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Grateful thanks to the organizations
and personnel who contributed to
this web site:
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National Archives and Records Administration
U.S. Navy Memorial
Tin Can Sailors, Inc.
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U.S. Navy History Branch
U.S. Naval Institute
Louisiana War Memorial |
CREW
MEMBERS - USS BRAINE - DD630
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CAPT.
John T. Evans, USNR(Ret), Executive
Officer
CAPT. Donald C. Johnson, USNR(Ret),
Communications Officer
LT. William T. Reid, Jr., USNR(Ret),
Asst. Engineering Officer
LT. Wilbur S. Kelly, Jr., Fighter
Director Officer
LT. David G. Manning , Asst. Gunnery
Officer
LT(jg) Gene Coogan, Engineering Officer
CAPT. Robert Juarez, USN (Ret), Commanding
Officer
CAPT. R.C. Koenig, USNR(Ret), Chief
Engineer |
Adrian M. Brandt, Machinist Mate
Frank J. Szymanek, Ships Cook
Louis S. Hall, Jr. Sonarman
Arnold D. Papanti, Seaman
Arthur Quinn, Seaman
Stanley Gold, Fireman
William R. Hopper, Boatswains Mate
Robert Exley, Boatswains Mate |
Walter C. Gaddis, Machinists Mate
John H. Niemritz, Electricians Mate
Steven Johnson, Sonarman
Paul L. Conway, Yeoman
Daniel Cosontos, Radarman
Dan Turnbaugh, Yeoman
Lawrence E. Benson, Jr. Seaman
Harvey Moore, Radarman |
CREW
MEMBERS - USS ANTHONY - DD515
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RADM.
C.J. VanArsdall, USN(Ret), Commanding
Officer
LT. G.H. (Pete) Boyd, Engineering
Officer |
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Paul
Hooks, Machinist Mate
Robert Wiedemer
George Andrys, Radioman
USS
LCS(L)86
LT.
H.N. (Sam) Houston, Commanding
Officer
William Mason, Yeoman
John A. Paddock, Pharmacist Mate
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Kenneth
Carlson
Joseph Manion, Gunners Mate
Joseph C. Williams, Radarman
USS
LCS(L)82
John
Rooney, Author "The Mighty
Midgets"
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USS
REEVES - APD52
Darrell
Helton, Chief Pharmacist Mate
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RESCUE
SQUADRON VH-3
LeRoy
Way
R.J. Waters, Jr. Air Intelligence
Officer
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PHOTOGRAPHS
United
States Destroyer Operations in
World War II
By Theodore Roscoe – Designed
and Illustrated By Fred Freeman
Published By: Naval Institute
Press
War
in the Pacific
By Clark G. Reynolds
Published by: Military Press
Fletcher-Class
Destroyers
By Alan Raven
Published By: Naval Institute Press
Mrs.
Chester Cohenno, widow of the ship's
photographer Chester Cohenno, who
graciously donated her husbands
photograph and negative collection
and Robert Wilkerson, a retired
photographer, who developed new
negatives and photographs from fifty
year old negatives and photographs.
The USS Braine DD630 Reunion Association
owes a debt of gratitude to
Connie Gaddis and
Walter Nesbitt,
daughter and grandson of
Walter C. Gaddis
for the original design of this
website.
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