Kitsap Veterans Life, September 04, 2015

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‘A day all of us prayed for’ Remembering the end of World War II ■ Readers’ tributes to WWII veterans ■ Roster of Kitsap County residents who gave their lives ■ Kitsap County Medal of Honor recipients

September 2015

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They paid the ultimate sacrifice

Kitsap County residents who died in uniform during World War II T he Path of Freedom memorial at Bremerton High School’s Memorial Stadium honors all Kitsap County residents killed in action in all wars. The individual names are etched in huge granite slabs, as are the names of 13 Medal of Honor recipients from Kitsap County.

The following names of those who died in World War II were provided by Lane and Deanna Dowell of the Semancik Foundation.

Alfred Adamson Hubert Richard Agin Francis G. Ahearn Richard L. Alderman Paul E. Almon Robert S. Anderson Trig Anderson Carl H. Arvidson LeRoy Ashby Earl G. Atkinson Neil T. Baker Samuel R. Bakshas Walter C. Baldwin Henry E. Ballard Charles D. Bartling Raymond L. Bates Sherwin E. Baumgarner Lewis G. Beck William J. Beck Jr A. Bennet Harold Bennett Arthur O. Bentson David D. Berg Kenneth Bergstrom Jack S. Berkheimer George E. Biggs Jr Curtis E. Bjorklund

The Bremerton High School Associated Student Body of 1946-47 raised $39,562 to build Memorial Stadium, to honor those who fought in World War II. In 2007, the Semancik Foundation expanded the project by creating a personalized veterans’ memorial and flag plaza in the stadium, called “The Path of Freedom.” The center stone is inscribed with the logos of the seven branches of our military and the words, “For those who have given life, limb and soul, so we might enjoy our freedom.”

Contributed / Semancik Foundation Hugh D. Black Richmond F. Blieffert John T. Blodgett Joseph Boltan Creed C. Boothe Karl F. Border Joseph H. Bourland Robert E. Bowers James B. Brandon James D. Breitenstein Ernest M. Brenden Robert N. Brooks Otto L. Brose Roy W. Brower Ralph E. Bryner Howard M. Bullard Sherwin E. Bumgarner Edward A. Burmaster James E. Buskirk Norman U. Byers Elmer D. Calkings

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Elmo D. Calkins Arthur C. Campbell Clinta Campbell Jack R. Campbell James E. Campbell Wesley M. Canfield Carl R. Capes Alfred M. Carlson John A. Carlson Jerry Carroll William Charles Chris Y. Chen Leslie R. Chilton Kent S. Chollar Floyd E. Christensen Alexander A. Christie Robert L. Christopher Charles Cleaver Marvin S. Clinton Lewis E. Clough Roger F. Coffin Maurice H. Cohen Willett S. Colegrove Jr Frank E. Coleman Jr Sidney P. Comley Donald W. Connelly Glenn H. Connery Ervin E. Cooper Patrick F. Corcoran David W. Crosswhite Maurice A. Crowther Eugene L. Cummings Jr Marlene Cummings Allan Cunningham Paul F. Curdy Nuel S. Curtis Walter J. Czarzasty Murl Dain Jr Frank Daman Jr Ace H. Dibble Elton Dickens William C. Dodge Delmore Dudacek Henry O. Ehlers Kenneth M. Eide Robert K. Einar Howard L. Ellis Bruce H. Ellison Arthur W. Erickson

Richard T. Erickson Benjamin R. Evans Jr Frank Fenton Ralph B. Fisher Robert M. Fiske Wesley E. Finch Henry C. Florea Jr Louis C. Fogg Robert E. Forsman Gordon W. Fox Marcel J. France Martin Franciscovitch William A. Freeman Henry Froyen James A. Fuller Victor M. Gadrow Nelson N. Gates Jr Raymond H. Geist Cecil S. Gerdon Hugh Gillette Donald R. Gingery Clarence Gjersvold Halbert E. Gorman Hugh E. Gorman William J. Gould Edward T. Grace William E. Graves Everette A. Greene Elmer W. Gustafson John R. Hale Wesley C. Hall Robert E. Hamer Clarence J. Hamilton Grover S. Hamm Paul V. Hanson Albert D. Harlow Harley E. Harlow Marlet Harlow Franklin R. Harris James A. Harris Donald W. Hart James L. Hartsoc William K. Haslam Charles Heath Jr Norman R. Hedrick Irvin A. Heglund Jerome K. Herrigstad Walter J. Hess Arthur L. Hickman

Ernest J. Hill Roger M. Hill William F. Hill Keith Hitchcock Theodore R. Hokenstad George V. Holmquist Donald M. Horner Robert W. Howard Joe T. Howell Jack C. Hubbard Frank Hubbs Grant L. Hubbs Freeman B. Huffsmith Wilma L. Huneke William I. Imamoto James R. Jacobs Leland L. Johns Leo O. Johnson Chester G. Jones Elmer Jones Claude W. Jonon Jr Herbert Katzenberger Ralph H. Keil Ivan C. Kelly William F. Kiehn Frederick W. Kinney Edward E. Kjelness E.E. Knechtel William J. Koch George A. Komedal James O. Komedal Elwin G. Knudson Chester W. Kreiling Frederick L. Kuhlman Guy R. Laber William J. LaCaff Wilfred T. Lambert Jr Donald A. Larson Vernon L. Larson Doyle R. Lawrence Howard C. Lebeck Eugene Leggett Gordon W. Lester Charles F. Letson Frank Levar Alger C. Libby Albert J. Limpp Jr Charles F. Linder Albert L. Lloyd

Allen F. Lohman Clyde D. Lowry Jr Murray Lund Robert E. Lund Robert E. Lundgren Estus L. Lynn Norman M. Mackie John P. Madsen Jr William A. Marmont Jr Hollis Martin Terry J. Martin Glen E. Mason Merrell M. Mastick Stanley A. Mathiason Donald J. Mathison Elvin J. Matt Clair E. Mattoon Gordon McBride Lee McClure Jr Douglas McDonald Lee McDonald Michel McGuire Robert M. McLain James H. McPherson R.H. McPherson Jr Robert M. McPherson Roger D. McWilliams Robert L. Meusch Edwin A. Miles Harold E. Mitts Dale C. Moore Edward L. Moore Frank R. Moran Donald G. Musselman Edwin J. Myers Jr Clyde E. Nelson John Nelson Alfred Ness Rudolph N. Ness Walter W. Niemi Lincoln G. Nordby Roy R. Norton Raymond J. O'Connell Chester D. O'Dell Sigvard Elmer Odden Adrian V. Olness Arthur H. Olson Leif Olson Warren R. Olson Robert E. Omoth Keith V. Otis Donald C. O'Tyson Robert E. Pachaud Roger B. Paddock Thomas A. Parsons Gene Peck Paul J. Pecolar William Perkins Carl V. Person Chester Peterman Charles D. Peterman George H. Peterson James C. Peterson Ellis B. Phillips Gerald H. Poeppel Marley O. Polk Robert R. Porter Frederick S. Ravin John C. Ravin Otto V. Rich Alvin E. Rider Andrew W. Riker George E. Riker

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The Greatest Generation Readers’ tributes to veterans of World War II

SK3 JOHN ABRAMS, USN

HOMETOWN: Kingston.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: World War II. HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Storekeeper third class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Stationed in Seattle and San Francisco; served onboard the USS Andromeda (AKA-15) and the SS Alcoa Patriot (U.S. Naval Armed Guard). Carried combat equipment to invasion-staging

bases and beach heads. The ships also brought wounded soldiers and Marines home. Saw action in the Battle of Okinawa onboard the Andromeda, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf on the Alcoa Patriot.

POST-WAR CAREER: Graduated from Western Washington University and Columbia University; served for 30 years as a teacher, school counselor, principal, and assistant superintendent in the Bellevue School District.

FIREMAN 1ST CLASS BILL J. BAKER, USN

HOMETOWN: Pineville, Kentucky.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1942-45.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Fireman first class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Stationed in the Solomon Islands on

the USS President Adams (APA-19). In 1942, while fighting on Guadalcanal, he received shrapel wounds in the shoulder and legs from bombs dropped

by Japanese war planes.

POST-WAR CAREER: Truck driver supplying food to nursing homes.

Combat missions in Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Munda, Bougainville, Rabaul, Vela LaVela, New Britannia.

Distinguished Flying Cross, four Air Medals, Presidential Unit Citation.

POST-WAR CAREER: Worked for Boeing, later became a residential home builder in Kitsap.

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CPL. WILLIAM R. CASEY, USMC

Stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, and later in South and South Korea.

POST-WAR CAREER: Delivered packages for H&R Block in Indianapolis, retired from Keyport and Kitsap Transit.

HOMETOWN: Kingston.

BRANCH: U.S. Marine Corps.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1942-45.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Sergeant.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Tailgunner on a USMC TBF (VMTBN-232), Red Devil Squadron.

Memorial 2ND LT. WILLIAM J. BUCKLEY, USAAF

HOMETOWN: Bremerton.

BRANCH: U.S. Marine Corps.

YEARS OF SERVICE: Three years.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Corporal.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR:

SGT. ALBA N. BLACKERBY, USMC

HOMETOWN: Shoreline.

BRANCH: U.S. Army Air Force.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1943-46.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Second lieutenant (flight officer/navigator).

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR:

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Darwin A. Roberts Richard D. Ronne Samuel J. Roper Joseph J. Ruskey Perry O. Russell William W. Sands Ralph E. Satt Albert E. Scheib Berl O. Schmidt Reuben O. Schnase Paul R. Schroeder Edward C. Schultz Dorman L. “Bud” Scott Drexel T. Scott Walton T. Seed Clarence J. Setko James E. Sherwood William H. Shurts Phillip G. Silva Clarence F. Sitko Elmer A. Slaton Herman R. Slobey Hamilton A. Smith Thomas L. Smith Oliver Spencer Jr

MASTER SGT. JOHN G. BAKER, USA

HOMETOWN: East Bremerton.

BRANCH: U.S. Army.

YEARS OF SERVICE: March 1, 1941-May 20, 1945.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Master sergeant (sergeant major).

SIGNIFICANT

Jack W. Spriestersbach Stuart Stanley Robert Starevich Jamas Eldon Starkel Orval L. Stewart Russell Stewart William G. Stillwell John Stoddard Louis Stornelli Jr Fred L. Sunday Jack D. Sutherland Theodore N. Sutherland Cato H. Swalling Charles F. Swanson Glenn Thompson Lester O. Thompson Loren Thorsen Harold W. Tiedemann Donald K. Tivey James Torpey Lloyd R. Turk Laverne E. Twohy Samuel J. Tyree Donato Umali John D. Van Arsdale Robert Van Klinken Garrette M. Van Ripar Gordon V. Vestal Oliver P. Wadley

DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Liberation campaigns in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

POST-WAR CAREER: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

Herman E. Wagner Edwin J. Wallen Warren M. Watson Arthur M. Weiss William Welch Eugene B. Wescom Marion A. Westbrook William T. Whitman Jr Earl Whiting Harry E. Wilcox Jack O. Williams William B. Williams Jr Henry E. Wilson Lewis W. Wright Clarence F. Wolfe

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ON THE COVER ■ The image on the front page of Veterans Life is from an advertisement placed in the Sept. 7, 1945 Kitsap County Herald, page 3, by Puget Sound Power & Light Co.

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LT. WILLIAM M. CRUTCHER, USN

HOMETOWN: Lost Creek, Pennsylvania.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy Reserve.

YEARS OF SERVICE: August 1942-July 23, 1944.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Lieutenant.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Chaplain at Naval Training Station San Diego; Camp Gillespie, San Diego; deployed overseas with U.S. Marines in December 1943; died as a result of wounds sustained during the landing at Guam on July 23, 1944.

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HOMETOWN: Bellingham.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: Aug. 6, 1919-Dec. 17, 1945.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Enlisted as a machinist’s mate; retired as a lieutenant.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served on the USS California. Wounded by bomb fragments in the bombing of Liverpool, England on Sept. 10, 1940, and while bringing down a German Luftwaffe JU-88 in April 1942.

OTHER: After joining the Navy in 1919, he served on the USS Tennessee (BB-43) and the USS Philip (DD-76).

Lent to British Forces; was captured and spent two years in a

German prison camp.

Received the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving three-year-old Stella Kapinska from the waters of the Hudson River on May 23, 1927.

AWARDS: Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Lifesaving Medal, WWI Victory Medal, Haitian Campaign Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Nicaraguan Campaign, Yangtze Service, WWII Victory Medal, American Defense Medal, African Campaign Medal, Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Expert Rifle, Expert Pistol.

POST-WAR CAREER: Skippered a fishing boat in Alaska.

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Ardennes, Central Europe; wounded in Belgium in January 1945.

POST-WAR CAREER: Served in Korea 1950-51, fought in three battles, retired from the Army in 1962 as a lieutenant colonel.

Civil defense director for Kitsap County, 1968-1982.

EM1 HERSCHEL R. GUSTAFSON, USN

SEAMAN 1ST CLASS JOSEPH ANDREW EKSTEDT, USN

FREE Au.D., CCC-A

HOMETOWN: Port Orchard.

BRANCH: U.S. Army.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1940-46.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Captain (enlisted as a private).

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Saw action in Normandy, FranceBelgium, Rhineland,

Au.D., CCC-A

HOMETOWN: Poulsbo.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: Two years, eight months.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Seaman first class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS Bennington (CV-20), Okinawa campaign.

POST-WAR CAREER: Worked at Naval Base Kitsap— Keyport, mostly on torpedoes, retiring as foreman.

HOMETOWN: Spokane.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1942-46.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Electrician’s mate third class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served on the USS William C. Cole, DE641. Saw action in the Battle of Okinawa; while shooting down two Japanese planes, a kamikaze’s wingtips

bent a tube on a torpedo mount and the Cole sailed to the Philippines for repairs.

POST-WAR CAREER: Earned an electrical engineering degree at Gonzaga University in 1950; started a high-voltage transmission wiring installation company with three partners in 1967. He was president of WICO (Wire Installation Contractors) and retired in 1982. Died in 2012.

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Readers’ tributes to veterans of World War II CWO4 CHESTER LEE HARVEY, USN

HOMETOWN: Kingston, Tennessee.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 30 years.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Chief warrant officer 4.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Solomons (CVE67).

POST-WAR CAREER: Continued in the Navy until retirement, seeing action in Korea. After Navy retirement, was in the ship security business.

OTHER: His Navy career started on the USS Tennessee (BB-43). Became a chief boatswain’s mate before becoming a CWO.

JOHN O’NEILL, USAAF

ETMC NATHANIEL ORSON HOWARD II

HOMETOWN: Damariscotta, Maine.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1942-1963.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Master chief electronics technician.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Survivor of the sinking of USS Liscome Bay

(CVE-56) Nov. 24, 1943. Night Fighter Squadron, Beaver Pond, Quonset Rhode Island; radio technician 2, USS Antietam (CV-36).

POST-WAR CAREER: Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut; supervisory nuclear engineering technician, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

RADARMAN 2ND CLASS CALVIN MILES PURSER, USN

CHIEF MASTER SGT. ROBERT M. MESSNER, USAF

LT. CMDR JOHN F. LONGMATE, USNR

HOMETOWN: Bremerton.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1944-46; 1950-53.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Lieutenant commander.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served in the South Pacific. Called back

into service for the Korean War. Active in the Navy Reserve and obntained the rank of lieutenant commander.

POST-WAR CAREER: Continued his career at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where he worked before the war, and retired as structural group superintendent.

HOMETOWN: Port Orchard.

BRANCH: U.S. Air Force.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 23 years.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Chief master sergeant.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Biggs AFB, El Paso, Texas; Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Charleston AFB, South Carolina; several bases in England, and Udorn Air Base, Thailand.

“Today, the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain death. The seas bear only commerce. Men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is quietly at peace.”

— Gen. Douglas MacArthur

HOMETOWN: Port Orchard (born 1919, died 2007).

BRANCH: U.S. Army Air Force.

YEARS OF SERVICE: Three or four years.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Not known; he was a B-17 pilot.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Stationed in Arizona, California and Montana.

POST-WAR CAREER: Farmed the family farm, worked for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, served on the Olympic College Board of Trustees.

HOMETOWN: Kingston.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: Feb. 5, 1943-March 9, 1946.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Radarman second class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS YMS-119, USS Patapsco (AOG-1).

AWARDS: AsiaticPacific Area Campaign Medal (one star), American Area Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.

GM2 RAY ZETTERBERG, USN

LT. JOHN T. “MIKE” WOLF, USN

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

-John F. Kennedy

HOMETOWN: Hansville.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1941-45; official honorable discharge in 1960.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Lieutenant.

DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served in the South Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS

Hornet. Ace fighter pilot; awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 20, 2015.

POST-WAR CAREER: Started Financial Planning, Inc., in Long Beach, California, and was an estate planner for 40 years.

Inducted into the Long Beach City College Hall of Fame.

HOMETOWN: Kingston.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1940-46.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Gunner’s Mate second class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS Nashville (CL-43), USS Adams (DM-27).

AWARDS: AsiaticPacific Campaign Medal with four stars, American Area Campaign Medal,

American Defense Service Medal with Bronze ”A,” World War II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European-AfricanMiddle Eastern Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation ribbon with two stars.

POST-WAR CAREER: Worked as a mechanic for the Navy and then Pan-Am, then worked independently as an automatic transmission mechanic.

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Chaplain Anthony J. Conroy, USNR, leads Mass prior to the invasion of Guam in July 1944.

Conroy, a lieutenant, was killed during the landing.

Rita Hagwell (Lt. Conroy’s niece)

DEC. 16, 1944: The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. By Jan. 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat.

MARCH 7, 1945: U.S. troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.

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SEPTEMBER 2015 | VETERANS LIFE I 7

1945

THE END OF WORLD WAR II: 70 YEARS LATER

2015

Kitsap County’s Medal of Honor recipients Eleven Kitsap County residents have received the Medal of Honor, five for heroism during World War II.

MACHINIST DONALD K. ROSS, USN (1910-1992).

For heroism during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on the USS Nevada (BB-36) and other

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ships in Pearl Harbor. Working alone in the dynamo room, he continued to supply the power needed to move the battleship out to sea. Attained the rank of captain. He later authored “Nipsic to Nimitz” and "Washington State Men of Valor,” and spoke at Kitsap schools on American history.

BM1 REINHARDT J. KEPPLER, USN (1918-1942).

For heroism on Nov. 12-13, 1942 aboard the USS San Francisco (CA-38) during the Solomon Islands campaign.

Lost his life keeping a shipboard fire under control. Only recipient of the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross and Purple

President Truman presents the Medal of Honor to Sgt. John D. “Bud” Hawk, U.S. Army, on June 21. 1945.

The president traveled to Olympia to present the Medal of Honor to Sgt. Hawk on the State Capitol steps.

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SGT. JOHN D. “BUD” HAWK, USA (1924-2013).

For heroism on Aug. 20, 1944 near Chambois, France, when he crushed German troops’

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attempts to escape during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket. Later became an elementary school principal in Bremerton. John D. “Bud” Hawk Elementary School in Bremerton is named in his honor.

PVT1 DEXTER J.

KERSTETTER, USA (19071972). For heroism on April 13, 1945 near Galiano, Luzon, Phillippines, when he led forces in conquering a hill held

by Japanese troops. Attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Employed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1954-1972.

Disabled American Veterans post in Gorst is named in his honor.

LT. RICHARD M. McCOOL JR., USN (1922-2008). For heroism fighting a fire caused by a kamikaze attack on June 10-11, 1945 aboard USS LCS (L-3) 122, off Okinawa.

Attained the rank of captain.

Lived on Bainbridge Island.

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