BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANNA 2014 HOLIDAY INN-SOUTH DATES; OCTOBER 2 to 5 from the Officers and Board Members of the USS Haynsworth Reunion Committee

U.S.S. Haynsworth DD-700 Newsletter Issue 74 (November Juliet Tango Alpha) July, 2014 (p-1)

Official Newsletter for the USS Haynsworth Reunion Committee BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANNA 2014 HOLIDAY INN-SOUTH DATES; OCTOBER 2 to 5 From the Officers and Board Members of the USS Haynsworth Reunion Committee.

HOST and HOSTESS: James and Ann Murphy, SM3/c 1957 to 1960, Vero Beach Florida.

Holiday Inn Baton Rouge, LA (home base) The old Louisiana State House

Arial View of Baton Rouge, LA th on the Mississippi River Jim and Ann have developed an exciting agenda for this years 25 annual Reunion. On Thursday, 2 Oct., we will visit the Holly- Wood Casino for gaming and Buffet lunch. From there we will travel to Boudins Cajun Restaurant for good Cajun Food and Music. Friday we will go on a Cajun Pride Swamp tour and picnic. From there we travel to the National WWII Museum. On Saturday we will visit the USS Kidd DD-661 where we will also conduct our Annual Memorial Service. After return to Hotel we will prepare for our Annual Banquet with entertainment by Les Danseurs de la Capitale de Baton Rouge. (A Cajun Dance Group) Following will be our annual raffles and silent auction drawings! Be prepared to have a great time reconnecting w/ shipmates!

PLEASE, PLEASE GET YOUR RESERVATION’S IN EARLY!

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James F. Horn 2 Surrey Court Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 Newsletter Editor/Treasurer/ and Ship’s Store Clerk. . ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED If your name or address is not correct or any of the information within is not correct or if you have any news or stories you wish to share with your shipmates, please contact the Editor. If you wish to discontinue receiving this newsletter, please return this copy or notify Editor If you would like to receive the e-newsletter exclusively, e-mail me. (It’s great in color!)

SHIP’S STORE The following items are available in our Ship’s Store. All orders include shipping. For all purchase requests, please send check to the above “return address”. USS Haynsworth, DD-700 mesh Ball Cap (specify with/without “eggs)-----$12.00* USS Haynsworth Patch (embroidered 5” Dia.).------$ 5.00 USS Haynsworth Golf Shirt,(Navy Blue ) with: Gold embroidered ship, name, and hull number).S/M/L/XL XXL------$35.00* DD-700 T-Shirts (Limited sizes)------$20.00* USS Haynsworth DD-700 +Tin Can Sailor License Plate Frame------$13.00* Official Gov. Issue Foul Weather Jacket, embroidered with: “Name”, “USS Haynsworth” “DD700”, and ships patch.(only sizes left)---(M/L/XL) Contact Jim Horn for details.($30 goes to our Org.)--(supply source is drying up!)------$300.00 (Note: some prices have increased due to increased mailing costs. See *) Make all checks payable to: “USS HAYNSWORTH REUNION COMMITTEE”

Send check to: James F. Horn 2 Surrey Court Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756

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NEW SECTION FOR 2014 (July 2014 page 3)

In this NEW SECTION I will be selecting some excerpts from the New Book titled “PHALANX AGAINST A DIVINE WIND”, the story of the USS Haynsworth’s participation in WWII, 1944 to 1945. This book is being written by the son-in-law (Martin J. Irons) of John (Jack) McAllister, RM3/c 1944 to 1946. Jack passed away on November 11, 1992. See the December 2013 issue for more details on this. Over the past few months Marty has been sending numerous ‘This Day in the History of the Haynsworth’ which I have been forwarding to all shipmates’ having an active e-mail address, approximately 200+ a few more, of these 200+ only ninety have opted to receive the Haynsworth newsletter exclusively by E-mail. That leaves more than one hundred who receive the Newsletter in both formats. My current mail list for the printed Newsletter now stands at 416. Of this number I am certain that there are shipmates that do have access to E- mail that I do not have. Also, I realize that of those, some may not be able to print out a personal hard copy, and therefore, wish to continue receiving the printed copy. Anyway, I digress. Bottom line is, it is in the interest of our organization to increase the number of electronic recipients and decrease the number of printed editions. As for the section title above, you will notice this section will only last for the whole of 2014. The Book will have been published by then and all shipmates will be able to purchase their own copy. With this, I will include excerpts from the book beginning with the first ‘This Day in the History of the Haynsworth. Enjoy! Jim, Editor/Treasurer ************************************************************************************** (Editors Note: I ended this series in the April 2014 issue with: “This Day in DD-700 History on April 6, 1945.) In this issue I continue with April/7/1945.

This day in DD 700 History. Apr 7, 1945. “Though the mass attacks on April 6 had passed, the kamikazes were by no means finished. The next day brought a renewal of the efforts of the Japanese to attack the US invasion forces with devastating attacks from the air and sea. Midday a raider slips through and drops it’s bomb on the USS Hancock (CV-19). The explosion causes the kamikaze’s plane to cartwheel across the deck into plans spotted aft. Fires erupt on both ends of the deck. Some of the carriers sailors are blown overboard, others jump to avoid the flames.”

Within Task Group 58.3, the USS Haynsworth is sailing blind without radar. The destruction of the radio transmitter room and radio central, turns the destroyer deaf to most radio communications with the fleet. Relying on the limited capacity of the emergency radio shack, the few remaining radiomen and the skills of it’s signalmen, the “Lucky 700” steams within the protective screen of the group. She will not leave the safety of the mutual fire of the screen for the rest of the time she fights with the Fast Carrier Task Force.

Commander Tackney’s Haynsworth plays her part in protecting the Task Group on the second day of Kikusui No. 1. The ship that was rescued is now the rescuer. Damaged by a kamikaze like her fleet partner, USS Hancock, the “Lucky 700” recovers eight sailors from the sea that day. Bill Brecenridge, TM2/c, was the first to help bring a Hancock survivor aboard the Haynsworth. The previous day Breckenridge had to remain at his General Quarters (GQ) station at the torpedo’s despite the proximity of the fire from the kamikaze attack. Ship’s Doctor, Allyn Ley, LT(jg) (plankowner), and the pharmacist mates, exhausted from caring for the dozens of wounded in the previous twenty-three hours, make room for several more new burn victims.

While the battle rages over the Task Group, nearly three hundred American fliers are in the hunt for the battleship Yamato and her companion ships. Without aerial protection of her own, the massive battleship is eventually sunk. The Yamato does not go down easily. Ordinance of eleven torpedoes and six bombs are needed to subdue the leviathan. The Yamato never gets close enough to Okinawa to do damage to the American forces. ------(Continued on next page, 4)

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(continued from page 3). For USS Haynsworth, burial of her killed in action,(KIA) crewmen killed in the previous day’s attack, was scheduled for 1400 hours. With the battle still raging, the burial at sea is moved back to 1816 hrs. Still at GQ, the ceremony is led by the Haynsworth’s twenty five year old Executive Officer, LT(Cdr) Scott Lothrop. Commander Stephen Tackney stays on the bridge. (Editor’s note: LTC Scott Lothrop passed away in June 1998). LTC Lothrop would have preferred that this burial (at sea) be more traditional. On another day, on a day without battle, most of the ship’s crew would be gathered. Instead of the white sailos’s uniforms and the Officer’s dress white’s, the uniform of the day was dungaree’s and chambray shirts. LTC Lothrop, like each crewmember felt exposed. Haynsworth was still serving as screen for the carrier’s, and planes were still flying overhead as the battle was still being waged. The largest kamikaze attack of the war was in it’s second day. Though all eyes were on the ceremony, no one was relaxed enough not to strain for the sound of foreign planes. That nagging feeling was reinforced by the helmeted crews already on duty at all weapons stations. The aft 5” gun mount was manned as were the 20mm machine guns on the fantail, the depth charge racks, and the depth charge K-guns. The quad 40mm tubs above the sea deck were also manned as were both sets of torpedoes.

Assembled on the deck with the XO, (Executive Officer) , is part of the crew, a five man honorary guard of gunners mates, six pall bearers, and three body bearers. The remains of seven of their shipmates are lined along the deck. Each set of remains was sewn into their individual hammock. The impromptu body bags were weighted with a 54 pound 5”/38 caliber shell. The space amidships on the Haynsworth was tight. Shipmates, both on duty and off duty crowed the deck, the battle stations, and the top of the deckhouse.

On this cool Saturday in April 1945, just one week after Holy Saturday, LTC Lothrop would fulfill the dual role of Exec and surrogate Chaplin. With heads bowed, hands interlocked across the small of their backs, straight legs, and feet 10 inches apart, the assembled crew listened to the burial service. After reading from scripture, Tad Lothrop offered some prayers as seven of the ship’s crew are committed to the deep. The last is Seaman Ernest Satterly .

After Seaman Satterly has been committed to the deep, the command is given to ‘Order Arms’. All salutes are ended as right arms come back to the sides of the crew. ----“Ernie was younger than me, an easy-going, always pleasant guy, his death was quite a loss!”, remembers Fire Controlman, (FC2/c), Tom Scott nearly seven decades later.

Tears fill the eyes as the stress of the attack and the long battle slips from the restrained faces of the HAYnsworth crew. “The crew held up nicely despite the sorrow,” recorded CM2/c Edward (Ed) Mital in his journal. (Ed. note: ---Edward Mital passed away on January 25, 1973).

The butcher’s bill for Kikusui No. 1 is enormous; Twenty six ships have been damaged or sunk including 12 destroyers. Nearly 500 sailors lost their lives with another 584 Officers and sailors wounded.

The Gunnery Officer, LT Armistead Dennett remembers that, “At the end of the day we were all depressed by the loss of our shipmates and damage to the ship. Bur, we had news that the Yamato had been sunk and a feeling that the end of the war was near.”

(Editor’s note: If I have additional space in this issue after posting crew letters, I will continue with “This Day in USS Haynsworth History”. April 7-8 1945 and April 7, 2014). *********************************************************************************** (received: April 29 2014 from Thomas Scott, FC2 44-46 Loveland, CO. [email protected]

(Editors note: Tom is referring to the April 2014 issue of the Haynsworth “This Day in USS Haynsworth History, specifically page 10 where there is an excerpt from the book “Tin Cans” written by Ted Roscoe and published in 1953.) Tom’s letter begins on next page. (page, 5)

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MAIL BAG (July, 2014) (page 5) ( Tom Scott’s letter.) On April 6, 1945 I viewed the Japanese plane (a Zero) come down from the cloud cover to be, in effect, right beside the Haynsworth. Think about the difficulty of a 40mm antiaircraft gun, or even a 20mm gun, firing on a fast plane that is relatively only a few yards away. When the Japanese fighters went by, close to any destroyer, could guns train with that speed?, of course not. Nonetheless, that guy Roscoe said, “automatic guns raked the plane. The ‘Judy’, afire, crashed on the main radio-transmitter room” ,etc. etc.) (see the April issue for the full content of Ted Roscoe’s account.) His comments are not even close to being accurate. I doubt that he had any idea where the plane and ship, (DD-700), were relative to each other. The plane was close, fast, and near the ocean’s surface which would require the guns to shoot down, below their usual anti-aircraft position. I’m talking about a rather short time period for the plane to descend, swing away for a short distance, then turn toward the Haynsworth. It was not burning then nor at any time prior to it’s hitting the ship. (Ed. Note: Thanks’ Tom for: ‘now you have the real story’!)

********************************************************************************** (Received: May 19, 2014 f/ Kenneth J. (Kent) Jenkins ET2/c 55-59, Bristol. VT [email protected] ) Dear James,------I finally got a picture of the Clock I received. (note: Kent was the winner of the 2013 Reunion Clock raffle). It is on the wall of my den along with other items. The pictures are of my other ships. I’ve had falls and 2 MRI’s and am not allowed to drive anymore so, I guess I am done traveling. Oh well, it has been a good life. Also, enclosed are my dues, nothing extra this year. Have a good summer and a successful Reunion. //s// Ken Jenkins ( Ed. Note: Thanks Ken. Thanks for the picture below,) Ken’s wall. Picture on top right is Haynsworth entering Taranto Italy harbor.

************************************************************************************ (Received May 20, 2014 f/ Lawrence D. (Larry) Koehler, RD2/c 66-67 [email protected] ) Jim,------I would like to pay my dues and also order a USS Haynsworth golf shirt-navy blue, plus a Ship’s patch. I am enclosing a check to cover everything. I also receive the newsletter by mail and also my E-mail. Save the postage and just send the E-Newsletter version. At this time it looks like I will be unable to attend the reunion this year but have really been enjoying the “This Day in Haynsworth history” e-mails and look forward to getting the book as soon as it is available.---- Thanks for the good work you do. (Ed. Note: Right back at you Ken.) //s// Larry Koehler (66-67) 207 E. Monroe St., Jackson, MO 63755-2141 ************************************************************************************ (Received 5/8/2014 f/ Phillip R. (Phil) Pilong, EM2/c 56-59 Bensalem, PA [email protected] ) Dear Jim,-----Been awhile since I have seen or talked to you. Enclosed is a check for past and present dues plus a new hat(w/o eggs), And 15 chances on the 2014 Reunion Clock. I will try to make the reunion but I have some trouble walking from diabetes. //s// Your former shipmate (56-59), Phil P.S. you are doing a great job, keep it going. (Ed. Note. Thanks Phil, I’ll keep it going as long as I can.)

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MAIL BOX (July 2014) Page 6 (Received Jun 7, 2014 f/ A.C. Pickens Jr. son of A.C. Pickens Sr., F1/c 44-45, Wheeler, IL [email protected] ). Hello, Dad is still hanging in there-----Mind still good for a 95 ½ year old. My brother Steve had an interesting contact concerning the Haynsworth. His daughter Becky Freshour posted something on facebook about Dad being the oldest surviving Haynsworth sailor. A friend of hers had a relative that had this emblem that they had found 20 years ago at a house that they had bought in South Dakota. I have two pictures attached. It is 7 inches in diameter, chrome plated steel or iron and an inch thick. Was it taken from the ship? I have seen jacket patches of the same emblem. Any help you can give would be appreciated. (Editors- ---Note: A.C. provided the name and address of the people that found it. If anyone provides information on this emblem,(plaque), I will pass on to A.C. and he can inform them.)

Editors notes: I forwarded the above e-mail from A.C. to all shipmates having an address in my file. The following three comments were received this week. (1) Bill Hannah, FP3 53-55. “ Jim, The only person I served with from S.D. was Thomas Sutter. I have not heard from or been in touch with him since leaving the ship. (2) Bruce Baxter, GMSn 56-58. “Jim, the emblem looks like the one I gave for auction at a reunion several years ago. If I remember right, the first ones were made about 1956 when we started wearing the ships name on our shoulder. I could be wrong, but I don’t think the ships emblem existed before then. It seems to me that there was a contest to design it. Also, they were made of plaster of paris not metal. If it is metal, I would be surprised and probably wrong on everything else. I suspect this veteran obtained it after he left the ship. (3, and the most interesting and probable explanation). (Rec’d from John H. Shanahan RD1 68-71). John writes: The emblem, as I recall, was part of the Quarterdeck display board that was used in port.

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MAIL BAG (July, 2014) Page 7) ______(Continued from page 6). The emblem was likely obtained at the time the ship was decommissioned. It would be nice to see the emblem returned to either the ‘Navy Historical Centre’ in Washington D.C. or to the ‘Texas Maritime Academy’ in Galveston, as the Haynsworth ended her service as a Naval Reserve Ship in that port. With Kind Regards, John H. Shanahan, RD1 USNR 1968- 1971, Drohega, County Louth, Ireland (Editors note; Thank’s John for your input all the way from Ireland! Jim, News Letter Editor for DD-700.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL SHIPMATES AND GUESTS TOURING THE USS KIDD DD-661

***************************************************************************************** This day in USS HAYNSWORTH History (April 7 and 8, 1945 (series continued from April 2014 issue)

(None of the radiomen trapped in the conflagration that is Radio Central, perish immediately. On the evening of April 6, five of the Haynsworth’s radiomen, along with other wounded blue jackets, are transferred to the battleship USS South Dakota, BB-57. The big ship has both larger medical facilities and staff than the tin can.)

April 7th: At 1829, Haynsworth comes along the starboard side of USS South Dakota, BB-57, for transfer of injured. After transferring five survivors from the USS Hancock, (CV-19) (Ed. Note: see chronology from log of the USS Hancock below), Lt. Ley’s stocks of medical supplies are replaced by the medical department of the battleship. While the Haynsworth is alongside, Second Class Radioman Arthur Goyer passes away in the battleships medical facilities. The burn wounds and ensuing shock could not be overcome. 1900 As the Haynsworth casts off from the South Dakota after completion of the second group of medical transfers, another of it’s sailors dies aboard the battleship. Third Class Radioman John Dyer succumbs to his wounds sustained the day before.------Minutes later the Lucky 700” secures from general quarters. At the same time cruising disposition is changed to 5-Roger. The destroyer screen relaxes it’s tight protective grip around the precious carriers. At that moment, the officers and sailors of the Haynsworth leave the tight screen of the phalanx. It is the last time during the war that Cdr. Stephen Tackney’s ship will steam in the 5-Victor disposition of the phalanx. ************************************* (Continued on page 9).

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(July, 2014) ( Page 11) If any shipmate wishes to subscribe to the TCS and cannot print this, let me know and I will send a application to you.

Dear Shipmates/Family and Friends,-----I have previosly mentioned the “TIN CAN SAILOR” Newspaper and the benefits of subscribing to the TCS newspaper. One benefit I have taken advantage of over the past years is to present my membership card to the admissions office of many “HISTORIC FLEET” ships and Museum sites in our travels around the country over the years. Most sites allow free or highly discounted admission for the member and guest. The newspaper is generaly 40 to 50 pages and full of stories of past and current Navy ships plus many “MAIL BAG” entries from shipmates across the country. A Haynsworth shipmate had a letter published two or three years ago which I published in a Haynsworth Newsletter. There are also opportunities for shipmates or the general public to participate in volunteering for maintenance of ships in the “Historic Fleet” if you happen to live close to one. (I wish I did). So, in closing, I highly recommend this worthwhile newspaper. The extract below was added because I frequently receive inquiries from shipmates looking for information on a friend who served aboard with them, and with my limited resources I cannot provide current information on some. Jim, Editor.

TCS Locator service is a little expensive but you do get your money back if they can’t find your search.

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MAIL BAG (July 2014 page 8) (Rec’d April 6, 2014 f/ Joe Perricco RMSn 10/53-10/55. Raleigh, NC) [email protected] Jim,------Thanks for the write-up on the attack on the Haynsworth and the entire series. I guess it has kind of more meaning to me now then when I was aboard ship. I saw the plaque many times before commemorating the dead on that dreadful day, but not the feeling that I had today…the anniversary day. It particularly hits home with me since I served many hours in that radio shack transmitter room. In fact, I was on duty the night of the collision with the (USS) Ault (DD698). When “battle stations” was announced, I went into the transmitter room to get my life jacket just as the Ault’s bow was scraping the side of the Haynsworth in that very same transmitter room where the kamikaze plane hit killing all those radiomen. //s// Joe ******************************************************************************* ( A personal writing of Bill Morton as he wrote on January 10, 1945) (Bill passed away on June 9, 2012) SUBJECT: This day in USS Haynsworth History: South China Sea, Jan. 10, 1945. “Welcome to the China Sea,” Tokyo Rose greeted the task force over the radio. “You will not get out alive.: Later during the day DesRon 62 mates, DD698 Ault, DD697 Charles S. Sperry, DD699 Waldron, and DD701 John W. Weeks led Task Force 38 into the narrow Bashi Channel separating Formosa and the Phillipines into the South China Sea. This was the furthest west any allied ships had ventured since the war started. Being positioned in the South China Sea meant the Fleet was surrounded on all sides by Japanese held territory and within range of enemy planes. In an unusual move, the fleet oil tankers followed the Fast Carrier Task Groups into the eye of the needle rather than following at a distant point away from Japanese planes.-----The Japanese were more than curious as several bogies were shot down over the fleet that day. “This morning our planes shot down two Jap planes. One of the ships hit another one (plane) but it came on for about 15 miles. When it burst through the clouds it was a ball of fire. It tried to crash dive on a carrier and the pilot bailed out. It was, at first, thought to be one of ours but they found a Jap life raft and chute so it confirmed as definitely Japanese,” noted SOM3/c Bill Morton. ********************************************************************************** (Rec’d 12/15/2013 Capt. Dennis McGinnis (Ltjg) USNR (Ret) 64-66 Hayesville NC) Dear Mr. Horn,------I was aboard the Haynsworth from 64-66, serving as DCA and briefly as Chief Engineer. I learned a lot in a short time, especially from EMC Reichenbaugh, (62-68 Harrisburg, PA) (note: Chief Reichenbaugh passed away 2/14/2010) and SF2/c Huff. That layed the foundation for my Navy career. I have enclosed a check for dues, License Plate frame and 5 raffle tickets for the (2014 reunion Clock). I can’t remember the dues amount but hope this takes care of it. Thanks for the Newsletter .------Sincerely, //s// Captain D.R. McGinnis USNR (Ret) ************************************************************************************ ( The following was received on Dec. 25, 2013. It was supposed to be in the April 2014 NL but got lost in the shuffle, (along with a few other’s) I will try to include some of them. Editor) From Marty Irons, Subject: RM2/c Issac Peres (Perry) Jim,-----Isaac Peres sent me this photo. He was one of the two radiomen not injured on April 6, 1945 and helped to reestablish contact with the fleet along with Keith Myreholt RM3/c. (Keith passed away on May 14, 1998). //s// Marty

Issac Peres, Circa 1944/45

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MAIL BAG (July, 2014 Page 9) (“This day in USS Haynsworth History, April 7-8 1945, April 7, 2014, continued from page 7)

2025, Two hours after Haynsworth commits it’s dead to the sea, (USS) South Dakota un-masts it’s colors again. The remains of the two radiomen from upstate New York, John Dyer of West Chazy and Arthur Goyer of Troy, are buried at sea. Short in stature but big in popularity amongst the Haynsworth crew, Goyer had heeded his nations call for help when it was needed most. Just four weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Athur Alonzo Goyer volunteered for service in the Navy. Dyer, the oldest of six children from a farming family also volunteered for the Navy as soon as he was of age.

As the sun sets down on Task Force 58.3, the USS Haynsworth is making eighteen knots, 9200 yards ahead of the center of the group. Haynsworth zigs-zags throughout the night for protection from enemy submarines. At late night, (2348), Haynsworth loses her senior radioman, Chief, Barton Campbell. The twenty four year old Ohio native dies aboard the South Dakota. Campbell is the last of the Haynsworth’s four radiomen to perish from the kamikaze attack.

APRIL 8th: Chief Radioman Barton, succumbing to the first and second degree burns that covered his body, is buried at sea. Captain Charles Momsen of the battleship South Dakota orders the flag set to half mast. A few minutes later a Chaplain recites prayers over the Ohio natives body. The Marine Honor Guard fires three rifle volleys over the sea and Chief Radioman Barton Campbell is committed to the deep. On the South Dakota, the colors are two blocked, returned to full mast as the service concludes. The sun rises one minute later over the horizon to shed light over the ships off Okinawa.

APRIL 7th, 2014: On a cool spring morning, two gentlemen stand over the marker of John R. Dyer Jr., RM3/c. In the Calvary Cemetery of Rutland, Vermont, is a large granite gravestone marked “DYER”. To the right of the monument a metal plaque highlights the service of John R. Dyer Sr., as an Army Officer in World War I. To the left is Radioman Dyer’s marker. As the sun rises over the Green Mountains to the east and light falls on the grave site, the two men recite the Catholic Prayer of Committal:

“Lord God, by the power of your word, you stilled the chaos of the primeval sea’s, you made the raging waters of the Flood subside, and calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee. As we commit the body(s) of our brother(s) to the deep, Grant him (them) peace and tranquility until that day when he (they)and all who believe in you will be raised to the glory of new life promised in the waters of Baptism. We ask this through Christ our Lord. AMEN.

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(Rec’d May 3, 2014 from Gary Owen. (Donald F. Owen Ens, 51-52) Dear Mr. Horn, ------My Dad, Donald F. Owen died on 12/30/2013 so if you would, please remove him from the mailing list. My Dad took pride in his service on the USS Haynsworth and had many fond memories. Thanks, //s// Gary Owen (ED. Note: Donald lived in Clarkston, Georgia) ************************************************************************************* (Rec’d Jan. 2 2014 f/ Marty Irons.------Jim, I learned this evening that plank owner David O. Spears, GM2, passed away on March 18, 2008. (ED. Note: Marty was informed of David’s passing by the ‘Masonic Home of Virginia” at 4101 Nine Mile Road, VA. This address matches the address where I was sending the Newsletter to since before 2004.) ****************************************************************************** Dear James,------I have no idea where I stand with dues, so I’m sending you a check to use as necessary. I hope you are well. I want to thank you for all the work you do for the good of the Haynsworth crew. I am extremely proud to be a member of that crew. Fair Winds and Following Seas……. //s// John Brockman MM3/c 63-66

USS Haynsworth Newsletter REUNION OFFICERS NEWSLETTER BOARD MEMBERS (3) ( p-2) PRESIDENT EDITOR Harvey N. Bailey (60-62 RD3) James F. Horn (58-60 RD3) Jack L. Gross (’62-’64 EM1/c) 6601 Chestnut Grove Highway 2 Surrey Court 206 S.W. 24th Street Luthersburg, PA 15848-5014 Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 Oak Grove, MO 64075-8300 (814) 583-7535 (717) 263-8090 (816) 690-8778 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

SECRETARY WEB MASTER James T. Schreffler (56-59 BT3) ) James M. Murphy (57-62 SM3) Howard R. Doble (50-52 FN) 6921 Somerset Street 1545 14th Court 4081 Section House Road # R Harrisburg, PA 17111-5251 Vero Beach, FL 32960-3609 Hickory, NC 28601-9393 [email protected] (772) 562-3524 (828) 256-8128 [email protected] www.usshaynsworth.com Raymond G. Wolf (’50-’54 BM2) [email protected] 7800 West Vern Drive TREASURER Muncie, IN 47302-8820 James F. Horn (58-60 RD3) SHIP’s STORE CLERK (765) 759-9547 2 Surrey Court [email protected] Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 James F. Horn (58-60 RD3) (717) 263-8090 (cell) 717-377-2843 (same as Treasurer) [email protected] ********************************************************************************************* ****

TAPS (Made known to us since April, 2014 issue) Name Rate/Rank Time Aboard City/State Date of Passing HUMMEL, FRANCIS D. YN2 1945 to 1946 Cabery, IL March 6, 2014 DONOVAN, JOHN M. LT(jg) 1953 to 1955 Short Hills, NJ December 24, 2013 JOHNSON, ROGER E. LT(jg) 1952 to 1953 Pittsburg, PA August 05, 2012 KOSLOSKI, LEON M. MM1/c 1944 to 1945 Alhambra, CA May 24, 2009 OWEN, DONALD F. ENS 1951 to 1952 Clarkston, GA December 30, 2013 WALTERS, HAROLD L. SHB 1952 to 1955 Carrolton, OH October 25, 2013 PICKENS, ARTHUS C. F1/c 1944 to 1946 Wheeler, IL June 26, 2014 NEWSLETTER EDITOR and TREASURER NOTES First I would like to thank all you shipmates for sending in your letters, stories, and pictures. It takes a lot of input from all of you to fill the pages of “your” Haynsworth newsletter. I look forward to continuing to receive any and all correspondence from the Crew/ Family and Friends. I know there must be many memories that touch you, and the shipmates that served with you at the same time, that have not as yet been published. Please continue to send in your memories, Thank you. As for shipmates that have an e- mail address, but have never received any e-mail correspondence from me means that you have never informed me of your address. Please, if you have E-mail let me know even if you still want the printed newsletter. Thank you, Editor. Treasurer’s Notes: A three 1/2 year comparison on total dues receipts versus number of average dues payers per payer: Year: Number of Dues Payers: Total Dues Income: Average Amount per dues payer 2011 124 $ 3,063.00 $ 24.70 2012 99 $ 2,560.00 $ 25.86 2013 86 $ 2,478.00 $ 28.81 2014 (as of June. 30) 48 $ 2,231.00 $ 46.48 Chart shows that while # of payers and income are declining, the average amount per payer is increasing. A hearty BRAVO ZULU to all who have stepped up to a voluntary increase in contribution. This dramatic increase in the average assures that the current 3X/year Newsletter will be sustained. With the increase in postal rates it now costs $0.70 to mail a newsletter at first class +, (3 ounces). The average of 420 newsletters costs $294.00 X 3 year is $882.00. Cost of printing 420 is $396.79 X3 = $1,190.37. The total cost of print and mail 3X a year is $2,072.37. Add to that the two inserts that are produced on site at a cost of approximately $100 3X year ($300.00) equals ($2,372.37 for total cost per year.

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USS HAYNSWORTH DD-700 FOUL WEATHER JACKET RAFFLE/PURCHASE Lettering is embroidered, not stenciled. Includes DD-700 Patch sewn on right. Jacket is Official issue. Your name, (as you want it), will be personalized above the left pocket. Cost of raffle ticket is $5.00 ea. and will be drawn after 38 more tickets are sold. Cost to purchase a jacket is $300.00, ($30.00 is returned to our organization). You need not be present at reunion to win. Winner will be contacted for size and personalization, and shipping information. Please fill in below. NAME:______Circle Size: Only Med. Lrg. and XL sizes available ADDRESS:______Indicate name to be embroidered above left pocket, (Include rank/rate if desired) CITY:______ZIP:______(X)______***************************************************************************** Please indicate ‘eggs’ or no ‘eggs on your order or raffle ticket purchase.

DD-700 BALL CAP: 1 Chance: $0. PLATE 25 LICENCE FRAME: 1 Chance $0.25 Number of Chances:______(circle,eggs or no eggs) Number of hances:______TOTAL for CAP: $______TOTAL for FRAME: $______Purchase Price: $11.00 (Includes Shipping). Purchase Price: $13.00 (Includes Shipping). *************************************************************************************** SEND ALL REQUESTS FOR THESE RAFFLES TO ADDRESS BELOW Back by popular demand is the 2014 Reunion Clock. This clock was enthusiastically hailed when first shown in the December 2011 Newsletter. It is 20”H X 16”W. The “Americana” plays 18 tunes and 6 Christmas melodies. The clock also has a light sensor so after dark the music will not play. On the hour, the clock face opens up and reveals a revolving patriotic display. There is an open window at the bottom revealing a pendulum. To cover cost, 175 tickets at $2 ea., needs to be sold. Mail money for tickets (amount + number) to: James F. Horn [email protected] 2 Surrey Court

Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 (717) 263-8090

USS Haynsworth Newsletter MAIL BAG (July, 2014 page 10)

(received, Nov. 2013 f/ Jack, (EM3 62-64) and Sherry Gross) Dear Jim and Chris ------We really had a great time at the D.C. reunion. We got to see everything that wasn’t there 20 years ago when we last went there! Speaking of seeing things, we did go to New York City on Monday, and Jack drove right down to Ground ‘Zero’! It was really scary but the traffic wasn’t as bad as everyone had told us it would be! We saw everything I wanted to see; ground zero, the Statue of Liberty, and the Empire State Building. We drove through Times Square and 42nd and Broadway to see all the shows played there now. It was a trip of a lifetime ‘cause I know we’ll never be back! Those biker’s that beat-up that man in that SUV after he panicked and ran over one of the bikers- we never knew it happened and we were all in Manhatten! Mainley, Jack will never pay $50.00 to park the car for three hours, and taxies honked at us every second we were driving around! Enough about us. You did a wonderful job in DC and we loved it. We can’t wait ‘til next year. We don’t care if you pick a barn somewhere! God Bless always, ------//s// Jackie and Sherry ****************************************************************************** (Rec’d, Jun. 17, 2014 f/ George (Steve) Fanning, MR2 55-57 Dwight, IL ) Good Morning jim,-----Got your phone message. Sorry for the delay as we were out of town. (note: I called Steve to let him know that the latest e-mailing of “This day in Haynsworth History” was returned to me as undeliverable. Steve sent me his new addresses.) I am sending a check for annual dues through ‘snail-mail’. Really enjoy the Haynsworth Newsletter. Keep up the good work. (Ed. Note: Thanks Steve) (Ed. Comment: I take this opportunity to urge all shipmates and all who receive the Haynsworth News’tr whether by e-mail or ‘snail mail’ to keep me up to date on any changes to either your e-mail and/or home addresse’s. Each issue I send out always results in receiving ‘undeliverable as addressed’ from both the Post Office and my e-mail server. Just this week I received four e-mail returns when I sent out the latest “This Day in Haynsworth History”. Some of those returns were from shipmates that only see the Newsletter in the “E” format. So, PLEASE, send me your new e-addresses or you will ne receive this issue of the newsletter. This applies also to home addresse’s, if your home address has changed and I cannot find Your new address, your Newsletter ends. (Over the years, many shipmates no longer receive the newsletter due to postal returns. Jim, Newsletter editor.) *************************** Steve continued with a following ‘snail mail’ letter on June 18.-----Hi Jim, Enclosed, please find check for current Haynsworth dues. I especially enjoy the Haynsworth newsletter, keeping up with old shipmates and all. You and your crew do an outstanding job. It’s gotta be very interesting and lots of fun. Once again, Thank Yoy and keep up the great work. //s// Steve Fanning MR2 1954-1957 [email protected] *********************************************************************************** (Rec’d May 5, 2014 f/ Terry A. Schneider IC3 58-61, Loveland, CO [email protected] ) Hi jim,-----Sorry my dues are late, but I have had a heck of a time trying to make out a check for only twenty or so dollars. Therefore, I thought of something else. I hope it is OK with you. I’m sending a check to take care of my dues for the next six years, 2014 through 2019. I really like getting the Haynsworth Newsletter.-----Thanks, Terry (ED. Note: Thank You Terry! By the way, it just came to my mind that there is another Haynsworth Shipmate that lives in Loveland, his name is Thomas B. Scott. He penned a letter in this issue starting on page 4 of this issue in case you missed it. Jim) ********************************************************************************** MANY HAVE ASKED ABOUT THE Phrase’ “Fair Winds and Following Sea’s” meaning:

May the Lord fill our sails with fair wind, Support our hulls in inviting seas, Guide our hands upon the tiller toward pleasant places, And bring us home, O Lord, to a safe and loving harbor.”

USS Haynsworth Newsletter SECOND DIVISION, 1950-1952 Yokosuka, Japan

(Rows) I II III William Lambert Sn (NC) Charles Skinner Fn (RI) R. Gordon Wolf BM2 (IN) Frederick Beach Sn James Cattrett BM3 (SC) John Kiely BM3 (MA) Albert Jesse Sn (MO)* Harold Hughes Sn (CT) Donald Hill SA (GA) Thomas Tsaldaris SA Raymond Anchors Sn Andrew DeJoy Sn (NY) Burns (No further information) Marino,(Mariner?) SA Jessie Buchanon Sn Robert Williams SA Wesley (no information) Robert Marcum Sn Raymond Scott FN Donald Reiling SA Howard Ledger Sn Robert Wolf TCM Charles Ames BM1 John Talbot SA James Glaze GM2 Leroy Beck SA John Tatara SA Lloyd Baker SA (NC) Francis Kern CSSn (NY) Walter McLaren FA Fred Barr Sn (PA) Vernon Mosier TM2 Wallace Wolf PN3 Robert Palfrey Sn William Saluski GM2 Roy Marsico GM3 Joseph Marrone SnGM (NY) Jerry Whorrall SA (IN) Donald Gochenour Sn (MO) Loren Burnett SA (GA) Russell Ogden Sn (DE) Anthony Monteleone Sn Leo Mize SA Spineer? (no information) Orville Payne SA James Evers Sn John Landry Sn Everette Davis SA Donnie Anspaugh Sn

USS Haynsworth Newsletter MAIL BAG (July 2014) Page 14 (Rec’d 5/4/2014 f/ Norm (Dutch) Schultz EM2 44-45 (Pontiac, IL) Jim,-----Enclosed is my check for dues. Sounds like the next reunion will also be a good one. I enjoy reading the MAIL BAG. Brings back things that I have forgotten. I still don’t have E-mail, sorry. Shipmate ‘Bud’ Hummell, YN2/c 44-45, passed away on March 6, 2014, Cabery, IL. That’s only about 20 miles from me. He and his wife attended two reunions. Keep up the good work Jim. //s// Norm “Dutch” Schultz ************************************************************************************ (Rec’d April 27, 2014 f/ Malcolm H. Kenyon, LT 69-70, (Bellingham, WA) [email protected] Dear Jim,------Please find enclosed my check for 2014 dues. Your newsletter sometimes seems my last contact with the outside world and certainly is my one remaining tie to Navy days. They seem like just yesterday but to the people around me, just as remote as the days of sail and coal burning battleships. As a practicing curmudgeon, I much prefer receiving the paper newsletter to that new fangled cybernetic thing-a-ma-bob. My best to you and Thanks., //s// Malcolm Kenyon ************************************************************************************ (Rec’d 5/5/2014 f/ Marty Irons, author of “Phalanx against a Divine Wind”. Jim,------Attached is a photo of Clifford Heob SM3 44-45 Killed in action 4/6/1945. He and Harold Dempsey TM1/c, were at their general quarters station in the starboard twin 40mm clipping room (#41 mount). Dempsey survived with burns when he exited the clipping room but Hoeb was killed when he tripped over the phone wires hidden by smoke. He fell to the main deck and broke his neck. His death was instantaneous. Clifford’s nephews and niece reside in Missouri. //s// Marty Clifford Heob, KIA 4/6/45

************************************************************************************** (Rec’d 6/3/2014 f/ Marty Irons) Attached is a photo of one of the Haynsworth’s three pharmscist’s mates, Kenneth Jones Jr. PhM2/c Jones came aboard on September 3, 1944. He had fractured vertebrae from being near kamikaze’s impact near his battle station. He was awarded the Purple heart. During the Korean war, Jones was recalled and served again on the Haynsworth. //s// Marty Kenneth Jones Jr. (D: January, 1986)

USS Haynsworth Newsletter USS HAYNSWORTH (DD-700) REUNION COMMITTEE FINANCIAL REPORT for 2nd Quarter 4/1/2014) to 6/30/2014

Balance forward from 1st Quarter Financial Report, 3/31/2014------$ 16,484.08 INCOME from: 4/1/2014 to 6/30/2014 Dues: (27) Shipmates ------$1720.00 Ship Store sales (Mail in) (3)------$ 63.00 2014 Reunion Raffle’s (3)------$ 57.00 2014 Reunion Reservations, (2)------$ 456.00

TOTAL INCOME 4/1/2014 to 6/30/2014:------$ 2,251.00

EXPENSES from: 4/1/2014 to 6/30/2014 Storage Shelf for records/ship store inventory and office supplies------$ 84.78 2014 Reunion Clock includes tax------$348.35 Print (430) April, 2014 USS Haynsworth Newsletter------$396.79 (Note: Stamps were bought 10/2013 to avoid postal increase in 1/2014) 25 Ink cartridges for printer to print NL inserts (860)------$112.50 Mail ship store sales and purchase 1000 one cent stamps------$ 21.65

TOTAL EXPENSES from: 4/1/2014 to 6/3/2014------$ 964.07

1st Q 2014 Bal.($ 16,484.08) plus Income 4/1/2014 to 6/30/2014------$ 18,780.08 Minus Expenses, ($ 964.07) 4/1/2014 to 6/30/2014.------$ 17,816.01

Bank Balance on 6/30/2014------$ 17,816.01

TREASURER’S COMMENT’S Total Dues Income for: 2013 = $2,428.00; 2012 = $2,560.00; 2011 = $3,063.00

As can be seen from above, the number of payers is in a steady decline. This is mainly due to the passing of many of our shipmates who regularly supported the monetary operation and participation in our annual reunions. As this steady decline will only increase in the out years, I ask that all shipmates who have access to E-mail and also opted to continue receiving the hard copy newsletter to consider opting for the E-newsletter exclusively. I completely understand that some with E- mail do not have printer availability and still prefer the hard copy. I respect that and will continue mailing to you as you wish. Also, in this report, I would like for those who have an E-mail address and have never received a e-mail from me to please send me a brief e-mail so I can communicate with you. THANK YOU (I currently have 205 e-addresses’ and mail hard copy to 420) Respectfully submitted, //s// James F. Horn, Treasurer 2 Surrey Court Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 (717) 263-8090 [email protected] **************************************************************************** From the USS Haynsworth Reunion Committee, Thanks to all Dues paying and Reunion Supporting Shipmates for your continuing support. REMINDER, 2014 DUES are Requested by 31 January 2014 We all hope to see you at the 2014 Reunion! (Make all checks payable to: USS Haynsworth Reunion Committee)

USS Haynsworth Newsletter USS Haynsworth Newsletter THIS DAY IN USS HAYNSWORTH HISTORY--MEMORIAL DAY On this Memorial Day, we Honor the victims of the April 6, 1945 kamikaze attack and all Haynsworth veterans who have passed on. (*) designates ‘Plank owner’ April 6, 1945 * Walter DeLoach GM2/c, gun captain of the starboard twin 40mm guns. The Georgia native was just 20 years old when he was killed.

* Joseph Patrick Lenihan S1/c, Just 17 years old, Joseph was a first generation Irish American from a large New York City family. He served as an ammunition passer on the twin 40mm mount.

Clifford Heob SM3, from St. Mary’s, Missouri. He planned to return south and buy some land after the war. The tall freckled 19 year old never got the chance.

* John F. Knott S1/c was a 31 year old native of Maryland. John left behind a wife and young son, John Jr.

* William R. Kubena S1/c, The 20 year old hailed from western Pennsylvania.

* Hobart M. MacLaughlan S1/c of Machias, Maine, moved from the 40mm gun sponson to the ladder behind it as the kamikaze targeted the ship. His actions forced Frank Lembo to seek safety elsewhere. Lembo moved towards the port twin 40mm mount. MacLaughlan’s action allowed Lembo to live.

* Earnest W. Satterly S1/c of Meadowbrook, NY, was an identical twin. He had to fight to enlist in the Navy when Navy and Army doctors initially rejected him. His brother, Charles, also in the Navy in the Atlantic theater , survived the war. (Ed. Note: Charles is a regular recipient of the Haynsworth newsletter.)

All were buried at sea in late afternoon on April 7, 1945. Haynsworth’s 25 year old Executive Officer, LT Cdr. Scott Lothrop, led the service.

April 7, 1945--Wounded USS Haynsworth sailors that died aboard the USS South Dakota: * Barton N. Campbell, Chief Radioman CRM, a twenty four year old Ohio native, was the last sailor to succumb to his wounds.

John R. Dyer RM3, was buried at sea by the USS South Dakota’s Catholic Chaplain, Cdr. James F. Cunningham. The upstate New Yorker was nineteen years old. Before the war, Dyer had worked as a telegrapher for the railroad.

* Arthur A. Goyer RM2, of Troy, NY, was also committed to the deep by Father Cunningham. Arthur had dreamed of returning home and becoming a postman.

Bernice R. Holiman RM2, was a twenty five year old native of Arkansas.

* Robert D. Matschat S1/c was an eighteen year old member of the twin 40mm gun crew. Hi brother, Paul, GM3/c served aboard the USS LCS 36. Both Matschats were present for the invasion of Iwo Jima in February of 1945.

“May these souls and all the departed USS Haynsworth Crew

REST IN PEACE, AMEN

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RESERVATION FORM for USS HAYNSWORTH (DD-700) Page 1 of 2 25th ANNUAL REUNION Baton Rouge, Louisiana October 2 to 5, 2014 Hotel Reservations must be made separately in advance of, Monday, August 25, 2014. After September 1, 2014, reservations will be accepted on a space/date availability basis. Inform Hotel that you are with the USS Haynsworth DD-700 Party. Use Group Code: “HAY” Holiday Inn-South, Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport 9940 Airline Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70816 Local Reservation Number (Directly to Hotel)------1-(225) 924-7021 (Main Phone) Fax Number------1-(225) 924-9816 Room Rate. (includes all taxes and city occupancy fee, and Breakfast Buffet------$101.81 For those driving: Parking is complimentary. For those Flying in, see page 2 of 2 in News Letter. Check-in 3:00PM. Check-out 12:00 Noon, (They will do their best to accommodate early arrival on space avail.)

Name: ______Rank/Rate Aboard DD-700: ______Years Served aboard, 19_____to 19_____ Street Address: ______City: ______Phone,also cell if applicable: ______Cell:______E-Mail Address: ______Names and Relationship(s) ______of persons attending with you: ______

2014 ANNUAL DUES are $20.00,( if not already paid)...... $______(NOTE: Early Birds MUST arrive on Wednesday October 1, 2014) THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2014 (Early Bird Tour) Hollywood Casino, Buffet and Gambling------$12.00 P/P (X)------=Total $______Boutins Cajun Resturant---(includes Bus transportation)------$38.00 P/P (X)------=Total $______See page 2 of 2 for additional information. We need 12to schedule this tour. ENTER your entrée selection(s) below. CIRCLE YOUR ENTRÉE SELECTION(s) from menu on page-12 1 2 3 4 5 IF YOU and Guest order the same, enter #here.

FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2014 Cajun Pride Swamp Tour with Swamp Side/Picnic---(includes Bus)------$31.00 P/P (X)______= Total:$______Lunch is NOT included in price. Tour National WWII Museum------(includes Transportation)------$40.00 P/P (X)______= Total:$______See page 2 of 2 for more detailed information. SATURDAY, Oct. 4. 2014 USS KIDD Memorial Tour (includes Transportation)------$28.00 P/P. (X)______= Total:$______

SATURDAY, ANNUAL BANQUET with CAJUN Dancers, 10/4/2014 (Note: 1 Guest per registration form is free) Cash Bar: 6:00PM to 7:00PM, Banquet at 7:00PM to 10:00PM. Entre’es served with Fresh Green salad, Rolls/Coffee/Tea. Applies to any of the 3 Entre’es CHICKEN ALFREDO over Penne Pasta ------$19.00 P/P, (X)______=Total:$______8 oz RIB EYE STEAK------$22.00 P/P, (X)______=Total:$______SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN & SAUSAGE------$18.00 P/P, (X )_____=Total:$______(Meals Include Taxes and Gratuity and Chefs’ choice of vegetable and Dessert) SUNDAY FAREWELL BREAKFAST, October 5, 2014. TRADITIONAL FAREWELL BREAKFAST BUFFET------$ 9.00 P/P, (X)______=Total:$______(Note: Sunday Breakfast is not included in your hotel reservation. GRAND TOTAL (Please, only one check. Total for: dues(if applicable).Tours and Banquet------$______

Send completed Form to: James F. Horn (For any shipmate that cannot print this form, call me or send 2 Surrey Court me info for the “blanks” and I will fill out for you.) Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 Tele: (717) 263-8090USS Haynsworth NewsletterE-Mail: [email protected] , Cell: (717) 372-0855 Make checks payable to: USS HAYNSWORTH REUNION COMMITTEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION for Reunion. See Page 2 of 2 on page 15 of newsletter.

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E-NEWSLETTER BONUS PAGE- 4 The following photo’s are from the personal collection of R. Gordon Wolf BM2 1950/1954.

************************************************************************************** Photo’s courtesy of James T. Schreffler, BT3 1956 to 1959 No name attached to this.

(Editors request: Call for shipmates/Family/Friends of DD-700 to send in photo’s relevant to USS Haynsworth. Send photo’s to: [email protected] or to: 2 Surrey Court I will return mailed photo’s at your request. Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 I cannot promise that every photo will appear in a future newsletter, but every effort will be made to do so. Thank you. Remember, this is is your newsletter. Jim

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Acropolis, Athens Greece either 1958 or 1959

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E-NEWSLETTER BONUS PAGE - 6 July 2014 *********************************************************************************** Photo’s courteous of Constantino (GUS) Scutari, Firecontrolman 1st class, 1944 to 1945 GUS is looking for any information on Katonis. Send any information to me and I will pass on to Gus. Thanks.

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************************************************************************************* Photo’s Courtesy of Joseph H. Gentesse, ET2 1950 to 1953. Liberty in Charleston, SC Joe & Thomas J. Melitt RM2 50-52 Danvers, MA & James D. Daneker, ETNC 50-52

WILD LIBERTY - Med Cruise 1952 Joe Gentesse,(1st left) Tom Mellitt (2nd right)

Photo Courtesy of James t. Schreffler BT3 56-59

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******************************************************************************************** There has been a suggestion made that at some future time, consideration be given to expanding the scope of our reunions to include other ships in the squadron(s) USS Haynsworth shared. The WWII of course was ‘Destroyer Squadron 62’ described above. Post WWII Haynsworth was assigned to DESRON 22/DESDIV 222. We might consider opening a exploratory discussion at this year’s reunion. Such a move would entail considerable effort in coordinating such a change. I suggest it begin in the form of Board of Directors/ Officers of the USS Haynsworth Reunion Committee. Jim

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