Name/Title
Big Ben the Flattop The Story of U.S.S. Franklin. 1943-46Entry/Object ID
BK005282Description
(Launching, commissioning, accidental death of AOM3C Charles M. Van Camp when a Hellcat's .50 caliber machine gun fired, dry dock, invasion of Saipan, death of LCDR Clarence F. Blair - first combat loss, air strikes on Guam, Iwo Jima, and Chichi Jima, rescue of LT Willy Gove after crashing off Guam, death of S1C James R. Smiley after being struck by whirling propeller, rescue of LCDR James Moy after falling overboard loss of S1C Felix C. Cerra overboard, air strikes on Babelthuap, Koror, Arakabesan, and Malakal, award of Distinguished Flying Cross to ENS J.J. Langford, Jr. for low-level photographic run over Babelthuap, loss of ENS Robert H. Martin in crash while landing, strikes on Japanese shipping in the Bonin Islands, loss of ENS Roger W. L'Estrange and LT Ancil C. Hudson to Japanese fire, loss of LCDR C.B. Holstrom and gunner ARM1C Walter J. Brooks, Jr., rescue of LTJG H.F. McCue by submarine but loss of his crew - AOM3C Walter D. Hevey and ARM3C Ralph T. Robinette, night fighters, air strikes on Yap, air strikes on Peleliu, loss of ENS Norman E. Drouin and ENS Paul R. Parent after being shot down, night fighter crash on deck destroys five planes, crossing the line, loss of LT wade H. Winecoff after failing to return from a patrol, loss of LT Benjamin J. Miles on a night fighter mission, air strikes on Okinawa, loss of LTJG Joseph L. Heinrich, LTJG Thomas G. Norek, and ARM3C Harry J. Steele, air strikes on Formosa, torpedoing of USS CANBERRA (CA-70) off Formosa, loss of LT Rupert J. Weber, Jr., ARM3C James L. Hall, ENS Robert F. Jones, ARM3C Stanley P. Rajza, and AMM3C Grier P. Osborne, torpedoing of USS HOUSTON (CL-81), loss of LTJG Richard H. Bridge and LTJG Joseph Kopman over Formosa, shoot down of Japanese torpedo planes, death of AMM1C Harold L. Stancil after being struck by crashing Japanese aircraft, air strikes on the Philippines, loss of LTJG Frederick A. Beckman, Jr., loss of SM3C James B. Rogers, Jr., LTJG Harmon R. Hudson, and S2C William J. Taylor, Jr. to bomb shrapnel, crash landing of LT J.B. Johnson on the flight deck after battle damage, loss of LT Eric Magnusson, Battle of Leyte Gulf, sinking of the Japanese battleship HIJMS MUSAHI, loss of LTJG Marshall D. Barnett and ARM3C Leonard P. Pickens, loss of ENS Thomas P. Brooks, Jr., AOM1C Harold J. Shane, and ARM3C Francis J. Ploger, Jr., sinking of the Japanese carrier HIJMS ZUIHO, loss of LT John H. Finrow, ARM1C Henry E. Borja, LTJG D.A. McPhie, and ARM2C Robert D. Chandler, loss of LTJG Robert F. Brooks, LT Raymond B. Cook, ARM2C William B. Butler, and LTJG Warren F. Wolf, heavy damage caused by Kamikazes off the Philippines, strikes against mainland Japan, severe damage by Japanese aircraft bombs 60 miles off the coast of Japan killing 743 officers and men, evacuation of wounded to USS SANTA FE (CL-60), towing of USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) by USS SANTA FE (CL-60) and USS PITTSBURGH (CA-72), the most heavily damaged warship to survive her wounds, the largest repair job in naval history, award of the Medal of Honor to Chaplain Joseph O'Callahan and LT Donald A. Gary, COMCARDIV TWO, COMCARDIV FOUR, Air Group THIRTEEN, Air Group FIVE, VMF-214, VMF-452, In Memoriam: RDM2 Victor E. Abate, LTJG Robert E. Abell, Jr., SM3 Gerald R. Ackerman, S2c Harm K. Adkins, S2c Luther V. Adkinson, ACOM Joaquin Aja, S2c Thomas J. Akins, ARM3 Rosario V. Albanese, S1c Roy S. Albiston, ART2 Edward C. Albright, ART3 Frederick A. Alderisio, LT David A. Allen, S2c James R. Allen, AMM2 Lawrence J. Ambroselli, PHM2 Floyd R. Ames, COX Guynn L. Anderson, RDM3 Henry Anderson, S1c John B. Anderson, S2c Robert E. Andrews, WT2 Frank J. Angell, Jr., LT Richard T. Angell, STM1 Charles I. Ashurst, SSMB3 Keyro Atanasoff, S1c William M. Atkinson, S2c Marcos R. Baca, AOM2 John R. Bachman, S2c Walter Baggett, Jr., AOM2 Earl R. Baker, RDM3 Walter C. Baldwin, F2c Robert L. Bamburg, CSKP Werner F. Banicke, S2c Abraham J. Barbash, AMM2 James Barfield, RM1 Fred N. Barr, S1c John J. Barretto, Jr., SF2 Joseph A. Barron, AMM2 Henry A. Bartlett, S1c Carmel S. Bartolotta, S1c Byron W. Barton, S2c Clifford E. Beane, S2c Willie C. Beck, S1c Raymond O. Beckwith, S2c Billy D. Belcher, AM3 William E. Beloit, AMM2c Fred Bennett, F2c Elwood H. Berberich, S1c David Bert, F2c Marvin W. Bergman, COX Philip A. Berkowitz, F1c Charles E. Berringer, Jr., RM1 Walter P. Bigusiak, YN1 Mark D. Bingaman, F1c William H. Birchall, CM3 Clarence J. Blair, CPRTR Raymond D. Blair, AM2 Ray M. Blanchard, Jr., AM1 Warren H. Blankenship, MUS3 William G. Blanton, AMM1 Lester R. Blosh, S2c Arthur L. Bobo, SK2 Morris Bochenek, S2c George M. Booth, S1c Anthony V. Bosco, S2c John W. Bowen, F1c Edward J. Boyd, S2c Thomas L. Brasel, S1c Robert C. Bresnahan, S2c Edmond E. Breton, MM3 Floyd N. Brown, AOM2 John E. Brown, YN2 John F. Brown, BM1 Thomas L. Brown, S2c Earnest V. Bryant, RDM2 Everett Bryant, Jr., S1c Clarence E. Buckley, EM3 Edwin C. Buescher, LT Victor C. Buhl, S2c Willard D. Bulson, MM3 Elwood B. Bumbaugh, S2c Harold Burke, RDM3 Jackson P. Burket, S2c Allen R. Burkhamer, S2c Eugene W. Burroughs, S1c Willard H. Burton, S2c George D. Bush, PHM2 George E. Buza, S2c Edward S. Byczkowski, RDM3 Webber W. Callicott, F1c Peter Campbell, RM2 Joseph T. Campiglia, RDM3 Robert F. Campora, SF1 John W. Cannon, S2c Calvin B. Capell, S2c Patsy Capobianco, RDM3 Peter J. Carawlanis, S1c Christopher J. Carr, S2c Donald D. Carr, S1c Joseph Carrara, Jr., S2c Lawrence C. Carstens, S2c William H. Cartwright, F2c Morris E. Cruthers, S2c Clyde M. Cason, S2c Charles D. Castellucci, AOM3 Darrel F. Centers, S1c Frank F. Cerra, S1c Joe Chacon, S1c Bliss E. Chambers, WT2 Herbert Y. Chambers, CMMA Mark Champion, S2c Kermit W. Chilcote, RDM3 Stanley J. Chivas, S1c Frederick W. Christman, S2c Cecil V. Clark, S1c Walter F. Clark, S2c William R. Clark, SK3 Richard J. Clarke, S2c Cletus Cliburne, AM2 Earl W. Clouser, S2c Thomas W. Coburn, S2c Robert Cochrane, RDM3 Charles V. Codrea, AOM3 John T. Coffey, S1c America A. Colatacci, S2c Willie R. Colbert, RDM3 Carl E. Coleman, S1c Estil V. Collins, AM3 William G. Collins, S2c Valentino C. Columbo, RDM3 Earl N. Combs, RDM3 James W. Conant, S2c James H. Conlon, AMM1 Charles C. Conner, S1c Thomas J. Cook, S2c Wilford W. Cooprider, AOM3 Walter V. Copeland, ACOM Odis L. Corbett, S1c Edward Correia, EM1 Thomas W. Cosson, S2c Roland R. Courcy, S2c Radford S. Coward, S1c John L. Cox, S2c Walter B. Cox, S1c Wayne L. Cox, S2c Herman N. Criswell, SSML3 Paul B. Cronin, S1c Grant A. Crook, AMM2 Donald L. Cross, S1c Graham Y. Crossley, AOM2 Stanley F. Dalton, AMM3 Ernest E. Damico, AOM2 William M. Danforth, CEM John Darjany, YN3 Rolland P. Datzman, AM3 Clarence L. Davidson, S2c Arthur L. Davis, S1c Frank F. Davis, S2c Roy E. Davis, PHM3 James R. Delap, S2c Roy F. De Lay, SSMB2 Carmine Del Sole, S2c George J. Demoleatsos, S1c Edwin J. Dempsey, SSML3 Lawrence B. Dendinger, 2TB William V. Dennis, AMM1 Philip G. Deringer, S1c Raymond E. Desmarias, RDM3 John R. Deuel, AMM2 Samuel T. Devine, S1c Michael J. DePalma, S1c Norman Dizek, S2c Joseph B. Dougherty, S2c Albert N. Drake, YN3 Robert L. Drissel, S2c George L. Dube, GM1 Richard H. Duff, S2c John T. Duncan, LTJG David R. Dunlap, SKV2 William A. Dunlap, EM3 Edmund E. Dupras, CPHOM Luke J. Durante, GM3 Joseph H. Durden, CSF Benjamin M. Durrance, PRTR1 Benjamin B. Dye, S1c Joseph Eberline, S2c Dan Edwards, Jr., S1c John Edwards, Sr., FC3 Richard L. Ellis, S2c Melvin H. Endress, S2c John R. Epting, S2c Richard B. Erickson, MM1 Joseph W. Eslinger, AMM1 Edward Evans, S2c Lloyd T. Fairchild, AMM3 Notman E. Faiss, S2c Domenic Falcone, S2c Otto L. Fedewa, S2c John A. Felmer, S2c Patrick F. Feneck, S1c Nat Ferrel, RM3 Peter R. Fiesel, Jr., AOM2 William E. Fike, AOM2 Paul M. Fineberg, YN2 Kenneth C. Fischer, BM2 William W. Fish, S2c Irving Fishman, S1c Thomas P. Flannery, S2c James H. Fleenor, ART3 Russell E. Fleming, S2c John H. Fluhr, S1c James A. Forberger, S2c Billy G. Forbes, S2c Thomas P. Ford, Jr., YN1 Donald W. Forsyth, S2c Thomas A. Foster, GM1 Nathan L. Fourroux, S2c Cecil E. Fouts, S1c Edmund F. Fowler, LCDR George W. Fox, S1c Rosario Frangiamore, GM3 Harry J. Freund, AMM2 Donald C. Friend, CRT Robert E. Froehly, S1c James F. Frost, AMM2 Alford C. Gaddy, S1c Michael J. Galbo, EM1 Sylvester L. Galles, S1c Wallace Galloway, AOM3 Charles A. Garber, S2c Bernard J. Garland, F1c Edgar P. Garon, S2c Albert C. Geiger, PHM3 Herbert Geller, S1c Donald Gerard, S2c Wilfrid J. Gibeau, AOM1 Edward J. Gibson, S1c Robert C. Giffen, LTJG William R. Gilfillan, S2c Ray A. Gill, EM1 Erle J. Gillenberg, AOM3 Clothz Gillis, ACMM William F. Gilmore, S2c Lorenza D. Gilstrap, S2c Jacob Gindi, S2c Clarence O. Gleason, AEM2 Alan F. Goble, WT3 Anthony C. Godleski, Jack T. Goetz, S1c Mitchell A. Golden, S2c Elias J. Goldsmith, S2c Roger A. Gooch, S1c Paul E. Gottlick, S2c Ernest O. Grafton, S2c James L. Graham, AOM3 Paul Grata, S2c James M. Graves, AOM2 Kenneth B. Gray, S2c Oscar G. Gray, S1c Joseph J. Greco, S2c Delwyn F. Greenlaw, SKV1 Robert A. Gregg, WT3 Henry G. Greitner, S1c Raymond Griffin, LT James R. Griswold, AMM3 Robert J. Grobarick, S1c Abraham Groll, RM1 Darryl A. Grose, S2c Fernand J. Guidroz, AMM2 Philip W. Gwarjanski, S1c William J. Gwin, AOM3 Frank J. Hack, GM2 Carl F. Hagerstrom, EM3 William J. Haggerty, S1c James E. Hall, RDM2 James W. Hall, S2c Millard P. Hall, Sr., S2c Albert L. Hallman, III, S1c David F. Halpin, S2c Vernon H. Hames, COX Troy W. Hamilton, S1c Louis M. Haney, S2c James L. Hanlon, EM1 Robert H. Hannah, AMM2 Albert W. Hans, RDM3 Kenneth M. Hansen, S1c Edward Harbin, S2c Larry C. Harding, BM1 Albert D. Harlow, YN3 Carl M. Harmon, S2c James A. Harper, S2c Robert D. Harris, Jr., AOM3 Robert J. Harrison, BM1 William E. Harrison, S2c Clyde M. Hart, S1c John J. Hart, EM2 Thomas Harte, LT Philip E. Hathaway, S2c David M. Hatton, Jr., S1c Lowell Hawthorne, S2c Doddrid E. Hayes, S2c William R. Hayes, S2c Theodore P. Hendricks, S2c Evan R. Henricks, S2c Archie L. Henson, S1c Everett E. Hereford, AM1 Willard W. Herkert, F2c George N. Hermance, S2c Thomas C. Herrod, BM1 William G. Highfield, EM3 Franklin H. Hill, ARM1 Robert Hillas, AOM1 Ferren B. Hinds, AMM2 Rhudy L. Hinkle, AMM3 Harold W. Hitzeman, S2c Calvin H. Hocanson, S2c Anthony Hoffman, ACOM Samuel Hoffman, S2c John Hogrogian, AM2 Fredrick F. Holdsworth, SK2 Velvin W. Holland, SK2 Laverne A. Horton, Jr., S1c Jack A. Huddle, STM2 Grady Hudson, SC1 James E. Hudson, F2c Willard D. Hughes, F2c John H. Hummel, S1c George S. Hurd, SK2 Anthony G. Ingelido, S2c Duane L. Irwin, STM1 Thomas Jackson, CPHM William L. Jackson, S2c Harold G. Jacobsen, AOM1 Henry Jalufka, S2c Carl L. James, S2c Esteen James, S2c Fredrick W. Jerdo, S2c Audley E. Johnson, YN2 James B. Johnson, S2c James E. Johnson, AOM3 George R. Johnston, RDM2 Virgil E. Johnston, TM3 Howard G. Jones, S1c Bernard W. Joslin, S2c Thomas K. Joyner, S2c Charles E. Kai, S1c Forrest E. Karr, HA1 Joseph T. Karvatsky, S2c Howard H. Keener, GM3 Claude Keeney, Jr., EM3 Richard G. Kelley, S1c Thomas C. Kelley, S2c Joseph J. Kempowicz, AM3 Kenneth T. Kidd, S1c Ralph W. Kiefel, S2c Philip H. Kimball, AMM3 Walter I. Kimmich, RM2 Thomas N. Kirk, S1c Julian S. Kling, GM3 Vernon H. Knutson, S1c Frank P. Konopka, ART1 Emil V. Kopec, S2c Frank J. Kopec, F2c Leonard R. Krause, AM3 James H. Krenske, S1c Matt J. Krynski, RDM2 Robert P. Kubala, S1c Glen W. Kuhn, AM1 John S. Kujawski, S1c Valentine F. Kust, S1c Paul F. Kuta, S1c Franklin G. Kyrklund, PHOM2 Marvin C. La Forest, S2c Leslie G. Lainson, MM3 Albert J. Lambert, S2c Dwight J. Lancaster, ENS Paul O. Larson, S2c Peter Lasky, AM3 Guy J. Lazzaro, S2c Vernon L. Leach, S2c Philip R. Leake, Jr., F2c Anthony S. Leanza, SC2 Bernard J. Leavy, CBM Tilbert R. Ledbetter, S1c Robert E. Lee, GM1 James W. Lee, S2c Russell H. Lehnoff, EM1 Raymond E. Lennon, AOM1 Charles E. Leslie, SC2 Chester R. Lewis, YN2 Evan M. Lewis, S1c Fred A. Liddell, S1c Johnnie Lindsay, COX Henry F. Linebarger, AOM3 George J. Lingham, AMM2 Dock Little, S2c John R. Little, S1c George R. Loftus, COX John R. Logue, S2c Charles R. Long, S2c Wiley H. Love, Jr., AOM1 William F. Lovitt, S1c James L. Lowry, ST3 Santos D. Lucas, S2c Warren P. Lucas, CSKP John Luchik, Jr., AMM3 Edward F. Lukoski, PHM2 Guy Lyon, AMM3 Harrison A. Mackenzie, ACOM John E. MacLane, S1c Joseph A. Mangina, S2c James W. Mann, S2c Robert C. Mansur, PHOM1 Lawrence H. Mardis, AOM1 Paul J. Marino, S1c Earl J. Martin, S2c J.C. Martin, S2c John J. Martyn, BM Felix McAbee, S2c Donald E. McCauley, PHM3 James F. McCloskey, FO3 Robert F. McCracken, MM3 Eugene D. McDonald, STM1 Harvard McDonald, S2c Julian McDuffie, S1c Charles S. McGarry, FC3 Leonard McGlone, Jr., S2c Robert E. McGonigal, AOM3 John J. McGuigan, LTJG Thomas R. McIntyre, S1c Howard P. McKenzie, S2c John A. McMullan, PHM3 Roger D. McWilliams, GM2 Ellis E. Meeks, RDM3 Peter Mekus, Jr., AOM1 Celido G. Mendoza, Jr., S2c Alfred Merchant, AMM2 Frank H. Miller, Jr., AOM1 George J. Miller, S2c Samuel A. Miller, S2c Finas A. Milligan, Jr., GM2 Raymond Milner, MM2 Alfonso Mintoni, MM1 Fred M. Mitchell, MM3 Morton J. Mittleman, S2c James M. Mixon, Jr., S2c Marvin R. Mizell, AOM1 Raymond L. Moe, AM3 Joseph W. Mohr, AOM2 John V. Montagu, S1c Garlan C. Moody, S2c James T. Moore, EM2 Joseph R. Moran, F1c Granville Morgan, S1c William E. Morgan, S2c Charles O. Moseley, S1c Robert G. Moslander, LTJG Fredrick W. Mueller, Jr., EM2 James E. Mulligan, S1c James P. Murphy, S2c Kenneth J. Myers, AMM1 Richard V. Napiwocki, S2c Clifford V. Nelson, S1c Donald E. Nelson, S1c Robert R. Nelson, GM2 William L. Ness, S2c Norbert J. Neudorf, ACOMA Henry J. Neukam, RM1 Harry E. Newman, Jr., COX Charles P. Newton, CHOMM Eugene P. Newton, S1c Harry W. Nicholas, S1c Peter H. Nicholas, RDM3 John S, Ninos, HA1 Joe E. Norman, AOM3 Robert W. North, YN1 Horace J. Norwood, S2c William R. Nutick, S2c John R. O'Connell, S2c Norman G. Ogden, SF3 William J. O'Hara, ACMM Orville K. Oliver, S2c Cheater O. Orendorff, SF1 Robert N. Orr, AMM3 Franklyn G. Orr, S1c Herbert J. Ott, EM1 Warren H. Ousley, F2c Donald E. Overlin, F1c Elwin A. Owen, ACMM Tony A. Ozbolt, S1c Robert G. Palmer, S1c Lewis J. Parise, S1c Boney B. Parker, Jr., S2c Fred L. Parker, S1c Johnnie F. Parsley, SC2 James F. Patterson, S2c Richard D. Patterson, CEM Raymond H. Paugh, AMM2 Francis J. Paulson, S1c Raymond F. Peck, AM3 Jack S. Pendleton, RM3 Morris Perlman, F2c Arthur E. Perreault, PTR3 Phines J. Perry, ARM3 Laddie E. Peterek, LTJG Allan J. Peterson, S2c John M. Peterson, AMM2 William M. Pewitt, S1c Michael Pidanic, CMMA Samuel Piel, S1c Clayton A. Pike, S1c James J. Pipolo, RDM2 Richard C. Plaggerman, F2c Robert V. Plymptom, LT Arthur A. Poat, Jr., S2c William S. Polansky, S2c Walter E. Pollick, EM1 Paul Pollick, EM1 Anthony J. Pompa, QM3 James R. Powell, S2c Douglas R. Preset, S1c Julius M. Price, Jr., S1c Rocco Provenzano, S2c Albert N. Pugh, PHM2 Ward E. Putnam, AMM3 Richard E. Ratzel, AOM2 Harry E. Ray, S1c Charles G. Reader, ART2 James E. Redmond, S1c Willard E. Reed, S1c Wilmer L. Reed, S2c John R. Reeves, S2c Roland L. Reynolds, S1c Charles C. Roach, S1c Willmore Roberts, SK2 Alexander B. Robertson, EM1 Thomas S. Robertson, AOM2 George H. Robinson, S2c George W. Roe, S2c Elden D. Rogers, SM3 James B. Rogers, Jr., CTMV Albert L. Routson, CK2 Morris O. Sacramento, PTRV2 John I. Sadler, S2c Kenneth L. Salada, S1c George A. Salerno, FC3 James W. Sanderbeck, S2c Christopher C. Sanders, S2c Gabriel L. Santiago, Jr., AM3 George B. Saunders, Jr., S1c Joseph F. Saunders, S2c Arthur E. Schelle, EM2 Andrew J. Schmidt, S2c George R. Schroder, S2c Melvin H. Schreifels, S2c Arthur W. Schultz, S1c Howard F. Schwartz, RDM3 William P. Schweitzer, S2c James V. Scott, S1c William J. Sear, Jr., S2c Clifford R. Sefried, AMM3 Richard L. Seidler, AOM1 George Seivwright, Jr., S2c Joseph I. Serpe, AMM3 John T. Shaw, ART2 Gerald A. Shea, EM3 James M. Shealy, S2c Leon G. Shebloski, Jr., COX James J. Sheehan, ACM Grady W. Sheppard, S2c Christian G. Shireman, S1c James J. Short, S2c James N. Shreve, S1c Paul E. Simard, S1c Omer D. Simms, S2c Donald E. Simpson, S1c Robert W. Slayton, S1c James R. Smiley, ARM3 Harold L. Smith, S2c Hughlin H. Smith, Jr., PHM1 Ralph V. Smith, S2c Thomas G. Smith, S1c Victor N. Smith, AMM1 Francis A. Snodgrass, S1c John W. Snyder, Jr., F1c Robert E. Snyder, S1c Raymond H. Sokolowski, S2c Demetreos C. Solovicos, F1c Oscar W. Songer, S1c Robert J. Soukup, AMM3 Joseph Sozzi, S2c Roy N. Spain, F1c Peter J. Spalluto, S2c John T. Sparks, CM3 Ollie O. Spears, SK2 Shelby Speck, S1c Albert B. Spitzkopf, F1c Chester K. Sprague, AOM3 Ernest C. Sprowl, LT Fred L. Stalcup, Jr., S2c Pete Stallings, AMM1 Harold L. Stancil, S1c Alexander L. Steele, S1c James M. Steele, S2c Elwyn E. Stephens, S1c Edward M. Stepkovitch, PHOM3 Dave H. Steppach, Jr., S2c Robert C. Stern, AOM2 Theodore A. Straub, YN1 John F. Streck, F1c Walter G. Strehlow, S2c Gordon Stripling, Jr., ART2 George C. Studeny, SF1 William A. Sutherby, S2c Donald W. Swanson, S2c Austin B. Swearingen, S1c Leo S. Swiski, AOM3 Frank E. Syrek, EM3 Dwight Taylor, AOM3 Jay A. Taylor, LT Volney Taylor, Jr., S2c William J. Taylor, Jr., AOM2 Vet E. Tenney, F1c William A. Thomas, F1c Orville W. Thompson, S2c James V. Thoorsell, AMM2 Herbert S. Thorgersen, S2c Marshall Thornton, F2c Leo Toomaian, S2c Louis A. Toro, RDM2 Michael A. Towey, S2c Carl B. Trager, PR1 Johnny Tremonte, S2c Frank J. Triano, S1c Pasquale Trivisonno, S2c Joseph F. Trombino, S1c Ralph G. Trotter, AMM2 Edwin S. Trzepacz, S2c Michael J. Tschida, SMML3 Herman Tucker, F1c Clarence E. Tyler, S1c Robert C. Utterback, RT1 Francis J. Vamos, AOM3 Charles M. Van Camp, S1c Ralph D. Van Etten, TMV3 Russell E. Vasey, S1c Lebert W. Vaughn, SM1 Charles E. Venable, RDM3 Earl K. Vincent, S1c Alvin L. Voss, F2c Frank J. Waggoner, S2c Gong W. Wah, S1c Harry R. Wall, S1c Philip M. Walsh, F2c Henry S, Walters, F2c Stanley R. Walton, S2c Howard J. Warner, S2c Joseph S. Wead, S2c Earl E. Webb, PRTR1 Murrel H. Webb, ARM2 William M. Weeks, S2c George F. Weidenbacher, MM3 George M. Welcome, S1c James E. Wells, LT John E. Weniger, AMM3 Samuel E. West, S1c Howard C. Wheatley, MUS2 Vergil D. Widener, PHM1 Dennis C. Wilkerson, SF2 Clyde H. Williams, S1c John E. Williams, AMM1 Leslie A. Williams, GM3 Libert C. Williams, RDM3 William E. Williams, S1c Victor W. Wise, GM2 Walter J. Wise, S1c William Witkowski, AOM2 John S. Wolak, Jr., S2c Howard D. Woodard, S2c Lonnie H. Woolard, SK3 Carroll G. Wright, COX Fredrick C. Yagle, S2c Omer Yocum, Jr., RDM3 George A. Young, Jr., S1c Harry Zassman, S1c Andrew J. Zelinski, and S2c Dale E. Zimmerman: MARDET: PFC William G. Barcry, PFC Francis P. Burke, PFC Joseph J. Cerione, Jr., PFC Edgar E. Core, PFC Lem Davis, Jr., PFC James L. Dillon, PLSGT Paul E.H. Dolbier, PFC John H. Eady, PFC Richard E. Geidl, SGT Berlyn H. Goddard, PFC Stanley E. Godek, PFC Frederick L. Grimm, PFC Mario J. Maggio, PFC Frank J. Mikula, PFC Clair E. Oberholtzer, CORP David W. Offman, CORP Conrad L. Royston, SGT Hubert L. Sims, GYSGT James W. Truax, PFC William E. Van Fleet, PFC Quentin G. Weinkauf, and PLSGT James L. Wooten; COMCARDIV 2 and COMCARDIV 4: STM1 David Albert, RM1 Jack C. Bachlotte, YN3 Willard J. Bird, STM1 Robert Boyd, STM3 Ernest Cage, S2c Carl H. Castleman, RM1 Hoyle V. Coltrane, LT Francis J. Crowley, RM3 Orville C. Drosdal, YN2 Alexander Elias, Jr., S2c Joseph Eppoleto, LT Howard P. Fleming, ST3 Belver H. Fullilove, CAPT Arnold J. Isbell, YN3 Domenick Joe, LT Alfred T. Johnson, YN3 Peter J. Kartye, YN3 Alvy E. Lisbon, S1c James O. Mazzier, ST2 Ernest J. Poe, CRM Homer D. Sanford, CK1 Isaiah Spencer, LT James R. Stewart, YN2 Joel A. Waller, and SM3 Keith A. Webb; Air Group 13: LTJG Marshall D. Barnett, Jr., LTJG Fredrick A. Beckman, Jr., ARM2 Eugene E. Black, LT Clarence F. Blair, AMM3 Robert W. Bogert, LT Milton J. Bonar, ARM1 Henry E. Borja, LTJG Richard H. Bridge, LTJG Robert F. Brooks, ENS Thomas B. Brooks, Jr., ARM1 Walter Brooks, Jr., ARM2 William B. Butler, ARM2 Robert D. Chandler, LTJG Richard H. Clive, LT Raymond B. Cook, ENS Norman E. Drouin, ENS Chris N. Gibbs, LT John H. Finrow, AM1 Andrew E. Harlin, ARM3 James L. Hatt, LTJG Joseph L. Heinrich, AOM3 Walter D. Hevey, LCDR Carl B. Holmstrom, LT Ancil C. Hudson, LTJG Harmon R. Hudson, ARM3 Edward O. Hughes, ARM3 Benjamin L. Jones, Jr., ENS Robert F. Jones, ARM3 Ruben H. Knocke, LTJG Joseph Kopman, LT Edward W. Larkin, Jr., ENS Roger W. Le Strange, ARM3 Albert D. Loenthal, ENS Robert H. Martin, LT Eric Magnusson, LTJG Donald A. McPhie, ENS Benjamin J. Miles, LTJG Thomas G. Norek, ARM2 William J. Olsen, AMM3 Grier P. Osborne, ENS Jean P. Parent, ARM3 Leonard Pickens, ARM3 Francis J. Ploger, Jr., ARM3 Stanley P. Rajza, ARM3 Ralph T. Robinette, AOM1 Harold J. Shane, ARM3 Harry J. Steele, LT Rupert J. Weber, Jr., AMM1 James D. Whittinghill, LT William H. Winecoff, and LTJG Warren F. Wolf; Air Group 5: ART1 Donald J. Adkins, ARM3 Robert L. Baucum, AOM2 William R. Black, ENS Paul A. Casebeer, AOM1 Charles C. Chelette, ARM1 Theodore K. Dorak, ENS Glenn E. Drulinger, AOM1 Adolf J. Dusl, LCDR Allan C. Edmands, LTJG David R. Evans, ARM1 Lloyd E. Fairbrother, ARM1 Patrick M. Finn, AMM1 Albert J. Green, LTJG Howard A. Heyman, AOM1 James H. Hobbs, ARM3 Roy N. Hute, ACRM Charles R. Jenkins, AEM1 Chester L. Jones, YN1 Clarence C. Kasch, YN1 Donald H. Kenfield, YN1 Charles G. Knight, ENS Patrick C. Lacey, ARM2 Ardell D. Leitzke, LT Myrle Leonard, ARM1 Oscar I. Light, LTJG William W. Lipscombe, Jr., AOM3 David W. MacLeod, ENS Charles H. McAllister, ARM1 James W. McNamara, ARM1 Willard J. Miller, LT Addison E. Moore, ENS Horace J. Murphy, AOM1 John Natysyn, YN3 Gerald L. Nold, Jr., ACRT Raymond A. Pagel, LTJG John E. Penner, LT James R. Rickard, ACRM Clarence F. Ritter, RP1 Gene E. Smith, YN1 Frank A. Stepanek, AOM1 Howard L. Stone, CAP Stanley W. Tumosa, AOM1 Eugene V. Upton, Jr., ARM3 Robert E. Wakefield, LT George R. Watkins, ENS Julius E. Watson, ART1 Kenneth L. Westby, ENS Wilmon P. Wheeler, ART2 David A. Wilkinson, PR3 Louis A. Willett, and PR1 William C. Yocom; VMF-214: MTSGT Rogert L. Bass, SGT Stevens D. Brown, CAPT Roger W. Conant, SSGT Glenn L. Donlea, MTSGT Truman A. Grandy, SSGT Louis R. Granaman, SGT Joseph Harlow, SSGT Edwin W. Hill, SGT Clinton N. Hitchcock, 2NDLT Robert L. Hugler, 2NDLT Dallas L. Hyatt, TSGT Willard C. Johnson, CAPT Robert M. Jones, CORP Abraham Kuperwasser, MTSGT Frank T. Lukasek, SSGT Kenneth G. McDonald, TSGT Frank G. Pavlica, MTSGT Charles E. Phillips, SGT Larry K. Reade, TSGT Harry R. Schlemm, SSGT Patrick J. Sculley, TSGT Herschel C. Shropshire, SGT William M. Smith, SSGT Lawrence C. Stark, TSGT Charles R. Stephenson, 2NDLT Joseph E. Stout, SSGT John N. Thompson, 2NDLT Oscar D. Urbom, CORP Wendell H. Williams, CORP Daniel W. Wright, MTSGT Robert F. Wunrow, and SSGT Dean C. Young; VMF-452: SSGT Earl J. Auman, CORP George J. Backalukas, TSGT Louis Barrilleaux, SSGT Joseph J. Beaudry, SSGT Utah F. Bond, MTSGT William T. Ecker, SGT Richard T. Eckert, SGT Robert E. Eggleston, SGT Davis J. Fitzpatrick, PFC Everett R. Gastineau, SGT Warren H. Hagan, SGT George F. Holland, SGT Roy C. Hoover, SSGT James F. Jones, TSGT Julius Kollar, CORP Frank L. Kuchyak, TSGT Hubert J. Lee, CORP James N. Lindley, CORP Orlan V. Marsh, 1STLT Wallace Mattsfield, TSGT Wallace C. McLean, SGT John A. Minichiello, 2NDLT Thomas D. Pace, CORP John F. Papaleo, TSGT Peter Papaleo, MTSGT Jerry V. Pavlovsky, CORP Richard F. Roberts, SGT Donald R. Robertson, CORP Walter A. Sandy, TSGT Charles J. St. Laurent, SGT Francis J. Stinson, Jr., CORP Ralph W. Thompson, SSGT Robert W. Tucker, and PFC Joseph W. Wixson)
(Note: Complete casualty list taken from 1990 reprint of the World War II cruise book which did not contain staff or squadron lists)Collection
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1946Call No.
VA65.F13 1946