Category: Shipmate’s Stories

FC3c JOHN FRANKLIN JENKINS 3 February 45 I was a range finder operator. I was present on 3 February 1945, for commissioning USS FRANK E EVANS DD 754. I am a Plank Holder because...

YN3 DELBERT JAMES HANSON – 3 February 1945 to 1946 I Delbert James Hanson “Del” or “Hans,” was born 3 October 1925 in Minnesota. I had brown hair and blue eyes. I enlisted in...

S1c GEORGE VERNON GODFREY 3 February 1945 to 10 June 1946 George Vernon Godfrey “Vernon” was born 26 March 1923, at Calverton, Virginia. His hair was brown and he had hazel eyes. When he...

LT CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD 3 February 45 Merchant Marine Academy Class of 1942 23 November 1920, Born Elmhurst, Queens, New York November 1940 Reported to USMMA 4 October 1941 commissioned USN Midshipman September 1942 Appointed...

LTJG JEROME MORRIS FIEN 3 February 1945 Jerome Morris Fien was born 26 December 1921, at Hartford, Connecticut. After only two years, he graduated from Weaver High School, Hartford, and then Johns Hopkins University,...

SC3c PETER NED DUHE “PETE” 3 February 1945 PETER NED DUHE “PETE” was born in 1927 to Joseph and Marie Duhe at Garyville, Louisiana. He lived there all his life. Pete had three brothers...

LTJG JACK ARNOLD DRUCKEMILLER 3 February 1945 Jack A. Druckemiller entered the US Navy in 1941 and rose to the rank of LTJG. He served aboard USS FRANK E. EVANS DD 754 from 1945...

S1c SYLVA VESTER DOVE JR. 3 February 1945 – 11 June 1946 I Sylva Vester Dove Jr. was born 1 September 1926, at Fairfax, Virginia. I had black hair and my eyes are gray....

S2c RICHARD H. CRINIGAN 21 August 1946 I Richard H. Crinigan “Dick” was born 7 August 1928, at Waterloo, Iowa. My hair was brown and I have green eyes. I entered the Navy at...

I Frederick Charles Atkins was born 22 October 1922, at Passaic, New Jersey. My hair was brown and my eyes were blue. I entered naval service at An Arbor, Michigan in September 1940. My...