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We are dedicated to the memory of Pearl and to those gallant Official P\JbhcalJOnOf Americans who gave their lives for their The country on December 7, 1941. Survivors Assooati<71 Inc NatJooa AdmnstrativeOffice PO Box99 � Fa s W 53052-0099 OUR MOTTO: Remember Pearl Harbor - Keep America Alert Published Quarterly Our One-Hundred Twenty-Seventh Issue August, 1996 USS ROSS (DDC-71! ) 's machinery running and prevent­ ing the ship from sinking and blocking the harbor. On hand for the christening were sev­ eral of Ross' shipmates, including Cap­ tain Joseph K. Taussig, USN, (Ret.), right, of Annapolis, , and Louis C. Gombassy, of Novi, , who also served aboard USS , second from right - both of whom were awarded the Navy Cross for their own heroism at Pearl Harbor, and two fellow winners, Colonel Robert Nett, USA, (Ret.), of Columbus, Georgia, left, and Hospital Apprentice First Class Robert Bush, USN, (Ret.), of Olympia, .

Mrs. Helen Lou Ross, center in photo at right, of Port Orchard, Washington, proudly displays the champagne bottle she used to christen the U.S. Navy's newest Aegis guided missile at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Lit­ ton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship is named ROSS (DDG-71), in honor of Mrs. Ross' late husband, Navy Don­ ald K. Ross (1910-1992), the first American to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. At the time a Navy Machinist, Ross was credited with helping get the battle­ ship USS Nevada (BB-36) under way during the Japanese , keeping the Page 2 GRAM August, 1996 National President's National Secretary's Message Message GOTT A MINUTE? ful Memorial Island. One The Administrative Office, chising the survivors in the I was called to Marietta, was for the Counsel to expedite the election other 49 states. Georgia on May JO for the and the other to dedicate a process during our Please find an updated funeral of a dear friend and a Memorial Monument for Convention, will again be Application for Membership loyal Pearl Harbor Survivor, Florida Indian River Chapter preparing printed ballots PHSA Form 1 (Rev. 1995) on our 6th District Director Ed 10. The program included the which will include space for page 26 of this Gram. Mem­ Eads. Ed and I were serving Surviving Spouses and rela­ floor nominations and write­ bership applications on obso­ on sister in the same tives placing a rose on the in votes. lete forms cannot be destroyer squadron when the wreath for each of our We would appreciate any­ processed because of the Japanese attacked . He departed Survivors. Margie one who has not announced membership passed resolu­ and Deloris were very well placed a rose on the wreath his/her candidacy to please tion which added a printing liked throughout the 6th Dis­ in honor and in memory of inform the Administrative and mailing fee for the Pearl trict. A very capable District our departed District Direc­ Office. Harbor GRAM. The Admin­ Director, Ed will be missed tor Ed Eads. Article VIII, paragraph 3, istrative Office is here to very much. sub-para. a. b. and c. of our serve the membership. If you Poison Pen Constitution states the eligi­ need forms, please call or Save The Hoga Got another unsigned bility to hold National Office. write. Your forms will be We are hearing from all "Poison Pen" letter. A person Statements by a few sur­ promptly mailed. sorts of folks and with dona­ doesn't think much of him­ vivors in a state having Since most chapters will tions to the little tug and self to be so cowardly as to greater membership residing be holding elections this year, the"Save the Hoga" fund. not sign his name, of course, in that state seem to think the please be reminded your Several Chapters as well as the letter's content qualifies it National Officers should be Handbook is the property of individuals have made sub­ for libel. l guess that's why. I from that state. This has no your chapter and should be stantial contributions. You'll wouldn't sign it either. foundation in the PHSA, Inc. returned to the chapter for see it in the Gram. One Constitution and By-Laws. distribution to the incoming Chapter, with its large dona­ Beautiful Minnesota This article has stood the office. Replacement Hand­ tion, says about the Hoga, Margie and I have just test of time. Please let's not, books will cost your chapter "Her heroism and accom­ returned from the 5th District at this late date, polarize our $10.00. plishments in rescuing per­ Convention in Bloomington, organization by the disfran- Julius A. Finnern sonnel, fighting the fires and Minnesota June 6 through 9. coming to the aid of dam­ What a beautiful State and an PEARL HARBOR GRAM aged ships will never be for­ exceptionally good conven­ Published Quarterly by gotten. Her action on that tion. It's easy to see why the PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION, INC. day and on the several days 5th District folks are always National President: Honorary National President: that followed were truly smiling. They made us very Robert McClintock Jr. M. Gene Lindsay, heroic and deserving of welcome and we appreciate 3215 Albert Street 1609 Vieth Drive memorializing" that. Bill Foster is the new Orlando, FL 32806-6119 Jefferson City, MO 65101 Fifth District Director. Telephone (407) 423-8344 Telephone (314) 635-4642. Torpedoman Turns 90 Remember my mention­ 7th District News National Vice President: Honorary Ben Begley National Vice President: ing my Chief Torpedoman The 7th District Conven­ 4348 33rd Ave. N. Charles Blazek, Richard Converese? He had tion in King of Prussia, Penn­ St. Petersburg, FL 33713 Posthumously. his 90th birthday on May 25. sylvania was a great success Telephone (813) 527-1235 I was Torpedoman First and with a good attendance. Honorary National Class and served with him in Clark Martin is the new 7th National Secretary: Secretary/Treasurer: the Aylwin. He's as sharp District Director. It was good Julius A. Flnnern John C. Berlier, today as he was then. Lives to see old friends again, espe­ P.O. Box 99 4209 Brown Road Menomonee Falls, WI 53052-0099 Indianapolis, IN 46226 in Mesa, with his cially those from Destroyer Telephone (414) 251-0787 Telephone (317) 546-4584 wife Esther. Those of us who Squadron One, where we have known him are served together. National Treasurer: Editor, Pearl Harbor Gram: extremely proud of that. Remember to read and Bill Eckel, Bob Watson, understand the rules of our P.O. Box 852 P.O. Box 1340 Speaking Out organization before you pro­ Rusk, TX 75785 Alta Loma, CA 91701-1340 Telephone (903) 683-4507 Telephone (909) 484-0618 I kept a couple of speak­ pose a resolution or a change. It's time wasted to ing engagements on Memori­ The Pearl Harbor Survivors Associationis not responsible for any a I Day, May 27, in Vero have to do this for you. items or servicesadvertised in the Pearl Harbor Gram. Beach, Florida, on the beauti- Robert McClintock August, 1996 GRAM Page 3 ALL MEMBERS - ATTENTION ALL GRAM SUBSCRIBERS Use the envelope in the center of this Gram to pay annual dues and subscriptions to the Pearl Harbor Gram.

Check the label on this Gram. If it shows 96, you must send in payment for 1997 or whatever number of years you want. DON'T WAIT!!! DON'T FORGET!!! Registration Fee ATTENTION • All PHSA Members attending the convention in MUST PAY the $25.00 registration fee. Chapter Storekeepers • All guests attending the cocktail party/dance MUST PAY the $25.00 registration fee. & Vendors • Guests that are going only to the banquet do not have to Be advised that at the 55th Reunion at the Sheraton Waiki­ pay the registration fee. However, they can not attend other ki this December, Small Stores will be available in the IAO functions Needle/Akaka Falls Rooms on the Mezzanine. If any Chapter • The $25.00 registration fee includes the cocktail or vendor wishes to sell, please advise in writing, so that party/dance, administration obligation, and INSURANCE. To space may be made available. Indicate what you are selling, be covered guests must pay the $25.00 registration fee. what Chapter you represent, etc. Write to: Ed Chappell, National Storekeeper, P.O. Box 1794, Lake Havasu City, AZ 1996 Convention 86405-1794. Phone (520) 855-8977. 3rd District Convention Arizona Chapter #4 will host the 3rd District Convention It has been no� ��!t!a�� through local at the River Casino/Resort, Laughlin, NV, Oct. 24-27, travel agencies rather than National's Official contracted 1996. This Convention will consist of State Meetings, followed Agency (Travel Network�al!!! of Houston, Texas). by the District Meeting. Wish to remind all Hawaii Convention Travelers to please It will be in conjunction with the Lake Havasu City 25th send in their registration fees and options to TRAVEL NET­ Anniversary of the activities. Survivors will WORK without delay. National needs an advance count for march/ride in the Parade on October 26th, followed by a lun­ bussing and banquet seating. cheon, etc. The Banquet will be October 27th at the Conven­ Should you wait until your arrival on December 4 or 5, you tion Headquarters in Laughlin. All are welcome! Call Chair­ might not receive the services you desire. man Ed Chappell (520) 855-8977 or Treasurer George Bierman SO PLEASE PRE-REGISTER (520) 453-2739. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR Change Of Top quality bill caps. Mailing Address $12.00each includes shipping. Make check for for appropriate amount to CaliforniaChapter 21, Pearl Harbor Gram and mail to 38950 The mailing address for advertisements, boosters, articles Vista Dr., Cathedral or other correspondence to the Gram has been changed to: City, CA 92234. P.O. BOX 1340 Makes perfectgift for chil­ ALTA LOMA, CA 91701-1340 dren, grandchildren, etc. Pa e4 GRAM August, 1996 From The Editor Gram. I was very surprised at be used, and must be 11 "S ave the Hoga Fund" the large amount of mail I returned to theapplicant. John A. & Betty Lou Murphy received addressed to the old The area code for Ten­ was shown on the USS Ten­ address from Members I nessee State Chairman Mar­ nessee. That should have know received that Gram. shall B. McCloud has been been USS Vestal. The tickets for the 50-50 changed from 615 to 423. His On the same page Ernest J. drawing at the Convention in phone number now is (423) Nelson should have been Hawaii are printed on page 947-0585. Please make the Mother Lode 15 of this Gram. change on your list of State Chapter 26. It is repeated cor­ THIS IS YOUR LAST Chairmen. rectly in this Gram. Ernest CHANCE TO BE IN THE In the May Gram, on page Nelson is the Chapter trea­ 50-50 DRAWING. 8 in the"Prayer for the Dead" surer. By Bob Watson The CORRECT application Anton Hirt was shown on the In the May Gram, I wrote Editor for membership is reprinted USS Helm, but that should an article about California t First, I printed on page 3 on page 26 of this Gram. Old have been USS Honolulu. Chapter 9 birthday and erro­ of the May Gram in large red applications that do not This was reported by his twin neou sly wrote California letters the new mailing include the $6.00 for the brother Arnold. Chapter 14. The article is cor­ address for the Pearl Harbor Gram subscription may not In the May Gram on page rectly reprinted in this Gram. Truth About Pearl Harbor Death Amid the carnage and the fireboats squirting water on flaming ships in the early morning after the bombing, Marines standing watch heard banging. Someone was still alive, trapped deep in the forward of the sunken . The ship was badly damaged. Struck by at least six torpe­ does and two bombs, it burned for 30 hours and settled into the mud on the bottom of the harbor, its main covered with oily water. Cut a hole, and they'd risk flooding the whole thing. Open the hull with a torch and they could spark an explosion. One Marine recalled covering his ears when he heard the pounding. One dav, the banging stopped. When salvage crews raised the West six months later, they found the bodies of three men huddled in an air­ tight storeroom: Ronald Endicott, 18, of Aberdeen, Washing­ ton, Clifford Olds, 20, of North Dakota, and Louis "Buddy" Costin. © The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky The men in storeroom A-111, clad in their blues and jer­ Photo by Cindy Stucky seys, were removed like 63 other men, carried away in heavy For a long time, Buddy Costin's brothers and sisters knew canvas bags drawn tight at the top. little about their fun-loving brother's death at Pearl Harbor. Clues left in the dry storeroom hinted at their horrific final Shortly after the December 7, 1941 bombing, a soldier had days: Flashlight batteries littered the floor. The manhole to a arrived on their doorstep in Henryville, Ind., at 4 a.m. with the supply of fresh water had been opened. Emergency rations news of Buddy's death. When their mother, Effie, inquired had been eaten. And a calendar, 1 high and 14 further, the Navy Department told the Costins that Buddy, long. A red "X" was scratched through each of the dates from who was 21, had died manning his battle station on the USS December 7 through December 23. West Virginia. They pictured a sudden death: Buddy perishing when the We Support ship sank in a horrifying conflagration. Now, almost 54 years later, the Costins have learned the BEN BEGLEY truth. FOR The day before Thanksgiving, Elvin Costin, 78, who still NATIONAL PRESIDENT lives in Henryville, got a call from Eric Gregory, a reporter at . Gregory told a disturbing tale. We hope you will too! While interviewing survivors and former Marines who had helped recover American after the bombing, Grego­ Mary and Don Ralph ry told Costin he'd heard about three sailors who'd been Chapter 1 buried alive on the West Virginia. August, 1996 GRAM Page 5 California Survivors Tour Of USS Pearl Harbor By Ralph Lindenmeyer soup, salad, hot and cold drinks topped off with several choic­ NAS es of desserts. More than 120 Southern California Pearl Harbor Survivors and wives were invited to tour the USS Harpers (LSD-49), a sister ship to the USS Pearl Harbor on Saturday, March 2, at the Naval Station, , California. Chapter 3 Special Events Coordinator. Gordon Jones received the invitation from the ship's Executive Officer on Wednesday preceding the Saturday tour. He was told that the ship could accommodate up to 90 people including women and older children for the lunch and tour.

Commanding Officer of the USS Harpers Ferry Commander Chor/es P. Salsman, USN is flanked by Chapter 3 members Chapter Treasurer Duffie Clemons, President Arie Korporoo/, and Cort Burhoop.

As the meal ended Commanding Officer Commander Charles P. Salsman and his staff came in, presenting a hearty welcome to the group. The entire ship's company was spirited and enthusiastic having Pearl Harbor Survivors aboard. "The Harpers Ferry" Captain Salsman began, "is one of California State Secretary Charlie Preece stands alongside of 1st four new Cargo Varients to the LSD 41 class of amphibious District DirectorRobert Kronberger. assault ships. LSD 50 and 51 are in various stages of comple­ tion. LSD 52, The USS Pearl Harbor only recently held its Jones and Chapter 3 President Arie Korporaal immediately christening ceremony in ." Continuing, he said, launched a telephone drive which included calls to First Dis­ "in all probability, the Pearl Harbor will be homeported here trict Director Robert Kronberger, California State Chairman in San Diego." The announcement was taken in stride by those Bill Davis and State Newsletter Editor Bruce Klein. assembled. Six Southern California Chapters responded to the call: 3, 8, The Harpers Ferry is named after a small residential town 12, 27, 29 and 31. Among the visitors Chapters 29 and 31 were (population 423) and tourist center in the Northeastern corner the leaders in attendance. There were six or seven motor of West Virginia. Harpers Ferry has forever entrenched itself homes from the area, a distance of more than a in the "American Story", as a place where brave men and 125 , which managed to find their way to the "Anchors women lived, fought and died for their ideals. In 1776 Presi­ and Spars" parking lot where their accommodations had been dent George Washington selected the site for a new U.S. arse­ prearranged. nal and armory. Many of the rifles used in the and withOnce on board they were divided into five tour groups civil war were manufactured there. The town of Harpers Ferry naval officers as their guides. An hour later the tours changed hands between the Union and the Confederacy sever­ ended in the enlisted men's mess hall. The day's menu includ­ al times, spilling much American blood on its rocky soil. ed barbecued spare ribs and roasted cornish hens, veggies, Captain Salsman talked in glowing terms about the Pearl Harbor Survivors and was sympathetic to the news that Gor­ Back Issues of the GRAM don Jones of Chapter 3 had to miss the tour he hurriedly put are now available: together. Jones was operated on for a knee replacement on March 1 at the Balboa Naval Hospital. In answer to a question about women aboard, Captain Sals­ All back issues of the GRAM are now $2 each. Postage Paid man said that 10 percent of the crew would be women sailors Send check made payable to (PHSA Inc.) Editor, Pearl Harbor or about 36 would be aboard prior to deployment later on in Gram, P.O. Box 1340, Alta Loma, CA 91701-1340. the year. _ GRAM Prayer for the Dead Eternal rest grant unto them and let perpetuallight shine upon them and may they rest in peace -Amen.

TURK, George T. CHAMP,Henry LANDRY, Frederick E. KIPPING, Raymond L. USS Chew USS Medusa USS New Orleans USS Pyro Brentwood, MO Chandler, AZ Palisade,CO Englewood, FL

HERSEY, John D. JONES, Hillory R. SURFACE, Henry E. WARD,Billy G. USS Pelias 15th CfA Ft Kamehameha VP-21 NAS Ford Island Admin NAS Kaneohe Cape Coral, FL Sun City West, AZ Mesa,AZ Austin, TX

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POVICH, Joseph LEGGETT,Marvin E. ROURKE,Kenneth D. GAMMAGE, William B. 97th CfA Ft Kamehameha USS 4th Recon Sq Wheeler Fld 3rd DefBn USMC Leesburg, FL Phoenix,AZ Bremerton,WA Macon,GA

PARSLOW, Kenneth RADCLIFFE, Carl L. WILEY,John D. LATTIG,Jim M. 35th Inf Reg Schofield Bks USS Selfridge USS West Virginia HQ 18th A/8 Gp Wheeler Fld Auburn,WA Phoenix, AZ Green Cove Springs, FL Austin, TX

GOODMAN, James H. MONTEAN, Mack BROWN, Estle H. DOUGLASS, George E. USMC NAS Ford Island USMC Hickam Fld A&R NAS FordIsland 9th Sig Co Ft Shafter , WA Washington D.C. Hollister,CA Ft. Worth, TX

ROSE, Thomas S. GURGON, Joseph P. STEVENS, Arthur F. COBURN, William J. MAG 21 Ewa Air Base 3rd Def Bn USMC HQ Haw AF Wheeler Fld USS Ramsay Deland, FL Wyomissing,PA W. Palm Beach,FL Arlington ,TX Continuedon Page 7 Honor/Memorial Fund Honor /Memorial Fund A savings account has been opened by the National Treasur­ DONOR IN MEMORYOF er and is now accepting Tax Free Donations of all types (checks, East Texas Chapter Eugene K. Woods stocks and property) in memory of a person the Donor wishes USS Trever to Honor. An acknowledgement will be sent to the Donor regardless of the amount received. The Treasurer will list in the Arnold Hirt Twin Brother Pearl Harbor Gram the names only of both Donor and Honoree USS Honolulu Anton "Tony" Hirt of Donations in the amount of $30.00 or more. USS Honolulu

HONOR/ MEMORIAL FUND Hank Mulholland Nick Siedorok Donor Battery A,55th Battery A, 55th Coast Name ______Coast Artillery,Fort Kamehameha Address ______Millie Kosut Her Husband Montebello,California Adam Robert Kosut City ______State __ Zip ____ USS Curtiss

Emily A. Murphy Kyle Harrell Please accept my Donation to the PEARL HARBOR SUR­ Marian Handy USS Honolulu VIVORS ASSOCIA TION HONOR / MEMORIAL FUND in the amount of$___ _ for: Dixie Jones Her Husband Larry Lariviere His Shipmate ame N ______Robert E. Jones Unit ______USS August, 1996 GRAM Page 7

Prayer for the Dead GREEN,James W. Conlinuedfrom page 6 USS Arizona In Memoriam THRONEBERRY,James Troy, MI Pearl Harbor Gram USS Trever BRANSON, Donald K. SilverdaJe, WA AssistantEditor USS West Virginia Herb Stettler Battle Creek, Ml l\'EFF, Edward E. Jr-. USS Oglala US.SRamapo PARKER, Norman R. Lincoln, NE USS Oklahoma Born April 17, 1923 Defiance, OH Died May 8, 1996 ELY,John T. USS Tangier KRAMER, Donald C. At the time of his death, 'orth Ogden, UT USS California Herb was Secretary of Califor­ Boardman, OH nia Chapter 23. He had also BELL. Cecil R. served the Chapter as President, Vice President and USS Cszlr'orni.a FETROW, Bruce E. newsletter editor. Colorado Springs, CO 41st C/A Ft Kamehameha He is survived by his wife Hilda, a daughter Heidi, three York, PA sons: Gary, Ken and Ron, twelve grandchildren and 2 ZAWADZKI, EdwinJ. 24th Inf Div Schofield Bks great-grandchildren. Herb was buried at Santa Rosa Memo­ SINGLEY, Glen H. rial Park in California. Chicago, IL 18th A/B Sq Wheeler Fld Chambersburg, PA JOHNSON, Fred J. USS Medusa Sixth District Director REKIEL, Stephen M. EdEads Waterloo, IL 35th Inf Reg SchofieldBks USS Dale PRATT,Robert}. Oil City, PA USS Phoenix BornJuly 27, 1923 MEYERS, M.C. Lake Worth, FL USS Nevada Died May 8, 1996 JONES, Richard Hemet,CA 19th Trans Sq HickllmFld Ed Eads was elected Sixth District Director at Tampa, WOODS, Eugene K. Clearwater, FL USS Trever Florida at the National Conven­ tion in 1994. TURK, RobertS. Jr. Palestine, TX 46th Pur Sq WheelerFld Ed founded the first PHSA Chapter in Georgia in 1955 and was very active in the Association. Nampa, ID CALANTONIO, John 21st Inf Reg Schofield Bks Shortly before his death, the Georgia PHSA voted to ded­ icat a planned Pearl Harbor monument in the Georgia POWELL, Robert W. Irving, TX � National Cemetery to him. His wife Delores stated "He said USS Raleigh they should dedicate it to everyone who was there". Houston, TX Continued on Page 11 He is survived by his wife Delores, a daughter Jennifer, In Memoriam two sons Michael and Dale, and three grandchildren. National President JoelE.Bachner Eighth District Director USS California ForestE . Smith Third Defense BornJanuary 9, 1918 Battalion, USMC Died April3, 1996

Joel was National President BornOctober 16, 1917 from 1974-1976 after two years Died May 24, 1996 as Vice President. He was very active in PHSA and in Pearl Forest served as Eighth Dis­ Harbor History Associates. trict Director for six years and He is survived by his wife Muriel, two daughters Barbara several years as State Chairman. He was devoted to and Bette, and a son Roger. the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. He was interred in the Indiantown Gap National Ceme­ He is survived by his wife Esther, one son William, and tery. two daughters Margaret and Karen. Page 8 GRAM August, 1996 Praxer for the Dead McAHON, Jack F. CANADAY, Carlin C. MULLINS, Robert P. Continuedfrom page 7 Trip/er Gen Hosp, USA USS Boggs USS Curtiss Las Cruces, NM Alexandria, VA San Diego,CA NEIDIGH, Kenneth E. HQ Haw AF Hickam Fld MEMAN, Prinitivo WILLIS, Linzy L. ESCHMANN, Roy L. Sacramento, CA USS Oglala USS Whitney 19th Inf Reg SchofieldBks Jacksonville, FL Midwest City,OK Dallas,TX WISE, Walter P. 64th C/A Ft Shafter BOHLKEN, Bruce B. LINN, Peter A. HOLLOWAY, William H. Higham,MA USS Honolulu USS Ward USS California Coleridge,NE Tucson,AZ Monroe, LA MICHALEK, Joseph L. USS West Virginia BACHNER,Joel E. MANNING, Athol E. MORGAN, Harold H. Ft. Washington,MD USS California QM Detach Hickam Fld USS Maryland West Lawn, PA Lulow, VT Lake Havasu City, AZ SHAPBELL, John B. Bishop's Pt USN FARWELL, Richard E. DODD, Ford E. BRENT, Howard E. Falls Church, VA USS Ward Fire Dept Wheeler Fld 27th Inf Reg Schofield Bks E!Cajon,CA Dawsonville, GA , MD KEUTEN, James 0. Ship's Co NAS Kaneohe BANGSBURG, Willis E. SMITH, William M. LIST, Lee B. Duluth, MN USS Hulbert USMC on USS Maryland 21st Inf Reg Schofield Bks Spring Valley, CA Ridgecrest, CA East Peoria, IL BEASON, Chester A. HAYNES, Walter L. Patwing 2 NAS Ford Island SCHWARZ, Robert}. HOWELL, Homer Sacramento, CA USS Oklahoma 55th C/A Ft Ruger USS Nevada Castro Valley, CA Mansfield, OH Shelbyville,TN HENDERSON, Willard 98th C/A Schofield Bks OLINGER, Gilbert V. STEWART, Kenneth E. COURTET, John H. Middletown, NY USS Tangier 34th Eng Schofield Bks 27th Inf Reg Schofield Bks Selma, CA Toledo,OH Whippany,NJ GALLAGHER, Raymond K. 73rd Pur Sq Wheeler Fld SMITH, Elden L. RAY, Charles C. KLE,M, James F. Battle Creek, MI USS Phoenix USS New Orleans USS Solace Yucca Valley, CA Vero Beach,FL Los Gatos, CA PHILLIPS, Jack D. USS Perry HOUSTON, Louis HENDERSON, Virgil H. NIXON, Curtis R. Lake Havasu City, AZ VP-21 NAS Ford Island USS Medusa USS Pyro Vista, CA Logan, UT Seguin, TX HANNA, Wallace J. Patwing 1 NAS Kaneohe CUNNINGHAM, Lester P. TAYLOR, William C. ERPS, Clifford C. Oceanside, CA 13th F/A SchofieldBks USS USS West Virginia Wymore,NE Phoenix, AZ Petersburg, IL YEZUKEVICZ, William T. USS Ralph Talbot SUL LIVAN, Patrick H. SOMMERS, William A. DAVIDSON, Guy E. Brockton, MA 55th C/A Ft Kamehameha 25th Inf Div Schofield Bks USS West Virginia Jacksonville, FL WOOD, John W. Satellite Beach, FL Effingham,IL 53rd Sig Maint Hickam Fld JULIAN, Ross E. KING, Everett Trenton, NJ USS Shaw USS St. Louis Hume, IL rORfOTTE# /vllRRIORt Or ,tl/;1/EOIIE Glendale, AZ First complete 454-pg. history of NAS KANEOHE during the WWII HARRISON, Richard A. years is now Available. The book consists of chapters on NAS Base USS Castor WILEY, Thomas F. personnel, Marine Barracks, PatWing-One, VP-11, VP-12, VP-14, 98th. USS Tennessee Coast Artillary (AA), 73rd and 78th Army Pursuit Squadrons, Early St. Cloud, FL aircraft of Wheeler Field, 50th reunion of the Kaneohe Klippers and Edmonds,WA historical photos of early Navy aircraft by Pat Roney, USN. KOSUT, Adam R. Ship to: Cost: $39.00 per book, post USS Curtiss THOMPSON, Charles N. Name paid. Send order form with USS Tennessee your check to: Montebello, CA John S. Kennedy, Norfolk,VA Address Historian K-Klippers JOHNSON, Ellsworth D. 17271 Via Carmen City, St., Zip USS Dobbin San Lorenzo,CA 94580-2611 Seal Beach,CA Continued on Page 9 August, 1996 GRAM Page9 Prayer for the Dead JOHNSON, Roy M. BLANCHARD, Cleyo HART, Frederick J. USS California Fire Dept Wheeler Fld 35th Inf Reg Schofield Bks Continued frompage 8 Onalaska,WI New Castle,DE Fort McCoy, FL SCHENKELBERG,Jerome C. USSNemda REINER, Theodore MAY,John MAKINEN, John H. Carroll, IA USS Nevada HQ 11th Bomb Gp Hickam Fld USS Pennsylvania Tamarac, FL Ruby,AK Seattle, WA GOURLEY, Allen J . • 'lll'II )ard HIEDEMAN, Rex H. TEMPLE, George F. CREEKMUR, Albert Dubuque,IA USS Hulbert MAG-21, Ewa Air Base USS Pe/ins Newberg,OR Laguna Hills, CA Gulfport,MS SCOTT, Frank H. USS Oklahoma OLDENBURG, Forrest A. STETTLER,Herbert H. EHRHART,John C. USS Oglala Siow

The First District and California State Convention was held at the Airport Hilton in Burbank June 19 - 22. New California State officers are Chairman Haile "Jake" Jaekel, (Navy Yard), Vice Chairman North Richard Garstang (251st Coast Artillery, Camp Malakole), Vice Chairman South Ralph Lindenmeyer (A&R NAS Ford Island), Secretary Charles Preece (7th Air Force HQ, Hickam Field) and Treasurer Byram Bates (7th Air Force HQ, Hickam Field). The new First District Director is William "Bill" Davis (58th Bomb Sq., Hickam Field). His term as State Chairman expired with this convention.

Over 100 Survivors attended the business meeting. Antique Golfer Wear your PHS medal in our bola MOVING??? tie mounting. PLEASE be sure to send your new addres s to the NATIONAL SECRETARY, P.O. Box 99, Menomonee Falls, WI 53052-0099. Use the form on page 39 of every Gram. DO NOT SEND IT TO THE GRAM EDITOR. Send $14.00 to The NATIONAL SECRE­ Roy Johnson TARY en ters the changes in 6740 Hagen Blvd. the computer. El Cerrito, CA 94530 Prompt delivery.

Support thePHSA At the California State Convention Chuck Mallon (USMC on USS Oklahoma) presented an "ANTIQUE GOLFER" Place a BoosterAd in T-shirt to Marv Ziegler (USS Honolulu) while National Store­ keeper Ed Chappell (USS Maryland) watched. the Gram August, 1996 GRAM Page 11 The Last 'Hurrah' Retired and a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was quick to correct me. He is 83 and entered the Naval Academy in 1927 against my 81 and service entry of 1932. His remarks, as well as those by the Chief of Naval Operations, Jeremy M. Boorda, were most touching. I, as well as Colonels Williamson and Glidden did go to Eastern Island for tfiededication of the Eastern Island airstrip as Henderson Field with a Bronze Placque in his honor. Colonel Glidden, who had flown with Major Henderson, eulo­ gized him with truly reminiscent remarks. The final "High­ light" for me as a Veteran was being pre­ sented with a beautiful Medallion by Doctor James M. D' Angelo. The scatterinqg of the ashes of . George Gay USN, and the only survivor of Squadron 8 over the spot where he was shot down and later rescued was stir­ ring indeed as the mission was accomplished by Captain Jack H. Reid, USN Retired, also a Midway Battle veteran. I did have the opportunity of shaking hands with the Presi­ dent of the United States and did talk briefly with the First Lady, who noted I was a Pearl Harbor Survivor from my cap. I did mention to her that my wife May, of 57 years was also a P.H.S. One incident struck a chord with me. A Catholic Priest rode with me on the return. He wore a Marine Good Con­ duct Medal Ribbon along with several other decorations, so I asked if he was a Chaplain. He replied he was a Corporal at the Chosin Reservoir Withdrawal with "Chesty" Puller in the Korean conflict. He now tends the homeless in Oahu. I told him I had known "Chesty" well, having made his acquain­ By W.R. "Bill" Lucius tance at the Marine Barracks' American Legation Guard in As a member of the International Midway Memorial Foun­ Peking, in 1934 when he had the Mounted Detachment dation, I was invited to participate in the dedication ceremony there and I was shooting at the Marine Corps Rifle Matches. of the Midway Memorial Monument and the Lofton R. H�n­ To cumulate my own activities the Battle of Midway Group derson USMC Memorial Plaque on August 31, 1995 at the had a Grand Banquet at the Hawaiian Regent Hotel, Diamond Islands of Midway. Head Ball Room. A band reminiscent of the days of Tommy The briefing by IMMF (International Midway Memorial Dorsey and Glenn Miller played for the group. Jim D' Angelo Foundation) on the morning of 29 August was excellent with was presented with a beautiful trophy, a large gold eagle as a opening of the Lord's Prayer and blessing in Hawaiian fol­ tribute to his efforts. I presented to him for the Marine Corps lowed with a briefing by Doctor James D' Angelo, President of Aviation Association, and my comrades from MAG 22 pre­ IMMF. Here I was to meet two other Veterans of the Battle of sent, a pair of gold cuff links with the Marine Corps Emblem Midway whom I had not seen since those fateful days of June on them. 1942, namely Colonel Willy Williamson USMCR Retired and Colonel Elmer Glidden, USMC Retired. That evening the film Wanted "Defenders of Midway" was shown at the Arizona Memorial Ford Turner is attempting to obtain information about his Theater, Pearl Harbor followed by an outstanding dinner at late uncle, Clarence Steven Turner. He believes that his uncle the Bowfish Museum plus a tour of the submarine of that was a photographer assigned to Patrol Wing 2 at Ford Island, name. or possibly assigned to Patrol Squadron 23. Departure for Midway was early in the morning of August He would like to speak or correspond with anyone who 31 by chartered Aloha Airlines, 114 veterans and families knew his uncle while he was at Pearl Harbor. Call (717) aboard. Several of us were interviewed by the media prior to 728-4405 or write to 3616 Dwayne Ave., Mechanisburg, PA departure. One of the ladies nearby who had overheard my 17055. interview came up and asked if I, per chance, had known her l father, a Major Woten. I assured her I had known Bob who, by the way, is a member of the Marine Corps Aviation Associa­ FLORIDA tion. As the only Ground Officer present who was actually on CHAPTER 1 the ground (Eastern Island) during the attack, I feit honored to SDPHS be in attendance. I thought I might also be the oldest in service as well as age, however, Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN Supports the GRAM Page 12 GRAM August, 1996 Save The Hoga Fund Arthurand Carol Sorries 25.00 USS St Louis Islip, NY H. H. and Ruth Storms 100.00 USS Breese Arkansas Chapter 1 50.00 Keo,AR Donald and Lorraine Howell 50.00 Reception Ctr., Schofield Barracks Honolulu,HI Wallace and Joan Brown 10.00 QM Detach.,Camp Malakole Santa Cruz, CA TheYardcraft Hoga (YT-146) at her last duty station as a City of Oakland fireboat. CaliforniaSanta Clara Valley 200.00 Chapter7 By Bob Watson National Chapter 1 100.00 Moffett Field,CA Gram Editor Gardena, California On June 18 I talked with Frank August Zinn 50.00 McHale who is head of the "Friends of Dorcas Smith 10.00 USS Vestal the Hoga" fund in Hawaii. Huntington Beach,CA St. Augustine, FL When the Navy closed the Mare Heir: Paul E. Hibbs (Son) Island Naval , the Hoga was Robert A. Ohnemus Leon C. Smith 50.00 moved to Treasure Island and prepared 25.00 22nd Material Sq,Hickam Field for safe stow condition, which means USS Grebe Gaithersburg, MD removing fuel and blocking over win­ Pullman, WA Heir: Bobby L. Smith dows with plywood. Heir: Debra Fockler An application was submitted to the Ohio Chapter 7 150.00 Navy under the ship donation program, R.F. and Edna H. McArthur 50.00 but no reply has been received as yet. Escondido, CA Total This Listing 1130.00 The television station History Chan­ Previous Total 1240.00 Walter V. Wood 10.00 nel is preparing an article on tug boats Total 2370.00 which will feature the Hoga. It is USS Zane planned for viewing in the fall. It is Eugene,OR hoped that this TV program will result If you would like to contribute to the in more donations. Donald A. and Mary K. Schaaf 25.00 Save The Hoga Fund, send your check, McCook,NE made payable to "Save The Hoga" to the Editor or National President. Your con­ Contributions to CaliforniaHemet Valley tribution is tax deductible on your feder­ Save The Hoga Fund Chapter 7 100.00 al income tax. Hemet,CA CaliforniaMother Lode $25.00 Henry and Frances Baxter 15.00 WANTED Chapter26 Your expired USS Curtiss PHS license plates!! Lenabelle Meyers 25.00 Redwood City, CA Surviving Spouse of Speed Meyers I will pay $25.00 plus postage for John L. McDonald 50.00 USS Nevada each plate in good condition from As a wedding gift to Tom USS Antares the states I need. I will also pay & Judy Herwer Honolulu, HI $15.00 for Purple Heart plates. Call collect 1-219-897-2364 after 6:00 "A" Battery, 98th Coast Erwin F. Mitschek 10.00 100.00 Eastern Time, or write. USS Oklahoma Artillery, Anti-aircraft, Stewart E. Lewis Baldwin Park, CA Schofield Barracks 3734 S950 E Heir: Frank Mitschek Laotto, IN46763 -

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This photo was submittedby Stanley Levitt, USSRigel, 5204 E. 121 st St., Overland Park, KS 66209, phone (913) 339-6161. He states it was given to him by one of the Chaplains in the photo within a week after the PearlHarbor attack. It is a funeral service on part of a sunken ship. TheCha plains were H. CerfStrauss, Thomton Miller and Francis8. Sayre. If you can identifyyourself in thephoto, or know where it was taken, Survivor Levitt wouldlike to hear from you. It appears there isa blimp the upper right hand comer. l� in G,) Page 14 GRAM August, 1996 WELCOME ABOARD NEW MEMBERS * I F. Exposure of our Member­ EMDE, William BLAIR,Martin, J. DONOVAN,Patrick W. Jr. ship to unauthorized use of USS Dobbin 13th F/ A Schofield Bks 25th Inf Div Schofield Bks names and addresses has pre­ Pine Valley,CA Montrose, CO Warne, NC cluded publishing them in the Gram. Any member may obtain SINOR,Howard E. PITT, Joseph B. LAMOTTE, Louis H. the complete address of a fel­ USS Raleigh 25th Inf Div Schofield Bks Haw Dept Ft Shafter low Survivor by sending the New Orleans, LA Ware Shoals,SC Hilton Head,SC request and a long, self­ addressed and stamped enve­ BAROUCH,Marco APPLEGET,John C. HARDING, William A. lope with your Member number 55th Cl A Ft Kamehameha Mobile Hosp #2,USN 13th F / A Schofield Bks to the National Vice-President and Membership Chairman, Melbourne, FL Moorseville, In Napa,CA Ben Begley, 4348 33rd Ave. N., St. Petersburg FL 33713. HANSON,John W. MAG-21 Ewa Air Base Hawaii Gets Survivor Total new members this quar- South Bend,IN ter ...... 24 License Plates Total new members since KIRKMAN,Ralph A. 01/01/96 ...... 46 41st C/ A Ft Kamehameha Concord,NH Total membership ...... 10565 R. New Members by States WOODING, Robert Alabama ...... 2 USS Tennessee Arizona...... 3 Scottsdale, AZ California ...... 12 Colorado ...... 2 BOYD, Albert E. Delaware ...... 1 USS West Virginia Florida ...... 2 Amarillo, TX Indiana ...... 3 Louisiana ...... 1 MORGAN,Harold H. ...... 1 USS Maryland Nebraska ...... 1 Lake Havasu City, AZ Nevada ...... 1 ...... 2 L. By Donald A. Howell the signing of the bill are Burt SEARS, Bradford ...... 1 State Chairman Breneman (USMC on NAS Ships Co NAS Kaneohe ...... 1 Stockton, CA At long last we have been Ford Island), Dick Fiske South Carolina ...... 7 successful in getting our spe­ (USMC on USS West Vir­ Texas ...... 2 cial license plate bill passed ginia), Larry Julian (55th Utah ...... 1 VANDERVORT,Madison Jr. and signed by the Governor. Coast Artillery, Fort Kame­ Virginia ...... 1 USS Honolulu The plates will spell out hameha), Don Howell Washington ...... 1 Largo, FL "Pearl Harbor Survivor" on (Reception Center, Schofield Wyoming ...... 1 Barracks) and John Haverty AZOTEA, Robert J. the left side of the plate in (U.S. Naval Hospital) with USS Maryland three lines and a number on the right. Representative Ken Hiraki BRADLEY, Herbert J. Franklin,NH In the photo taken after who sponsored the bill. 4th Def Bn USMC Eastover, SC RUBENS,Reven A. HQ 18th Pur Gp Wheeler Fld Japanese Prisoner Of War THOMPSON, Harry M. Dover,DE Survivor Victor Clarke Victor was a Japanese prison­ 45th Pur Sq Wheeler Fld Besancon, Patrol Squadron 25 er of war until the Japanese Hilton Head Island, SC PAYNE, Charles D. surrender in 1945. The prison USS Sicard NAS Ford Island, was a radioman first class at the camp was near Ofuna, . GORDON, Richard P. Hilton Head Island, SC time of the Japanese attack. USS Phoenix R. He was sent to Remember the Yemasee, SC STIDHAM, Forrest to set up the communication VJ-1 NAS Ford Island Pearl Harbor SISK, system. Charles Camano Island, WA After several days of SurvivorsAssocia­ 2nd Div USMC galant defense,the island was Anderson, SC tion in your will surrendered to the Japanese. ------�aH•e1

)> - - C P .H.S.A. SURVIVORS P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS IO PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION C Sheraton Hotel Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Honolulu, HI name Honolulu, HI name -co December 5-9, 1996 December 5-9, 1996 co 0, address address 50/50 Door Prize Drawing 50/50 Door Prize Drawing Donations $1.00 Each - 10 for $7.00 Donations $1.00 Each -10 for $7.00 city/state/zip city/state/zip Drawing December 8, 1996 Drawing December 8, 1996 (need not be present to win) - phone (need not be present to win) - phone - PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Honolulu, HI name Honolulu, HI name December 5-9, 1996 December 5-9, 1996 address address 50/50 Door Prize Drawing 50/50 Door Prize Drawing Donations $1.00 Each- 10 for $7 .00 Donations $1.00 Each-10 for $7.00 city/state/zip city/state/zip Drawing December 8, 1996 Drawing December 8, 1996 (need not be present to win) phone (need not be present to win) - phone - - PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Honolulu, HI name Honolulu, HI name December 5-9, 1996 December 5-9, 1996 address address 50/50 Door Prize Drawing 50/50 Door Prize Drawing Donations $1.00 Each -1 0 for $7.00 Donations $1.00 Each-10 for $7.00 city/state/zip city/state/zip Drawing December 8, 1996 Drawing December 8, 1996 (need not be present to win) phone (need not be present to win) phone

PEARL HARBORSURVIVORS ASSOCIATION - P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORSASSOCIATION P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Honolulu, HI name Honolulu, HI name December 5-9, 1996 December 5-9, 1996 address address 50/50 Door Prize Drawing 50/50 Door Prize Drawing Donations $1.00 Each - 10 for $7.00 Donations $1.00 Each-10 for $7.00 city/state/zip city/state/zip Drawing December 8, 1996 Drawing December 8, 1996 (need not be present to win) - phone (need not be present to win) - phone - - PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS PEARLHARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION P.H.S.A. SURVIVORS Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Honolulu, HI name Honolulu, HI name December 5-9, 1996 December 5-9, 1996 address address 50/50 Door Prize Drawing 50/50 Door Prize Drawing Donations $1.00 Each - 10 for $7.00 Donations $1.00 Each-10 for $7.00 city/state/zip city/state/zip Drawing December 8, 1996 Drawing December 8, 1996 (need not be present to win) phone (need not be present to win) phone - - - 01 Please complete and mail to P.H.S.A. National Treasurer, P.O. Box 852, Rusk, TX 75785 Page 16 GRAM August, 1996 Ohio State Review By James E. Green Sons and Daughters: State Chairman My thoughts about the article by Roland Burr in the Febru­ This PHSA Ohio State Chairman would like to express his ary 1996 Gram referring to all state chairmen and chapter thoughts ·and opinions in behalf of the Committee of the presidents: I concur with his thinking that the chairmen and Future and to praise them. They have been in existence for presidents have the responsibility to instigate and motivate only a short time, but I think that they have made outstanding their PHSA members to think about the future when they are progress in trying to secure a firm and lasting future for all no longer around and what will happen to the memory of Pearl Harbor Survivors and our association. The committee December 7, 1941. has generated a number of positive changes. Their policies I intend to work for the promotion of the "Sons and Daugh­ and objectives are sound and the time, effort, and energy they ters" here in Ohio. I've sent for the publication of their news have put forth in behalf of the PHSA will soon pay off in the journal called the "Offspring", their mini-sized Gram. I feel it constructive change to the constitution and by-laws. The will keep me informed and enable me to work with them as a membership will vote on the suggested modifications at their group. If an honest effort is made in each state, we, as a team, meeting in Hawaii, December 1996. can make a difference. As Roland states "please give them a The Committee of the Future, chaired by Fifth District chance". Director Glenn Turner, along with Third District Director Roland Burr, and Eighth District Director Arthur Schreier, who in tum work with all the national officers, the other five California Survivors district directors, our parliamentarian, our storekeeper, the Nevada State Chairman, and the Gram Editor Robert Watson Attend Ceremony is truly the best asset our organization has at this point in time and everyone who has a copy of their long-range plan shoul� re-read their initial report once more, and then again and again until it really sinks in with an absolute understanding of the fine work they are doing. The phrase that states "a job well done" is appropriate, but this is a job that will never be done - it will always be sub­ jected to changes. Ohio Boosters Jim & Jean Green Akron, Ohio Submarine Base Buckeye Chapter 2 Ohio State Chairman Officers & Members Support the GRAM Support the GRAM By Ralph Lindenmeyer A&R NAS Ford Island The commissioning ceremony of the USS Benfold (DDG-65) Toledo, Ohio Columbus, Ohio was held on Saturday, March 30th on the Broadway Pier in San Diego. Upwards of 1200 people including more than 50 Toledo Chapter 3 Central Ohio Chapter4 Pearl Harbor Survivors and wives from three California chap­ Officers & Members Officers & Members ters were in attendance. Support the GRAM Support the GRAM The Benfold is named after 3rd class Hospital Corpsman, Edward C. Benfold, who was attached to the 1st Marine Divi­ sion in . He was killed in action while saving the lives of Youngstown, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio two marines. His selfless sacrifice awarded him the Medal Of Mahoning Valley 5 Honor, posthumously, Lake Erie Chapter 6 Audubon, has become the "second home port" Officers & Members Officers& Members for the USS Benfold. The ship's sponsor and Edward Benfo,d's Support the GRAM Support the GRAM son still live in the Audubon area. The town has graciously hosted members of the crew for the last two years during their 4th of July festivities. San Diego is the " first home port". Dayton, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Among those PHSA members attending were California State Secretary Charlie Preece and wife Barbara. Chapters 31 Wright Flyers Ch. 7 Seven Hills Chapter 8 and 27 besides Chapter 3 were represented at the ceremony. A Officers & Members Officers & Members portion of the USS Nevada group, headed by its President Support the GRAM Support the GRAM Woodrow (Woody) Derby were present as were many other military veterans organizations. i August, 1996 GRAM Page 17 Ships And Unit Reunions Pearl Harbor Memorial Ships and units must have been within a three- radius of Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Reunions will be printed one time Flag Presentation only. By Raymond C. Perry tifying that those flags have USS (CA-38) August 20 - 25, 1996 in Hawaiian Dept., Fort Shafter been flown over the state Charleston, South Carolina. Contact Gerald Glaubitz, 4507 Arizona Secretary of State capitol, Secretary Hull agreed Maple Rd., Morningside, MD 20746, phone (301) 735-9806. Jane Dee Hull announced a to take the lead among her plan to ensure that new flags colleagues in the other eight USS PATTERSON (DD-392) September 1 - 4, 1996 at the from each state whose name­ states in organizing the certi­ Bellevue Inn, Washington. Post reunion trip to . Con­ sake battleship was damaged fication and donation of new tact Vern "Ski" Sciocchetti, 55 El Potrero, Carmel Valley, CA or sunk on December 7, 1941 state flags for display at the 93924, phone (408) 659-4688. will be provided to be flown Arizona Memorial. over the Arizona Memorial The others are Utah Lieu­ USS UTAH(BB-31/AG-16) September 4-8, 1996 in Ellenville, in Pearl Harbor. Secretary tenant GovernorOlene Walk­ . Contact Warren E. Upton, 5000 Adair Way, San Hull has formed a coalition er, Pennsylvania Secretary of Jose, CA 95124-5341, phone (408) 356-4092. with the Secretaries of State State Yvette Kane, Oklahoma of the nine affected states. Secretary of State Tom Cole, TIN CAN SAILORS Western Group bull session open to any­ The group will furnish, twice Maryland Secretary of State one who served in Destroyer /, no membership a year, new flags from each John Willisy, Tennessee Sec­ required, Veterans Day, November 9 -11 1996 at the Handlery state to be flown over the retary of State Riley Darnell, Hotel in San Diego. Contact Ed Kramer (below). Arizona Memorial. West Virginia Secretary of Until 1991 state flags were State Ken Hechler, California not a part of the Memorial's Secretary of State Bill Jones, DESTROYER MINE FORCE WWII all tin cans converted to Mine Layers/Sweeps in conjunction with War­ display. During that 50th and Nevada Secretary of fare Association in Appleton, Wisconsin September 11 - 14, anniversary year interested State Dean Heller. 1996. Contact Ed Kramer (below). citizens donated state flags The current plan is to col­ which were hung high over lect the nine flags twice a DESTROYER MINE FORCE mini reunion meet at the Tin the entrance to the Memorial. year, and send them on to the Can Sailors Veterans Day bull session at the Handlery Hotel, The , Memorial at Pearl Harbor. San Diego, California. Contact Ed Kramer, 338 S. La Serena which overseas the Arizona The flags that have been Dr., West Covina, CA 91791, phone (818) 339-7965. Memorial, has no appropriat­ flown over the Memorial will ed funds to purchase new be returned to each respec­ USS RAMAPO (AO-12) (1919-1946) and USS WASMUTH flags as the old ones become tive state. (DMS-15) October 24 - 27, 1996 in Norfolk, Virginia. Contact tattered and torn in the Ed Rush, 303 Salisbury St., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971-3330, extreme weather conditions phone (302) 227-4848. at the Memorial. Oahu Since Secretaries of State USS HONOLULU (CL-8) November 1 - 3, 1996 in Tampa, are frequently responsible in Railroad Florida. Contact Louis Comenale, 5700 Bayshore Rd. #814, their respective states for Palmetto, FL 34221, phone (315) 649-5004. providing state flags for cere­ monial occasions and for cer- Arnold H. Nichols Ton1 Sikora C·89tn F.A. BN Membersof USS SOLACE SAN GABRIEL CALIF. New Jersey Chapter 2 CHAPTER9 SUPPORTS THE GRAM SUPPORTS THE GRAM Support the GRAM

In Loving Memory of Husband PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR JOSEPH C. MACHClYNSKI and SERVICE MENS RINGS NAS Kaneohe Bay Rose Machczynski Siladium $140.00 lOK Gold $418.00 SUPPORTS THE GRAM Survivor James Workman, 14K Gold $539.50 18K Gold $661.00 LEWIS R. HUDSON 35th Infantry Regiment, Btry"K", 64th C.A. A.A. Schofield Barracks stands by For informationwrite or call LesSmith, 2829 Cherry Blossom Fort Shafter a car of the Oahu Railroad. Ln., Salt Lake City, UT84117 phone (801}277-5143. He rode the train to SUPPORTS THE GRAM Schofield Barracks. Page 18 GRAM August, 1996 Candidate For National Candidate For Vice President National Treasurer GEORGE DANKO CHUCK MALLON As an active participant in CHARLES W. "CHUCK" the Pearl Harbor Survivors MALLON seeks your vote for Association, I have held all the office of NATIONAL positions of office in local TREASURER at the PI-ISA chapters, served as New Jer­ Convention in Honolulu, sey State Chairman for four December 1996. years and held the office of A life member of PI-ISA, he 7th District Director from joined California Chapter 7, 1992 to 1994. Santa Clara County, in 1975. A My thirty two years of mili­ U.S. Marine Corps retiree, tary service include five years Chuck served Chapter 7 as of regular army and twenty Secretary, News Editor, Presi­ seven years in the ready reserve. I retired in 1978 as a Warrant dent (2 terms) and Trustee. He served two years as PI-ISA Cal­ Officer, Grade 4. ifornia State Chairman and two years as PI-ISA First District Following fourteen years of federal civil service as a main­ Director (membership 2,900). tenance supervisor, I left to form my own trucking company Chuck travelled extensively throughout the States of Cali­ which I operated for twenty years before retiring in 1990. fornia, Nevada, Hawaii and Alaska during his terms as State In addition to the PI-ISA, I hold life membership in the Chairman and District Director. He has attended many nation­ Warrant Officers Association, the 77th Infantry Division, al and state conventions (co-chaired one in San Jose, CA). For Knights of Columbus, Elks and am a member of the American the PHSA 50th anniversary in Honolulu, he was chairman of Legion. banquet seating for 3,500 attendees and parade coordinator. As a committee member, I took part in New Jersey's Chuck spent 20 years in the U. S. Marine Corps, serving state-wide plan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the aboard the USS Oklahoma at the time of the Pearl Harbor ending of World War II, which culminated with the march up attack. He spent the last ten years in the Marines supervising 5th Avenue in . payroll personnel and auditing their records, housing manag­ With an interest in New Jersey's veterans hospitals, I cur­ er for 100 units, as well as collection agent. rently serve with a panel of advocates who endeavor to pro­ After retiring from the Corps, he managed a 250-room tect and/ or improve issues concerning veterans. motel, was office manager for a large sheet metal firm in the I respectfully submit that the value of my experience, com­ Area, did computer accounting for two cor­ petence and dedicated spirit be considered to elect me. porations, and most recently conducted his own business in If so favored, I pledge to undertake the office of·vice presi­ computer accounting. He has enjoyed a career in accounting dent with devotion to the organization and honor to my com­ and has successfully completed studies in accounting up rades. through advanced and corporationcomputer accounting. Launching Of USS Pearl Harbor Chuck and his wife, Lucille, now reside in Minden, Neva­ da, where he is serving as Secretary of Silver State Chapter 1, Northern Nevada. CHUCK MALLON seeks your valued vote for the office of NATIONAL TREASURER. UNIT LISTINGS Requests for Unit Listings, which provide the names and addresses of PHSA Members from your ship or station, are to be mailed to Ben Begley, 4348 33rd Ave. N., St. Petersburg FL 33713, (813) 527-1235. Include a self-addressed, stamped (long) envelope, your PHSA identification number and postage as follows: Entire Roster for: USS California .55 USMC .55 USS Maryland .55 Hickam Field USS Nevada .55 Entire Roster .78 USS Pennsylvania .55 Individual Units .32 By Philip B. Serio USS Tennessee .55 Schofield Barracks Bossier City, Louisiana USS West Virginia .55 Entire Roster 1.77 Photograph of John Zanca, USS Honolulu; Philip B. Serio, NAS Ford Island .55 (No envelope, $1.77 in stamps) USS Curtiss; Joseph Lumenti, USS West Virginia and Tita Navy .55 Individual Units .32 DiBetta, USS was taken at the Launching of the USS Fort Shafter .55 All other entire ships and Pearl Harbor (LSD-52). Wheeler Field .55 unit lists .32 August. 1996 GRAM Page 19

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By Ralph Jeffers The dedication was in conjunction with the 50 monuments USS Curtiss and Flags honoring members and organizations who partici­ On Memorial Day weekend members of New Jersey Chap­ pated in World War II. The monuments and Flags are placed ters 1, 2 and 3 dedicated a memorial and Flag at the Naval along the main thoroughfare of the base, an area which will be Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, New Jersey. easily noticed and appreciated by all who enter the station. The ceremony and military activities of the day were very 55TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION impressive and inspiring. Survivors in photo are Fred Seelig (3rd Defense Bn. USMC), 1996 SCHEDULE Ralph Jeffers (USS Curtiss), Bill Vigus (15th Coast Art., Fort DEC. 3, TIJESDAY STOREKEEPERS ARRIVE Kamehameha), George Danko (Quartermaster Depot, Fort Armstrong), Tom Reilly (USS Helm), Dante Mercurio (27th DEC. 4, WEDNESDAY NATIONAL omcERSARRIVE Infantry Reg., Schofield Barracks), Charles Gazzara (21st GENERAL ARRIVALS/REGISTRATION Infantry Reg., Schofield Barracks), Jack Krueger (USS San Francisco), Herb Swanson (USS Curtiss) and Ray Hechler DEC. 5, IBURSDAY 8:00AM FLAG RAISING (USS Helena). At the ceremony but not in photograph was Paul Vuono (22nd Material Sq., Hickam Field). 9:00AM- 12:00PM EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS (seating for20 persons) 7:00PM- 11:00PM RECEl'ITONAND DANCE Illinois Chapter 1

DEC. 6, FRIDAY 8:00 AM-9:00AM MEETTHE CANDIDATES 9:00 AM- 12:00PM BUSINF.SSMEETING 11:00AM-1:00 PM LADIES LUNCHEON -ALOHA CHAPTIR 12:00PM- 1:30PM LUNCH BREAK 1:30PM CONTINUE BUSINESSMEETING

DEC. 7, SATIJRDAY 5:30 AM • 6:30 AM CONTINENTALBREAKFAST (SHERATON HOTEL-Ol'ITONAL) 6:00AM COMMENCE LOADING BUSES FOR PUNCHBOWL MEMORIAL SERVICES 6:45AM LAST BUS DEPARTS SHERATON WAIKIKI FOR PUNCHBOWL 7:30AM MEMORIAL SERVICF.SAT PUNCHBOWL 4:00 PM BUSES DEPART SHERATON WAIKIKI FOR ARIZONA SHORESIDE SUNSET SERVICES By James Elliott 5:00PM ARIZONA SHORESIDE SUNSET SERVICES Chapter Past President and Trustee Illinois Chapter 1 Treasurer Joseph Laga (87th Field DEC. 8, SUNDAY 8:30AM CHURCH SERVICES, SECOND FLOOROF Artillery, Schofield Barracks) and Trustee James Elliott (USCG lHE SHERATON WAIKIKI Tiger) presented 400 pairs of white railroad socks to Manteno 5:00PM • 6:00PM NO HOSTBAR Home Volunteer Services Coordinator Patricia Essington. The gift of the socks to the Veterans Hospital at Manteno, 6:00PM BANQUET Illinois was given in memory of Chapter Charter Member Bill DEC. 9, MONDAY DEPARTURE DAY Beckman, a life member of PHSA. Pat Essington stated that "With three hundred veterans residing at our Home, our need 8:00 AM -11:00AM EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS for socks is endless." August. 1996 GRAM Page 23 PHSA Members Mark Wedding Anniversaries WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES are not automatically entered in SCHILLER, Walter (USS Nevada) and Rosalie M., 1930 Calle the GRAM. The National application for membership does not Pasito, Hemet, CA 92545- 2532 - September 9, 1996. call for that information, so there is nothing on file nationally. Members must submit the information in time for publication. McGILL, Norwood L. "Mac" (Patrol PT-26) and Note that we print anniversaries every five years. You should Betty, 43420 Bordeaux Ave., Sterling Heights, MI 48314 - Sep­ send the information to the GRAM Editor six months in advance. tember 2, 1996.

TAPP, Murray L. (USS Arizona) and Hildreth, 2742 Rangeline hSTII ANNIVI·RSARY Rd., Memphis, TN 38127 - October 29, 1996. OWENS, Hugh B. (3rd Defense Battalion, USMC) and Ruby, 5 Lake View Ct., Bluffton, SC 29910 - November 17, 1996. BUELL, Arthur W. (USS Medusa) and Bettie, 2616 E. 2980 S., Salt Lake City, UT 84109 - August 7, 1996. sc;TII /\NNIVT·RSARY RANDALL, Carl D. (USS Detroit) and Ida 8., 6720 Thelma CHARTIER, DeWayne J. (USS Pennsylvania) and Rhea, 1466 Dale Dr., Greenwell Springs, LA 70739- August 30, 1996. Church Ave., San Leandro, CA 94579-1523 - September 24, 1996. SANDERSON, Harry (USS Solace) and Patricia, 432 E. Moun­ tain Rd., Waterbury, CT 06706 - September 5, 1996. SEELEY, Robert E. (USMC on USS California) and Marjorie, 8655 Santa Fe Ave. E. SP-3, Hesperia, CA 92345-5915 - October VISCO, Luigi (USCG Base Radio Diamond Head) and Lyda, 210 26, 1996. Ledyard St., New London, CT 06320 - November 15, 1996.

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MOGLER,Albert E. (USS Penn�lt'tlnia) and Rose, 9442 Grack­ le Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 -September27, 1996. SOTI I ANN IVI.RSA I{ Y HOWELL, Donald A. (Reception Center, Schofield Barracks) and GARREl!SO.N, John (64th Coast Artillery, Fort Slrafter) and Lorraine, 710 Alewa Dr., Honolulu, HI 96817 - August 24, Ginger, 28 Granite Way, Carson City, NV 89706 - November 1996. 10, 1996. RUSH, William P. (USS Phoenix) and Betty, 146 Wexford Pl., LYNCH, James E. (USS Shaw} and Helen G., P. 0. Box 443, Webster, NY 14580-1938 - September 26, 1996. Ronceverte, WV 24970-0443- October16, 1996. SOLOMON, Francis "Frank" (64th Engineers, Schofield Bar­ JONES, Robert E. (USS Pennsylt'tJmal and Dixie J., 7430 W. racks) and Lucille, 9061 New Dawn Dr., Sacramento, CA Industrial Rd., Guthrie, OK 73044 -September 20, 1996. 95826-4044 - November 16, 1996.

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Forward check and order to: 2223 Hyde Park Road PADLEY, Harland W. (47th Pursuit Sq., Wheeler Field) and Caryl, 5101 Starker Ave., Madison, WI 53716-1915 - June 16, 1996. Jacksonville, FL 3321 O Continued on Page 24 Page 24 GRAM August, 1996 LANDER, Earl (98th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft,Schofield Bks.) Anniversaries and Virginia, P.O. Box 103, Williamstown, OH 45897-0103 - Continued from Page 22 August 20, 1996. KARAS, George J. (Marine Barracks) and Ruth D., 6210 Egret Dr., Lakeland, FL 33809 - November 28, 1996. THURBER, Earl L. (19th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks) and Ruth, 81 Hardie Rd., Conklin, NY 13748-1017 - October 19, ZBYZENSKI, Walter "Ski" (USS Phoenix) and Lorraine L., 1996. 40965 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539-3837 - November 24, 1996. MAHONEY, Thomas F. (USS Curtiss) and Claire, 1090 Jeanette Ave., Union, NJ 07083-5849 - July 17, 1996. POSEY, William H. (USS Henley) and Mavis, 3913 Scott Rd., Sturgis, MS 39769 - November 30, 1996. WARNOCK, C. Wesley (HQ 14th Signal Section, Wheeler Field) and Dottie, 1040 Salem Ct., Medina, OH 44256-2833 - Septem­ ANDERSON, Willie C. (USS Tennessee) and Mary J., 1171 16th ber 5, 1996. Ave. W., Birmingham, AL 35204 - October 20, 1996. LESTER, Don E. (USS Oklahoma) and Helen S., 4033 King St., STREET, Oscar G. (64th Coast Artillery, Fort Shafter) and Cleo La Mesa, CA 91941 - November 26, 1966. P., 4022 S. Shelley Ln., Douglasville, GA 30135 - August 3, 1996. CUNNINGHAM, Walt (USS Phoenix) 10494 SE 179th Pl., Sim- merfield, OH 34491- 7439 - October 12, 1996. ELLIOTT, Arthur G. (USS West Virginia) and Rosalie L., 2837 Peach Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32246-3642 - October 5, 1996. WININGER, Harold E. (USS Maryland) and La Vonne "Betty", P.O. Box 543, Hanna, WY 82327-0543 - August 11, 1996. McALLISTER, William E. (24th InfantryDiv., Schofield Barracks) and Betty, 296 County Rd. 804! Etowah, TN 37331 - September SHACKELFORD, Jack W. (VP-22 NAS Ford Island) and Ferne, 15, 1996. 1818 S. 123rd St., Omaha, NE 61844-1423 - September 7, 1996.

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WEST, Merrill (45th Pursuit Sq., Wheeler Field) and Emma, 2016 CONLEFF, John H. (USS Castor) and Harriet, 16375 W. La Dorian St., Boise, JD 83705-3113 - November 16, 1996. Chiquita Ave., Los Gatos, CA 95032- October 27, 1996.

HALLERAN, William "Bill" (USS Phoenix) and Rose Marie, GAPA, Chester (USS Tennessee} and Bettv, 11119 Wadsworth 1839 Camp Ave., North Merrick, NY 11566 - November 23, Ave., Garfield Heights, OH 44125-2270- �ptember 7, 1996. 1996. WHEELER, Thomas J. (USS Pennsyli..'flnuz• and Janet F., 1380 BRADLYN, Samuel (11th Bomb Group, Hickam Field) and Snelling Pl., St Paul, MN 55116 - November23, 1996. Norma E., 22344 Riverside Dr., Cupertino, CA 95014-3982 - November 10, 1996. BERG, Harold C. (USS Plwemx) and Helen, 535 Sandlor Dr., Englewood, FL 34223- 3529 - October19, 1996. RUSKOSKI, Chester F. (USS Argonne) and Louise, Box 9, Kellers Rd., Hometown, Tamaqua, PA 18252-0009 - October Continued on Page 25 19, 1996.

LANGIN, James J. (USS Detroit) and Gladys, 5503 Alburnett VINYL BUMPER STICKERS Rd., Marion, IA 52302- September 27, 1996. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR Dorothy & Dick Budd In Memory of Husband DEC.7, 1941• 55YEARS• DEC. 7, 1996 BOB BROWN 1� !l: USS CALIFORNIA �- _.: ·- � ..1 KEEP AMERICAALERT Nevada Silver State YardcraftHoga lS'•·-����,.�.-··• �-"-� Chapter 1 Elvera Brown SUPPORT THEGRAM SUPPORTS THE GRAM Actual Bumper Sticker is 12" (L) x 3" (D). Individual Sales, $1.00 each postpaid WE, THE MIAMI-DADE MAYO & MOLLIE FOWLER Chapter Sales (25 or more), 50t each postpaid Make check payable to: Chapters Hickam Tow Target SW Florida Chapter 5, PHSA WashingtonChapter 30 319 Lincoln Ave. SUPPORT THEGRAM SUPPORT THE GRAM Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 August, 1996 GRAM Page 25 SHANAMAN, Ned R. (USS Medusa) and Clara Belle, 103 N. Anniversaries Race St., Richland, PA 17087- November 24, 1996. Continued from Page 24 BABINEAUX, Linest J. (USS Rigel) and Harriet D., 2706 Dev­ MODE, Stan R. (USS Arizona) and Jeanne Marie, 8914 NE ereaux Ave., , PA 19149- November 2, 1996. 119th St., , WA 98662-1103- September 15, 1996.

HALE, Vernon C. (251st Coast Artillery, Camp Malakole) and -lSI 11 i\.NNIVI l{Si\.l{Y Ruty E., 1756 Eric Dr., Dayton, OH 45414-3917 - September 28, KLEIN, Bruce (Quartermaster Detach., Fort Kamehameha) and 1996. Helen C., 3220 E. Holland Ave., Fresno, CA 93726-2432- Octo­ ber 7, 1996. BURKE, James F. (4th Defense Battalion, USMC) and Mary M. 1551 E. 34th St., Brooklyn, NY 11234-3436 - November 30, BOYER, Roger R., 1st (65th Engineers, Schofield Barracks) and 1996. LaMuriel G., 11002 Sageberry Dr., Houston, TX 77089-3705 - September 7, 1996. DUNCAN, Pat P. (USS Raleigh) and Carol, 502 N. Hill St., Meridian, TX 76665- 0626- November 30, 1996. MONTCALVO, Frank (USS Gamble) and Patricia, 12717 180th Ave. SE, Renton, WA 98059- November 24, 2996. OVERFELT, George D. "Snuffy" (USS Conyngham) and Goldie, RT 4 Box 2130, Rocky Mount, VA 24151 - November 16, 1996. -HJTII i\.NNIVI RS/\.RY SHEMBERGER, Richard E. (4th Recon. Sq., Hickam Field) and TOMLINSON, Vernon D. (38th Recon. Sq. 19th Bomb Gp., Hick- Jean, 3214 E. Menadota Dr., Phoenix, AZ 85024 - October 27, am Field) and Ann F., 4007 W. Okanogan Ave., Kennewick, 1996. WA 99336 - October 15, 1996. ESCARENO, Manuel C. (Submarine Base) and Barbara J., P.O. DRYDEN, James 0. (USS Cummings) and Eleanor, 840 Botani­ Box 2582, Laguna Hills, CA 92654-2582- May 12, 1996. cal Heights, Anchorage, AK 99515 - September 21, 1996. HANSING, Richard (USS Nevada) and Velma L., 131 Caswell SMITH, Ed (98th C/AAA Schofield Barracks) and Jo, 43 Stage- Ave. W., Twin Falls, ID 83301- 3704 -August 4, 1996. coach Rd., Cape May CH, NJ 08210-2002- November 24, 1996.

GRABANSKI, John (USS California) and Henrietta, 4912 W. NEVADA SILVER STATE CHAPTER 1 Earll Dr., Phoenix, AZ 85031 - November 2, 1996. SUPPORTS DAVIDSON, Forrest "Red" (USS Whitney) and Monica, 14960 11 Avenida Venusto #83, San Diego, CA 92128 - November 23, CHARLES CHUCK" MALLON 1996. FOR NATIONAL TREASURER VO TE FOR CHANGE WELCH, Floyd R. (USS Mary;and) and Marjorie S., 427Boston Post Rd., East Lyme, CT 06333- November 24, 1996.

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Please enclose check or money order, PAYABLE TO PHSA INC., for$2 1.00 to cover the initiation fee of $5.00. dues of $10.00 and Pearl Harbor GRAM publishing and mailing fee of $6.00. Dues and mailing fee will be assessed annually. LIFE MEMBERSHIP is $81.00 ($70.00 plus initiation fee of $5.00 plus a publishing and mailing fee of $6.00,the mailing fee to be assessed annually). Mail check and application to: NATIONAL SECRETARY. PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSN.. INC. Box 99, Menomonee Falls. WI 53052-0099. August, 1996 GRAM Page 27 Northeast Florida Chapter 6

Taussig Jr., who was officer of the deck of USS Nevada on December 7, 1941, and who was awarded the Navy Cross, was also present at the commissioning ceremonies. In the photo are Survivor Harry Griffin (19th Inf. reg., Schofield Barracks), and his daughter Sandra Griffin Fockes.

By Alex Cobb By Al Bowman 16th Coast Art., Fort Ruger Chapter Historian Members of Northeast Florida Chapter 6, Jacksonville, par­ On Saturday April 13, approximately 4000 people, includ­ ticipated in the Memorial Day ceremony at Evergreen Ceme­ ing about 20 Pearl Harbor Survivors and spouses from North­ tery, Jacksonville. In the photo are Henry and Geraldine Von east Florida Chapter 6, witnessed very moving ceremonies of Genk (USS St. Louis), Chapter President Floyd Farragut (VP- the USS Camey (DDG-64). 22 NAS Ford Island), Kay Tardiff, guest of Alex Cobb, Myrtle The ship's namesake, Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney, Hennessey, Past State Chairman Alex Cobb, Colbert Forbis was present on the USS Missouri the day the Japanese surren­ (USS Solace), wreath bearer Surviving Spouse Hazel Capodi­ der became official in Bay. Admiral Carney's daughter, casa, Ed Kmeic (VP-12 NAS Kaneohe), Pat Guest, Gloria Betty (Carney) Taussig, gave a very moving speech. Mrs. Kmeic, Fred Guest (Yardcraft YO-30) and Bill Tardiff (Supply Taussig is married to Pearl Harbor Survivor Captain Joseph K. NAS Kaneohe). Oregon Williamette Valley Chapter The Williamette Valley Chapter of Oregon held its 25th Barnes and (sitting) Humbert. Anniversary meeting on April 30th. There were about 50 Sur­ vivors and spouses, surviving spouses and guests. On display were albums of photographs of meetings, gath­ erings and parades taken over the past 25 years. Six members of the Navy ROTC in full uniform from Ore-

Two members of the NROTC made the first cut of the large cake with their sabers, and served the five charter members. Then cake and ice cream was served to everyone. Bob Rose introduced the guest speaker Oregon State Chair­ man Robert Neal, USS Wasmuth. Washington State Chairman Dexter Liles, USS Nevada and Second District Director John gon State University presented an arch of sabers. The five sur­ Pfeifer, USS Tennessee also spoke. In the photo are Robert viving charter members Bob Rose, USS Nevada; Ray Barnes, Neal, John Pfeifer and Dexter Liles. USS Solace; Taylor Leedy, 58th Bomb Sq., Hickam Field; Frank The entire meeting was taped on vidr--. cassette which are Susnik, USS Rail and Rene "Humbert, USS San Francisco available from Bob Rose, 2720 NE Asbahr Ave., Corvallis, OR passed through the arch. In the photo are Susnik, Leedy, Rose, 97330-9630 phone (541) 754-0591. Page 28 GRAM August, 1996

front of the museum's famous Memorial Wall. The only focus Fourth District News at the Admiral Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg is that peri­ By Albert Fickel od of history from 1941 to 1945, from the attack on Pearl Har­ District Director bor to the signing of the Instrument of Surrender. In the photo are Admiral Nimitz Museum Superintendent Bruce Smith, 4th District Director Al Fickel and "The Name Paver Company's" Mike Boone.

On May 9 it was again my pleasure to attend the Navy Photo credit Fredericksburg Standprd and Radio Post Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (NJROTC) third annual . Opening a path for a future visitor feature was this ground­ A wards Program and Change of Command at Bastrop High breaking ceremony, which was held during the special Pearl School, Bastrop, Texas to present Cadet CPO Stephen Smith Harbor ceremonies at the Admiral Nimitz Museum in Freder­ the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Citizenship Award. icksburg, Texas. Brick pavers bearing the names of World War Cadet Smith was recommended for this prestigious award II veterans and civilians who served in any capacity for the by his commanding officer in recognition of his high moral war effort will be placed in the new "walk" immediately in character, academic standing and personal leadership. Fifth District By Glen C. Turner Their first day was spent observing a very important South District Director Dakota phenomenon. They all went to a casino and helped to My wife and I recently traveled to Yankton, South Dakota distribute the wealth. No one claimed to be a big winner. to attend the Spring Meeting of the South Dakota Chapter and On the next day, in an impressive ceremony, they paid trib­ I was astounded to learn that some of them traveled close to ute to Ralph Wilson, a Pearl Harbor Survivor who had passed 400 miles to spend two days with their fellow Survivors. away since their last meeting. Ralph was at Fort Armstrong on It didn't take Stella and I long to find out why these people the morning of the attack. travel that far to get together. They are a congenial, close-knit, At their business meeting where they elected officers they fun-loving group that really do like each other. They are short discussed the dwindling membership and the inability of on formal protocol and they conduct their business in an open some of their members to attend meetings. There are only and friendly manner. twenty seven active members in a state that covers over 77,000 square miles. They realize that the fellowship of the Chapter Florida's Newest Chapter Andy "Sarge" Toth & Joe "Red" Dorman Meetings is the most meaningful part of their membership in Proudly Supports the Gram the PHSA and they are going to explore with surrounding A-98th C.A. A.A. Spring Hill Chapter 15 Schofield Barracks states (North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa) the fea­ Spring Hill, Florida sibility of combined meetings to overcome the problem of SUPPORT THE GRAM declining meeting attendance. It is a novel approach and I am certain the cross state meetings will open up new friendships. JAMIS A. IPOCK In Honor of My Hus�and Dave Smith, a Survivor off the Utah, is the South Dakota MILTON BEAUDRY State Secretary, and in my humble opinion is the "glue" that N.C. Tar-heel 1st Defense"Bn., USMC holds the chapter together. If anyone can implement across USS Vega MARY ANN BEAUDRY state line meetings, Dave and his computer will pull it off. Go GRAM BOOSTS THE SUPPORTS THE GRAM for it South Dakota! August, 1996 GRAM Page 29 Eighth District News By Arthur R. Schreier Four children of Survivors were in attendance. Robert District Director Armstrong of Cumberland Center volunteered to make an Plans are complete for the Eighth District Convention. This attempt to form a chapter of The Sons and Daughters of the will take place on October 18-20,1996 at the Howard Johnson PHSA. Hotel in South Portland, Maine. Maine State Chairman Bert Davis, promises that a good time will be had by all. During the 50th anniversary celebration of the end of Walter Maciejowski, State Chairman. World War II in 1995, the USS Constitution was in drydock The Memorial Plaque Committee reports are encouraging. and did not participate in these events. This year, 1996, USS Funds are being received from many Veterans and Survivors Constitution has invited one Veteran from World War II, and and we have received very generous donations from some a guest, from each of the fifty states to be aboard for the Turn­ VFW Posts. We have also added 4 new names of Massachu­ around Cruise on July 4th. setts men killed at Pearl Harbor to the Plaque. The PHSA will be well represented as New Jersey has cho­ Target date for the installation of the Plaque aboard USS sen Past President Lee Goldfarb, Minnesota has chosen 5th Massachusetts is August 18 1996. A short ceremony is District Director Glen Turner, and has chosen 8th planned. District Director Arthur Schreier to represent their respective During the Memorial Day weekend Chapter members states. including State Chairman Walter Maciejowski and trustees Fred Perkins and Ed Robinson participated in events at the CONNECTICUT MacGillivary Park in , the National Cemetery at Frank Stebbins, State Chairman Bourne, the parade in Whitman and the parade at Medford. On June 2 members including White Cap Catherine Farrell represented the PHSA at a parade in Dorchester celebrating the anniversary of the town and honoring the women of all services of all wars.

NEW YORK Chapter 7, Edward W. Stone, President. On May 19th the Chapter met and dined at Captain Ahabs Restaurant in Syracuse. Eleanor and I hosted. We had 41 in attendance, 23 members, 16 Pearls, 1 son, 1 daughter. Chapter members participated in several Memorial Day observances in their home towns & cities. Our next function will be the annual picnic this year to be held at Larry Parry's camp at Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario At the May meeting the 17 Connecticut men killed at Pearl July 13. Harbor were remembered and recognized. The chapter's offi­ cial parade appearance on Memorial Day was at West Haven and our group received. excellent applause throughout the NEW YORK entire march. Chapter 135, Ted Tupper, President. The Chapter had a good turnout for their annual December The graves of the two men who died on December 7, 1941 7 observance at Oyster Bay. and who were returned to this country following WW II to be The first meeting of the year for the Chapter was held on reburied in their home towns were decorated with flowers by Sunday, March 17 at the Marjorie R. Post Park Community the Connecticut Chapter. Room in Massapequa, New York. The bridge over the Quinipiac river on 1-95 has been named President Ted Tupper attended the opening of the new out­ the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge. An appropriate sign to this patient clinic at Plainview. effect has been erected. This particular section of I-95 has the On Sunday, May 26, the Chapter attended Memorial Day highest traffic count of the entire portion of the Services at Eisenhower Park and on Monday, May 27, partici­ Interstate system and should remind nearly 100,000 motorists pated in the Doullaston/Little Neck Memorial Day Parade. every day that history can and often does repeat itself. The last meeting of the summer was held on Saturday, June 22, at the 56th Fighter Group restaurant in Farmingdale. After MAINE the short meeting the 58 Survivors and their Pearls enjoyed a Bertram E. Davis, State Chairman. great buffet lunch. The Pine Tree Chapter met on May 4th at the Auburn Inn in Auburn, Maine. At this time election of officers took place with the following men elected: State Chairman Bertram E. RHODE ISLAND Davis, and Chapter Officers President Robert Presnell, Vice Alan French, State Chairman. At the spring meeting of the Little Rhody Chapter all ten President Richard Erico, and Secretary /Treasurer Joseph H. members in attendance voted to dissolve the Chapter. Brillant. Continued on Page 30 Page 30 GRAM August, 1996

On March 21 members were at the State House regarding 8th District News Bill 613 which is to commemorate December 7 as a Day of Continued from Page29 Remembrance in compliance with the National Law. The bill was passed. NEW HAMPSHIRE On April 25 State Chairman Lefabvre and Vice State Chair­ William R. Lefabvre Sr., State Chairman. man Woody McDonald were invited to speak at Proctor Acad­ Chapter 1 met on March 10 at the Cat and Fiddle in Con­ emy in Andover. The subject was the attack on Pearl Harbor cord. Members were treated to a beautiful sight as 11 cars and World War II. were present with the newly issued New Hampshire Pearl The members accompanied by their wives received a great Harbor license plate. After 10 years we have made our dream reception and the event was so successful that it was decided a reality. to make it an annual affair. On May 27 State Chairman Lefabvre with his wife, attend­ ed Memorial Day exercises at the Veterans Administration in - • Manchester. NEW HAMPSHIRE On May 30 Members attended ceremonies at the Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge. The State Chairman read a poem writ­ PEARL ten by a PHSA member from the USS Tennessee. Title of the HARBOR poem was "Great Flag and Gallant Men". It was very well SURVIVORS received. On July 4 there was a 4 car review, with the new Pearl Har­ bor plate, at the parade in Merrimack. A presentation license plate, with a number never to be • LIVE FREE OR DIE • issued, has been requested. New Chapter 2 Co., who designed, produced and set the art work in place, also also did the unveiling. Invocation was by A. D. Kyle, Jr. Pastor Bether Baptist Church. Taps were played by David Dominguez, Retired National Guard. Back of Monument Reads: ALL SHIPS 1N THE HARBOR, FORD ISLAND N.A.S., �IARI:--.c BARRACKS, EWA BEACH, HICKAM FIELD, FORT KA�1EHA...\fEHA WHEELER FIELD, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS. KA :EOHE BAY, A..'\'D BELLOWS FIELD. New Mexico Chapter 2 was very proud to present to the City of Deming our heritage for years to come. By Harvey Stanford PRICES FOR ADVERTISEMENT IN GRAM USS Raleigh On May 30, on a beautiful sunny morning, Roadrunner Prices approved b} the National Executive Board on New Mexico Chapter 2 dedicated a Monument to the Pearl Dec. 8, 1988 and are effective December 8, 1988. Black & White 2 Colors, Blue & Red Harbor Survivors. It was placed in Veterans Park, next to the Four Four Deming Luna Mimbres Museum, where there are Monuments One Consecutive One Consecutive to the Death March (New Mexico National Guard of Size of Ad Issue Issues Issue Issues Deming), and Desert Storm, and a Plaque which Full Page $350.00 $1150.00 $430.00 $1430.00 reads, GO SPREAD THE WORD, TELL THE PASSERBY, Half Page $175.00 $ 575.00 $215.00 $ 715.00 THAT IN THIS LITTLE WORLD, MEN KNEW HOW TO DIE. Quarter Page $ 90.00 $ 300.00 $115.00 $ 380.00 This Monument was financed solely by the Members, 2-Col., 3" $ 75.00 $ 265.00 $ 95.00 $ 325.00 wives, widows, friends of New Mexico Chapter 2. 2-Col., 2" $ 55.00 $ 190.00 $ 70.00 $ 230.00 Over 100 people attended from Deming, Las Cruces and 1-Col., 3" $ 45.00 $ 160.00 $ 55.00 $ 190.00 Silver City, besides members and their wives, widows, and 1-Col., 2" $ 35.00 $ 125.00 $ 45.00 $ 155.00 sons of deceased fathers. Boosters, 4 lines max $ 7.50 $ 24.00 $ 9.00 $ 28.00 Mayor Sam Baca gave a short welcoming speech. Other speeches were by Deming Chief of Police Carrillo, Vietnam Member First-Class Mail: 4 Issues - $6.00 Veteran Joe Gardner, and Harvey Stanford of Chapter 2. Sons & Daughters, and Widows: 4 Issues - $6.00 Chapter President Harold Frey was Master of Ceremonies and Non-Member Subscription: 4 Issues - $7.00 told a little history about December 7, 1941. Mike Ochoa and Ernie Holguin of the New Mexico Granite August, 1996 GRAM Page 31 California Chapter 8 By Lawrence McNabb State Historian Members of California Chapter 8 attended the Rodeo Parade in Layton, Cal­ ifornia. In the photo seated are Leon Webster, HQ 17th AB Gp, Hickam Field; William "Bill" Miller, USS Pennsylva­ nia; George Blake, USS Sacra­ mento; Harold Johnson, USS California; Loyal Stewart, HQ 18th Bomb Wing, Hickam Field and Wallace Rich, USS Sicard. In the photo standing are Dino Koulos, Lualualei Depot USMC; Donald Mer­ Bob White, USS Conyngham: Sanders, USMC on USS USS Honolulu and Lawrence ritt, VP-21 NAS Ford Island; Ray Hinkley, USS Phoenix; Phoenix; Charles Rhodes, McNabb, USS Pennsylva­ Keith Settle, USS Maryland; Russ Day, USS Honolulu; Joe USS Wasmuth; Frank Dake, nia. National Capitol Area (VA-DC) Chapter 1 By Frank Costagliola ceremony which was con­ the tree, and Clarence Davis speech to the assembled Pearl Chapter President ducted in a wet amphitheater gave a brief but inspiring Harbor Survivors. Memorial Day in the accompanied by occasional Nation's Capital began with light drizzle. That ceremony the traditional laying of a concluded with the retiring PHSA NATIONAL ITEMS FOR SALE Wreath on the Tomb of the of the colors. Ed Chappell, National Storekeeper Unknowns by the President The amphitheater, which P.O. Box 1794, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405-1794 at 1100 hours. This was fol­ had been closed since (520) 855-8977 lowed by the various veter­ November 1994 for repairs to ans organizations parading stop rainwater leaks, restore When ordering, include check or money orderpayable to their colors before the specta­ and clean the marble, and to PHSA. Inc.. and mail to this office. tors seated in the newly reno­ upgrade facilities such as the MEMBER HATS (Lined, includes cloth emblem & embroidered vated Memorial Amphithe­ public address system, per­ "Pearl Harbor Survivors."No additional embroidery available.) $15.00 ater manent handicapped view­ Sizes: 6¾, 6'/,, 7, 7¼, 7¼, 7'/,, 7½, 7¼, other sizes, special order. The Pearl Harbor Sur­ ing areas, landscaping, and If size is unknown, give inches of head. vivors were represented by walkways, was officially CLEAR ZIPPED PLASTIC HAT COVER ...... 1.75 1.25 the color guard of Maryland opened on May 23. LIFE MEMBER EMBLEMS ...... DECALS (Windshield) ...... 25 Chapter 1. The program Next, veterans organiza­ LAPEL PINS ...... 5.00 included an introduction by tions assembled in order to EMBLEMS (Cloth for hats, jackets, etc.) ...... 1.00 Major General Robert F. lay their respective wreaths BUMPER STICKER (Blue/Silver 3 x 11 ½) ...... 1.75 Foley, Commander, Military on the Tomb of the Un­ RUBBER STAMPS (PHSA Seal 1'/,e' diameter) ...... 4.50 District of Washington. Presi­ knowns. Maryland State OFFICIAL PHSA FLAG (Size 3' x 5') Nylon, Double sided ...... 55.00 dent Clinton gave the princi­ Chairman Clarence Davis, OFFICIAL PHSA FLAG (Size 3' x 5') Single sided ...... 25.00 GOLD DECAL ...... 50 pal address in which he high­ accompanied by President of GOLD EMBROIDERED EMBLEM ...... 1.50 lighted several recent burials the Northern Virginia DC MINIATURE CONGRESSIONAL COMMEMORATIVE in the cemetery of military Chapter Frank Costagliola, MEDAL SET ...... 10.00 personnel who died while laid the wreath for the Pearl Set includes: 1 Medal (¼' dia. with ribbon) serving their country in Harbor Survivors Associa­ 1 Medal (Lapel or hat pin type) peacetime. He touched on the tion. This was followed by a 30" NECK RIBBON WITH BEZEL FOR CONGRESS MEDAL ...... 10.00 death of Admiral Boorda and brief ceremony by local Sur­ CAMPAIGN RIBBON FOR MEDAL ...... 2.00 MINIATURE 3-FLAG & BASE SET ...... 5.50 four others who died in the vivors at the Pearl Harbor Specify Flag Choice: (Size 4½" x 6' on 10' staff) past year. The Army Band Tree. Chaplain Henry Dett­ PHSA flag - U.S. flag - Branch of Service flag. mar gave the invocation, Bill and the Navy Sea Chanters ONLY HATS for NATIONAL & STATE OFFICERS must be ordered provided some stirring music Carpenter placed some flow­ direct from LANCASTER UNIFORM CAP CO., 680 S. Imperial St., to help brighten up a somber ers on the tablet at the foot of Los Angeles, CA 90021. Phone (213) 626-4661. Aviation Machinist Mate School Class 4-40

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Submitted by James C. "Jim·Reuter (USSHonolulu) 5 Kensington Rd., RehobottiBeach, DE 19771-1488 1CD Jim isttie drummer on ttieleft of the ttireedrummers. tl Page 34 GRAM August, 1996 We Have Poems "PEARL HARBOR" Bet us as a nation pause to pray By Hubert Culligan And remember the infamy wrought this day USS Detroit Remember Pearl Harbor and those who sleep 'Twas December the seventh in '41 May our country eternalvigilance keep. The treacherous dastardly deed was done. Peace they proclaimed �· war was planned, PATH OF GOLD Our fleet lay idle, no guns were manned. By Charles A. Cassayre

'Twas Sunday morning just about eight, A man walking across a path of Gold When the Japs sought to seal our Navy's fate. Needed help in his Promised Land Bombs and torpedoes they dropped with care; So with mighty thought and deed They knew each position of ships that were there. . He saw his crew and took them by the hand.

Hickam Field, barracks and beaches He needed someone to help him with his books Bombed and strafed by the sons of bitches Took a Yeoman by the name of Gil. Chaos and confusion, destruction everywhere Wanted someone in charge of the group For the first hour the enemy ruled the air. Selected a Boatswain Mate by the name of Bill.

Wheeler Field blazing, their planes were hit To keep up with the happenings upon his land But Taylor and Welch got into the thick of it. He selected a Teacher by the name of Don. Between them they flamed eight of the nips To be sure of friendship being spread about Twenty-one downed by ack ack from land and ships. The perfect person was a man named John.

A sailor stood alone on a navy dock For his other needs as time would permit Tears in his eyes for deep was his shock. A crew of many he would use. He longed for his ship and all the crew There was Charlie and Ray, Al and Mike For at general quarters his place he knew. And many others to spread the news.

He felt some guilt, a little shame He wanted to build beautiful quarters He'd been ashore when the attack it came For those he picked that would come to live. No-one was guilty, no-one was shamed He also pickeda man of the cloth Lethargy, Pacifism, Apathy, a nation was blamed. Who has nothing but love to give.

Pearl Harbor, it's men and A great white Church would be built A good part of the Navy sunk by the foe. Next to the path of gold. Roosevelt spoke and to the nation did say And the quarters for the magnificent crew That infamy was the deed that day. Would keep them from growing old..

On the Arizona a plaque, a flag doth wave, Paul, Roberto, Fernando and Jose For the crews and ships, the lives they gave. Would all help to plant the sod. Ships and crews sank 'neath the sea, From the Battleship Arizona, all of his Saintly crew They fought for the land of the brave and free. Would walk the path of Gold, alongside a man called God.

Most of our ships again rose to the sea A beautiful lawn and a rainbow of flowers And went on to pursue the enemy Would greet those men as they came to rest. Kimmel and Short the.blame they shared Never would you find anyone better In truth t'was a nation caught napping and unprepared. Than those souls from the Arizona, strictly the best.

PEARL HARBOR It seemed as though the bowels of hell opened up, By Ed Eads as the entire harbor began to erupt. USS Dale Explosions and flames engulfed ships and station, God's splendor shown on the Pearl of the Pacific, as this attack continued from the Japanese nation. this beautiful Sunday morningwas so prolific. As I gazed across the fleet lying in repose, We cried out in anguish and pain, a feeling of pride and joy within me arose. but all our efforts seemed in vain. The Pearl Harbor Survivors remember well that day of infamy, Across the Island bugles sounded and bands played, not seeking glory, recognition or sympathy. as the military hoisted Old Glory, proudly displayed. Suddenly, from the sky, the scream of Our purpose is to remind America to be prepared, and roar of torpedo planes ripped the serenity asunder. so that our nation never again be so impaired. August, 1996 GRAM Page 35 We Have Poems AN INFAMOUS EVENT Soldiers ran in panic, By Britt Stackhouse Others awakened in surprise. Grandson of Frederick F. Dean As the bombs fell all about them, 86th Observation Squadron, Bellows Field They heard their comrades' cries.

The planes burned on the ground, In the year of forty-cv�, The ships sank in the bay; On the seventh of December, Granddad dove for cover An infamous event occurred Hoping he'd see another day. The world will long remember. Thousands died in the attack On the naval base called Pearl, As the U.S. joined the war, On a peaceful Hawaiian isle, On that day in forty-one The sky was so clear and blue My granddad did abhor. One could see for many a mile.

The American fleet anchored PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS This early Sunday morn; By Adolph Kuhn The fighter planes were resting, A&R Ford Island This day that fear was born. Many have forgotten, but most of us haven't My granddad walked the seawall; That trecherous day of December the Seventh. Peace was all around. A peaceful Sunday in Forty-One He thought of life far off, Came face to face with the Rising Sun. Then heard a frightful sound. Some Americans didn't know where Pearl Harbor was at Barely audible at first, Or why their boys were sent off into combat. Then an increasing tone, We Survivors refuseto let the world forget Low, then loud, still louder That we are never free from enemy threat. Continued the deadly drone. The USS Arizona became one large casket His eyes flashed toward the sky Because America placed too many eggs in one basket. To identify the sound. Keep saluting our great Flag and flyingit with pride, Shadows of death-bringing vultures With a prayer in your heart for the thousands who died. Streaked across the ground. As we preach at cemeteries, and various schools, Bearingthe Japanesesign, I recall those Nippon leaflets "Wake up blind fools". Across the mountain peaks they came. We strive to keep America alert, The bullets fell from the sky To avoid our faces back down in the dirt. Like the pelting of the rain. Now septuagenarians most of us are, ,------IN MEMORY OF ---. ,------BILL JOHNSON - Our spirits haven't dwindled, not by far. My_Husband USMC. USS New Orleans Our strides may be slower, our bones ache and pain, JOE TISKUS Santa Rosa, CA Ch 23 But we never want to see another Pearl Harbor again. I SUPPORT THE GRAM SUPPORTS THEGRAM and ANNE NationalElections Mail TIS.KUS by

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cc CD Submitted by John D. strauss, USS Oglala c.> 2069Egret Dr., Palm Harbor, FL 34683 --4 Page 38 GRAM August, 1996 December 7 Casualty Reburied In National Cemetery Submitted by Clark Martin hers of the USS Curtiss Association. Except for his shipmates, PHSA North Carolina Chapter and the American Legion solicitation of contributions was restricted to North Carolina. Post 426, the William Jeremiah Powell Post, of Sunbury, North William Jeremiah Powell was buried in the North Carolina Carolina have been successful in locating the grave of William Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville on May 31, 1996. Jeremiah Powell and in removing his body for reinterment in a veterans' cemetery. William Jeremiah Powell, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Penn Powell, was born in Sunbury, North Carolina, on May 5, 1919. He enlisted in the and after basic training was ordered to duty in the Pacific Fleet. At the time of the attack by Japanese naval and air forces on December 7, 1941, he was serving as a Mess Attendant, Second Class on the USS Curtiss (AV4), a tender. When an attacking air­ craft crashed into his ship and ignited fires, Powell was wounded and suffered severe burns. The ship's log records that he was killed in action. Powell's remains were buried December 9, 1941, in the Halawa cemetery in Hawaii, His body was returned to the United States in October, 1947 and he was interred in a family Several Survivors of the N_orth Carolina Chapter were very cemetery. instrumental in the success of this mission. By September 1995, donations to the Memorial Fund were In the photo are Leonard Giambalvo (86th Observation Sq., sufficient to request a contractor, a cemetery services compa­ Bellows Field), William Reece (non-member), Clark Martin ny, to initiate an effort at disinterment. Donations had been (USS Pennsylvania), Marvin Moore (35th Infantry Reg. received from the members of PHSA in North Carolina, and Schofield Barracks), Leo Sienkiewicz (73rd Pursuit Sq. Wheel­ from members of the American Legion district and division er Field), John Foley (USS Curtiss), Lemuel Jones (USS Vestal) level, from citizens of Gates County and from shipmate mem- and Maurice "Mo" Wale (USS Nevada).

the VFW monument to honor comrades of all services and all Alabama Chapter 2 wars. In the photo with Congressman Everett are Chapter Mem­ bers Russell Blair (35th Infantry Reg. Schofield Barracks) and Eugene Walton (45th Signal Sv. Wheeler Field USS Nevada By Woody Derby Trident Submarine USS President Nevada (SSBN-733) was also USS Nevada Association represented by several mem­ In mid-April a mini­ bers. reunion was held in Mobile, On Sunday, April 21, a Alabama and Pascagoula, bus load of our group went Mississippi for the christen­ to Pensacola where we ing of the USS Donald Ross toured the Naval Air Station named in honor of Medal of museum. This was truly an Honor recipient Donald K. inspiring visit. They had Ross, USS Nevada, December replicas of the planes that the 7, 1941. and used We had approximately to carry for spotting OS2Us 75-80 members in attendance, and SOCs. of whom 18 were Pearl Har­ The latest word is that the By Gene Walton bor Survivors. USS Ross will be commis­ Chapter Trustee Saturday, April 20, we sioned in Galveston, Texas On May 27 members of Alabama Chapter 2 met at the VFW bussed. to Pascagoula, Missis­ on June 28, 1997: Post in Dothan to honor our military veterans. Other veteran sippi where the ROSS was We will have our 43rd group members of the sponsoring Wiregrass Veterans christened at the Ingalls Ship­ Annual Reunion in King of Alliance were also in attendance. yard followed by a reception Prussia (Valley Forge), Penn­ Principal speaker for the occasion was the Honorable Terry at the Lafont Hotel. A sylvania from August 15-18, Everett from the Second Congressional District of Alabama. tremendous crowd was in 1996. All hands are invited to Each veterans group placed a memorial floral wreath on attendance. attend. August, 1996 GRAM Page 39 58th Bomb Squadron Hickam Field Submitted by Bill Davis pilots perfected their dive former airmen to share. Now vivor William Davis, Ted Proud members of World bombing techniques and they in their 70s and 80s, they Dyer, Survivor Lawrence War II U.S. Army Air Corps and the gunners sharpened delighted in eyeing the 20- Eubanks, Maury Ingham, 58th/531st squadrons held a their performance in aerial something countenances that Robert Kohl, Jerry Kolb, Earle 55th anniversary reunion gunnery. This was in prepa­ came into view as scrapbook Leavitt, Harold Miller, Sur­ May 17-19 in St. Louis, Mis­ ration for the squadron's pages were turned. vivor Ted Naoum, Lynwood souri. move to Makin Island which To leave no doubt about Parks, 0. Porter, Donald Put­ It marked the first coming got under way in November the importance of this event, nam, Art Rortvedt, Survivor together of members of the with squadron personnel the squadron members voted Vince Salotto, John Schatz, unit since the end of hostili­ landing a day or twoafter the unanimously to hold a John Thornburg, Survivor Joe ties with Japan. island was taken by U.S. reunion in early May, 1997 Wagner and Joe Zych. Twentrfive former bud­ troops on November 21. The near the USAF Museum out­ The pilots present were dies who had served on squadron A24As started side Dayton, Ohio. The group Robert Alter and Maury Ing­ Oahu, Hawaii; Canton Island, bombing the islands of Mille elected Richard R. Findlay as ham. Ingham's gunner was Makin Island and Two Jima and Jaluit on December 18 in secretary and Richard A. Soli­ Earle Leavitt. Attending in traveled from the states of advance of U.S. landings on to as assistant secretary for memory of Andrew Bryzickii Washington, Florida, Maine, the Marshall Islands which one year. were his widow Ella Bryzicki California and points took place.January 31, 1994. Other members of the and daughter Patricia Bryzic­ between for the moving K wajalein was taken on Feb­ squadron in attendance were ki. Any eligible survivors are reunion. ruary 7. John Agiato, Robert Alter, requested to contact Bill They were accompanied Following the victory in Nick Bongo, Survivor Will­ Davis, 18755 Chaco Lane, by wives, girlfriends and chil­ the Marshall Islands the iam Breland, R. Cowles, Sur- Apple Valley, CA 92307. dren. Among the 25 guests squadron returned to Oahu were the widow and daugh­ and on February 18, 1944 it ter of a squadron member was redesignated the 531st New Sixth who was a member of the Fighter Squadron. Pearl Harbor Survivors Asso­ A year later, the 531st, as District Director ciation. part of the 21st Fighter Among the veterans were Group, was headed for lwo Frederick F. Couture has been elected Sixth District Direc­ 13 charter members of the Jima. Advance elements of tor to complete the term of deceased Ed Eads, and then for squadron whp also count the squadron, P-51 pilots and 1997 and 1998. He will be sworn in at the Hawaiian conven­ themselves among the sur­ ground crew members, had tion for the ensuing term. vivors of the Pearl Harbor landed prior to March 26 His address is 3019 S. Ponte Vedra Blvd., Ponte Vedra bombing. when the remaining mem­ Beach, FL 32802. Two pilots showed up for bers of the squadron were the occasion and one of them scheduled to join them. was reunited with the man However, those who were Change of Address Form who had been his gunner supposed to debark were during forays in their A24A held aboard ship overnightin CHANGE OF ADDRF.SS over the Jap-held Marshall the harbor because of an air MAILING NOTICE Print or Type last Namt. Fir.u Namt, Ml raid. Since the National Islands. Secretary maintains Officially activated at Meanwhile, on the island the address listings Wheeler Field on Oahu as the during the night Japs staged No. and SL, (Old Address) on the computer for ApLSuile 58th Bombardment Squadron a banzai charge inflicting all members of the P.O.Box (Light) on January 1, 1941, casualties on members of the Association, for use 0 R.D. No Box by the and the unit was redesignated the 21st Fighter Group including GRAM PostOffice 58th Bombardment Squadron the 531st squadron. other periodicals, it Slate is imperative that, ZrPCode (Dive) on October 19, 1942; On April 7, 1945 the 531's when you move or the 531st Fighter-Bomber P-Sls helped carry the fight No. and St., (NewAddress) change your ad- ApL Suite Squadron on August 14, 1943 to the Japanese home islands dress, you notify P.O.Box and the 531st Fighter Squad­ as part of the first escorts for the Nat ional Sec- 3: R.D.NoBox retary, P.O. Box 99, w ron, February 18, 1944. B-29s flying from with z PostOfrice As the 58th, with its A24A their heavy bomb loads. The Menomonee Falls, State dive bombers, the squadron P-51 pilots, on their own, con­ WI 53052-0099. ZIP Code was shipped to Canton Island ducted fighter sweeps over USE THE CHANGE EffectiveDate Membership No. in June/July 1943 and in Japan. OF ADDRESS FORM AT THE RIGHT August it was redesignated With this rich history to Sign Here I Date Signed WHEN YOU CHANGE the 531st Fighter-Bomber tap into there were plenty of YOUR ADDRESS. Squadron. On Canton, the memories for those seasoned X I Page40 GRAM August, 1996 PHSA On Internet The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association is on the computer and National Capitol Liaison Committee Chairman Anthony Internet as HTTP:/ /WWW.VA.GOV/VSO /PHSA.HTM and DiLorenzo. The Gram editor is listed but with no address or lists the National officers with their addresses and telephone telephone number. numbers, except the National Treasurer. PHSA was entered into the Internet by the Veterans Also listed are the immediate Past President Lee Goldfarb, Administration.

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