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- Cochran,
Robert R.
- Collins,
Elijah J.
- Grebbien,
Lou
- Jones,
Jack
- Larson,
Walter T.
- Parus,
Eugene J.
- Scribner,
Vivian F.
- Stanfield,
Wallace R.
- Stansberry,
John
- Swedberg,
Kenneth C.
- Wilson,
Don J.
January 2000
(top, left to right) 5, E. Parus; 7, R. Cochran;
(bottom, left to right) 1, EJ Collins; 2, R. Reiland; 3,
W. Stanfield; 4, W. Larson; and 6, K. Swedberg
DOB: 10/4/1919
Service Dates: 10/10/1940
- 12/7/1946
Military Career:
RS Houston, TX; NTS San Diego, CA; USS
Tennessee; RS Bremerton, WA; RS Astoria, OR; USS
Solomons; Hedron 5-2, Fasron 102, US NAS Norfolk, VA.
American area: European Theatre of Operation: Victory
medal: American Defense.
Civilian Career:
1946 - 1952 First National Bank, La Feria,
TX; 1952 - 1956 First National Bank, Mercedes, TX; 1956
- 1984 Harlingen National Bank, Harlingen, TX; Retired
from banking 1/1/1985. Presently I have a brokerage real
estate license, and I'm caring for three acres of
personal citrus orchard.
Family:
Married to Rosemary; no children.
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DOB: 5/30/1923
Birthplace: Elgin,
Texas
Service Dates: 1/4/1941
- 6/12/1946
Military Career:
Enlisted in Beaumont, TX, 6/40; inducted in
Houston, TX, 1/41; Boot training at Naval Training
Station in San Diego, CA, Co. 41-3, 2/41; boarded USS
Blue DD-387 in Bremerton, WA, 3/41; worked west
coast/San Diego, CA, 4/41; arrived Pearl Harbor, HI,
5/41; continued in the Navy until discharge in 6/46.
Civilian Career:
Construction, oilfield supply, Shell Oil Co.,
Collins Sales Inc., Alert Security Systems.
Family:
Married to Lucille, 8/44; I have five
children and nine grandchildren.
Remarks:
Early on I may have had some regrets for not
making the Navy a career. I now think it is best the way
things worked out. I think PHSA is a worthy organization
and in some small way we can help keep the world a safer
place to live.
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DOB: 6/17/1922
Service Dates: 5/7/1940
- 9/1/1985
Military Career:
Navy: USS Jarvis DD-393; USS Duxbury Bay
AVP-30; Fargo NB. Coast Guard: St. Clair Flats LBS;
Belle Isle LBS; Nihau Loran Sta.; CGC Yonaguska; CG
Trasta Groton; Chicago LBS; CGC Chatauqua; CG Trasta
Alameda; CGC Gresham; CGC Northwind; Disbursing Off,
13th CG Dist.; CGC Storis.
Merchant Marine: Ships too numerous to list.
Companies: Pacific Far East, American President, States,
Prudential, and Matson Lines. Highest Rate Navy =
BKR1/c. Highest Bank Coast Guard = CWO-W2 (Pay &
Supply) Sailed Merchant Marine as Purser/Chief Purser.
Normal Campaign medals plus Navy and Coast Guard Good
Conduct Medals (I was never caught!)
Civilian Career:
Worked as Payroll/Traffic Manager with
EthylVisqueen Corp. 8/1964 - 10/1966. Also odd jobs
between services.
Family:
Widowed 7/1985, wife Lillian; daughter Joyce
(deceased 4/1991); grandson John; granddaughters Nancy
and Paula; great granddaughter Danielle and great
grandson Stephen.
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DOB: 3/19/1923
Service Dates: 1/1/1941
- 11/1945
Military Career:
Transferred to USS Massachusetts from USS
Tennessee; American Service Ribbon; two battle stars,
Philippine Liberation Ribbon; one battle star,
European-African-ME Service Ribbon; nine battle stars,
Asiatic-Pacific Service Ribbon; Good Conduct Medal.
Civilian Career:
Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Indiana, 10
years; Iowa Electric Light & Power Co., electrician;
retired 1984.
Family:
Wife Julie Ann, three sons, and three
daughters.
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DOB: 1/26/1923
Service Dates:
12/20/1940 - 11/19/1947
Military Career:
USS Nevada; USS Saratoga; ETC School
Washington, DC; USS LCI (G) 455; USS Bunker Hill;
Sub-Group One, Bremerton, WA; American Campaign;
Asiatic-Pacific - 8 stars; American Defense - Fleet
Clasp; WWII Victory; Good Conduct Navy Unit Citation.
Civilian Career:
Northwest Bell Telephone Co. -- worked in
Iowa for 10 years then moved to Minneapolis, MN, and
worked in PBX Department for another 26 years. Retired
12/1983 with 36 years of service.
Family:
Married to Jere; have five daughters; we live
in Minneapolis, MN, in the summer and in Alamo, TX, in
the winter (Winter Texan).
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DOB: 11/5/1920
Service Dates: 10/24/1939
- 12/9/1945
Military Career:
Enlisted in the US Naval Reserve, Apprentice
Seaman, Rochester, NY; USS Mead, Seaman second class;
USS Castor, Baker third class; Pearl Harbor Raid, Baker
second class; USS Fletcher, DD-445, Baker first class;
Advance Base, Navy 722 FFT, New Guinea; APA
Pre-Commissioning School, Naval Station, Seattle, WA;
Naval Air Station, Astoria Oregon; USS Karnes, APA-175,
Chief Commissary Steward; Honorable Discharge, Chief
Commissary Steward.
Civilian Career:
Stromberg Carlson, General-Dynamics, Global
Van Lines sales rep., XEROX security guard, retired.
Family:
Married to Vicki, four children - Diane,
John, Patricia, and Michael. Three grandchildren -
Naomi, Jon-Mark, and Alexander.
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DOB: 6/11/1911
Service Dates: 11/1939
- 11/1945
Military Career:
Joined Navy 11/1939; trained at San Diego;
Sent to West Virginia 1/1940; Sent to Hawaii, along with
Wee Vee and group, 5/1940; made 3rd Class just before
Pearl Harbor attack; after my ship sunk, I joined PT
Boats--assigned to PT 21; made battle at Midway;
returned to Pearl Harbor; sent to Palmyra for three
months; on to Espirito Santos; on to Solomons; assigned
to PT 59; four months with the USS Kennedy; received all
West Pac medals with four stars; taught radar for two
years, MTBSTC. Most of my Naval career was in PT Boats.
Civilian Career:
Texas Highway Dept., worked signal lights,
took over newly formed Radio Dept., installed all
stations and mobile units in District 21, and for 27
years I maintained 16 base stations and 165 mobile
units.
Family:
Wife Grace (lost first wife Katherine to
cancer in 1972), three sons and three daughters.
Remarks:
I helped organize this PHSA, Chapter 11.
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DOB: 6/29/1923
Service Dates: 1/2/1941
- 6/29/1946
Military Career:
USS Argonne 12/7/41; PT 26, Battle of Midway;
PT 24, Alaska; teaching, Melville, RI.
Civilian Career:
Salesman, plumbing business, VA Hospital.
Family:
Wife Norma, five children, and nine
grandchildren.
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DOB: 2/20/1917
Service Dates: 12/1935
- 9/1955
Military Career:
USS West Virginia 12/7/1941; flew airplanes,
non-rigid airships models L, M, and G types, Retired CPO
19-1/2 years.
Civilian Career:
US Atomic Energy Commission; US Postal
Service; real estate broker; US Department of Labor;
assessor-manager, Water District 14, Mission, Texas.
Family:
Wife Erma, two daughters, one son.
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DOB: 1/24/1921
Service Dates: 2/1938 -
10/1945
Military Career:
USS Ward 1/1941-2/1943; USS Salt Lake City
2/1943-8/1945; Eight battle stars; First Class Water
Tender; aboard USS Ward on 12/7/1941; sunk Japanese
midget sub by gunfire one hour before planes attacked
Pearl Harbor; involved in battle of Komandorskie Island
3/26/1943 while on the USS Salt Lake City.
Civilian Career:
Graduate of Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, Power Plant Engineering; employed for 36
years at St. Paul Water Utility, Chief Engineer and
Pumping Supervisor; Vice President, First Shot Naval
Vets., St. Paul, honoring USS Ward group.
Family:
Wife Donna, two daughters, one son, and six
grandchildren.
Remarks:
Served as Treasurer of this PHSA, Chapter 11.
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DOB: 9/1/1920
Service Dates: 11/12/1937
- 5/21/1957
Military Career:
USNTS, San Diego, CA; USS Detroit; USS
Henley; CASU 6-37-63; experimental torpedo drop, Quanset
Point, RI; Fleet Machine Gun School, Qualified Rifle
Marksman; USS Massey DD-778; Recruiter School,
Bainbridge, Maryland; Recruiting Duty, Topeka, KS;
Advanced Aircraft School; and Advanced Under Sea Weapons
School in Florida.
Civilian Career:
US Postal Service, Rural Letter Carrier;
Retired 1976.
Family:
Married to Dixie, 2 daughters Darcy and Dawn
Lee (deceased); four grandchildren; 1 great grandchild.
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