Tennessee (BB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Harley F. Cope, U. S. Navy Commanding Officer ng and proper ThaT The Thousands oT oTTicers and men who had The honor oT serving during The Three and one-halT years oT savage wariare should carry wiTh Them. liTe or To anorher ship, a book commemoraTing deeds which, when all added lyzed, show conclusively Thar The TENNESSEE has been The ouTsTanding baTTleship oT The PaciTic are again Tranquil so Tar as The enemy is concerned, buT The day only yesTerday when vigorous AA. gun crews eagerly splashed The Tlaming Kamikazes screaming ing TurreT crews Trained Their guns wiTh deadly accuracy on Jap baT- To Torce Their way Through Surigao STraiT and Turn us back aT l.eyTe. AT oTher g guns were soTTening up and desTroying enemy deTenses Trom Kiska To Tarawa. EniweTok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Angaur, LeyTe, Iwo Jima and Tinally Okinawa. And home Trom The wars, happy wiTh The knowledge ThaT This ship has served ThroughouT disTincTion. which depicTs by word and picTure some oT The exploiTs oT Those who had The nd honor oT serving on The TENNESSEE, is one which They can Take pride in showing To Those who willingly and Treely gave Their Time To collecT and arrange The daTa Tor proiecT, l desire To Thank on behalT oT Those who have served in This ship and say:

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Xi -'i Q14 ','iie7'g'I 7 . . r Wil, K.. ' L Zy.4 f v 1. M .igpfjlwllq . ,fwql-,ff -wifi I I E Men Killed or Missing in Acfion Aboard USS TENNESSEE from 7 December 1 941 fo 7 December 1945 E. O. ROE A. W. HUDGELL J. B. D. MILLER J. L. ADAMS 6. E. SMITH J. P. BUTTI J. L. ROBIE H. M. DRUMMOND J. A. ROBLES J. C. GUILL F. ZEMOVICH J. M. CUMMINGS J. C. THOMPSON K. V. MUNSON H. P. CHAPMAN W. J. HERREN J. GORDON L. A. GIARDINA F. J. MICONI T. F. McCORMACK M. C. WEST H. SIMMONS R. B. KRAMER F. L. TURNER R. L. HARRIS J. A. PARENT J. H. DANIELS B. C. KIMBERLY R. D. MARSH, JR. J. W. THOMPSON R. J. RASMUSSEN W. A. DEAN H. E. WEBER E. W. FARISH M. DRUMMOND D. E. SPARKS J. A. HINMAN W. L. POLLOCK J. R. SAMPSON C. P. WEEKS, JR. V. C. PETERSEN J. A. MACNICOLL W. F. MCDERMOTT J. F. MINAHAN, JR. S. M. HAWLEY V. H. SCHULTE J. E. LAWRENCE 1 Vx.. fr' T . gf- . 4 w,,..- X 3 f x 1. , 1'-Z I K . I. X4-v A 1 . f- A . 5 , ri I ,f If' .iv I I X Z '. . . Blow. Bugfes, Blow! They broughf us for our decrfh. Hofiness locked so long, and Love and Pair' c co cl fo earfh And paid his subfecfs wffh cy royof wage: And Nob'eHess IPA our Hoyt -RUPERT BROOKE V .

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Commander Daniel J. Wagner, U. S. Navy Executive Officer achievememis ei The TENNESSEE +r 'Cugh:,.' 'he 35 AQ Wise 31 XNAY'C k'j ll represemfs noi fhe aQcomphshh'ef1+ Sf :he Q 1 CFCLJC C5 'SW r The achievememfs of several fheusaea terse f iihv? HE 'P rseverahcge, forfiiude, and hard x-.cw rife Mi' S J- by any bafileship In our Nam. memories of ihe hmdshipal hard meth 7 A Q . X-3 en 'H eels, ihe dere, ihe soda iUL17'1iH.fT ga Duixci' . Jorfesske fade quickly from yew' minds, and 'rw + X H N V- ran erin Spenf in The TENNESSEE' XUl1!'iKXH k x X X w M' Q' Xiu rm ihfeqml pmi In here mmm? hi-Qhw.