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U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE
(CV-45)FIRST IN PEACE - FIRST IN WAR
U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE (CV-45) Crew Roster
Year | Rank/Rate | Last Name | First Name | Hometown | Home State | Remembered by |
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1945 | ENS | Sidrow | Nicholas | Wheeling | WV | |
1945 | SM | Haile | Warren | Oakland | CA | |
1946 | AB | Hunnicutt | Warren (Red) | Asheville | NC | |
1946 | AB | Laskowski | John J. | Newark | DE | |
1946 | AB | Whitaker | William F. | Shawmut | AL | |
1946 | AO | Flood | Andrew | Charlottesville | VA | |
1946 | BM | Melanson | William | Wh | FL | |
1946 | BM | Melanson | William | Wh | FL | Zamarelli |
1946 | EM | Vitale | ||||
1946 | EM | Kinyon | WY | Vitale | ||
1946 | EM | Masch | Karl | Wappingers Falls | NY | RIP |
1946 | EM | Vitale | Stanley S. | New Haven | CT | |
1946 | ET | Flood | Andrew | Charlottesville | VA | |
1946 | GM | Hampton | Edward | Chicago | IL | |
1946 | LI | Reisner | Robert | Riverside | CA | |
1946 | MM | Etter | Charles | Roanoke | VA | |
1946 | RD | Rosetta | Andrew | Seymour | CT | |
1946 | SC | Guyton | Joseph | Brooklyn | NY | |
1946 | SM | Balanger | Cris | Chicago | IL | Zamarelli |
1946 | SM | Costabile | Antonio | Chicago | IL | |
1946 | SM | Costabile | Antonio | Chicago | IL | |
1946 | SM | Jameson | Billy | Temple | TX | |
1946 | SM | Jurina | William | Steelton | PA | |
1946 | SM | Medina | Greg | San Fernando | CA | |
1946 | SM | Zamarelli | Frank | Flushing | NY | |
1947 | AB | Crum | Charles | Pueblo | CO | |
1947 | AK | Peters | Charles | Batavia | IA | |
1947 | AM | Bailey | David | Damascus | AR | |
1947 | AO | Black | Leslie | Amarillo | TX | |
1947 | BT | Smith | Leon | Milford | CT | |
1947 | PR | Hamill | John | Chattanooga | TN | |
1947 | SCPO | Gonzales | Henry C. | San Antonio | TX | |
1947 | SN | Carrigan | Ralph | Little Falls | NJ | |
1947 | SN | David | Ed | Westwood | CA | |
1947 | WT | Miller Jr. | John | Milwaukee | WI | |
1948 | AB | Johnson | Ben | Owensboro | KY | |
1948 | AB | Pittman | Erle | Taft | CA | |
1948 | AM | Bailey | David | Damascus | AR | |
1948 | BT | Nall | Willard | Greensboro | NC | |
1948 | BT | Ortigo | Huey | Natchitoches | LA | |
1948 | BT | Ortigo | Huey | Natchitoches | LA | Ortigo |
1948 | EM | Ferraro | Alfonso | Brooklyn | NY | |
1948 | FC | Wacker | Ken | Brush | CO | |
1948 | LTJG | Tastsides | George | Hibbing | MN | RIP |
1948 | MM | Mainwaring | Richard | Redondo Beach | CA | |
1948 | MM | Timmer | Nelson | Kalamazoo | MI | |
1948 | MR | Hancock | Gene | Virginia Beach | VA | |
1948 | QM | Hoyle | John D. | Fort Smith | AR | |
1948 | QM | Maiocco | Ernie | Corning | CA | |
1948 | RM | Layton | Lloyd | Glenwood | AL | |
1948 | RM | Werner | Samuel | San Antonio | TX | |
1948 | SK | Reynolds | Marlyne R | Seattle | WA | |
1948 | SK | Reynolds | Marlyne | Seattle | WA | |
1949 | -- | Williams | Don | Waxahachie | TX | |
1949 | AB | Johnson | David | Milwaukee | WI | |
1949 | AM | Parolari | Irv | Buffalo | NY | Pittman |
1949 | AN | Lyons | Harry | Germantown | TN | |
1949 | AO | Ashby | Wilbur | Bridgeport | OR | |
1949 | BT | Schulrud | Arthur | Wausau | WI | |
1949 | FC | Donovan | Howard | Harrington | DE | |
1949 | PN | Goda | Arlin (dutch) | Columbia | PA | |
1949 | RM | Eargle | fred | Tryon | NC | |
1949 | SN | Fortner | Frank | Statesville | NC | |
1950 | -- | Crawford | Douglas Dee | Liberal | MO | |
1950 | -- | Sutter | Frank | Akron | OH | |
1950 | AB | Swanson | Frank | Billings | MT | |
1950 | AD | Purvis | Owen | Cambridge | IA | |
1950 | AE | Kranjcevich | Thomas | Dockton | WA | |
1950 | AK | Huegel | Otto | Brooklyn | NY | |
1950 | AO | Hammer | Martin | Republic | WA | |
1950 | AO | Wilson | J. T. | Dallas | TX | |
1950 | CPO | Weaver | Douglas | Weaverville | NC | |
1950 | DK | Van Doren | Harry | Van Nuys | CA | RIP |
1950 | ET | Rush | Robert Harold | Stockton | CA | |
1950 | ET | Stewart | Joseph | Doyle | TN | |
1950 | GM | Heidel | William C. | New Rochelle | NY | |
1950 | ME | Minter (deceased) 1990 | Ralph | Mayer | AZ | |
1950 | MM | Archdekin | James | St. Joseph | MO | |
1950 | PR | Lundwall | Glenn | Milwaukee | WI | |
1950 | QM | Elkins | Arthur P. | Emerson | IA | |
1950 | RM | Rush | Robert Harold | Stockton | CA | |
1950 | SF | Carver | Paul | Unknown | Schaible | |
1950 | SN | Holzwarth | Leroy | Madison | WI | |
1951 | AB | Stairs | Cleve V. | Westfield | ME | |
1951 | AD | Hamblen | Scotty | Miami | FL | |
1951 | DC | Wagner | Jim | Cash | AR | |
1951 | DC | Wagner | Jim ( J W) | Cash | NE | |
1951 | DN | Gambino | Joseph | Niagra Falls | NY | Capraro |
1951 | GM | 4th Div | IL | Benner | ||
1951 | MM | Copeland | Bill | Greenfield | OH | |
1951 | PN | Atteberry | Duane | Larned | KS | |
1951 | PN | Atteberry | Duane | Larned | KS | |
1951 | RD | Crater | Gordon | Coschocton | OH | Johnson |
1951 | RD | Johnson | James | Lewisburg | KY | |
1951 | RD | Vetter | William | Ft. Wayne | IN | Johnson |
1951 | RM | Weil | Calvin | Tucson | CA | |
1951 | SN | Gabor | Alexander | Oak Harbor | WA | |
1952 | AD | Lynch | Andrew | Montclair | NJ | |
1952 | BT | Jackson | Allen | Omaha | NE | Thomas |
1952 | BT | Thomas | John Hughey | Greenville | SC | |
1952 | BT | Thomas | John H. ( Chatterbox ) | Greenville | SC | |
1952 | ENS | Slayton | George | San Antonio | TX | |
1952 | MM | Manchester | David | Philadelphia | PA | |
1952 | PFC | Deyo | Donald | Dallas | TX | |
1952 | SH | James | Hobert | Spartanburg | SC | |
1952 | SH | Wells | Louis | San Demois | CA | James |
1952 | SK | Nichols | Leland | Hopewell | VA | |
1953 | AB | Davis | Carl | Van | WV | |
1953 | AD | Maresca | Anthony | Nutley | NJ | Lynch |
1953 | AD | Riley | Richard | Jersey City | NJ | Lynch |
1953 | AT | Harrison | Donald | Toledo | OH | |
1953 | CS | Brown | Kenneth F | High Point | NC | |
1953 | DT | Capraro | Anthony | Brooklyn | NY | |
1953 | EM | Stork | Edward | Adamstown | PA | |
1953 | EM | Stork | Edward | Adamstown | PA | |
1953 | PFC | Dunlap | Murrel | KY | Vaughn | |
1953 | PFC | Moss | Johnny W | Newport News | VA | |
1953 | PFC | Vaughn | Donald | Altizer | WV | |
1953 | SN | Delano | Robert | Scottville | MI | |
1953 | SN | Vaughan | James | Lasker | NC | |
1953 | YN | Wustefeld (Wusty) | George | Atlantic City | NJ | |
1954 | AK | Rodgers | Milton | Pittsburgh | PA | |
1954 | DC | Hatton | Eugene | Cant Rember | KY | Wagner |
1954 | GM | Benner | Ron (tweets) | Waldoboro | ME | |
1954 | MM | Ferrante | Salvatore Sam | Patchogue | NY | |
1954 | MM | Friess | Not Sure | Connecticut | CT | |
1954 | MM | Vieni | Joseph | Bronx | NY | |
1954 | PFC | Quidgon | Vaughn | |||
1954 | QM | Bousquet | Louis | Hingham | MA | |
1954 | QM | Bousquet | Louis | Millidgeville | GA | |
1954 | YN | Reidell | Robert | Buffalo | NY | |
1955 | Any Radarman | Sweet | ||||
1955 | AB | Dall | Raymond | Livermore | CA | |
1955 | AB | Gomes | Ray | West New York | NJ | |
1955 | AN | Grice | William | Fort Wayne | IN | |
1955 | BT | Barnes | Robert | Darlington | PA | |
1955 | ET | Polito | Joe | Buffalo | NY | |
1955 | GM | Stoddard | Walter | Norwalk | OH | |
1955 | ME | Unangst | Gene | Easton | PA | |
1955 | RD | Sweet | Rodney | Mystic | CT | |
1955 | SM | Dunnavant | Leroy | Long Beach | CA | |
1955 | SN | Dubick | Michael | Emmaus | PA | |
1956 | AM | Jacobs | Dan | Yarmouth | MA | |
1956 | DK | Mccormick | James | Harrington | WA | |
1956 | IC | Duda | Peter | Reading | PA | |
1956 | MM | Schwab | Jack | Joliet | IL | |
1956 | PT | Skinner | Richard | Hoopeston | IL | |
1957 | AD | Delaney | John | Lackawanna | NY | |
1957 | AK | Nation | Richard | Marina | CA | |
1957 | BT | Hoffman | John | New York City | NY | |
1957 | CPO | Moyihan | Daniel A | MA | Raynor | |
1957 | DC | Zizelman | Max | Rockford | OH | |
1957 | FN | Mason | Robert | Roseville | MI | |
1957 | FT | Poe | OR | |||
1957 | LT | Campbell | Edward | Griffin | GA | |
1957 | MM | Rittenhouse | Richard | Norstown | PA | |
1957 | PN | Hicks | Tracy | Inglewood | CA | |
1957 | SM | Pulliam | Lawrence | Henderson | NC | |
1958 | AB | Gray | Edward.. "Ted". | Haverhill | MA | |
1958 | AC | Tazio | Armando | Canyon Country | CA | |
1958 | AD | Brown | Kenneth L | Gadsden | AL | |
1958 | AK | Farrel | Tom | Plano | TX | Stone |
1958 | AK | Morris | J D | Rocky Mount | NC | Stone |
1958 | AK | Propps | Robert | TX | Stone | |
1958 | AK | Stone | Warren M | Mechanicsburg | PA | |
1958 | BT | Adair | Paul | Pittsburgh | PA | |
1958 | BT | Adair | Paul | Pittsburgh | PA | |
1958 | BT | Frazier | Gary | Ottumwa | IA | |
1958 | CPTN | Smith | Duquette | |||
1958 | DT | Raynor | Charles | Fayetteville | NC | |
1958 | ET | Wilburn | Norman | Hartford | IL | |
1958 | HM | Bauley | Raymond | Ecorse | MI | |
1958 | LCOL | Duquette | Norman | Plattsburgh | NY | |
1958 | MN | Parks | Don | Summerville | SC | |
1958 | MN | Parks | Don | South Edmeston | NY | |
1958 | PH | Robertson | Granvel { Robbie) | Glen Morgan | WV | |
1958 | SM | Boles | John | Detroit | MI | |
1958 | YN | Fishburn | Dale | Marengo | IL | |
1959 | AB | Kilmer | Joe | Corning | NY | |
1959 | AT | Blodgett | Chuck | Switzerland County | IN | |
1959 | BT | Green | Homer | Conneaut | OH | |
1959 | BT | Green | Homer | Conneaut | OH | |
1959 | DC | Johnson | Leo | Seguin | TX | |
1959 | EM | Helms | Nathan | Evensville | IN | Polifka |
1959 | EM | Polifka | Stephen | Bridgeport | CT | |
1959 | EN | Hagerman | Ron | Ann Arbor | MI | |
1959 | EN | Powell | B. W. Ron | Philadelphia | PA | |
1959 | EN | Powell | Byron (ron) | Philadelphia | PA | |
1959 | GM | Beasley | Samuel | Lawrenceburg | KY | |
1959 | GM | Beasley | Samuel | Lawrenceburg | KY | |
1959 | IC | Briggs | Art | Springfield | NJ | |
1959 | IC | Young | Jim | Fitzgerald | GA | |
1959 | MM | Duke | Wendell | Marianna | AR | |
1959 | MM | Hall | Glen | Holden(logan) | WV | |
1959 | MM | Mayeux | Ronald | Baton Rogue | LA | |
1959 | MM | Mcinnes | Robert | Texas City | TX | |
1959 | MM | Waldo | Leroy | Conneaut | OH | |
1959 | RM | Adams | Robert | Landing | NJ | |
1959 | RM | Mc Sain | Mike | Binghamton | NY | |
1959 | RM | Scheck | Hank | KS | Mc Sain | |
1959 | RM | Schronce | Vern | Gastonia | NC | Mc Sain |
1959 | SF | Bye | William | Edmond | OK | |
1959 | SK | Nelson | Neal | Livermore | ME | |
1959 | SM | Dicken | Burgess | Dallas | TX | |
1959 | SM | Groves | Charles | Virginia Beach | VA | |
1959 | SN | Landers | Harry | Dwight | IL | |
1959 | SN | Mckenzie | Joel | Savannah | GA | |
1959 | YN | Byars | Lewis | Backsburg | SC | |
1960 | AB | Galbo | Charles | Saddle Brook | NJ | |
1960 | AD | Upchurch | Larry (vaw 12) | Anadarko | OK | |
1960 | BM | Bessell | Fred | Mt.sterling | IL | |
1960 | BM | Dugger | John | Camden | AR | |
1960 | BM | Modaffari | Joseph | Pittsburgh | PA | |
1960 | BM | Modaffari | Joseph | Pittsburgh | PA | |
1960 | BT | Unger | Charles | Seattle | WA | |
1960 | BT | Unger | Charles | Seattle | WA | |
1960 | BT | Wilkins | Jesse | Lititz | PA | |
1960 | EM | Silva | Norman | Woodland | CA | |
1960 | EN | Parks | Ralph L. | Baton Rouge | LA | |
1960 | FT | Baker | George | Hastings | NE | |
1960 | FT | Jankiewicz | Joe | Baltimore Md. | MD | |
1960 | GM | Gentile | Edward R | Paulsboro | NJ | |
1960 | IC | Hoggatt | Daniel | Hammond | IN | |
1960 | LCPL | Rathbun | Gernard (gary) | Kane | PA | |
1960 | MID2 | Hanna | Ron | Sioux City Iowa | IA | |
1960 | MM | Beard | Charles (chuck) | Texarkana | TX | |
1960 | MM | Neely | Joseph | Honolulu | HI | |
1960 | MM | Shepherd | Woodrow | Hyden | KY | |
1960 | RM | Davis | Gerald | Jacksonville | NC | |
1960 | RM | Herman | Eugene | Holland | NY | |
1960 | SF | Bockenkamp | Don | Bonne Terre | MO | |
1960 | SF | Ventimiglia | Robert | South Plainfield | NJ | |
1960 | SK | Foldessy | Gary | Detroit | MI | |
1960 | SM | Hanna | Ron | Sioux City | IA | |
1960 | SM | Hanna | Ron | Sioux City | IA | |
1960 | SM | Olson | Larry | Beloit | WI | |
1961 | AM | Pfanku | Richard | Madison | WI | |
1961 | AM | Pfanku | Richard | Madison | WI | |
1961 | BT | Allman | James F. | Weston | WV | |
1961 | BT | Charlevoix | Stephen | Foster City | MI | |
1961 | BT | Charlevoix | Stephen | Foster City | MN | Allman |
1961 | EM | Leitner | Dan | Manitowoc | WI | |
1961 | FT | Devlin | Ed | Jankiewicz | ||
1961 | FT | Paxton | Mike | Gloversville | NY | |
1961 | IC | Vannotti | Gene | Union City | NJ | |
1961 | LTJG | Zacharias | Tom | Los Angeles | CA | |
1961 | SF | Dalton | Richard | Eureka | MO | |
1961 | SH | Zampino | Benjamin | Canton | OH | |
1961 | SN | Riemann | Charles | Barrington | NJ | |
1962 | AB | Melton | Dan | Seattle | WA | |
1962 | AG | Best | Wailgum | |||
1962 | AG | Ketchum | Sam | Wailgum | ||
1962 | AG | Wailgum | George | Holyoke | MA | |
1962 | AM | Knox | Raymond (tommy) | Indio | CA | |
1962 | CPO | Cunningham | Robert | Lincoln | NE | |
1962 | EM | Thompson | Paul | Concord | CA | |
1962 | ENS | Friesen | James | Delhi---livingston | CA | |
1962 | IC | Trathen | Lance | Centrailia | WA | |
1962 | IC | Vannotti | Gene | Union City | NJ | |
1962 | LTJG | Fletcher | Wailgum | |||
1962 | MM | Lowney | Walter | Butte | MT | |
1962 | PH | Boegel | Wailgum | |||
1962 | RM | Quinn | Sherlin Bud | Live In An Rv Fulltime | AL | |
1963 | AG | Kathman | Jack | FL | Holden | |
1963 | FN | Rea | Jimmy | Snowball | AR | |
1963 | MM | Harmon | John | Warsaw | MO | |
1963 | RD | O Dey | Charles | Norfolk | NE | |
1963 | RM | Holden | Leonard | Santa Monica | CA | |
1963 | SN | Richmond | Alfred | San Francisco | CA | |
1964 | AB | Hargraves | Barry | Merrimac | MA | |
1964 | AK | Heth | Ronald | Jesup | IA | |
1964 | FT | Ferguson | Jack | Bay City | MI | |
1964 | HM | Henderson | Greg | Kittanning | PA | |
1964 | LCPL | Parker | Irving | Napoleonville | LA | |
1964 | MM | Rosauer | Gary | Buckingham | IA | |
1964 | MM | Talbert | Wallace | WV | ||
1964 | RD | Thomas | Edward | Arlington | VA | |
1964 | SH | Knight | Jack | Modesto | CA | |
1965 | AB | Robbins | Larry | Anderson | IN | |
1965 | RM | Van Fossen | David | Tarlton | OH | |
1967 | DT | Condrotte | Charles (chad) | Walnut Creek | CA | |
1967 | MM | Jackson | Darold | Sheridan | WY | |
1967 | RD | Taylor | Robert | Muskegon | MI | |
1967 | RD | Traub | Julius | Fort Gratiot | MI | |
1968 | AB | Lawson | Kenny | Rockville | MD | |
1968 | DC | Robbins | Louis | Hart | MI | |
1969 | HT | Smith | Carlos | Washington | NC | |
1992 | PN | Greba | Duffy | Irwin | PA |