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Eugene A. Greene was born on 21 November 1914 in Smithtown, New York. [1] Greene grew up in Smithtown and Mineola, New York, graduating from St. Francis High School in 1932. [2] He graduated [3] Rhode Island State College, now Rhode Island University, in June 1940, before enlisting in the United States Naval Reserve on 13 January 1941, and ...
USS. Bordelon. USS Bordelon (DD/DDR-881) was one of 98 World War II Gearing -class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was named for Marine Staff Sergeant William J. Bordelon (1920–1943), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Tarawa . Bordelon was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation ...
2 × depth charge tracks. USS Basilone (DD/DDE-824) was a Gearing -class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone (1916–1945), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action...." in the defense of Henderson Field during the 1942 Guadalcanal campaign .
USS. Gyatt. USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1/DDG-712) was a Gearing -class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named for Edward Earl Gyatt, a United States Marine Corps private and Marine Raider who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal. [1] Laid down in 1944, [2] the destroyer was commissioned in 1945 and missed combat ...
Two U.S. Army soldiers hold honorable discharge certificates in 2014. A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve. Each country's military has different types of discharge. They are generally based on whether the persons completed their training and then fully and satisfactorily ...
Description. English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) underway, circa in 1951. The photo was taken between her 1950 refit, when she received the tripod mast with the AN/SPS-6 radar, and her 1952 refit, when she was fitted with an AN/SPS-8A air search radar aft and was redesignated radar picket destroyer DDR-711. Date.
Namesake. Everett Frederick Larson was born on 3 September 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on 13 January 1942. Serving in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II, Private First Class Larson was killed in action on Guadalcanal on 8 October 1942, while attempting to swim the Matanikau ...
Namesake. Eugene S. Sarsfield was born on 19 April 1902 in Brooklyn, New York. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1922. Upon his graduation on 3 June 1926, he was commissioned ensign and served on the USS Nevada, USS New York, and USS Hannibal, before receiving submarine instruction in 1929 and torpedo training in 1930.