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Contact Info
Home Town Des Plaines, Illinois
Last Address 1 Fleet Landing Blvd Atlantic Beach FL 32233-4599
Date of Passing Jul 08, 2004
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Other Memories Aug 1, 1952 Underway from Pescadores to Kaohsiung, Formosa.
August 3, 1952 Arrived Kaohsiung (Takao), Formosa and anchored in harbor.
Aug 13, 1952 0900(9am) Departed from Takao enroute to sea to hold drills for change of command . (Getting new Captain) 1300(1pm) Arrived back in Takao from sea after drills.
Aug 18, 1952 Departed Takao to refuel Des Div 11and 12. (Destroyer Divisions)
Aug 24, 1952 About 0700(7am) Underway from Takao enroute to Hong Kong, China.
Aug 25, 1952 0800-Arrived at Hong Kong and moored to Buoy #1.
Aug 29, 1952 Departed Hong Kong enroute to Okinawa to refuel ships.
Aug 31, 1952 About 1445(2:45pm)-Arrived at Buckner Bay, Okinawa.
About Sep 3, 1952 Arrived Sasebo, Japan.
About Sep 10, 1952 Left Sasebo for bombline (Korea)
Sept 21, 1952 Arrived Sasebo.
Sep 28, 1952 Left Sasebo for bombline (Korea).
Oct 10, 1952 Lookout and at least 3 of us on the signal bridge saw what we believe was a mine. No officer saw it. It was off the port side of the ship and was submerged under the water but was very visible to us. Ir was sighted by us off Wonsan, North Korea. The three of us on the signal bridge were me, Don Morris and Bob Baker.
Oct 11, 1952 Arrived at Songjin.
Oct 12, 1952 Underway for Sasebo--air contacts within 20 miles. Identified as bandits (enemy). I believe an invasion is coming soon. Many more ships than usual in this area--27 destroyers, 4 carriers and 4 cruisers.
Oct. 22, 1952 Left Sasebo for Yokosuka---orders changed for us to go instead to Kure, Japan.
Oct 24, 1952 Arrived at Kure, Japan.
Oct 26, 1952 Left Kure for Pearl Harbor.
Nov 5, 1952 0930(9:30am) Arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA. Went on watch at 1730(5:30pm) and went off watch at 0135(1:35am) and went back on at 0705(7:05am).
Nov 6, 1952 Went swimming at Waikiki Beach--Really nice. Saw Diamond Head, big hotels and went sightseeing in Honolulu.
Nov 7, 1952 About 0730(7:30am) Left Pearl Harbor for California.
Nov 13, 1952 About 1430(2:30pm) Arrived in Long Beach, CA