Manchester (CL 83) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 200 of the 1951 volume:

(V 1 n KOCHI B INCHC ! Rf CHONGJIN SONGJIN 5EA OF JAPAN WONSAN L KANGNUNG f i 1 i I YEUOW j ■ - ' ] k p V: K %j . • : m 5W  « ? £ pi e SAN FRANCISCO the Manchester? . . . we ' ll never forget her . . . cwmt USS MANCHESTER 1950-1951 Copyright 195 1 by Lewis S. Parks OUR SKIPPER CAPTAIN PARKS TOOK COMMAND OF THE MANCHESTER ON JULY 19, 1950 AT HUNTER ' S POINT, SAN FRANCISCO. DURING WORLD WAR II HE WAS AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS AND GOLD STARS IN LIEU OF SECOND AND THIRD NAVY CROSSES; THE LEGION OF MERIT, COM- MENDATION RIBBON WITH BRONZE STAR, AND PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION. EXEC. CAPTAIN THOMAS M. FLECK, USN CAPTAIN FLECK WAS THE MANCHESTER ' S EXECUTIVE OFFICER FROM JULY 31, 1950 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1951. SHORTLY BEFORE LEAVING THE MANCHESTER, HE WAS PROMOTED FROM COMMANDER TO HIS PRES- ENT RANK. COMMANDER WILLIAM C. HUGHES, USNR COMMANDER HUGHES RELIEVED CAPTAIN FLECK ON FEBRUARY 28, 1951. HE WEARS THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN, AMERICAN, NAVY OCCUPATION AND KOREAN SERVICE RIBBONS. BEYOND THE GOLDEN GATE . . . . The Manchester has been around. Since our ship ' s commissioning in October, 1946, her 14,000 tons have been afloat in countless nooks of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. By the time she was two years old the ship had been to Europe twice, and in 1949 she was cruising the Orient. On June 25th, 1950, when the North Koreans struck across the 38th Parallel, the Manchester was lying in the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, preparing to return to the Pacific. Day did not interrupt the Manchester ' s repair period — which was cut short one month. On July 22, while still in the shipyard, we bade farewell to Captain Wilkins, and Captain Parks became our Commanding Officer. The same day we learned that the Manchester had won the 1949-50 Battle Efficiency Award. Commander Dingfelder (left) was later relieved as Executive Officer by Commander Fleck . . . By 0804 . And at 1235 we passed beneatf +Ke Golden Gate, headed for Hawaii and the open seg J ' ■ f (mm: Our 32-knot speed run to Pearl Harbor was interrupted several hundred miles out by a fire in the after fireroom which we shall not easily forget. On the morning of August 5th tin ' Manchester steamed slowly past Diamond Head and into Pearl Harbor. Our month in Hawaii meant extensive repairs to our fireroom, liberty, addi- tion of wartime armament . . . liberty. On August 7th we hoisted the prized meatball pennant formally giving us possession of the battle efficiency award. §41 „■(« o. • , , WW.- .. Chur o. . To i CoBUfciJl-if ■ (2) :«=« . - CrulMr DlrUlon OWE 1. Tb. Ca-ud.r L • t con nttilat4i ' 1 MTI « 4 SO - r oort la BtUlnlin  ' . ' -i Efficiency P«Bu«nt. - Moor w lco your ooaatad t a Mraad r.r.ac.i U « card l«r.UiE«ii to iu ' .J, and hlfh Ml - -r «Ur .-:; ' j xapaaj. It li vuch • «■; :irt i  •«. ut . -t«] «c« bIc to ■ ■t t« of  trwin d r;- .. C-AaxH u LaJL cnic ■ -■ ,., . ■ P«o t e cocart ! iff ■ AvS The harbor was filled with the humdrum of wart ime repair and refitting. Warships were appearing and departing continually. But the rest of the islond seemed far away from Korea. We left few of the island ' s pleasures untried. I ■ After a month our repairs were completed. Our new guns and equipment had been tested at sea and we had a bellyful of light Hawaiian liberty. It would have to last us a long time. On the morning of September 4th, the Manchester left the islands, enroute to Okinawa . . . Our voyage across the Pacific found all Departments exercis- ing to sharpen their men and equipment for wartime operations. u After leaving Hawaii, ship ' s AA batteries open up on practice sleeves. Lost at sea: 3 birthdays - On September 6th the Manchester crossed the 180th meridian and all clocks were advanced 24 hours regardless of the fact that Everett Tipton, Neil Roberts and John Wurzbach hod been born on September 7th. TYPHOON KEZIA 2000, 9 Sept: Prepare for heavy weather 0950, 10 Sept: Changed course to pass south of typhoon 1045, 1 2 Sept: Operations Officer reports contact with center of Kezia Ship commences series of typhoon position reports to Fleet Weather Center, Guam Mi -■ FROM: COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET TO: MANCHESTER YOUR EXCELLENT TRACKING OF TYPHOON KEZIA WAS OF CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE X WELL DONE From: Commanding Officer . . . The typhoon mentioned in this dispatch constituted a serious threat to the scheduled plans of the amphibious assault against Inchon, Korea, and accurate knowledge of its loca- tion and track was essential for the success of this joint operation . . . The Commanding Officer wishes to add his endorsement to the commendation of Commander Seventh Fleet for the important contribution which you made to the success of this undertaking. S LEWIS S. PARKS From: Commander Naval Forces, Far East To: Commanding Officer, U.S.S. MANCHESTER . . . The excellent performance of the U.S.S. MANCHESTER in tracking Kezia during the critical period of its recurvature establishes a precedent which should not be forgotten . . . S C. T JOY While at sea we learned that our proceed orders to Okinawa had been changed, and the Man- chester headed for Sasebo Ko on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Sasebo was the jumping-off point for ships participating in the invasion of Inchon, and we were to be one of those ships. Chaplain Albrecht delivers his last sermon at sea before being relieved by Chaplain Koskv. We entered Sasebo harbor at 0700 on September 14th and left abruptly 1 1 hours later to arrive in time for Inchon with Task Force 77. MANCHESTER AT INCHON By September 15th, United Nations troops were slowly pushing out of the tiny Pusan perimeter. That day also. General MacArthur gambled successfully in his left end run around the southern tip of Korea — into the west coast port of Inchon. 262 ships and 40,000 men were involved in this amphibious assault. Its ultimate objective was the capture of the nearby key city of Seoul. Throughout the invasion the Manchester remained with the carriers — her guns silent, her radars searching for any enemy who might attempt interfer- ence with the vital carrier operations. We were always nd ready, but thinking when our own fcuns could pit FAST CARRIER TASK FORCE 77 The few months following Inchon found our troops pushing steadily north. In order to continue our drive unchecked it was necessary to keep the enemy in con- fusion, his supply routes and communica- tions centers blocked and disrupted. This was the duty of carrier planes from Admiral Ewen ' s task force — and it was the long, tedious duty of the Manchester to keep the flattops from harm. There was a lot of inglorious, hard work involved in the Manchester ' s job of vigilance. But most of us recognized the necessity of our presence in the force, and tried to increase our ability to cope with any emergency. The versatility and precision required in working with the carriers was an art in itself depending on a swift com- munications system, a quick-thinking pilot house, and an efficient propulsion department. ! ?£ W « a v • : Helicopters flitting busily from ship to ship became a familiar sight. They delivered guard mail (above), hovered behind the carriers during flight operations to handle emergencies, and they were ambulances to transfer sick or injured from the smaller ships. Refueling, replenishing and re-arming at sea became a common thing to us. It called for a fast-working deck force to accomplish the job quickly because of the vulnerability of the two ships to air attack during the tight maneuver. Before long, we were aces at it. FROM: MASSEY TO: MANCHESTER JUNIORS SH OULD NOT COMPLIMENT SENIORS FOR FEAR OF BEING THOUGHT GREASY X HOWEVER I HAVE COMMANDED DESTROYERS SINCE MARCH 1944 A LONG TIME WITH TF 58 X I HAVE SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE CL 107 WITH SUCH NOTABLES AS 30-KNOT BURKE X YET I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CRUISER COME ALONGSIDE AS FAST AS CLOSE AND AS SMARTLY AS YOURS SEPTEMBER 27TH . . . BOMBARDMENT OF FANKOCHI POINT . A severe battle for the vital Seoul was on. Soon UN troops would be pushing through the city and further north. Fan- kochi Point was a heavily armed area which would be dangerous to have be- hind our lines. 1 ' The Manchester took command of TG 77.1, and in company with DesDiv 112 proceeded to Fankochi where her guns hammered out enemy emplacements in the hills. Result: pill boxes, gun emplacements, revetments and trenches containing the enemy were destroyed. For the first time North Koreans had felt the Manchester ' s sting. FROM: COMMANDER TASK FORCE 77 TO: MANCHESTER MSG CAPT PARKS X I IMAGINE THE NORTH KS ARE BURNING THE WIRES CALLING FOR HELP AFTER HAVING THEIR TAILS WARMED BY YOU AND YOUR BOYS TODAY X NICE GOING X EWEN r By the afternoon of October 4th, the Manchester was in Sasebo again, for five days. We had seen no liberty since Pearl, so there were many good times to make up for in this short period. Some said they couldn ' t; some tried. 5$£ .1 % Before we knew it, October 9th was upon us and we resumed our operations with TF 77. The Man- chester ' s duties were the same as before in the force, but this time we were off Wonsan on the east coast where UN troops were victoriously streaming north. They needed air support to keep the North Koreans in retreat, and we gave it to them. ime old earners doing the same great job. y The mine threat we had heard about was now a reality. Mr. Fitz-Patrick was dotting his navigation charts with small red position points where mines had been reported. Pictures of yawning holes in victims Mansfield and Brush made us think twice. FROM: COMMANDER TASK FORCE 77 TO: MANCHESTER YOUR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING X WE SAY GOODBY TO YOU WITH KEEN REGRET While the Allies pushed deep into Korea ' s North and the last battles seemed to be in sight, the Manchester was embarking on a new assignment. The last we saw of Task Force 77 was its boss, Rear Admiral E. C. Ewen, when he came aboard in Sasebo to say goodby and — Well Done. In his short talk to us on the fantail, he spoke for the carrier boys when he added: You were our insurance, and you did a hell of a good job . . . Admiral Ewen poses with Storekeeper Dan Smith lor a hometown picture. They both hail from Portsmouth, N. J. On the 27th of June, 1950, President Truman had made the decision: The attack upon Korea makes it plain that Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion to conquer independent nations and will now use invasion and war ... In these circumstances the occu- pation of Formosa by communist forces would be a direct threat to the security of the Pacific area and to the U. S. forces performing their lawful and necessary functions in that area. Accordingly, I have ordered- the Seventh Fleet to prevent any attack on Formosa. As a corollary of this action I am calling upon the Chinese government on For- mosa to cease all air and sea operations against the mainland. The Seventh Fleet will see that this is done . . . COMMANDER TASK FORCE 72 The Manchester steamed into Keelung harbor on October 29th to take the Saint Paul ' s place, and Captain Parks relieved Rear Admiral Binford as CTF 72 — and as the Seventh Fleet representative in Formosa. Soon we took command of four patrolling destroyers: the Hollister, Knox, McKean, and Ozbourn, and the fleet oiler Ashtabula. For awhile it seemed that our job would not be particularly difficult, and the men of the Manchester were des- tined to make the best of it . . . Captain Parks with the mayor of Keelung. ' The first night in Keelung was warm and clear — ideal for our planned shenanigans on the fantail celebrating the Manchester s fourth birthday. That night, those who had been with the Manchester since she was barely old enough to go to sea were honored (and invited to stick around). - a if - ' 7 is my pleasure to present to . . . B. B. Aired, GM2 D. E. Anderson, BTC L. G. Beck, QM2 B. J. Belue, GM2 A. C. Brassard, SN C. E. Buchanan, Jr., IC1 L. Davis, SD3 J. P. Dawson, SHI C. L. English, TN J. A. Flowers, GM3 C. Gaglio, BM3 C. L. Gordon, Jr., QM 1 J. E. Hancock, GM3 G M. Hayes, BM3 C. W. Holyfield, RM2 G. S. Jenkins, SN A. N. Jones, GM2 K. J. Kerzel, FN R. W. Lebo, GM2 A. M. Manlet, SN R. C. Marx, QM2 M. Matteoli, SN N. V. Moran, GM2 R. A. Nichols, QM2 B. T. Niemiera, BM3 S. Ogrysko, MM2 A. N. Petty, SN A. C. Powell, GM1 M. A Ross, MM 1 J. H. Russell, Jr., RD2 L. J. Stosik, GM3 R. E. Williams, FN J. C. Bagby, FC2 W. R. Jones, FC2 W. D. Roberts, QM1 This honor . . . £d i «H 3 H Sjj ffiangfo g jL to All Sailors an l Marines .herever Ye H 114 to I • • , L ipilutU «R88TIN«S: ■ . fe b, IBts. presents Iftol (The Plank Om r) • ' ■• ' I cert.m soeci . Anderson Lewis • Ailtv wiprenje Plank Owner iaptali ' , i s m m m§i u The following days in Formosa were well filled with varied activities . . . (Dysentery will not be mentioned here in spite of its significance as an activity) WE WORKED High al rbor, H.irr n luilds u ;■■ the lorem.i t First Lieutenant K one of the lew chan WE PLAYED SOME BALL jm: awl: Papa .ind the boy Whap! Beck Beckman slams one out ol the park {or the boys in the grandstand. The Chinese kids seemed to teel the same about baseball as the kids we know back home. mil  r r n f WE LOOKED THE PLACE OVER . . . Above right: Geru i rs — Capitol building in Taipeh. Center: On the road to 1 Bottom left: A touch oi Oriental charm. Above left: Rain or shine, a familiar sight . . . Upper right: Hardly an inch of Formosa soil is unfilled , Lower right: Taipeh suspension bridge Below left: The rice harvesters ' nKw© - y ' WE WERE HOSTS . ot the Nat ' • .. y i- it the Man- chester. Her size and beautv never tailed to amaze them. WE WERE GUESTS . . Captain Parks and Mr. Binks engage in a little jollity with officers ot the Nationalist Military. An emergency order to expedite search for a crashed seaplane south of Formosa brought TF 72 out in a hurry. The Manchester departed so quickly that her boats and several men who had been on Shore Patrol were left behind. As we steamed further south on a search that later proved to be in vain, we encountered another typhoon, which we fondly remember by the name, Clara . 1 Clara and the Manchester tangle. G? Voice radio reports from the destroyers revealed that the small ships were taking a beating in the increasing swells and it was soon evident that TF 72 would have to put in at the nearest port in order to evade Clara ' s full force. The nearest usable port was Hong Kong . . . YES, HONG KONG - - :•;• ' : ' : . Hong Kong has always played an impor- tant part in world events. Less than 100 years ago its harbor was a home port for East Indies pirates, and after the Jap- anese took it over at the start of World War II it was used as a major stepping stone in their supply lines to the Malay Peninsula and South Pacific. Once again the city was preparing to step into world headlines, and once again wary foreigners — Americans and Europeans — were keeping close tabs on trans- Pacific flight schedules. Although Hong Kong was a long way from the actual fighting in Korea, British tommies had set up an armed barrier be- tween their New Territories and Com- munist China. But Hong Kong was still an open city. Communists and people of many other political attitudes shared its streets and alleys. When we went ashore during a six-day recreation period gi by the Seventh Fleet Commander, we saw bearded Indians mingling with the British, Chinese, Americans, White Rus- sians, and a sprinkling of nationalities from nearly every corner of the earth. Hong Kong to us meant the first big city we had seen since Honolulu, with its mod- ern stores and night clubs. There was little evidence of the Japs ' five-year occu- pation, but in the hills around the city we could see ruined mansions where Chinese freebooters had pillaged and stolen dur- ing the chaos just before the Japs took over. Our first welcomer: The (an nd her git her business in the typical Hong K and uniforms for each of her | A bri ht of her prospective client, in this case the silver staff. HMEDG I..: ' : 1305 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL The- tram will take you to the Peak. From the Peak you car see everything . . . tm tJ (ciiMon present in th ; nnf reflected in fi i ■ trccts and thriving ft Ml ■f i Ob FROM: COMMODORE KONG KONG TO: COMMANDER TASK FORCE 72 AU REVOIR X WE FULLY HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED YOUR VISIT AS MUCH AS WE HAVE ENJOYED HAVING YOU X IF THIS IS SO COME BACK SOON When we arrived back in Keelung on November 18th after our Hong Kong vacation, the monsoon rains had begun. From then on, liberty and topside duties meant a thorough drenching, and it became an art to keep any gear dry. ' Anyway, it ' s good lor the {lowers, Mr. Costen. ' Drnr, rlparl Mr Pnn c MANCHESTER THANKSGIVING V November 26th, two days before Chinese Reds began pouring over the Manchurian border, men of the Manchester were hosts at a Thanksgiving party for 50 Taiwan orphans. We served turkey with the trimmings, and spent not a little time accustoming small hands to unfamiliar knives and forks. After dinner, guests and escorts assembled on the hangar deck for a Thanksgiving show. Dur- ing the entertainment, Chinese small fry shyly took the spotlight when they presented their sailor- hosts with native songs and dances. 45 DAYS, 3 HOURS, 3 MINUTES AT SEA wdkU.mJi  . iU ; W -t j ' • i • « By October 18th, South Korean troops had swept into Hungnam. The North Korean capitol at Pyongyang fell the next day. UN forces raced north, taking advan- tage of every weakness in the enemy line to accomplish a single objective of gaining ground. The Eighth Army in the west and the Tenth Corps in the east were working almost independently, each throwing all avail- able force into the front. Finding the enemy weakest along the two coasts, they moved unchecked further into Korea ' s north. But as they advanced, supply lines grew longer and thinner, and as they advanced, Korean guerillas filtered virtually unnoticed behind our front. The Allies were rolling to the Manchurian border by November 28th, when Chinese Communists moved across the Yalu River . . . tens of thousands of them, fresh and rested. It was, said MacArthur, a new war. The masses kept coming seemingly oblivious to the heavy losses inflicted by UN air and ground forces. Our troops fell back as the Chinese plunged into the weak center of our front. Furthermore, there was no solid reserve behind our disorganized forward lines to stop a major break-through in central Korea. Once again, if the Communist drive was not slowed, they could be in a position to trap large units of the UN armies and push them into the sea before they had the chance to reorganize. Task Force 77 planes were aloft almost constantly in close support of our retreating ground forces. By December 1st. the Manchester had returned to fill its old place on the Force. We knew the Chinese were using Russian-made equipment, in- cluding one of the world ' s top jet fighters, the MIG-15. So again it was the Manchester ' s job to discourage the Reds from using their air potential against the carriers. And if they did attack, that was our job. too. The far-seeing eye of our search radar an- tennas covered the sky to intercept the enemy. Anticipating any warnings from Great God Radar our guns were ready to lock on almost instantaneously. Question: How must a ship condition herself for a 45-day period at sea? Answer: She must be a FLOATING CITY . . . Department stores . . . A newspaper and radio station ' - c O W ' % L S _ The Man-Data , now called the Sea Chest , was published twice a month. Don Angell knew all the sports answers and passed them along to us. KM AN. the Manchester ' s radio sta tion . was hatched by Bob Hermet 1] ■••; w h? o ° free . . . And ther must be a hospital CHRISTMAS IN TASK FORCE 77 9 1 u I j The folks back home, and the Navv re- plenishment group got together to help us make the best of a wartime Christmas. Letters, cards and boxes choked the ship ' s Post Office. The Supply Ship Uvalde came alongside and disgorged everything from Christmas trees to cake mix. But the best present c ame just after the 25th when we learned that oui N successfully evacuated thousands of UN troops from the helltrap at Hum ■ INTERLUDE: THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS i 1 1 B Merry Christmas, Storekeeper Wagner . . . Merry Christmas, Storekeeper Nelson . . . Would you like to carry this box, Storekeeper Wagner? Ah, no, Storekeeper Nelson, you should carry it, for you are stronger than I. On the contrary — YOU are the stronger man . . . Never, my friend — YOU are — t-i m • But with the New Year came bitter, moist wind and heavy seas . THE PRASAE STORY X EMERGENCY X MANCHESTER PROCEED Radioman Second Class Kelly Havard and Quartermaster Second Class Jim Kuykendall were assigned as c-oinniunic.it ions interpreters aboard the Thailand Corvette Prasae operating with UN ships off North Korea ' s east coast. The following from their accounts of the incident: On the night of January 6th, Quartermaster Kuy- kendall said the Prasae Ran into the heaviest blizzard I have ever seen. I went up to the flying bridge at about 1900 to check dead reckoning calculations which we were forced to rely on be- cause we had no radar equipment for navigation. The visibility was nearly zero. Later as the two men talked in the radio shack, they felt a lurch. I bet we ' ve run into one of those destroyers, joked Kuydendall. There was a severe jarring of t he ship, and Havard said, Feels like we ' ve gone aground. Kuydendall was still unim- pressed. Suddenly the Prasae shuddered. In Hav- ard ' s words, A rumbling movement this time came from the bowels of the ship, and when she listed to starboard, I knew damn well we ' d gone aground. Everyone was quietly nervous and scared, includ- ing myself, but there was nothing anyone could do, so we settled back uneasily for the night. A sister ship, the Bangpakong, lowered one of its tiny lifeboats to send a salvage line to the stricken ship, but it had to turn back after one man was washed overboard and disappeared into the heavy sea. Another attempt was made by the U.S.S. Bolster, but a chain around the stern broke and further operations were halted because of darkness. The next morning a helicopter from a minesweep- ing group nearby, piloted by Lieutenant (jg) John Thornton, and crew member Gene Marciano, attempted to transfer Lieutenant Harold H. Hard- ing, the Executive Officer of the Bolster, to the Prasae. Kuydendall: The helicopter came in and began hovering over the fantail. I thought it would land. but it went up again and paused over the after superstructure. The pilot took her away from there after a few moments and approached the flying bridge up forward near where Havard and I were standing. Havard continues: This time the pilot came down close, and I could see the crewman open the door and begin lowering Lieutenant Harding on a hoist line. If all had gone well, the plane ' s rotors would have cleared the Prasae ' s rigging by not more than two yards. But all did not go well. The whirling blades began slicing into the lines. I yelled and waved my arms at the pilot, said Havard; He saw me, looked up, and tried to pull the helicopter away, but he was too late. Lieutenant Harding was still dangling from the hoist line, when the plane began falling. In a second it had crashed over the bridge and burst into flames with Mr. Harding underneath. Suvan, the Siamese radioman who worked with us, rushed to the burning wreckage. A section of the falling plane had hit him and his face was streaming blood. Disregarding the flames and his own injuries he pulled Mr. Harding from under the plane. Mr. Thornton and his crewman Marci- ano were also brought out . . . Radioman Havard burned the palms of his mittens and his foul weather jacket putting out the flaming clothing of Gene Marciano. To add to the confusion, 20 millimeter ammunition in the ready boxes on the upper decks began exploding as the fire spread, and nine Siamese sailors in that area became panic- stricken and dove overboard to swim to the beach 200 yards away. One man was lost in the freezing waters, but the others made it to shore. Huddled together on the beach, they were soon suffering from severe exposure, and to make matters worse, it became evident that enemy troops were closing in around them. J Lieutenant Tuvlnr. right, from the Bolster, guarded the helicopter from Communist troops lurking in the distance Meanwhile, the Manchester had been detached from nearby TF 77. The Philippine Sea had provided her with a helicopter and Chief Avia tion Pilot D. W. Thorin. Winn the Manchester reached the area, Thorin began his pet shuttle service between the ship and the ; to bring the freezing men ab While the evacuation was in progress. Lieutenant (jg) M. D. Taylor, the Repair Officei oi the Bolster, had board ' isae and was ducting salvage operations. The followm. count is from the statements of Lieutenant Taylor and from Pilot Thornton -ered minor injuries from the crasl Said the latter: During th aboard the ground I ab nit 200 enemj I triers. Although th : . within t the shij I lit 1 V tile were m dark vhich blended with the tiees and brush. Otl illy invisible against th background- Thailand sailor is bundled into ■ i .Inh ln-i In I It M vf.nl I )M ' , Enclicott. Man at iur left tried to help, but was so frozen he could hardly move. I saw two of them killed by 40 millimeter fire from the destroyers. All eight of the Americans aboard slept in the Captain ' s cabin of the Prasae. The temperature was near zero. One night we tried to use a char- coal brazier to keep warm, but the fumes were unbearable and the rest of the time we just gritted our teeth and endured the cold. U. S. Navy personnel who tried to save the ship did an excellent job, but conditions made it impossible. Although the Siamese sailors were completely out of their element, with ice on the bulkheads and many of them fainting because of the char- coal smoke and freezing weather, they elected to stay with their ship in the hope that it might be salvaged. As the seas became rougher, the Prasae was pushed further up on the beach. During the next three days the weather made flying impossible. Lieutenant Taylor stood by to supervise the salvage attempts. He said, We went in an LCVP and it looked like a one way trip. The Prasae was about 75 yards from dry beach, and the surf was extremely heavy. Radioman Kelly Havard stood guard alongside the Siamese crewmen during the operation. Two bursts in sky are anti-per- sonnel salvos directed at Com- munist troops. A they waited their turn to be picked up. the remaining Prasae sailors lived on hot soup brought from the Manchester in the milk cannister at right. We managed to get Lieutenant Harding. Lieu- tenant Thornton and the latter ' s crewman, Marci- ano, in the boat and to the beach. I made another trip to get Thailand sailors for a beach guard. We established a nice little beachhead. The next day the helicopter from the Manchester evacuated Lieutenant Harding, Marciano, and the exposure and shock cases from among the Thailand sailors. Lieutenant Thornton insisted on staying with me to maintain the beach guard. That evening we managed to get a line from the Bolster to the Prasae, but it broke the fol- lowing morning. We tried to get lines between the ships with buoy floats, sail rafts and even helium balloons. Finally we got some clear weather, and the Manchester ' s helicopter suc- cessfully got a line rigged. It, too, broke on the morning of January 12th. In the afternoon we began to send all personnel to the Manchester by helicopter. At dawn today we could step from the Prasae to dry ground. All remaining personnel were evacuated. Under the whirring rotors the last survivors are hurried aboard tor the shuttle to the Man- chester. ' In background sailor keeps the watch between gulps ot soup while hr buddy tries to warm hand irom Korea ' s hitter cold. As the temperature dropped to 12 degrees below zero it became apparent to the Commanding Officer of the Prasae, Commander Vudhichae, of Bangkok, Thailand, that his men could no longer aid in the salvage operation because of the cold, and requested that they be transferred from the ship. He said, We can always build a new ship, but not a new man. He directed the transfer of his men until he himself fainted from the intense cold and was also taken to the Manchester. During the two days, the helicopter carried out 111 evacuees, seven of them Americans. Aboard the ship, they were given warm food and clothes, and remained aboard until January 14th when the Manchester dropped anchor in Sasebo. The last evacuees are lowered to the Manchester ' s deck and rushed below to sickbay for medical treatment. FROM: COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET TO: MANCHESTER WELL DONE FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN CONNECTION WITH RESCUE OF PRASAE CREW FROM: COMMANDER TASK FORCE 95 TO: COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET THE PROMPT AND EFFICIENT ASSISTANCE FURNISHED BY MANCHESTER DURING PRASAE OPERATIONS DESERVES HIGH COMMENDATION X DESERVING PARTICULAR COMMENDATION ARE OPERATIONS OFFICER X MEDICAL OFFICER X AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN RESCUE WORK FROM: COMMANDER TASK GROUP 95.2 TO: MANCHESTER SERVICES COMPLETED X YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS OPERATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED X WINDMILL PILOT AND CREW DESERVE HIGHEST COMMENDATION FOR A DIFFICULT JOB WELL DONE X THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK X FROM PRINCE PISIT DIS KUL COMMANDING OFFICER THAILAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCES WITH THE UNITED NATIONS COMMAND QUOTE AS CHIEF OF THE THAI MILITARY LIAISON AND COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE THAI EXPEDITIONARY FORCES WITH THE UNITED NATIONS COMMAND COMMA PERMIT ME TO PLACE ON RECORD THE DEEPEST APPRECIATION OF HIS THAI MAJESTYS GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS OF HIS MAJESTYS ARMED FORCES FOR THE GALLANT AND SUCCESSFUL RESCUE OPERATION OF THE END OF HIS MAJESTYS CORVETTE PRASAE WHICH WAS RECENTLY AGROUND AT KISASMUN DAN OFF THE EASTERN KOREA COAST DURING AN ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ENEMY ASHORE X ON BEHALF OF HIS MAJESTYS ARMED FORCES AND OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN PARTICULAR I BEG TO YOU ADMIRAL TO CONVEY TO YOUR COMMAND AS WELL AS TO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SHIPS CONCERNED WHO TOOK PART IN THE RESCUE OPERATION AND IN THE ENSUING BRAVE ATTEMPT TO REFLOAT THE PRASAE AN EXPRESSION OF OUR MOST GRATEFUL THANKS FOR ALL THEY DID TO HELP THEIR THAI COMRADES IN ARMS IN THIS CONNECTION X THE THAI PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND FIELDS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY TOUCHED BY AND ARE PROFOUNDLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS ACTION ON THE PART OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN IN QUESTION WHICH EXEMPLIFIES NOT ONLY THE SPIRIT OF COMRADESHIP BUT ALSO THE CORDIAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLES WHICH I AM SURE WILL GO INTO THE ANNAL OF THE PRESENT STRUGGLE FOR THE IDEALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS WITH WHICH WE ARE BOUND IN SOLIDARITY X UNQUOTE X It was clear to us after the Prasae evacuations that helicopters were playing a major role in the Korean campaign. The number of jobs they could accomplish due to their versatility amazed even the experts. Following, a brief report on the few helicopter operations we know about, because we knew the guys who flow them. HELICOPTERS: A STORY Dui e Inchon operation, the former Man i pilots, Lieutenant Charles Jones and the ieutenant (jg) Kay Miller, with detach ment and helicopter, were transferred from our ship to operate in the vicinity of Kiinpo airfield on the Han River. In the late afternoon of September 25th word was received that a Navy fighter pilot was downed on the mainland in enemy territory. The rescue job was in the hands of Lieutenant Jones; his crewman, Marine Corporal Wittall — and their helicopter, Clementine . The orders came through at 1630. Clementine was launched at 1635, and by 1650 she had rendezvoused with two fighter escort planes from the carrier Valley Forge. The sun was reddening when Clementine passed over the Han River, and Lieutenant Jones called back to control tower inquiring about the time of sunset — 1830, they said. The Lieutenant was beginning to realize the job ahead would be no pushover; part of the flight would have to be made in darkness and Clementine was not fitted for night operations. He advised control of this, asking if he should continue regardless of the circumstances - - Is your plane equipped with cockpit lights, they questioned - - No. - - Have you had much night flying experience - - No. - - It ' s up to you, they said. The Lieutenant turned to Corporal Wittall. He was game. Control tower predicted a full moon with slight haze for the night. Lieutenant Jones requested further information from the escort planes, and was told thai the downed pilot was a young ensign whose fighter plane had been hit by enemy flak and crashed in a rice paddy. He had climbed a nearby hill seeking cover in a small trench at its crest. They said he was unhurt, that no one was around him and that Clementine could land and pick him up with little difficulty. Just before sunset, the three planes arrived on the scene and the entrenched pilot became visible on the hill described. The coast seemed clear, and with a 180 degree turn, Lieutenant Jones brought Clementine into position to make a fast let down. Just as he hovered over the trench before going down, the picture changed. The coast was not clear. The figure on the ground was waving frantically — waving to the helicopter to get out. In the same moment, a voice came on the radio warning Jones that he was under fire. He pulled Clementine up quickly. The fighters began strafing the hillsides around their downed buddy, and Jones asked them if he should make another effort to save the En- sign. He knew what the answer would be: it was entirely up to him. There was no time to ponder over the answer; he ' d try again. Jones told the fighter pilots he would make an emer- gency hover and attempt to pick the man below out of his trench with a hoist. As Clementine began to lose altitude again, the fighters made several more strafing runs. Corpo- ral Wittall was ready with the hoist. The hill was coming closer and they could begin to make out the Ensign ' s features. Clementine was no more than 20 feet above him and the hoist line was nearly in his hands when small arms fire spit from all directions. The young pilot drew his pistol and fired down the sides of the hill, then stopped and gave the ' copter a wave off. Lieutenant Jones could hear the bullets piercing Clementine ' s outer skin, and there was a strange vibration as gas fumes began to fill the cockpit. Two lives, and a helicopter needed to save many more, were at stake now. Clementine gained altitude and the downed pilot and the hill be- came obscured in the distance. Gasoline was pouring out of the ruptured real tank. Lieutenant Jones switched to the fronl tank in which only 25 gallons remained — and was startled to find that his mixture control snapped hack from lean to hill rich as soon as he released it, wasting valuable fuel every sec- ond. Under normal conditions, 25 gallons would never carry him as far as the nearest airstrip at Kimpo. He had at least hoped to get back over the Han, out of enemy territory, but even that was impossible unless the mixture could be secured to the lean position. He asked Corporal Wittall if he had his knife. The crewman understood at once. He crawled down under the pilot ' s fight leg and wedged his knife into the control switch, holding it in lean. Now they had a chance. Lieutenant Jones opened his radio circuit back to the escort planes. He told them he was sorry, but the game was up. Thanks for a hell of a good try, was all he heard. Looking back, the Lieutenant could barely make out the two fighters still circling the lost pilot futilely. Clementine got as far as the Han River; then her engines sputtered and quit. When she hit. Lieu- tenant Jones rolled the plane to starboard to stop the blades, which if allowed to rotate, would prevent escape. Clementine was filling with water when the Lieutenant turned and found his crewman, who had sprung from the floor- boards into his seal seconds before the crash, now unable to unfasten a fouled safety belt. Lieutenant Jones grabbed the knife and cut his crewman free. The two jumped from the p] and inflated a life raft in which they made their way to a nearby island and dug in. When the full moon rose, a helicopter appeared and hoisted them aboard. The rescue was a dar- ing one. The pilot, like Lieutenant Jones, had been given his choice — and had volunteered. The end of this helicopter story is simply the beginning of another. HELICOPTERS: NOTES ON VERSATILITY OF OPERATION (From reports of Lieutenant Charles Jones and Lieutenant ( jg) Raymond Miller on their activi- ties while detached from the Manchester during November and December, 1950) November: Pilots Jones and Miller transferred to an LST with crew and helicopter to engage in minesweeping operations near Chinnampo in the Northwest . . . Hovered ahead of hospital ship Solace to spot mines as she steamed up a river to extract wounded — Because of the slow movement of the heli- copter, it was possible at low tide to make out tiny ripples, indicating objects below the surface . . . Also worked in conjunction with Underwater Demolition Teams. Spotting mines, the pilot would inform UDT who would tie yellow 5 powder cans to them and then a PBM would fly over and destroy them by machine gun fire. December: With CTG 90.1 as west coast Rescue and Reconnaissance Unit . . . Under orders to search for and rescue UN troops trapped by enemy near Changyon. Lieutenant Miller and crewman Anderson landed in a school- yard to evacuate two ROK soldiers. As they took off with the passengers, three enen MIG-15 ' s attacked with machine gun fire. Lieutenant Miller hovered evasively close to hills and other obstructions about which the MIG ' s could not maneuver, until the s] ittackers had to gain altitude or The enemy jets finally disappeared into the clouds. Helicopter not damaged. Operations continued 40 minutes later . . . At: tion of Inchon. Jones and Miller con Ititude scouting above tl for first signs of enemy infiltration . . . In January, our two pilots with crew and helicopter, returned to the Manchester for duty. From then on we would never lose sight of that clumsy looking machine we called our windmill. January 14th was a big day: At 0902, we learned that our marathon at sea would end, and the Manchester headed south toward Sasebo. At 0906: MINE DEAD AHEAD! It was an ugly thing covered with brown rust — only a small portion was visible above the surface of the water, but as it passed below us within 10 feet of the hull, its ponderous size was evident. As diagramed below, the major problem in our vital maneuver to pull away was in checking the swing of the stern (arrow) toward the mine. We drew clear, and our floating enemy was destroyed — becoming nothing more than another red spot on the navigator ' s chart, and a grim memory to those who had seen it. The evening of the same day we came home to Sasebo. In spite of our 45 days at sea, we behaved like gentlemen . . . after a fashion. We got a kick out of the three-night ship ' s party at the Shangri-la, where the Recreation Committee had provided plenty of wine, women and song. it K ASAHI BEER Perrine with a good sample . . . EbMMBMM Recreation Committeemen setting a good example . . . THE ATHLETES Some ol us tound that tht ip durmf nir p • •f I fc ' F, I , i ! THE STREETS OF SASEBO On the afternoon of January 17th, the Man- chester lost a close friend when Ray Miller went down with his helicopter in Sasebo harbor. fal Theirs ro t U These aei men — Their task, so often thtinklc- Is suffused with peril, ton. A UNITED NATIONS BOMBARDMENT GROUP TASK FORCE 95 OUR TARGET: COMMUNIST KOREA On January 28th, the Manchester began her fiery career in Task Force 95 off Kosong, Korea, north of Parallel 38 on the east coast. During the bombardment which began at 1 500, our helicopter was fired upon by one of those hidden Korean shore batteries. Result: no casualties. Result for the afternoon: Manchester expended nine tons of explosives, destroying one concrete power station and one large warehouse; damaging a steel girder bridge and three other warehouses. In the darkness of the following night, we kept our rendezvous with a major Naval armada. By morning of January 30th, the USS Dixie with CTF 95 aboard was on our starboard beam; the Missouri was dead ahead, and the horizon was crowded with destroyers, frigates and minesweepers. At 0702, our main and secondary batteries unleashed their thunder, and salvo after salvo, combined with those of the other warships pummelled installations around Kansong. Kosong, further north, was next on the list. The relentless bombardment never let up until two days later when we withdrew, leaving little more than charred destruction visible in what were once targets of Kansong and Kosong, Korea. FROM: CTF 95 TO: MANCHESTER YOUR TASKS HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDINGLY WELL DONE FROM: LIND DD 703 TO-. MANCHESTER MESSAGE TO CAPTAIN X YOU HAVE A NICE FLAME THROWER Our windmill was at it again. At the peak oi oui Kosong bombardmeni on January .ilst, the Manchestei helicopter was diverted from its spotting mission to pick up a fightei pilot who had crashed in enemy territory 45 miles north. The downed pilot, Ensign Bob Armstrong, later told us an interesting story: We arrived over our assigned targets, but found they ' d already been knocked out by the Navy bombardment boys. So our flight leader headed uth for some railway and highway bridge blasting. Then we turned north again, breaking into two ilil ' leient groups. Suddenly, our flight spotted enemy troops hiding along the main coast high- way, about 45 miles from the bombardment group. We made a couple of strafing dives at them, and as I came out of one of them I saw another bunch crouching in a ditch. I rolled in for a quick run at about 1,500 feet. I was so anxious that I dived at too steep an angle, I ui ,s. I was so close to the ground thai I ould see the bullets chopping into the earth around the troops. Anyway, when I tried to ease the nose up into the air again, I found myself in what pilots call a high speed shock stall. The plane just sort of mushed over ;nid slammed into a snow-covered rice paddy on the other side of the road. But instead of crashing then, the plane bounced back up into the air. The prop was bent back over the cowling, but it was still windmilling around. The fuselage was shaking so hard that the gauge dials were a blur. I barely managed to keep the plane upright. My flight leader saw that all was not quite right with the Armstrong boy, so he radioed me to turn and head for the ocean. I tried to throw the control stick over, but all controls were jammed and I kept going straight ahead. I was losing altitude by this time and I saw a village of grass thatched huts ahead of me. Next thing I knew I was skidding from grass roof to grass roof. All the jarring must have touched off my machine gun circuit, because I began pouring lead into the ground ahead of me. After I bounced over the last hut, I hit into a forest covering about half an acre, 200 feet away from the village. The wings had been clipped off next to the fuselage and, of course, the engine was smashed in. I was shaking a lot, but I realized that I had to get out of there quick, and as near the ocean as possible because the troops I had been firing at would probably close in at any minute. I pulled out a rubber life raft and checked my pistol. When I jumped to the ground my ankle started throbbing and I knew I couldn ' t get very far. I could see a North Korean stand- ing in one of the hut doorways watching me, so I waved at him in hopes he ' d be friendly. But he wheeled around and ran inside, probably because I had unintentionally waved my pistol at him. I limped to a nearby stream, but when I got there my back started aching, too, and that was as far as I could walk. The stream was about 20 feet wide and only 10 or so inches deep, but I inflated the raft, hoping it would float. It did, and I started down the small river to the ocean three miles away. My flight leader dropped a message cylinder saying the Manchester helicopter was on her way, and not too long after I was safely aboard and on my way out of there. All I could say at the time was ' Thanks ' . . . When Captain Parks visited him in sickbay next day, Armstrong said, You know. sir. those helicopters are like a million dollar insurance policy . . . The windmill was at it again. FROM: PHILIPPINE SEA TO: MANCHESTER THANK YOU AND WELL DONE FOR YOUR PROMPT AND EFFICIENT RESCUE OF ENSIGN ARMSTRONG 1 On the 1st of February, we were back in Sasebo with some work to do. The Man- chester ' s continuous firing had nearly emptied her magazines, and there was only one way to fill them ... us. By the time we left Sasebo two days later, we had received aboard a new helicopter and detachment. Lieutenant Roger Gill and Henry Cardoza, our new pilots, did not have to wait long for their work to begin. Assuming command of Task Element 95.21, the Manchester proceeded to the east coast with the Australian destroyer Warramunga, and during the night of February 4th commenced interdiction fire off Annin Tan. The next few days found the Manchester with the Missouri and several destroyers maneuvering off Kangnung, making trouble for the Red troops who were making trouble for our troops. North Koreans were fighting a losing battle at Kangnung. The only answer for the survivors was a retreat up the main coastal highway under cover of a blizzard which had set into the area. Lieutenant Gill and our Marine spotter, First Lieutenant Ken Henry, took off in the helicopter and directed our guns on the retreating columns along the highway. Wherever those Koreans went, our shells went with them, until the Manchester and destroyer Sperry held them in a crossfire. Three hours later, Lieutenant Henry reported no further enemy activity in the area. Tf| 3T . t- ■ V SUBJECT: RECONNAISSANCE This field of work was one of the Manchester ' s specialties while we were operating with Task Force 95. Above are two examples from hun- dreds of reconnaissance pictures taken by Lieu- tenant Ken Henry (left) from our helicopter. Each of these photos requires carefully in- tegrated planning and study before and after shooting . The ship ' s photo lab and CIC Officer spent long hours in development and processing of the vital films. FROM.- CTG 95.2 TO: MANCHESTER YOUR RECONNAISSANCE YESTERDAY GAVE MOST COMPLETE AND BEST INFORMATION THIS AREA I HAVE SEEN IN THE MANY WEEKS I HAVE BEEN HERE SUBJECT: PRISONERS? On February 10th. while patrolling the enemy coast further north, we discovered several fish- ing sampans close to a prospective enemy target. In a short time Captain Bring- ' Em-Back-Alive Hansen and some of his Marines had captured three bewildered fishermen, their sampan (and their sampanful of fish). The prisoners were brought aboard for questioning, after which they were permitted to set out in their boat for home. It was a good morning for all concerned; it was diversion for those of us who were topside, lusty adventure for the Marines, and chocolate candy bars for the fishermen. Those of us who were homesick for Sasebo were cured by February 13th Among many other items, our SP radar needed repair; we were out of ammo again; and among many other people in the combat zone, we needed a little rest. MANCHESTER MARINES LAND IN SASEBO . . . It seemed unusually quiet around the ship during our eight days in the harbor, with the thudding of our guns replaced by the scraping of paint chippers. But the day before we left, the Manchester had begun to buzz with new activity. Commander Hughes came aboard to relieve Captain Fleck as Exec, and Commander Lee reported for duty as our new interpreter. One night near the end of our period in Sasebo, Commander Task Force 95 broke his flag in the Manchester. Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith (at left) carried momentous plans for our future. Meanwhile, UN ground forces in Korea were successfully correcting previous mistakes. Led by General Matthew Ridgeway, the Allies had launched Operation Killer : 1. The front line was no longer ov er-extended and vulnerable as it had been. General Ridge- way was advancing carefully, compactly, and on constant guard against surprise attacks and flank threats. 2. The greatest problem to the UN limited advance was the ability of the Chinese to mass and suddenly threaten our front by pure force of number. The routine never changed: hordes of Chinese from the North would flow down on the coastal highways and railroads, gather into a huge unified body — then strike. If that flow could be interrupted and at intervals demolished, their attack, if attempted at all. would be ineffectual. A naval blockade of the 250-mile east coast transportation system in coordination with air power was assigned to accomplish this vital task of retardation. 3. If, as a result of this plan, Communist forces were kept off balance, the Allies could contain the enemy and Operation Killer ' s final phase — annihilation — could begin. The Manchester, with Admiral Smith embarked, left Sasebo in the early morning of February 21st. DEATH OF A CITY: WONSAN Wonsan was the throat of central Korea ' s transportation system. Highways and railroads from Manchuria that passed through this city branched out along the coast and inland to battle- fronts further south. Air spotters had reported the city area bulging with Chinese Reds, flow- ing through and temporarily billeting in nouses and barracks before continuing their march southward. And there were dangerously large numbers on the way from northern training camps which would be a serious threat to General Ridgeway ' s offensive if permitted to hit our lines in force. It was soon evident that Wonsan must be eliminated. But to effectively bombard Wonsan it would be necessary to extensively maneuver in a harbor full of problems: (1) Observations indicated that at least two of several islands in the area were in enemy hands. Four days before we arrived, the destroyer Ozbourn had received two direct hits from guns believed to be on Sin Do Island. (2) The peninsula of Kalma Gak extended deep into the harbor. On Kalma Gak numerous large-caliber batteries were concealed in caves that dotted the wooded hillsides. I) An estimated 2,000 mines had been planted throughout the harbor area. Some were moored in fields; others floated freely, and could turn up anywhere . . . The capture of Sin Do Island would be a swift and lasting insurance against further enemy fire from that sector, and it would be an advantageous position from which to observe the movements of native small craft believed to be still engaged in night mine-laying missions. We could waste no time with Sin Do. On the morning of our first day at Wonsan February 22nd the Manchester opened fire on Sin Do gun emplacements at point blank range with her six inch, five inch and 40 mm batteries. Right: The planners discuss Sin Do landing. Naval Officer in center is Manchester ' s South Korean inter- preter. Commander Lee. Bottom Left: Staff Sergeant George Anderson, Tech Sergeant Gunny Barker and Staff Sergeant Dick Martin ot the Manchester ' s Marine detachment were Captain Hansen ' s valuable aides-de-camp. Bottom Right: A squad of ROK Marines muster behind their boss. Lieutenant Shm He Taek. None of them spoke English — a situation which was no small head- ache for the Captain. Admiral Smith ordered Captain Hansen to nearby Yo Do Island, which was in friendly hands, to rehearse South Korean marines for an amphibious assault on Sin Do the next day. nrr Within several hours, Captain Hansen reported to the Manchester by walkie talkie that Sin Do had been taken with no opposition. The Red crews who had manned guns on Sin Do had either evacuated, or become part of 94 civilians the marines found on the island an old change-of-clothes trick popular among North Koreans. Destruction was king on Sm Do. But in the shambles and twisted trees lay tin- remnant Id and new . . . Above. i long underground hunker that was used to store ammunition tor several 11-inch mortars HI one below. These Japanese-made guns once rendered Sm Do a near impasse to those who threatened Wonsan from thi 1 ' .: Left Newer field piecei ;uch as tht wen found in Sin Do cav and revetments Attei our bombardment, none ot them were m abli Below Another Sin Do mystery Russian word [minted on concrete walk oi thii hut tell w that officers ol -i Soviet combat engineer regiment were nun billeterl here. Inside were only dunk, empty rooms. Above: On nearby So Do Island where Captain Hansen and his reconnaissance party landed the following day, these World War II bombs were found. The Japs, who had operated planes from Wonsan airstrip, used So Do as a storage for tons of explosives, but when Allies advanced to Wonsan, Jap troops hastily pushed all the bombs into the harbor. At the beginning of this war, North Koreans tediously fished them out for use against South Koreans. Right: Manchester men set up station on So Do from which to observe gun positions on Kalma Gak that had fired on us again in the afternoon of February 24th. Landing on So Do had been no problem. It was nearly deserted. -T A On February 25th, the Manchestei .mil d ind frigates thai constituted th group were firing back .it Kalma (i.ik. It wis soon evidenl thai guns on tins peninsul drawn oul oi theii obscure caves, fired, then pushed back in before our batterii el a1 them. Furthermore, the} usually fired in late afternoon, as the sun silhouetted the hills. The K.ihn.i G.ik problem would nol be easily solved — nor w.is there anj ■ mine thre.it Several tiny South Korean minesweepers had succeeded in clearii foi us only aftei previous days ol c ntinuous sweeping and check sweeping — and this tuted less than .1 tenth of the total numbei of mines reported still al large in the harbor. In spite of the harbor situation we began dealing with our priority objectives in dead earnest. Wonsan was beginning to receive severe wounds . . . CALCULATED RISK After a week of continuous day and night firing on Wonsan, our magazines had begun to drain, and the problem of re-arming and replenishing presented itself for the first time. Complete re-armament of the entire Wonsan task element out at sea would require far too many wasted hours off the firing line. The answer was to risk the operation in Wonsan harbor. On the afternoon of February 27th, we drew along- side the ammunition ship Paricutin . . . We worked fast that day and throughout the night. We had no desire to prolong operation powder-keg . . . e-V By the beginning of March, Wonsan was taking a beating. The siege ships saw to it that a shell was exploding somewhere in the city every minute of every day and night. Our gunners were becoming more accurate by the hour, and to make Communist matters worse, we were coming to know Wonsan as well as our own home towns. Manchester helicopter spotters told us our bursts were walking all over rail and highway arteries and junctions. We had registered direct hits on bridges, a power station and transformers, a barracks containing over 100 troops, AA batteries, warehouses . . . and one evening we plastered a true 1 caravan cautiously moving down a highway. In distance, a fuel dump that was hit on March 2nd and burned all night. In center is small island ot Hwangt ' o Do. FAMILIAR AT WONSAN Left: Alongside, one of the South K whose efforts in Wonsan harbor m ible lor the firing shrps to move Some- times, when they had to work close to the heach. they were shot at . . . then went I r more Right: Periodically aircraft came in from Task Force 77 to conduct air strikes on transportation targets be- hind Wonsan. As long as they were in the area. CIC maintained voice radio contact. One of these F4U pilots used himself as a decoy amid fire from hidden enemy AA emplacements while his wingman observed their flashes and destroyed the source. ♦ Left: There was snow m Woi But R not look forward to inclemei I t The siege never paused. At dusk on March 2nd, we drew alongside the cargo ship Polaris to take aboard fresh provisions and bags of stateside mail. Suddenly, at our most vulnerable moment, and with many of us working topside, enemy shore batteries opened up from three directions. In little over five minutes, we had singled up our lines to the Polaris, manned our battle stations, and were shooting back with everything we had. Fifteen minutes later, we continued taking aboard provisions and that valuable stateside mail The next morning, we uneasily received alongside another supply of ammuni- tion and fuel. We finished the job as quickly as we knew how, but without interruption from Red shore fire. That night, we were back on the firing line to continue where we left off . . . HWANGT ' O DO This small island only a few thousand yards from the mainland, would be valuable in our hands. From it, we could observe activity on the Wonsan airstrip where our helicopter had re- ported AA guns; and best of all, we could keep a constant watch on Kalma Gak for the hidden gun emplacements that fired on us nearly every day. So on March 4th, Captain Hansen and the ROK marines were on the move again. The day before the landing, two former Hwangt ' o Do residents who had moved to Yo Do were put in a sampan and sent back to their old home with an ultimatum, telling Hwangt ' o Do people to be waving flags of surrender when the ROK ' s landed. The result can be seen below.  . - v-;. ,; I 1 - ---v , v r_ • - y4bove: T ie Captain, in lamiliar Hansen headdress, calls for a muster on station. Below: Helicopter boys drop in to take a look around. The island ' s inhabitant-, watched goggle-eyed at whole proceeding. The only real surprise in the Hwangto Do episode was at the conclusion when Captain Hansen and Lieutenant (jg) Bob Weller were returning to the ship in ROK minesweeper 510. All at once, Kalma Gak guns spewed fire on the little vessel and shells began splashing just off her stern. Chugging away for all she was worth, the 510 finally made it on to the firing line, where she ducked behind the Manchester. CHONGJIN THE BLACK LIST: SONGJIN WONSAN As the siege of Wonsan entered its 19th day, the Manchester left the harbor firing line and headed north. Our mission: further strangulation of the east coast transportation system at two more of its three most strategic points. The ship assumed command of TE 95.22, and Admiral Smith foresaw the same dismal future for this area as Wonsan was now suffering. We opened fire on Chongjin targets on March 5th. Chongjin railroads and highways were especially vul- nerable to naval attack because their lives depended upon a series of bridges to span the numerous rivers and streams of that lowland sector. After two days and nights of working over Chongjin and another day in Wonsan, the Manchester declared war on Songjin. In addition to rail and highway essen- tials fostered by the city, our spotters found Songjin alive with military activity. JL « i During the next two weeks the Manchester s efforts were divided between Songjin and Wonsan. But neither Chongjin, Songjin nor Wonsan was ever without an assailant, for while other units of TG 95.2 harrassed two of the cities, the Manchester dealt out poison to the third. For us, Songjin was a lucra- tive target. After several days, primary bridge, rail and highway objectives assigned us were sus- taining deep wounds . . . and our gunners had other activities on the side: DESTROYED: — 3 barracks and troops within — 1 AA emplacement — 13 railroad box cars — 2 large brick buildings; 1 gutted. 1 levelled — 37 direct hits out of 41 salvos on 8 waterfront warehouses — 150-ton freight barges and several docks nearby — 9 storage warehouses along main coastal railroad Communists .it Snngjin didn ' t like helicopters They knew now what Won:. m Communists could have told them weeks before the appearance ot that clumsy steel bird above would invariably mem imminent drstruction below. At right. .1 token ot tlieir esteem in the Manchester helii opter ' s landing gear. It wasn ' t much; it was -ill tlu-v hud to otter .it the time, but the second shot was luckier it passed through the delicate main rotor rei uirmg a ;!■ nni blade replacement We found that North Koreans at Songjin were astonish- ingly industrious. Every day we broke their bridges and ripped up their railroads — but every night they set about making temporary wooden repairs in spite of our night interdiction tire. Then, on the outskirts ot the city we discovered their lumber source, a sawmill, and dealt with it as shown below. ' JP V. w 4p --- f ■ V A WONSAN JACKPOT At 1 100 on March 15th, the 27th day of Wonsan s siege, the Manchester and destroyers of Task Element 95.21 executed a strategy that proved disastrous to two Chinese Communist divisions. One day our air spotters had been observing activity in a barracks near Wonsan. Shortly after, two more areas turned up with troops milling about in and out of the buildings. Aboard the Manchester, these areas were plotted on charts, and later each ship was assigned a sector. During the observation period Admiral Smith care- fully instructed the Task Element to keep their fire away from these barracks to prevent scattering of the troops. When every gun on every ship opened up in rapid fire simultaneously, the troops were caught in a hopeless trap. It took us only eight minutes. The result: 6,000 Communist troops -dead or wounded. KALMA GAK SCORES . . . After a month, the city of Wonsan, once called the Chicago of Korea, was sinking into lifelessness. Periodically, groups of people had been seen from the air waving white flags of surrender . . . They wanted no more. But Communist troops were still trying to get through, and the gunners on Raima Gak were still striking out at us. le day, ROK minesweeper 510 was brought under fire of 76 mm guns from the peninsula. Her single 40 mm lashed back, but was no match for the well-protected emplacement. With two dead and eight wounded, the 510 finally made for the Manchester. The flag flying at her yardarm told us she needed medical assistance, and our sickbay prepared for action . . . The greatest toll was taken when .1 •. ! ■ passed mt .1 living compartment and exploded. Another burst on the open bridge, killing the 510 ' s skipper instantly (right). As the weeks passed, our list of Communist victims grew. So did our ammunition expenditures: past 20,000 rounds of five and six-inch by March 23rd. RR bridges Road highways, Troop convoys Power stations RR track areas arteries Troop concentra- Oil dumps RR junctions Road junctions tions Dock areas RR cars, RR mar- Road bridges Troop barracks areas Power junks shalling yards Trucks Troop repair parties Miscellaneous RR repair shops, Miscellaneous Miscellaneous small craft warehouses supply vehicles buildings Artillery emplace RR tunnels Communications Warehouses ments Locomotives lines Factories AA guns . . . . . . Never before in naval history has a group of fighting ships not only blockaded an enemy coast but actually taken control of a 250-mile railroad and highway transportation complex. It is a modern and unique employment of naval warfare. You and the Manchester have been the backbone of this siege and Wonsan today is a dead city. It cannot be used as cities are supposed to be used: there are no manufacturing plants, supplies cannot be stored, heavy artillery and equipment cannot pass, the airfield cannot be used, troops cannot be trained, and the enemy is drugged from the lack of sleep . . . Primarily this result is due to the staying power of the Manchester . . . hour after hour, day after day, daylight and dark that everlasting firepower. Have you helped fight these Communists? I say you have. Well done to you and the Man- chester, and keep those guns alert. Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith STORY OF A VETERAN CONTINUED HOLIDAY IN JAPAN On the sunny morning of March 25th, a happy Manchester drew into the harbor of Yokosuka, Japan. Many of us had looked forward to 10 days of unfamiliar quiet and rest, but after the ship tied up and several feminine examples (above) of what was ashore came aboard to welcome us . . . we weren f tired anymore. That morning, Admiral Smith and his staff said goodbye to the Manchester. We would meet again in Wonsan harbor. A %■ I YOKOSUKA Wine, women and tree movies TOKYO Early ait cr noon liberties allowed us plenty oi time to take the crowded tram headed for this hub oi Far Eastern military activity. T k : the city was changing and growing almost before out ■ mgmg with it . THE IMPERIAL PALACE, TOKYO ,.-,v ' -.. , r •-■-■ •: -r- •. Outside the thick, stone walls was a gigantic museum; within, the final embers of a belief in Emperor-Cods. • J Xl ' me ml ■mm 2 1 U % THE TRAVELLING MEN Top: Pullman reservations to the rest camps. Center: Reconnaisance flight to a good fishing spot. Bottom: Yellow cab to the corner bar . . . ■vi ■. • ' . - ' , , coun« , jffs fun ' ' a icani , clotted v cr ° w n [aP an ' s l cover han s c herr where tw (cr eat; After April 6th, the Manchester experienced a severe change in scenery. As Sin Do Island in Wonsan harbor appeared again off our starboard bow, we trained out our guns and continued the siege of Wonsan into its 50th day. But one afternoon a few days later, Wonsan ' s defensive strong- hold, the now famous Kalma Gak, came alive once more. Shells from her guns were burst- ing on either side of the cruiser Saint Paul nearby on the firing line. Our batteries opened up, smothering the peninsula with white phosphorus until its guns were silent. We learned some- thing new that day: Kalma Gak gun crews were no longer guess- ing — they had drawn a good bead on us and shown a new taste for battle. FROM: COMMANDER TASK GROUP 95.2 TO: MANCHESTER YOUR RECENT PERFORMANCE IN WONSAN PARTICULARLY WHILE UNDER ENEMY GUNFIRE IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE SERVICE FROM: COMMANDER TASK FORCE 95 TO: MANCHESTER I LEAVE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FINE SHIP MANCHESTER WITH REGRET BUT IT WAS A PLEASANT STAY AND DAMAGE TO ENEMY CONTINUES IN FINE MANNER X REAR ADMIRAL ALLAN E. SMITH WINDMILL DIARY Subject: four days (busy ones) in the life of the Manchester ' s gallant offspring APRIL 9— One morning as the Manchester lay in Wonsan harbor during our bombardment of Red coastal targets, two Corsairs from the carrier Bataan wheeled over the area on a morning spotting mission. They approached low over the town of Umido when our pilot felt the jar of AA hits in his wings. On the next pass over the village, shrapnel from a close flak burst tore into the fuselage. Immediately, said Marine Pilot John S. Sumner, I lost oil pressure, and before I knew it, the motor had konked out. Lieutenant Sumner said he turned the plane into the wind for a crash landing in the harbor, telling the Manchester by voice circuit that he was going down. Back aboard ship, helicopter pilot Henry Cardoza was sitting in his craft listening in on the spotting circuit while he waited for his own morning spotting orders. Car- doza said, As soon as I heard what was going on, I kicked over my engine, and by the time Lieu- tenant Sumner had hit the water, I was in the air, hi-balling it in his direction. Cardoza was given the exact spot where Sumner had gone down by Chief Radarman Bill Mitchell who was also moni- toring the circuit from combat. By the time the tail of Sumner ' s plane sank below the water, Cardoza was hovering over the scene with a hoist sling dangling in readiness. Sumner was hauled up to the helicopter, thoroughly drenched and miserable. But I feel swell now, he said later. The only part I didn ' t like was when I kept trying to reach for my life-raft to inflate it, ice-cold water poured down the sleeve of my flying suit into my boots. In a couple of minutes the suit was full of it. And then because I was so heavy with all this water, the crewmen couldn ' t quite pull me into the plane and I had to hang, half in and half out of the cockpit, all the way back to the Manchester! APRIL 13— This evening the Manchester received an emer- gency call from a group of British Sea Furies off the English carrier Theseus. One of the planes had crashed near enemy-held Hungnam, up the coast from the Manchester at Wonsan. With Cardoza at the controls, the ship ' s windmill took off immedi- ately. In a short time it was met by two of the remaining British planes which would be escorts for the trip over enemy territory. When they reached the spot where the British pilot had gone down, Cardoza remarked that the wrecked plane Looked like a dis-assembled training model. Each piece was where it should be, but disjointed. The helicopter dropped for a quick landing in a rice paddy, and after some difficulty, Cardoza and crew- man Herb Hicks managed to pull the pilot from the demolished cockpit. There was a small village a few hundred yards away, so the operation was now complicated by having to keep a close watch for enemy troops. As soon as they pulled him free they saw he had a broken leg and severe face lacerations. They hurriedly piled him aboard the helicopter, and on the way back Hicks held his leg to ease the pain from the engine ' s vibrations. Just at dusk they made their approach on the Manchester and settled down. Before the British pilot was trundled off to sickbay, he managed a weak smile and a thanks to Cardoza and Hicks. APRIL 18 Today the Manchester helicopter rescued one of the luckiest pilots yet to fly the Korean war. A Navy pilot, Ensign Cosgriff, was on a strafing mis- sion near Hamhung when he saw a high tension wire rushing at him. He pulled his plane up and over it, and as he dropped down again on the other side to bring his machine guns on the target, an- other, unseen wire neatly sliced the top of the plane off- — including Cosgriff ' s helmet. Why it didn ' t chop off my head I ' ll never know, he said. The plane went into a violent diving skid, and Cosgriff bailed out, but the jar of the tension wire must have shifted his chute pack, because he couldn ' t find the ripcord. After ten or twelve years I felt a buckle which came loose in my hand, he said. It was what I wanted, though, because I was head down and then the chute opened and jerked me upright. The instant that it did, I hit the ground. I watched as Commie bullets clipped the ground and bushes around me. And though they were shooting at the ' copter, too, the pilot made a pass over me, letting out his hoist. I jumped for the end, and it just grazed my fingertips. But on the second run I made it, and was quickly swung up into the plane. Back aboard the Manchester, when he was breathing more easily, Cosgriff said, I still can ' t believe I ' m not back there on that hill. It ' s amazing that I ' m still alive. APRIL 14- The British made an emergency call again today. The ship ' s windmill, loaded with candy, cigarettes and soap, was on its way to deliver the stuff to a fellow ' copter crew aboard an LST also anchored in Wonsan harbor when the call came through. Pilot Roger Gill banked the ' copter in the direction ol Eiamhung, where the British plane had been shot down. Two Sea Furies escorted me, Lieu- tenant Gill related. Just as we reached the out- skirts of the city, one of them yelled over the circuit that I was being fired at. We lost altitude fast to dodge the bursts, and when I turned back I saw the ditched plane. The helicopter made a fast landing, and the British pilot, who wasn ' t hurt in the crash, jumped aboard. But then we were too heavy, Gill said. So I yelled to my crewman, Tom Roche, to jettison some of the load we were carry- ing. Out went candy, cigarettes and soap, and finally we had to toss out our heavy aerial camera. This lightened the windmill enough, and it was soon airborne. In a wardroom bull session later, Lieutenant Gill laughed. Our LST buddies missed out all right; but I ' ll bet there are some Reds who ' re living like kings right now! FROM: PHILIPPINE SEA TO: MANCHESTER YOUR PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE ACTION IN RESCUING OUR PILOT GREATLY APPRECIATED FROM: THESEUS TO: MANCHESTER ONCE AGAIN MANY THANKS FOR THE SERVICES OF YOUR HELICOPTER X THE SWIFT AND COURAGEOUS RESCUE WAS HIGHLY APPRECIATED FROM: THESEUS TO: MANCHESTER THE REGULARITY WITH WHICH YOUR HELICOPTER EFFECTS DARING RESCUES IS BEYOND THE HIGHEST PRAISE X MAY I PLEASE BE INFORMED OF THE NAMES OF THE CREWS BOTH TODAY AND YESTERDAY AND WILL YOU CONVEY TO THEM MY SINCERE THANKS TO: MANCHESTER FROM: LORD MAYOR, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND WITH GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION CITIZENS OF MANCHESTER ENGLAND HAVE LEARNED OF THE EXPLOITS OF HOVER PLANES OF THE UNITED STATES WARSHIP MANCHESTER IN RESCUING AIRMEN OF THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER THESEUS X WE IN MANCHESTER SEND GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES TO ALL ABOARD THE WARSHIP MANCHESTER — The next two weeks saw a busy Manchester, often moving quickly from area to area to fulfill assignments that arose without warning in the face of the long-awaited Red spring offensive. APRIL 14: Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith. Commander Task Force 95, shown at above left, and Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillen- koetter, Commander Cruiser Division One, above right, came aboard in Wonsan harbor nearly under enemy noses for official visit with Captain Parks . . . APRIL 17: Firing at truck convoy in Wonsan . . . APRIL 18: Red spring offensive has begun. Ship bom- barding Suwon Dan and Hosong . . . APRIL 27: Destroying transportation centers near Wonsan . . . APRIL 29: As Red spring offensive builds up against UN lines. Man- chester moves into a two-day bombardment of Tongch ' on . . . EVENING. APRIL 30: In Wonsan with cruiser Helena. Kalma Gak guns again opened fire accurately on our firing line. Still no damage to Manchester, but enemy explosions indicated higher caliber guns being used. Ship ' s ammunition expendi- ture now exceeding 2 7,000 . . . MAY 1: Operating with TF 7 7 due to danger created by recent enemy buildup of air power. And on May 5: RETURN TO JAPAN x -- ' - S358ES -V : —  r. ' - -- ■ VISITORS: BEAUTIFUL ONES, TINY ONES Whap! Beckman hits another one out of the park for the boys in the grandstand. Chief Dressier could say his ball players had done well during our Pacific tour: There wasn ' t a Navy team that had beaten us. «ec u ded Johnny Hankins and his Country Cousins offer their brand of Manchester treat- ment to wounded sailors and Marines at Yokosuka ' s hospital: They ran their act seven times, travelling from ward to ward. rende ' Zv o U s The weeks we spent amc the Japanese made some of stop and think. W sible these people were 01 our bitter enemies, as peo, in Korea were now? : oi DAYS In early evening of May 20th, at a time when desperate Communists were trying to renew their failing spring offensive, the Manchester was entering Wonsan harbor for a two-day mission. It took us only a few minutes to realize that Wonsan siege ships had been in trouble. The destroyer Bass was receiving fire from Kalma Gak the moment we appeared. As the ship came alongside we could see she had been hit and the Manchester brought the most serious of her ten casualties aboard (right). Soon after our arrival, the battleship New Jersey, a newcomer to the Korean theater, steamed into the harbor to join us on the firing line. At 0930 the next morning Kalma Gak guns opened fire on us again, this time scoring air bursts on the New Jersey that resulted in more death and casualties. So when the Manchester returned alone on May 23rd to spend her last five days at Wonsan, we were wondering if our luck would hold. Lookouts kept their eyes glued to Kalma Gak peninsula, as our guns trained out to accomplish the Manchester ' s assignment: making certain that no move- ment of enemy troops or supplies through the Wonsan perimeter would be possible. Captain Parks was designated Commander Task Group 95.2, controlling warships along the entire Korean east coast . . . A BLOODY NIGHT ' S WORK After dark of the second day, two Navy LSMR ' s moved in, and in a spectacle of fire (below) pulverized huge areas on the beach. w. At 0235 we realized that the Reds had conceived a new fanatical plan to eliminate the hated UN ships in the harbor. In the light of our illumination shells and blazing searchlights, a small flotilla of boats could be seen silently closing in on our anchorage. Five-inch airbursts and 40 mm shells from the Manchester and destroyers Duncan and Bass tore into the boats until there was no movement in the black water. Later the Manchester ' s motor whale boats went out with orders to retrieve the demolished sampans. They managed to find four of them, which we hoisted aboard for inspection. What- ever the Red plot had been, it failed in disaster. At dawn of the next day, a grim, clear picture of what had happened in the darkness was laid bare. Many bodies of the Communist night squadron and their bloody sampans were float- ing around us in the harbor. Our boats brought them in, and their clothing was examined for documents, among which were found Communist Party cards and pictures of celebrated Chinese Red leaders. Corpsmen found the man being pulled out of the boat at right still alive, and he was taken to an emergency dressing station for treatment. We will never know, however, exactly what the mission of these people was. Some theories, based on examinations of boat (above) and the heavy, athwartship timbers recently installed in them, indi- cated a large-scale mine laying scheme. Others, view- ing the quantity of rifles, machine guns, ammunition and grenades found in the boats, suggested a sui- cidal raid on our hated siege ships. The hist five days ill Wonsan had been fortunate foi the Manchester. Further enemy efforts to mine the harboi were foiled, as were invasion attempts on ROK Marine held Hwang ' to Do, where Captain (now Major) Hansen had directed landings in March. We never heard again from Kalma Gak; possibly because the Manchestei and destroyer Duncan had made direct hits inside several of the peninsula ' s gun caves . . . By May 31st, we had steamed south, and after assuming command of Task Element 95.28, com- menced bombardment at the front lines ... At 1831 that afternoon, the Manchester fired her last round into Communist Korea, and soon after was underway to rendezvous with the heavy cruiser Los Angeles . . . our long-awaited relief. £y¥ fU fc FROM: LOS ANGELES TO: MANCHESTER AFTER SEEING YOUR FINE SHIP AND ITS SPLENDID MORALE THE LOS ANGELES CONSIDERS IT A PRIVILEGE TO RELIEVE THE MANCHESTER X GOOD LUCK AND GOD SPEED MR. NAVIGATOR, TAKE US HOME On June 3rd, as Japan faded in the distance, even the most skeptical among us began to realize the Manchester was actually going home . . . FROM: COMMANDER SERVICE SQUADRON 3 TO: MANCHESTER BEST WISHES TO A FIGHTING SHIP AND HER CAPTAIN AND CREW ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR DEPARTURE X IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE FOR SERVRON 3 TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU FROM: COMMANDER TASK FORCE 95 TO: MANCHESTER MY HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND MANCHESTER ON YOUR FINE SHOWING IN WONSAN X REAR ADMIRAL ALLAN E. SMITH FROM: COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION 1 TO: MANCHESTER PLEASE EXPRESS TO OFFICERS AND MEN OF MANCHESTER THE APPRECIATION OF THE OTHER HALF OF CRUDIVONE FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK PERFORMED BY MANCHESTER X WE SHALL MISS YOU BUT HOPE TO JOIN UP AGAIN IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE X MEANWHILE GOOD LUCK AND GODSPEED TO ALL HANDS X REAR ADMIRAL HILLENKOETTER FROM: COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION 5 TO: MANCHESTER MAY WELL DESERVED GOOD LUCK CONTINUE TO FOLLOW MANCHESTER X PERFORMANCE DURING THE LONG TIME YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE LINE HAS BEEN MAGNIFICENT AND WILL BE A INSPIRING EXAMPLE WHICH WE WILL ALL TRY TO EMULATE X HAPPY CRUISE HOMEWARD WITH SMOOTH SEAS X ALOHA FROM THE MATES YOU LEAVE X REAR ADMIRAL BURKE FROM: COMMANDER NAVAL FORCES FAR EAST TO: MANCHESTER CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ABLE MANNER IN WHICH THE MANCHESTER HAS CARRIED THE FIGHT UP AND DOWN THE COASTS OF KOREA X THE MANCHESTER WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED IN WONSAN X MY SINCERE WELL DONE AND BEST WISHES TO THE ENTIRE SHIPS COMPANY X VICE ADMIRAL JOY SENDS FROM: COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET TO: MANCHESTER YOUR LONG TOUR OF COMBAT DUTY IN KOREAN WATERS IS COMING TO A CLOSE X ALTHOUGH WE SHALL MISS THE RELIABLE MANCHESTER GUNS WHICH HAVE DEALT DESTRUCTION TO COMMUNISTS WHEREVER ORDERED CMA WE SHALL ALSO REGRET LOSING YOUR SMART PERFORMANCE AND EAGERNESS TO SERVE X OUR BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU X VICE ADMIRAL HAROLD M. MARTIN FROM: COMMANDER IN CHIEF PACIFIC FLEET TO: MANCHESTER THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF PACIFIC FLEET CONGRATULATES USS MANCHESTER ON SPLENDID PERFORMANCE OF DUTY IN FAR EAST X YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE NAVAL EFFORT IN KOREA HAS BEEN INVALUABLE X WELL DONE X VICE ADMIRAL A. W. RADFORD « tfffltj I 8r i lirtwffti working hour-, .tl ' -.i, the ( hri tly crea- tures from below det ks came topside, sniffed the fresh -nr, and lay down hopefully in the warm sun . . . ON JUNE 8TH, the Manchester entered Pearl Harbor. It was the same Hawaii we had seen ten months before, but this time it looked like the Promised Land. 4bove right Captain P. irks is greeted by brother lohn, who would ride the Manchester home ru- ter. OthtT gue ( Hawaiian ex u vcnu r L M. S: JUNE 15TH ... THE MANCHESTER COMES HOME FROM: COMMANDER CRUISERS DESTROYERS PACIFIC TO: USS MANCHESTER WELCOME HOME AND HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF MANCHESTER ON AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE FORWARD AREA X J W ROPER FROM: COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION ONE TO: USS MANCHESTER THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF MANCHESTER IN THE FAR EAST IS DESERVING OF THE HIGHEST PRAISE X WELCOME HOME AND A HEARTY WELL DONE TO ALL HANDS X REAR ADMIRAL HILLENKOETTER FROM: GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA TO: USS MANCHESTER IT IS WITH PRIDE AND PLEASURE THAT I JOIN IN WELCOMING YOU AND THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE USS MANCHESTER BACK HOME AFTER YOUR LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN KOREAN WATERS X WE IN CALIFORNIA ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE JOB YOU HAVE DONE X PLEASE EXTEND MY GREETINGS TO YOUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM HAWAII X WITH BEST WISHES I AM SINCERELY X EARL WARREN Anong the hundreds th . Hollywood ' s cefohV- gr ° u P of McKenzie V ' „ Mo ? r °e. Joyce olds, cZo?M r - t ret Sh.ndJr r rt ° n ' M ar- Beautiful Monica 1 elected M.ss M™ a Uw,s Wa st colorful shn heS ' er ' tad. sh °w on the Fan- There was r, _. ' « was theS.S° bt ab ° Ut ■ J And so a Diary closes. Ten months and 76,0 00 miles later, men of the Manchester could look behind to a record of success their teamwork had made possible. With 29,602 rounds of 6-inch and 5-inch ammunition expended, the ship ' s guns had rendered useless miles of railroad track and highway complex. They had destroyed entire areas of transportation facili- ties, 35 bridges, 2 freight locomotives, 3 freight trains, 165 barracks, warehouses, and other buildings, 35 trucks, 37 gun emplacements, 6 power stations, 30 junks and minelaying craft, an oil dump, a lumber yard. An estimated 6,815 Red troops had been killed, 5 industrial staging areas destroyed, 1 large staging city over 50 percent destroyed. And this, revealing only a fragment of the experience her men shared, will someday be little more than an indefinite recollection . . . BUT THE MANCHESTER?... THEY ' LL NEVER FORGET HER GUNNERY DEPARTMENT GUNNERY OFFICERS LCDR. J. E. Rawi.s Lt. P. C. Gardner Lt. R. J. Gill Lt. T. S. Bayless Lt. J. H. Robertson Li J. R. Taylor Lt. W.W.Johns Capi n m ii ■ -. in (MC) Lt. JG. J. T. Allen. Jr. 1ST Li K. W. Henry (MC) , R. M. Wei i i r Lt. JG. D. C. Pohrman Lt. JG. A. J. Smith Lt. JG. D. E. Row i En W H. Atkin Ens. T. R. Mahoney Ens. B. Schniebolk Ens. A. H. Ni hki.ing, Jr. Ens. G. N. Williams E n 1 A i Ens. D. G. Anderson Ens. R. E 1 Ens. R. R Ji i Ens. R. P. Oliver Ch. Gun. A. L. Fraser Gun. N. Adams. Jr. FIRST DIVISION Benjamin B. Ai.red Joseph F. Barnes Henry F. Baumann Donald L. Braswell Mike Brustoski •J B Clements Kenneth V. Colpean Eddie M. Crews Jack Crites Henry Dabkowski Andrew Dickey Charles C. Dougherty Hi my A. Durich Richard L. Eltringham Gerald L. Fights Jimmie L. Finn James A. Flowers James H. Gaddy Carmelo Gagi ii i Gerald D. Garvin James E. Hancock John K. HANKINS William T. Harton Paul L. Hoffman- Henry E. Horton John R. Kamp Robert E. Keller Raymond Kobar Robert E. Letson Henry Long Sherman Long Robert J. Maiers John M. Marteney Robert F. Martin George J. Maute Fred Miller Harold E. Miller Robert G. Miller Neal V. MORAN Omer E. Nash James A. Nelson Donald L. Nokes Harold H. Olson Walter J. Ostrowsky Jerome L. Ott Arthur N. Petty John K. Price Neil T. Roberts Kenneth W. Rolf William H. Schaeffer Harold D. Schaum Ronald L. Seitz Glenon A. Simpson Thomas R. Smith Wheat on Smith. Jr. Donald T. Strom Paul E. Tatman Donald O. Venske Orval E. Watts William L. Webb J. Williams Frederick V. Wool Richard D. Yakel John T. Yanchura Franklin H. Young SECOND DIVISION Johnny W. Attebury Gerald M. Barringer Charles W. Beatty Joe E. Beaver Ralph R. Beck Curtis L. Benjamin William J. Boesendahl Eugene Bomber Julius M. Breedlove Gene L. Burrows Robert H. Childress Harry T. Chipps Bert M. Clayton Eddie R. Collins Donald W. Coonfield Lewis A. Copeland Robert E. Cox James C. Doyle Mervin C. Dubree Donald R. Edmiston Paul P. Efimecz Norman N. Fifer Donald Figg Patrick H. Flanagan Irvin H. Frye, Jr. Genaro F. Garcia Robert M. German Joseph C. Gurkin James H. Jackson Gerald L. Kline Robert W. Lebo Roscoe I. Little James C. Luttrell Billy R. Martin- David O. Mitchell Donald E. Moore Henry Morgan Milton Opah Robert Orach Joseph M. Orlando George W. Oxton Richard D. Page Clarence E. Pancake Johnnie A. Price Russell W. Rauch Donald D. Reagan Walter E. Reddell Edgar T. Rivers Ray E. Smith Bobby L. Southerland Carl E. Thompson Columbus Tinsley John W. Troutman Walter J. Vogel Ruben P. Wallace Henry C. Waller Fred A. Watts Henry Williams. Jr James O. Wilson Raymond H. Moore FOURTH DIVISION Leo P. Aluzzo James E. Army David L. P. Aucoin Harold T. Baker Samuel R. Barber Charles Bennett James E. Bradshaw Charles R. Bridges Kenneth E. Briggs John J. Bulko Marvin H. Burton Lynn Cherry Homer M. Christy Gordon H. Connors Robert W. Crates James N. Crosley James C. Dillahay Maurice H. Dubin Glenn R. Elkins Kenneth H. Fish Walter K. Fleming Windel R. Floyd John P. Franklin Lloyd R. Gaines Alfred E. Gilmer Charles I. Hall George M. Hardy John R. Hasty Ralph B. Haynes Henry W. Hesleitner Carl Hughes Howard E. Icenogle Fi oydL. Kelso Billie J. King Joseph N. Kolakoski Donald G. Krumlauf Edgar M. Lenox Benjamin W. Leonard Boyd T. Lowe Herman Mason Clifton S. McDonald Oliver W. McDonald. Jr. Kenneth O. Mick Harley F v Bernard T. Niemiera George Oestrick Gerald L. Reddell Willie Ricks John F. Roche. Jr. - d L. Sasser Cecil R. Seaborn Louis J. Stosik Claiborne M. Turner William Walker James I- Fav W • Raymond C. Wf.iner Robert A. Wiatrowski John M. W William A V. Paul D FIFTH DIVISION 1 . R. Amos Salvatore M. Baldino Ralph A. Bannigan Mai i hew J. Baron Billy J Mm. up S I ANJ IV B. BlNNlX Charles E. Black James R. Blackweli. Howard D. Burnam Marvin J. Byrd Thomas H. Camp I onald E. Carmichael Paul L. Carter, Jr. Ddmink elestino Marion C. Ciiadwick I I A l.i .1 D F I i ' I I MAN Elmi ire B. Coons John W. Despain, Jr. (.11 I i I ), Tomasso I li iWARD I, I )i IUGLASS (mm II Dutcher |{« pbby E. Garrison F ii DERICK A. GELSI Carri ill R. Harrison Johnny V. Hart ( rEi irge M. Hayes Ki nneth E. Hicks Preston D. Hill HaRI !.[ H. H( ICKENBURY a i i ii d H. Hughes Cl ARE N( I- E. I Im SE James C. Humphries Mi-.i.vin C, Johnson Alton n. Jones, Jr. Edward Kowalski R( ibert P. Layman Donald E. Leduc Charles A. McClure Joseph F. Mullinax Bkrnal L. Newell William D. Packard, Jr. Anthony E. Patrick Charles W. Pennica Daniel C. Pieper Austin C. Powell EVI i ' i ill ' Rn ssbe k Nl LSON S. RUSS George D. Sapp John M S HUET2 Charles R. Schuler August W. Schumacher Paul Sellers Paul P. Sewitsky Ernest M. Simms, Jr. James W. Small James R. Stone Robert J. Sullivan Donald H. Wangsgard Raymond E. Wesch SIXTH DIVISION Jimmie A. Allen Di in aid W. Aycock Vernon L. Barker Oi.en L. Carmen Donald A. Chiarello Glenn H. Coffey Gfrai.d E. Coleman, Jr. George M. Dillon, Jr. Arnold J. Eudy Wallace S. Farries, Jr. Charles E. Ferguson Donald L. Fleming Jerold J. Frank Virgil G. Fredenburg Calvin J. Frierson Robert D. Grabau Clarence R. Grimes Joseph J. Gruz, III Ralph A. Hall, Jr. William R. Harris Frank E. Helfenberger Charles J. Henry Arthur G. Hoffman Albert B. Ivie Charles E. Janssen George S. Jenkins William L. Jennings Willis A. Jensen Albert Jones Leroy R. Kellett Jack L. Kilgore John A. Kirchmeier Adam Krzywicki Frederick W. Lembach Fred E. Lorillard James H. McBride John D. McCarthy Donald K. Mequish William J. Moore Raymond D. Morgan Gerald G. Norton Anthony J. Orlando Daniel H. Poling Lewis Rodrigues Bernard A. Sanderson Melvin R. Shadrix Rudolph V. Valenti Marvin G. Weddle Gerald W. Whitaker Donald E. Yelton SEVENTH DIVISION Donald R. Barbret Dubose O. Bell Edward D. Berry Earl A. Bright Kenneth W. Brown Wayne R. Byerly Roger L. Cahoon Richard J. Colvin James L. Copeland William J. Dockstader Charles E. Edwards Tanfield J. Espinoza Clyde C. Foster, Jr. William D. Gifford, Jr. James A. Griffin Jim L. Griffin Lindley D. Grover George R. Hale Lloyd J. Harden Charles W. Hill Frederick M. Hinki.e Lee R. Hochstetler Clyde B. Hudnall Hugh J. Hueber Perry B. Irelan Paul E. Jones Roscoe Jones William J. Lantis Ernest Macyda Robert G. Mailhoit Pat McLaughlin Marvin E. Mintle Jack E. Murdock Howard J. Nelson Ruel L. Olsen Lewis Orsich Ralph S. Piccolo Reginald H. Porter John Prokop, Jr. Aloysius P. Quednow Thomas E. Reilly Phillip N. Simpson Freemont N. Stansbury, Jr. William T. Stover George R. Thurrott William M. Timberman Gordon Toler John H. Wickersham John P. Wurzbach EIGHTH DIVISION John A. Adams Americo L. Ambrosi, Jr. George A. Anderson Marion G. Austin Robert B. Ball Joel V. Barker Charles S. Brockhoff Graden E. Butler John E. Carwile James B. Chaffin Howell B. Cheetham, Jr. Kenneth R. Clark Henry M. Coia Jimmie D. Cox James R. Croley George A. Dahle Marlin D. Ellerton James H. Elliott Richard E. Elrite Raymond T. Galvin William A. Geryk Jonas D. Gibbs Ronald D. Hanson Donald L. Henshaw John R. Ide Lee O. LaPlant Richard C. Martin William R. Moore Jack L. Norman Valentino Ramirez Ramiro Ramos Ernest A. Raymond Raymond C. Reynolds James W. Scraper Jimmy M. Scarboro Larry L. Sillivan Samuel R. Spahr Mark L. Thompson Edgar A. Tussey George R. Vandis Richard J. Watson Gaylon L. Whiting V DIVISION Henry Cardoza Roland K. Frickey James A. Hicks James W. Jackson, Jr. Thomas C. Roche John F. Watkins Harold E. Wroten F DIVISION Johnnie P Akins M u K A Hn i 11 C An Kenneth L. Armiger Ji HN D Hi Rl in I )i IN I D R. Bl IUNDS Edward D Br vnni in el K Brooks G Buckley Nolan W. Buckner William J. Burnet i . Jr H ivkv M Bi Paul W. Chapman Daniel P. ( oi Donald J. Ci- Hugo Cretarola FIRST DIVISION RlCHARI I I GlLBEl D I- I ..I -, 1 I. I ' A nth o i Di IN I D W D ' IE R Bili ii J Em Daniei II Fettig Anthony G Freihoi i I I ! AnthonyG Norman II Gi Clifton W. Gii i i I. Gurley H i i ii : ' •. II n i ] E R I C K L . H i I L( IWRIMi IRE I ' IYLE C Mi ii Miller R y i 1 1 J i i i ii M Ni 1 I . ■ John K O ' N I ' m i h Phillips Dominic K R. Schmohl I M I K 1 John W : | W VVk hman ■ ' Will r ' v ?ttM$ .r m .1 1 f r SECOND DIVISION y ■V ir ' i FOURTH DIVISION m r x - ., --. -:.-p  « -.--r  - -y ' $ I FIFTH DIVISION V V . -w SIXTH DIVISION SEVENTH DIVISION - -.: EIGHTH DIVISION V DIVISION F DIVISION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ? « _ x$ i yf v f J$?S • -: _ ;■■ . ENGINEERING OFFICERS LCDR. R. W Ai.i v LCDR. J. E. McCabe Lt. G. J. [Sinks Lt. J. L. H Lt. F. G. Smith, Jr I.i W I- Di Lt. C K Reidei l i [G. E. ] i Lt. JG. J. B. Berude Lt. JG. D. E. Snowden Lt. JG. J. J. E Lt. JG. J L Graham l n I R K p W T M Ch. Elei S. W. Chi Ch Mach II P G A DIVISION Leslie M. Blake Frank H. Czachor Robert A. Caranci Preston H. Dann Ji us B. Diamond 11 VRVEY Fitzpatkic k. Jr. Pearl O. Flegge Miles B. Folks Walter W. Gibbs Edward Goheen Ch vrles I) Hall [a i k W Hum Earle W. Harpe 11 Warren R. Haiii ■■ Wn i i m J. Hawkins James P. Henry, Jr. Kenneth W. Holmi Frank B. Howard Sterling M. Keener John J. Kennedy I.i I IYD ( ' Kl Kari J Ki i- ' i i K ' n hard C. Kimball Charles F. Klem Raymond E. Lee Vincent H. Lill Oliver I) Millef Ri .i.i R I J . ' Ri ibi i i D. Mulligan Jack L. Naill John A . ' . Melford a Chari i i B I Durward R. St. Gi Hi Wilson M. Walls Ernest H V B DIVISION An l Hi INY ANTONUCCI Joseph A. Baldino Edward C. Bockstahler, Jr. Ralph F. Bosworth Richard R. Bowman. Jr. William D. Brady Howard I. Braman Frank Branecky Alfred H. Braner, Jr. Donald K. Buckner Donald R. Christensen Doyle L. Cook Curtis L. Crawford Walter H. Danforth Dean W. Davis Robert M. Dona ld. Jr. John O. Dubord, Jr. Wilfred Feist Ivan T. Frederick Carl Giese Leon A. Gilbert Gerald F. Glass William Goehrig John W. Gorman Teddy E. Hart Jack T. Hays Samuel E. Hays Lester E. Henderson Van R. Henry Francis J. Hovasse Melvin T. Jackson James H. Jordan Ferdinand A. Kais William A. Keri Norbert T. Kime Herbert D. Knox Charles Kosinski Jack E. Lowry James W. Lowry Victor R. McCluske E. L. McCoy Wilbur J. McGee Howard R. Milby Donald L. Miller John L. Miller Paul M. Murray Robert A. Nelson Theodore A. Nielsen Antonio Otto James B. Overbeck John L. Pettit Charles J. Pistorius Bernard M. Plunkett Billy C Rhinehart John C Richards Charles E. Robbins Carl Roberts Ward A. Roy John F. Roylance Leighton A. Royster Reuben W. Schmitz Eugene L. Scholl Patrick Sexton, Jr. Robert D. Siddens Morton A. Simef n I Eugene E. Smith Earl W. Snidow Dan n V. Sprague David P. Steward George H. Sturla Harold M. Stykes Arthur R Townsend Robert K Trainer Clinton A. Twimbly Lawrence W. Watts Harmond C. Weatherby Edward C Wheeler Carlton H. Wii Erick K. Wilhelm Richard E. Williams Jack H. Wolfe John B. Wright Ronald B. Wysel E DIVISION GlRARD BlLIAS Sidney Bock Richard W. Borst Kenneth C Boyd. Jr. Joseph Broda Robert A. Brooks William S. Brooks, Jr. George F. Byrnes John J. Calabria John B. Colly Robert B. Conatser Donald J. Cowles Richard E. Dary Robert L. Dickey Lamar E. Dykes John B. Fortier Jerry J. Hankins James E. Heilman William L. Hohn Thomas F. Johnson Robert M. Kearns Dale E. Kleen Louis C Knight Eugene T. Lakomski Richard H. Lemay J psei ' H M Locke John R. Messina William E. Morris James J. Murray Charles W. Penn John H. Ratliff Riloy W. Rogers Norman N. Schmeltz Charles W. Singleterry Edgar J Sv Barnett Solotoff Joseph D. Staniforth Jack E. Stone Robert Thorpe Robert W. Whaley Lester E W M DIVISION Charles Z. Anderson, Jr. Walter E. Grown. Jr. Gerald L. Clark Howard W. Delancey James P. Dougherty Raymond J. Dudas Glenn R. Drew Joseph F. Ficere Albert W. Fisher. Jr William L. Fleming Paris D. Foster Milton E. Frank Merlyn E. Gieseking Roger L. G Roger F. Goyette Albert V. Grove William S. Hart Jacob L. House, Jr. Dudley Neal K Robert I David H Kitts u roR R. Kins William Kostoff Leo G Kulas |( ISEPH I ' . I). I ,A |()IIN R I ,1 Frankly i Mn lard James R Mm hei i , Jr. William W. Muench K ' l MALI. B, O ' Dell Wai.i I h J Pe rry i i rry Phillips Norman a Ra i he Leon Renner Ge ni E. Rogers Frank M Rooney, Jr, Rl IBE R I R. S( IIMIDI ' R Carl E. Shaper [amis L. Shoe James ll. Sin iws Wai.i er A. TAYLOR Paul I. Trembly Ai.an I). Welker Carl R, Wells Donald L Williams | HN A. Wyaii R DIVISION Norman E. Anderson Leslie I). Arch vmbe aui i Rl m.i r L. Beckman Eugene P. Bedard Arthur H. Belliveau Frank E. Bley rHiNG Donald L. Blount Charles K. Buck Robert A. Carter Thomas L. Chandler Dean E. Cox Antonio M. D ' Amiancd Charles A. Devirgilio Lorriston C. Dutcher Norman A. Ernst Reynold G. Fanese Dewey R. Foutch Chester A. Gilliam Richard A. Herr ick Lloyd W. Hornsby Paul E. Horton Christopher F. Lehi.anc O. C. McManus Leon A. Miller Leland G. Miller Marion Miller James D. Morian Albert W. Powell William T. Richardson Michael P. Saporito Bruce H. Scaman Gus W. Smith Thomas W. Smith Max E. Sturgeon Ocus H. Tallant Raymond E. Todd Fred C. Troutman — A DIVISION Mw i ' w § , -5- 5 --K % $ ¥ f V - ' +f to m 0 ::.■■ : 1. 1 a B DIVISION ' -.:% $ ' W % ' M %, % 1 V V M ilgSssk ' E DIVISION ■tf t % ' tl!. M DIVISION R DIVISION r,. 1 , (Eft. £J, is ft i W - Ef im $■ : : 1 : : L J vl J NAVIGATION AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTS NAVIGATION AND OPERATIONS OFFICERS CDR. W. K. Stow. |r LCDR. E. G. Fitz-Patrk k LCDR. A. E. Baughman Lt. C. J. Ruggiero Lt. JG. W. M. Evans Lt. JG. J. C. Si i vidgi Lt. JG. J. P. Leahy Lt. JG. W. M. Scum mi Lt. JG. N. E. Davis Ens. G. W. Pa i fERSON. Ill Ens. J B Ens. S. S. h i Ens. A H. Kermath Ens. J. R. KLIPP! mi-. Ens. A i I En ! I Ch. Reli ( ( :hristiansen CR DIVISION I nil ■ s V. Beattie John F. Breen Edward O Chris i i- ns in Donnie J. Cude Kenneth S. Dunn Rk hard J. Fairbanks Paul D. Gathers Thomas W. Grammer George D. Hale James A. Halverson Thi M s A I [ANDLi in Arthur h Hayes Max Head Joseph D. Hi u man Charles W. Holyfield Donald L. Holz Clifford R. Huff Theodore Jakubiszen Lee R. Loryea Jesse E. Minter, Jr. Richard A . . Joseph Nieves Ward D. Nissen Earl E. Pari.ett Lawrence Pn i i i Harry H. Price, Jr. Lei inard W, Ree d Charles B. R Robert J. Shanni in William C. Sherwood i S. Stavroi lli BERT B. Steele Charles R. Swann Douglas E. Thorpe Maurice A. Tremblay Richard E. Weaber Harold J. West Robert M. Wilson CS DIVISION John W. Abraham, Jr. James I. Adams Louis J. Ambrosine Lavett G. Beck Arthur C. Brassard Thomas E. Craine William B. Cupp Richard J. Davis Gordon R. Demarrais David C. Erickson Joseph W. Gibson Charles L. Gordon, Jr. Marvin P. Grisso Donald E. Hagerman James J. Heraty Edward F. Hibsch Warren M. Istre Orville K. Jones Francis J. Kelly Harold R. Kimberling Henry B. Kuzma John T. Larsen George V. Long William A. Marquez John A. McCoy Donald E. McLennan Herbert R. Moore Roger L. Naeves Roger A. Nichols Roy H. Parker, Jr. Eugene F. Pratt Thomas S. Rathbun Glen E. Rife William D. Roberts Ernest G. Roth Daniel Sacks Robert L. Stirzinger Donald R. Thompson James Trouten K DIVISION Rudolph A. Baumgartner John T. Considine William K. Cotton Harold J. Cullinane Laurence J. Doering Donald L. Downs Leroy J. Duncan William G. Edwards Ralph J. Eikamp Richard C. Erickson Robert J. Felgenhauer Harold W. Ferguson Melvin E. Gaudette James E. Gibbs Edward J. Halisz Kenneth W. Irwin George R. Kaufman Vaughn W. Kendrick Ronald H. Knowles Clyde I. Langham Frank T. Malone Robert C. Marx Thomas T. Mavros David D. McKenna Raymond C. McRorie William J. Wittmann William F. Mitchell Lawrence R. Pfleger Irving F. Reynolds William J. Roberts John H. Russel Stanford P. Sheirer Guy W. Ueckert Charles F. Usher, Jr. Terrance R. Wade Robert V. Whaley Ki nneth C. Wilkinson Clarence L. Wilson T DIVISION John L. Abright James C. Blackwood Bobbie J. Dorton Julius M. Gallo Jessie D. Harris Allison F. Himmerich Charles A. Jackson Everett M. Johnson Darrel B. Kelsey William D. Keyser Dean L. Lewis Kenneth E. Lyon Richard C. Marshall ROYCl I May James A. Moi i v Howard F. Osborn Richard R. Pearson Richard B. Quint Willi m d Thi ' Masson I L E. TlLLIS i E. Walter Dale F. Weishaupt L DIVISION Edwin C. Albright Gene P. Bennett Clarence Bryant Raymond B. Burton Ira H. Cox Robert D. Crites Leroy M. Dehan Joseph D. Deniso Andrew J. Eubanks Nathaniel Gray. Jr. Roderick L. Greengrass Elwood Harkins Max E. Hayes Lawrence J I Francis H Hutinett Charles E. Kapitzky T. Klepacki Willis E. Lautzenhiser Joseph A. Marker :•■■ Michael E. Murray Joseph H. Pitts Richard D. Price Raymond J Robinson f.rs Edward E. Stacey Virgil W. Stuffi Pat J; ' • LTERS Wl VTHERLP : X-l DIVISION Lei inard l Chi Li irh E -,skn hi f. Dei aney :V1 I (ICRISTOFARO h G. Fluary m. Fuller i C. Grady Richard L. Gray Donald Henrichs Raymi ind E. Hi- : Rl( HARD J I Arnold R I [i n ighee m Thomas R. James Rl IBE Rl I. |l- NKINS Calvin N. Johnson Gei irgi ( Ker heval Joseph W. Kuhn Carl H. Mai.mquist |. Martinez David K. Morgan i E Nil Si IN I ' .n in I. Parker fl ISl I ' ll K I ' VI.KS Ira F. Cm n i R a ii . i i , Donald Rai y Rl IB] I- I ( . l- ' u I Samuel E. Smiley Ronald E. Swan Norman D. Swanson Edward F. Sweeney George P. Tamburelo Ernest A. Vk.ii. CR DIVISION CS DIVISION W ' f f t f 1 ;% - V rt -• - ' jitiE jgk — rrf ' i K DIVISION T DIVISION ft f,, 9 ' ;? . :- L DIVISION i ■ ' . ■1 DIVISION I ' M ' rV t- SUPP ,V DEPARTMENT SUPPLY OFFICERS LCDR. A. G. Beale Lt. JG. A. J. Thurner Ens. R. L. Hughes Ch. Pclk. R. I. Poole Pact J. F. Clowers S-l DIVISION James E. Arnold Dean E. Bretthauer James H. Caves Forrest M. CUNNINGHAM Roger L. Darnell Lewis D. Dumond Harold C. Feest S-2 DIVISION Bernard B. Adams Donald E. Albertsen CONRADO BACTAD Alejandro P. Balolong Austin A. Blackman Harry Bohlen Ireneo Brazil James C. Burke Miguel C. Cabigas Phillip L. Callahan Horace J. L. Carter William M. Carter Francisco C. Cepeda Jesus R. Chaco Raymond A. Cressey Lewis Davis S-3 DIVISION Harold J. Amberson Hollis H. Baker Ronald F. Beekman James B. Curran John P. Dawson Harold N. Dressler Pasquale J. Ferrese S-l AND S-3 DIVISIONS Jack R Giles Jose PH Oilman Donald P. M Lai Thomas R ' I Mi in Teofilio D. Dei Bonificio Diaz John H. Diehl William ¥. 1 Bi i iik J. Dykes Richard W. Dzikielewski J. Eckhardt Carnie L. English Joaquin Escalderon Julian Esco R. Ferguson Jesus L. G. Flores Eduardo Florida C Fran Cloyce P. Gini i in Andrew Goldwire William A. Giltz Emil H. Hanson Samuel L. Henry John S. Jones Richard M. Kapp Wyman A. Lee Peter F. Logan Rli HARD H David N Cm ri is s Ryan - l W. Smith I IE P Triski I Maurice I ! I I M. Je skins V Calvin C. Kessinger ! A. King Claud J. Kiz ii i Earl E Charles V. Kwiatkoski ! ' ! Richard R. Li ' Nicolas London Jose M Donald L. Packer Silas V Peci Albert M. Manlei Marcus Matteoli Earl W. Miller James I. Parker James N. Paternoster Richard R Pi i mm James A. Railey R Earl G. Rv, : F . , T Sai-.in Joseph H. Spalding Win i e Minoru Yamasaki James R m Sc hme hi. m D. P. Schmidt Everett F. Tipt Gene I. Tyler John R. Wii.i Keith Wolcott ■ Y -JSk t. S-2 DIVISION i •- W MEDICAL AND DENTAL DEPARTMENTS MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICERS CDR. F. D. Virgilio LCDR. F. W. Cook H AND D DIVISIONS 1 Carter, Jr. Robert H. Cook V. ESPINOZA Kenneth L. Hance William B. Hornsby Robert E. Keene John E. Littleton Alfonza E. Ross Hubert L. Scoggins Lt. JG. C. C. Wannamaker Billy R. Smith Edward W. Zimmerman ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS LCDR. D. J. Kosky Lt. JG. R L. Payne SCLK J. S. D EX DIVISION Donald J. Angell Bernard Bischoff Bobby G. Clay Robert V. Crossler Robert E. Fahey Thomas G. Donegan Dick E. Fish Bill J. Gollaher Andrew M. ( i William Gi i- Da mi! E K I Robert F ' !■ s Flowers ( nil ip W. Moore Charles L. Skinner Jack B. Harris Lester D. Haynie Don K. Holt Gale D. Carlson Kenneth G. Ellis Clarence G. Hall Milton O. Jacobs Billie J. Jones Merritt L. Minney Vernon D. Peterson Vincente T. Herrera David J. Bergen Samuel Pollock David F. Schrieb Robert M. Maddox Gerald L. Malinax Don H. McFarland Norman W. McKinley Randa L. Means David B. Meurer Howard L. Miner Marshall R. Mitchell Hilly S. Mijllins Everett A. Nelson Ray Nelson David W. Norris Arnold C. Olson Larry R. Ostrom Clarence E. Parker Charles L. Rauon Kenneth D. Raines Garland L. Richardson Robert E. Robins Claude D. Roper Clemo G. Rudd Donald E. Ruff H. R. Sanders Guy A. Sands Benson G. Sizemore Sebastian Turco Raymond L. Weaver Donald E. Willcut James H. Wright Tilden B. Anfinsen Gene R. Armstrong Walter J. Augustine Charles R. Babcock Tommy G. Barki.ey Thomas J. Bates Robert G. Bills Neal V. Boyd William H. Brett Donald C. Buchanan J. F. BURCHFIELD Albert S. Burrows Charles E. Campbell Robert W. Casey Gerald R. Cervelli Anthony J. Chiaffala Dennis A. Chuchian Leonard R. Clayton Bill Coffey Marvin G. Comstock Harry S. Davis Lawrence E. Deaver Tommy J. De Rosier Trulyn G. Dillon Richard A. Ehrhardt Dennis M. Elder Robert I. Fernandez Forest M. Finck James J. Foley Danile J. Fulfer Cecil G. Gaither Mark R. Grounds Leslie A. Grussenmeyer Francis R. Gularte Mervin R. Hall Duane E. Hammar John W. Hansen Victor H. Henshaw Robert E. Herz Elmer J. Holloway Jerril D. Huckleberry Bernard H. Huseth Richard M. Johnson Ronald L. Kohl Louis R. Hansen Robert L. Krum Henry Lanosa Bobby L. Layton Raymond J. Leahy Robert K. Lee Lawrence V. Lynds Ralph L. Marsh Wallace L. Martin Vernon E. Martinazzi Cleo H. Mattox Melvin T. McCandless Kenneth R. McElhaney John P. McNamara Leonel Medeiros Claude E. Messina Carl J. Monsen Thomas W. Moore James A. Nichols Donald R. Packer Thomas G. Parker John T. Patterson Raymond L. Pederson Eldon E. Pierce Barnarr E. Pingel Curtis A. Potter Paul H. Rehs Kenneth C. Reid Robert L. Reimer Edward C. Riley Lowell E. Ritter Louis Ruggeri Jack C. Saunderson George R. Sharp Norman A. Silva Irving B. Simpson Anthony Souza Ralph W. Stillwell Alma J. Twitchell Eugene D. Vaughan David F. Viera Earl L. Vogt Bearl L. West Ronald E. Weston David R. Wilkins James L. Willingham Billy G. Abernathy Billy S. Gibson Claude H. Gilliam Harold L. Greer Dale C. Jensen Ellion W. Knight Bernard R. Martin Don J. Milam Martin R. Rypins Robert L. Sharp Howard H. Bonham Troy A. Boyce Leslie A. Boyd Edward J. Brandeth Richard V. Brown Joseph H. Caillouet Robert M. Catts Nikky V. Cheek William C. Clements Richard W. Corman Everett A. Cotten Joseph Cummings Eugene Davis Billy B. Deaton Jack B. Dodd John M. Evans Robert B. Fulton Oleen C. Garn George E. Goff Virgil G. Gribbie John R. Grisak Claud D. Hays Billy R. Holloway Patrick A. Lara Charles J. Larance Roger A. Leavitt Gary R. Lewis Temple O. Lynch James L. Lyon Otis V. Merry Robert R. Mewborn Joseph R. Murphy Robert L Pagatte Alvin G. Snyder Clarence E. Browning Augustus D. Colville Melvin J. Schachair Richard F. Stewart Bruce H. Mock Henry P. Mock Robert R. Ruscitto Eugene C. Dehner Frank P. Emery Charles D. Gilmore Hilton R. Gotcher Roger J. Nolette Glen R. Stilwill Roy O. Wellington p I , 7 v •- twtw ? 7 v% © r A AUTHOR-EDITOR ENS. JOHN F. STRAUBEL ASSISTANT EDITOR CHARLES E. KAPITZKY TECHNICAL LAYOUT ROBERT V. CROSSLER ADVISOR -LT. JG. ROBERT M. WELLER BUSINESS MANAGER - LT. JG. ALFRED J. THURNER CARTOONIST -ROBERT F. MAIER PHOTO OFFICERS - LT. WILLIAM F. DUCOING AND ENS. ROBERT R. JEFFERSON PHOTOGRAPHERS-JAMES A. PERRY, WILLIAM R. MILES, ANDREW J. EUBANKS, FRED E. ANDERSON AND OUR THANKS TO CDR. STOW EX DIVISION CARPENTER MORRIS BOATSWAIN COSME LT. BINKS LT. RUGGERIO LCDR. BAUGHMAN LCDR. BEALE MAJOR HANSEN LT. JG. SCHAEFER LCDR. AREY LT. JG. PAYNE LCDR. 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