S. Smith, USNR, 1225 S. Atlanta Ave., Tulsa, Okla. Lieut. H. T. Haacke, Jr., USNR, 892 Riverview Ave., Day- ton, Ohio Lieut. Cjgj Karl W. Reber, USNR, 9981 Grandmont Rd., Detroit, Mich. Lieut. William F. Nevins, ' Plank Owners. Communication Department ofliecrs. USNR, 225 VV. 71st St., New York, N. Y. Lieut. John H. N'Vhitehouse, USNR, Q4 Prospect Park Wfest, Brooklyn, N. Y. 96 Lieut. Cjgj L. Cardinale, USN, 441 Ellis St., San Francisco, Calif. if Lieut. A. E. Owings, USN, 2838 Kerckhoff Ave., San Pedro, Calif. i'fEnsign F. YAY. Stuve, USNR, 120 Ward Ave., San Antonio, Texas D Ensign A. P. Czerwenka, USN, 405 Norwich Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. Ensign Walter R. Peterson, USNR, 1096 Keith Ave., Berkeley 8, Calif. 3 Ensign Paul S. Pierson, USNR, 11018 Ayras Ave., Los Angeles 34, Calif. Ensign Edward QI. Behn, USNR, cfo Col. S. Behn, Int. Tel. and Tel. Corp., 67 Broad Stn., New York, N. Y. Pk 'A Ensign W. A. Mortonson, USNR 5885 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago? lll. 1141 'k Ensign J. J. O'C0nn0r, USNR, 2520 N. lvlaryland Ave., lvlilwau- kee, Wfis. it Ensign L. Wfinter, USNR, 31 Longfellow Ave., Newark 6, N. -1. Ensign S. Riegelmen, USNR, 1134 W. State St., Milwaukee, Wis. 9tEnsign Hillman D. Cummings, USN, 2411 Nimitz St., San Diego 2, Calif. 'K Commander C. Bl. Tirrell, CMCJ, USNR, efo Holbert, Box 88, Ventura County, Somis, Calif. Lieut. Comdr. Paul C. Platt, CMCX USNR, 6319 hlarty Ave., Over- land Park. Kans. at 146111. Wfilliam L. Ray, KDCJ, USNR, 3530 S. E. Clinton St-a Portland, Oreg. Chief Pharmacist Samuel G81- lagher, CNICJ, USN, 4183 30th St. San Diego 4, Calif. 'k Lieut. Comdr. F. P. Moore, CSCJ, USNR, State Hospital, Gardner, Mass. ' Lieut. fjgj H. D USNR, 316 Park Ave., Set, N. Y.