Tazewell (APA 209) - Naval Cruise Book

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xq,xXXXXXXxyx xxxxXXXXXxyyxx xxxxx'-N- X Xxxxxxxvxxx Wxxxxxxx THE IIHHPLHIIVS Sllllllllflll lt hasn't all been fung and yet in a few years from now most of us will look back on our life on the Tazewell and will realize that there were many more good things than bad about this experience. We have had to learn to live with a large group of men all living in a very small space, Possibly some of our bad habits have been broken and we have learned how better to make friends and to be a friend. This matter of making friends is one of the most important things that could have happened to us and it is hoped that many of us have made friend- ships which will be meaningful during our entire future lives. But, even if We never see our Tazewell shipmates againg if we have learned better how to make real friends and to be a real friend this experience on the ship will have been of great value. This Year Book was planned with the purpose in mind of helping each man to maintain his shipboard friendships and to help each of us remember the many interesting experiences of the year. Naturally during the year's time there have been many unpleasant experiences-let's forget these and remember the pleasant and beneficial incidents. These months spent in serving our country aboard the U. S. S. Tazewell have developed each of us in many ways. It is my hope that we have each be- come better Christian Gentlemen by having served aboard this ship. ,e.z2i,z.rfe.74. 37

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xXXXXX 'atv XXxxXxxxxxxxggxxxxxxxxxxyxxxxxxxxxxxx,xxxxX XXXXXyxxxxxxxxx,s.xxxx eww, an s. 5. '7ayewell Herbert Doyle Ragle was born the 19th of May 1918 on a ranch at Lov- ington, New Mexico. In 1921 his family moved to Olton, Texas, which has been his home ever since. After graduating from Olton High School, he attended Wayland Junior College at Plainview, Texas. Chaplain Ragle then attended McMurray College, Abilene, Texas, where he received his degree in Bachelor of Arts, then South- ern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. He held his first pastorate while eighteen years of age and was associated with the Methodist Churches in Center Plains, Plastico, Borger, 'Wellington, and Shamrock, Texas. It was while serving as Assistant-Pastor of the Univer- sity Park Methodist Church in Dallas, that Chaplain Ragle came into the Navy. He attended the Naval Chaplain's Training School at Williziinsburg, Vir- ginia, for three months and was then assigned as Chaplain at St. Albans Naval Hospital. He remained at the Naval Hospital in New York from September 1943 until June 1944, when he was transferred to the Small Crafts Training Center, San Pedro, California. It was in August, 1944, that Chaplain Ragle received his orders for duty aboard the U. S. S. Tazzewell. After his release from the service, Chaplain Ragle plans to become Pastor of a Church in the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church. The Chaplain has been married since December 1942 and a daughter, Sarah Catherine, was born February 1945 while the Tazewell was at Palau. His family now resides at 2818 Roberts Street, Abilene, Texas. . 36 ll. HERBERT DUULE HHGLE

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yxxxxxx -txxw M1 KNXXxxxxxxxxSQmxxxxxxxWXXxxxxxxxxsX xxxX xxxxXXXxxxxxxN'- xx Q H IHUSIHIIG Among the ollicers aboard the U. S. S. T1lZ6'Zl'6!f, none is quite so con- versant with Naval traditions and term- inology as Doc Liermann. His stock of sea stories of the Old Navy are un- limited. He has served emciently as As- sistant Division Olhcer since the Tazewell went into commission, and then in May 19-45, took over the reins as Division Omcer. Mr. Liermann's Naval career began in june 1919, when he enlisted as a Hospital Apprentice Zc and went through boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois. Choosing the Hospital Corps, he was sent to school for Pharmacist Mates at Great Lakes and when it closed, completed his training at Hampton Roads where he worked in a ward as a Hospital Apprentice. Then followed duty aboard the coal burning ship, the U. S. S. Mercy, with a tour of duty in the Far East following, Most of the time was spent in the Philippine Islands at the Naval Hospital, Canacao, and the Cavite Navy Yard Dispensary. The next assignment was the Goat Island Naval Training Center out in San Francisco Bay. This was before the construction of the Bay Bridge or Treasure Island, when ferries plied between San Francisco and Oakland. After several months as a civilian after his enlistment had expired, Mr. Liermann returned to the Navy. Duty aboard the battleship Tem1e,i'.i't't'. the destroyer Stmtewni, and the battleship We.rl Virginirz, in that order, served to increase his wealth of experiences. World War II found Chief Liermann with the crew of the U. S. S. Smmlflmry CDMS 81 which saw action in both World Wars. Another destroyer, the U. S. S. Ewm was his assignment. Not the least to be remembered is the year Mr. Liermann served on the 2U9 . He reported aboard as Chief Pharmacist and in April of 1945 was appointed Lieu- tenant Junior Grade in the Hospital Corps. As soon as demobilization is completed, Mr. Liermann plans to retire from the Navy after 24 years of active duty. He and his wife will move to northern Georgia in the Sand Mountains, where hunting and hshing abound. Hats off to a regular guy and an old sailor who came up the hard way! 38