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1946 War diary of the U.S.S. Blue, 744

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Recommended Citation , "War diary of the U.S.S. Blue, Destroyer 744" (1946). World War Regimental Histories. 144. http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/144

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United States Navy during World War II. It is

a story of the life of the ..L -.J I: from the

time of her launching in in November,

1943, to the end of the war in Bay in Sep­

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C»N NovEMBER 30, 1943, the Thus, it was a salty group which turned northward the destroyer Blue was launched in next day to launch the initial assaults .on and the the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, . The opening of the Philippine Campaign in Staten Island, New York. She September, 1944, was the beginning of combat experi­ went into commission on March 20, 1944, in the New ence for the Blue. York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, with nineteen After a month of striking the Japs in the Philippine officers and 3 3 5 enlisted men aboard. , the was temporarily detached from the task The Blue was one of the first 2,200 ton super- force for special duty trips to , Eniwetok, Saipan, to be commissioned in the navy, and was named after the and . Ulithi, in the West Caroline Island, became the 1,500 ton U.S. S. Blue (DD387), which was sunk in the fleet anchorage and was used as such for seven months. Solomon Islands Campaign in 1943. The first Blue was There, in October, the Blue joined the eight other de­ named in honor of the late Admiral Victor Blue and his stroyers of her , "DESRON 61." son, - John Stuart Blue, who was Sixty-One was assigned to Task killed in action in the South Pacific. Force 3 8/ 5 8 for duty in November, 1944. That month, In April, the Blue went to for a month shake­ and the month following, the launched re­ down cruise, after which she returned to New York for peated air strikes against and Formosa in support alterations. On July 6, she left New York for Norfolk, of the Philippine invasions. On December 19, off Luzon, Virginia. There she joined another destroyer, a destroyer­ the were caught in a violent typhoon in which three escort, and the Ranger, with whom she destroyers, the , Spence, and Monaghan were sunk. steamed to Pearl Harbor, by way of the Panama Canal. The Blue was so badly damaged that she had to return The ship was in the Canal Zone two days. Upon leaving to Ulithi for repairs. Panama, during the morning of July 16, she entered The ship was ready for sea early in January, in time Pacific waters and steered a course for . After for the Third Fleet's daring thrust into the South three days in port at San Diego, she departed from the Sea. The fleet steamed through the Bashi Channel, be­ United States bound for the combat areas of the Western tween Luzon and Formosa, and turned southward to Pacific. The date was July 28, 1944. strike shipping and military installations along the French The first stop out of the states was Pearl Harbor. There Indo-China Coast. These strikes were followed by air the Blue left the Ranger and proceeded in company with attacks on and Canton, but further air opera­ three other carriers, the Intrepid, Enterprise, and Inde­ tions were halted by adverse weather conditions. In the pendence, to Eniwetok Atoll, which was the fleet anchor­ center of the , the fleet was caught again age at that time. in a typhoon. In this storm, the Blue was damaged worse At Eniwetok, the Blue joined the fighting units of the than before, so she limped through the Mindoro Surigao fleet in the powerful carrier Task Force 58, with whom Straits, in the Philippines, back to Ulithi for more re­ -I she operated during the remaining twelve months of the pairs. war. Task Force 58 (and alternately T. F. 38, when Ad­ After two weeks alongside a destroyer. tender in Ulithi, miral Halsey was present as Commander Third Fleet) was the ship was ready for action again. She got underway composed of the newest and fastest ships in the United with Task Force 58 in February to conduct the First and States Navy, a few of which were the "fighting Ladies" Second Carrier Attacks on , which were supporting Hornet, Wasp, Intrepid, Bunker Hill, Essex, Lexington, strikes for the invasion of I wo Jima. The task force pro­ Franklin, Randolph, and Ticonderoga; the vided air cover for the marines on lwo until the beginning ~ New Jersey, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, , of March, at which time the ships returned to Ulithi to Alabama, , and South Dakota; plus dozens of prepare themselves for one of the most difficult battles in , and more than one hundred destroyers. which the navy has ever fought, i. e., the Okinawa Cam­ Three days after Task Force 58 sortied from Eniwetok, paign. it crossed the equator. Neptunus Rex and his trusty The Blue participated in the Okinawa Campaign from shellbacks initiated many lowly pollywogs while the ships March 15 to June 5. In support of the invasion and cap­ were in his royal domain of Latitude 00-00 degrees. ture of Okinawa, the Blue fired shore bombardments on Okino Daito Shima and Minami Daito Shima and shot After V-J Day, the ship moved into the large Jap down several Jap planes. The aircraft were all suicide naval base at . Two weeks there gave the crew planes, the type which sank or damaged over two hun­ time to visit Yokohama, Yokosuka, and Tokyo, and pro­ dred ships of the fleet. cure many Japanese souvenirs for themselves. Then the The Okinawa Campaign ended for the Blue on June 5, long awaited trip back home began with the carrier a day in which the task force had retired southeast of Ticonderoga, the Tucson, and the destroyer Mad­ Okinawa to refuel from tankers. It was during that day dox. On October 5, 194 5, the group steamed under the that twenty-one of the ships were damaged in a devastat­ Golden Gate Bridge in . ing typhoon. The Blue was one of the ships damaged. An­ The ship stayed in San Francisco until after Navy Day, other was the cruiser Pittsburgh; she lost her entire bow. October 27, when she moved to Breme~ton, Washington, The Blue was ordered to escort the tug which towed the for overhaul in the navy yard. It was during the overhaul Pittsburgh's bow to Guam. After a week with the "Suburb that this book was compiled. It was published in Seattle, of Pittsburgh," towed at a speed of only three knots, the in January, 1946, when the ship was twenty-two months Blue was relieved by another destroyer so that she could old. During those months she has had two commanding proceed to for repairs. officers, Lot Ensey, USN (pictured on the left), A destroyer tender in Leyte Gulf repaired the storm who was skipper from commissioning until May, 1945; damage to the ship in time for her to get underway with and Commander Louis A. Bryan, USN (pictured on the the Third Fleet on July 1 for the final naval operation right), who relieved Captain Ensey and was still in com­ of the war. The men aboard the ship did not realize then mand at the time of the publication of this book. that the next port which they were to enter would be In January, the ship was under orders to return to the Tokyo Bay. During July and August the carrier groups Western Pacific for peacetime patrol duty, presumably launched continual strikes against the home islands of the on the China Station based in Shanghai. She returned to Japanese Empire, particularly Honshu and Hokkaido. For foreign duty with a great war record. She is credited with these operations T. F. 38 was joined by carriers, battle­ sinking three enemy ships, shooting down four enemy ships, cruisers, and destroyers of the British . planes, capturing an enemy , participating in On July 22, by orders of Admiral Halsey, "DESRON two shore bombardments, sinking eleven enemy mines, 61" was temporarily detached from its duty of screening and rescuing eighteen carrier pilots and air crewmen from the carriers. The squadron was directed to make a high the sea. She has earned the American Theater Ribbon, the speed anti-shipping sweep into Sagami Wan, the entrance Pacific Theater Ribbon with six battle stars, the Philip­ to Tokyo Bay. While entering the Wan in column at pine Liberation Ribbon with one star, and the World War II Victory Ribbon. thirty knots, the ships spotted a Jap shortly be­ fore midnight and immediately opened fire with torpedoes Thus, these two pages of narrative have told the his­ and five-inch . The Blue was credited with assisting tory of the ship in words; the other pages of the book in the sinking of three Jap ships in this engagement. tell the story in pictures. Five pages, however, contain "DESRON 61" was the first group of surface vessels to neither a narrative nor pictures, but they tell far more penetrate "the mouth of the dragon." than either. Those pages contain the names of all the offi­ Other units followed to bombard Honshu with sixteen­ cers and men who have served aboard the ship from the inch guns; the B-29's and carrier planes continued to time of her commissioning in 1944 to the publishing of rain death on the homeland night and day; declared this book in 1946. On the Blue, as on any other ship, it war on Japan; the atomic bombs were dropped; and as a is the men who sail the ship that make her what she is. result the enemy sued for peace on August 15. At that It is not the steel and iron which make the ship, but the time the Third Fleet was operating about one hundred men's thoughts, and sweat, and ideals, and courage, and miles from Tokyo, off the coast of Honshu. Jap armies, pride. They make the ship; they are the ship. and ships, and planes began surrendering to the forces of the United States. On August 27, the largest submarine y Capt. L. Ensey, USN Capt. L. A. Bryan, USN in the world, the Japanese I-400, surrendered to the Blue south of Hokkaido. The prize crew from the ship which went aboard the sub to take it into port found that the I-400 carried three seaplanes in addition to her full com­ plement of torpedoes and anti-aircraft guns. The ship was proud that one of her last acts in the war was the capture of the enemy's largest underseas monster. The following week she steamed into Tokyo Bay on V-J Day, September 2, 1945, after being at sea for sixty-three consecutive days. The ship was anchored only a thousand yards from the Missouri aboard which the surrender was signed. During the ceremony, an armada of army and navy planes, in a spectacular display of air power, flew over the mass of Allied ships anchored in the bay.

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•• I.. ~ ••• =I Splash one Jap ... Burning on the water is the first plane shot down by the Blu e . .. In the foreground is the circular wake of a bomb which the plane attempted to drop on the ship.

A suicide plane gets through the ack-ack to a carrier just a few hundred yards from the Blue. \ -

TORPEDOES ... ready for firing ...... firing!

AT HIGH SPEED ... taking spray over the bow. The Japanese submarine 1-400, off Honshu, Japan .

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(below) The prize crew of the Blue boarding the 1-400, the largest submarine in the world. The 1-400 carried 160 men and 21 officers. Her armament included twenty torpedoes and three seaplanes.

(Above) Above the of the Japanese submarine are three antennae, the Japanese ensign, and a black surrender pennant.

(Right) Under the flag of the Rising Sun the men from the Blue inspect one of the Jap anti-aircraft machine guns. TYPHOONS!

In heavy the Blue rolls below the waves and .. .

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The deck crew gets thor­ oughly soaked while fuel­ ing from a tanker in rough weather. / =I

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USS TAUSSIG USS BRUSH t The four other shi ps in the squadron, which are not pictured above, are the USS DeHaven (DD 7 27) , USS tvl ansfie ld I DD 7 28) , USS tvladdox I DD 7 31 ) , and USS tvloore (DD 747 ).

Other " running mates" of the Blue were the carrier-based fighter planes which were a Iways overhead to protect the ships of the fleet. f

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' ' '• . I Pi.::ture 8ket.::he§ of I.ife -".boHrd the Blue

Exploding a Japanese mine Receiving depth charges at sea Receiving provisions at sea by rifl e fire. from an . from a .

Rescuing a pilot in his rubber life raft.

Three minutes after this American aviator was shot down by Jap planes, he was safe aboard the Blue. occupation of Japan.

Loading torpedoes in the tubes.

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A battleship and destroyer fueling at sea. CROSSING THE EQUATOR

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"~!' "' - ,, --·. .. ' . The Royal Court of Neptunus Rex re­ ceiving lowly polly­ wogs of the Blue into his domain and duly ini tiating them into the Roya l Order of T rusty Shellbacks.

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A pollywog is sentenced to the stocks by the Royal Court.

Newly initiated shellbacks display the unmerciful work of the Roya l Barber. PORT ROUTINE

Destroyers alongside a tender.

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~ The Blue entering a floating drydock for repairs.

(Below, right) Airing the signal flags.

(Below) Church services, by both officers and men, being broadcast throughout the ship. Liberty

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The men form a line to receive their ration of beer.

Enjoying a beer party " Pacific style." The ball players, Chiefs and Officers, after the big game.

On Island, in the Philippines, the Chiefs challenged the Officers to a baseball A picnic lunch of sandwiches and beer followed game. (Left) Captain Bryan at bat. the game. r------.--

Bracketed in the 40mm. guns of the Blue is Mount Fujiyama.

The battered Jap battleship Nagato which was in Tokyo Bay when the Third Fleet arrived. (Right) The signing of the surrender by the Japanese repre­ s£ntatives aboard the battleship Missouri, under the watchful eyes of General MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz, and other Al li ed military and naval leaders.

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Yokosuka Naval Base (on Honshu, Japan ) where the ~ Blue was anchored for two weeks. TOKYO STREET SCENES

A liberty party from the Blue poses for a picture in the heart of the Japanese capital.

Downtown Tokyo two weeks after V -J Day.

A Japanese policeman and a laborer look toward the grounds of the Imperial Palace. A Japanese theater OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY

Officers and the crew assembled on the forecastle of the ship.

The following officers were aboard The following officers reported Ens. ]. K. H augan, USNR thP shijJ for duty when she was aboard the ship for duty, subse­ Ens. E. R. Sharpe, USNR commissioned March 20, 1944: Ens. F. G. King, USNR quent to the date of commission­ Ens. D. H. T urp, USNR Captain L. Ensey, USN ing: Ens. C. A. Salassi, USNR Lt.-Comdr. D. Johnston, Jr., USN Comdr. L. A. Bryan, USN Ens. M. T. Ford, USNR Lt.-Comdr. C. R. Lockwood, USNR Comdr. H . S. Graves, USN Ens. F. E. Ganzlmar, USN R Lt.-Comdr. M. B. Sellers, USNR Lt.-Comdr. Huber, USN ''·Mach. ]. W . Hampston, USN Lt.-Comdr. C. Taylor, USNR Lieut. M. D. Gastrock, USN ''"Rdo. Elect. B. W. Jennings, USN Lt.-Comdr. ]. ]. Rowan, USN Lieut. P. H . Owen, Jr., USNR ''·Bosn. D. W. Maitland, USNR Lieut. R. C. Tolerton, USN Lt. (jg) L. R. Frederick, USNR Lieut. R. F. Daniel, USNR Lt. (jg) ]. M. Prewitt, USN The following offi cers reported Lieut. C. W. Place, Jr., USNR Lt. (jg) G. T. Randall, USN aboard the ship for squadron or Lieut. H . ]. Blaskowski, USNR Lt. (jg) W . G. Eaton, Jr., USNR Lt. (jg) R. Sorensen, USN staff duty : Lt. (jg) W. E. H oman, (MC), USNR Lt. (jg) C. C. Collie, Jr., USNR Lt. (jg) F. D. Mayhoffer, USNR Capt. B. F. Brown, USN Lt. (jg) R. M. Lenox, USNR Ens. H. H. Landon, USNR Capt. C. K. Bergin, USN Lt. (jg) G. ]. Stephan, USNR Ens. E. A. Nelson, Jr., USNR Capt. R. J . Archer, USN Lt. (jg) W. H. Allen, USNR Ens. R. P. Beaman, Jr., USNR Lieut. T . R. Beal, USNR Lt. (jg) D. D. Lundquist, USN Ens. ]. G. MacDonald, (SC) , USNR Lieut. ]. Nonamaker, USNR Lt. (jg) M. W . Walton, USN Lieut. K. T. Chandler, (MC), USNR Ens. P. G. Garrity, USNR Lt. (jg) ]. B. Collinson, USNR Lt. (jg) E. G. Byer, (SC), USNR * ( Aho,lrd the ship nf time nf Commissioning in Enlisted Status . ) • The following men were aboard Conrad, Herbert A., Cox., USNR Haggart, Donald D., Sllc, USNR the ship for duty when ·she was Conrey, Harry J., GM21 c, USNR Haggart, Stanley M., SM3/c, USNR Hammond, Charles 0., S2/c, USNR commissioned: Cook, Clarence R., RdM3/c, USNR Correl, Walter B., GM3 I c, USNR Haney, Eugene S., Fl I c, USNR Albert, Val J., RM3Ic, USN Corwin, Jay W., EM2Ic, USNR Hanson, Stewart L., 7, Sllc, USNR Allie, Joseph M., WT2Ic, USN Cox, Eugene, Ckt/c, USN Happel, Sidney, FI/c, USNR Alton, Kerwin G., WTIIc, USNR Curtis, Alfred A., SJ/c, USN Harding, Jhomas]., EM2/c, USNR Amato, Ralph]., BM2Ic, USNR Dagutis, Albert P., MM3/c, USNR Hayes, Kenneth L., Fl I c, USNR Anderson, Charles J., MMIIc, USNR Damler, Robert E., St/ c, USN Helm, Walter B., FI/c, USNR Hess, Frank C., MM2/ c, USNR Andrews, James T., GM3Ic, USNR Daniels, William, SC3/ c, USNR Heyser, Robert L., STI/c, USN Antoniades, Basil W., Cox., USN Darmofal, Joseph, EM2/c, USN Hillyerd, Raymond P., Fl/c, USNR Barr, William G., RdM2Ic, USN Daugherty, Robert "T" SM21 c, USN Holland, Arthur, SI/c, USNR Bailey, Noble E., S2lc, USNR Davis, Edward F., Sllc, USN Holoquist, Edward ]., Cox., USNR Balistere, John R., SI!c, USNR Decoteau, Noah J., CY, USNR Holt, Owen, Jr.,-Sl/c, USNR DeLuca, Nicholas]., SSMB3/c, USN Barber, Oral L., GM2Ic, USNR Honeycutt, Edwin A., FI/ c, USNR Barr, Arthur C., BMIIc, USNR Demers, Joseph A. E., MMt/c, USNR Howard, Joseph J., Sllc, USNR Bateman, Louis C., SI!c, USNR Dentino, Albert A., FC3/ c, USN Hughes, Marion G., MM3/c, USNR Bellam, Calvin, SI!c, USNR DePreist, WilliamS., Fllc, USN Huth, Fred L., Sl/c, USNR Benson, Russel A., CMM (PA), USN Di Giacinto, Attilio, SJ/c, USNR Hyde, Charles, S2/c, USN Berg, John T., CGM (AA), USN Diehl, Herman L., RdM3Ic, USNR James, Edward J., MM3/c, USNR \ Beverly, Kermit, CMM, USN Dollard, Barton, RdM3/c, USNR Jenkins, Dayton S., GMl/c, USN Bialk, Robert, SJ/c, USN Dowd, John P., SI!c, USNR Jenner, Millard I., SM2/c, USNR Billings, Robert P., GM3Ic, USN Dragon, Andrew, BM2Ic, USNR Jennings, Victor M., WT2/c, USN Bittle, Charles L., SI/c, USNR Dunlap, Thomas S., MMt/c, USN Johnson, William T., SI/c, USNR -> Blodgett, James H., S2lc, USN Eason, James L., FC3/c, USNR Jones, Ernest E., MM3/c, USN Bocz, Emil, EMllc, USNR Eger, Herman (n), Sllc, USNR Julian, Harold S., MoMM3/c, USN ~ Botsesten, \Villiam F., Fllc, USN Egolf, Victor C., Sllc, USNR Keator, Ernest J., Sl/c, USNR Bowling, William L., USN Emerine, Richard J., CWT, USN Kelly, Lawrence G., MM3/c, USNR Boyd, Lawrence C., Sllc, USN Engblom, Robert A., CBM (AA), USNR Kennedy, James G., SI/c, USN Boyer, Wilbur R., RM2Ic, USNR Ermisch, Walter H., Sllc, USNR Kenny, Floyd]., SI!c, USN Boyle, James B., Sllc, USNR Escalambre, Luis, CMM, USN Kent, Horace M., FC3Ic, USNR Brady, Jake B., TM3Ic, USN Fay, Lenox E., CFC, USN Kildare, Dania! H., Sl/c, USN Braidic, Edward, Sllc, USN Ferraro, Vito, WT2/c, USN Kilpack, Robert W., GM2Ic, USNR Briggs, Frederick, Sllc, USNR Fetzer, Robert C., QMllc, USN Kincaid, Maelynn L., Sllc, USNR Brown, Charles F., SI!c, USN Finstrom, Willard 0., Fllc, USNR King, Richard P., GM3Ic, USNR Brown, Morris W., RdM3Ic, USNR Fletcher, Clarence W., Cox., USN Kinsinger, Robert, SI!c, USNR Brummett, Jack J., SI/c, USNR Foehl, James E., MM3/c, USNR Kirker, Thomas J., GM3/c, USNR Bucholtz, Remont F., Sl I c, USN Fonti, Anthony R., SI!c, USN Klaber, Richard, Sl/c, USNR Bu_llock, Theodore, SI!c, USN Foxall, James I., WT2/c, USNR Klein, Charles J., WTllc, USN Burden, John F., Sllc, USN Freddell, Theodore E., EM3Ic, USNR Knott, Lloyd W., CQM (AA) USN Burns, George F., Fllc, USN Gardner, William R., Cox., USN Knox, Lloyd, Sl I c, USNR Cadwell, Harold, Sllc, USNR Garner, John A., MM3/c, USNR Koch, Wesley W., Sl/c, USNR Callaway, David G., Sllc, USNR Gerry, James E., Ft/c, USNR Kolacinski, Henry, WTI! c, USN Calo, Joseph E., Cox., USNR Garrison, Eugene G., WTl/c, USNR Korth, Jacob, Fllc, USNR Caples, Eddie Al., Sllc, USNR Gessay, Francis, SF3 I c, USNR Kovach, Frank, Fllc, USNR Cappelletti, Mathew, Sllc, USNR Giacopino, Salvatore, SoM3/c, USN Kraft, Clarence, Fllc, USNR Carbonari, Salvatore P., TMllc, USN Giberson, Franklin, Sz/ c, USNR Krant7., Harold B., Sl I c, USNR Carr, Emanuel, StM2Ic, USN Gilmer, George W., EM2Ic, USN Krueger, Edmund A., FC2Ic, USN Castro, Jesus, WT31 c, USN Gingery, Marion W., SI!c, USNR Kumnick, Martin]., MM2Ic, USN Chadbourne, Henry G., MM2Ic, USN Guidice, Joseph A., MaM3/c, USNR Kur, Marion R., MM3Ic, USN Chamberlain, Estel H., MMIIc, USN Glines, Donald E., Sl/c, USNR Kurnava, Steve, Jr., Sllc, USNR Chandler, Wendel V., RdM3Ic, USNR Golaszewski, Anthony, MMl/c, USN Labar, John, Sllc, USNR Chorey, Albert (n), Sllc, USNR Gorman, Benjamin S., MoMMllc, USNR Lafferty, James D., EM3Ic, USNR Chirillo, Donald (n) BMZ/c, USNR Graham, Charles R., QM3 I c, USNR Lanford, Joe D., Fllc, USNR Christensen, Lincoln W., CGM, USN Grant, Thomas M., MoMM3/c, USN-I Lapham, Roger E., QM3 I c, USN Christian, Frederick, Sl/c, USNR Green, Julius, STllc, USN Largent, Ivan R., Sllc, USNR Citino, James R., Sl/c, USN Greene, Edward, EM3/ c, USNR Latham, Aaron, S I! c, USN Clapper, Ri!Y E., SJ/c, USNR Grooms, Benjamin E., S2/c, USNR Lawson, Philip]., Fllc, USNR Clark, Robert L., Fl/c, USNR Grube, Paul J., TM2/c, USN LeFan, Urie L., SSML3Ic, USN Clinard, Richard, Ft/c, USN Groupe, Robert R., S2lc, USN Lemerise, Robert 0., SI!c, USNR Coleman, Charles H., S I I c, USNR Guhl, Kenneth E., BMllc, USN Liner, Leonard L., Fl I c, USN Locke, Clarence W., BJ/c, USNR Pierson, Ernest R., CEM, USN Tiger, Samuel M., St / c, USNR Locke, Homer B., TMJ/c, USN Pitak, Edward, BM2/ c, USN Totosz, Stanley, Sl/ c, USN Long, Wendell D., GMJ/c, USNR Polcaro, Joseph J., S 1/ c, USNR Trovatore, Michael, St /c, USNR Loos, Glenn L., EMJ/c, USN Poling, Warren H., SoM2Ic, USN Trygastad, Rayness, Fi l e, USNR Lowther, Raymond K., CMM, USN Posey, Robert A., Fl I c, USNR Tweed, Everett J., WTJ / c, USNR Uliano, RichardT., CCS (PA) USN Lubbering, Paul G., F2/c, USNR Prindiville, Timothy, FC3/ c, USNR Vahlbusch, Edward W., CphM, USNR Lurakis, Charles, MM!/c, USN Prinz, Paul, GM2/ c, USN ~ Vandeveer, Joseph, SJ/c, USNR Lynn, john W., Sl/ c, USNR Propes, Herbert L., SI/ c, USN Van Pragg, Pragg, Si/ c, USNR Lytle, Milo E., St/ c, USN Puckett, Douglas, Sll c, USN Vaughan, Forrest E., GMJ / c, USNR Rafferty, Carl F., GMt /c, USN MacDougall, Donald, RMl/c, USNR Voiedvich, Paul A., Cox., USNR Randolf, Paul R., St/c, USN t Maes, Tobis, Stlc, USNR Wallgren, Rodney H., ET2I c, USN Mahan, FrankL., PhM2/c, USNR Renz, Edward B., SJ/c, USN Walz, William, FI/ c, USNR Majors, John W., PhMtlc, USNR Richardson, Elzy, StM2 / c, USN Warnock, Sylvester, SI!c, USNR Mallory, Montford L., GM3 I c, USN Rittenhouse, William, SoMJ / c, USNR Warren, Billy B., GM2 / c, USNR Marciniak, Carol, CM 1/ c, USN Roberts, Guy, BMI / c, USNR \'\'ashinger, Richard, St/c, USNR Martin, Luxton A., YJic, USNR Robinson, Edward H., YI/c, USNR Waugh, George F., MM J/c, USN Martin, Warren H., FCJ/c, USNR Rock, Henry, SoM2 / c, USN Wenzel, Lawrence R., MMl/c, USNR Martin, William R., St/c, USN Roetting, Raymond C., QM3/c, USN Wesson, Harry B., QMJ / c, USNR Mathes, Henry Lee, StMl/c, USNR Rubel!, Little J., StMl/c, USNR Wheelock, Elwood F., MMI / c USN Mathis, Curtis, Stlc, USNR Salerno, William, RdM3/ c, USNR Whitt, Marvin R., GMJ / c, USNR Mayes, Ira J., FCJ/c, USN Saunders, Jack F., SoMJ/c, USNR Wilkenson, Thomas J., FCJ I c, USN Mays, Lonnie G., TM2/c, USNR Sanzone, Amadeo F., SI/ c, USNR Williams, Charles G., FCJ / c, USNR McCoy, Cecil W., Fl/ c, USNR Savopoulos, Gust, FI/ c, USNR Williams, James E., WTJ / c, USNR McCoy, Chas. 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