Crew Members

Cunningham, Lt. Commander James – Chaplain

Curtin, Bernard – 2nd and 4th Divisions

Dadosky, William E., USMC – 7th Division

Dansereau, Alfred P. – Seaman 1st class

Daugird, Charles E. – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class – Plank owner

Dease, Vincent J. – Radioman PO Third Class – Plank owner

Decker, Charles – Yeoman PO Third Class

Degenhardt, Elmer C. – Yeoman PO First Class – Plank owner

Dennis, Fred Russell Jr – Seaman 1st class – Plank owner

Dohs, Charles L. – Aviation Machinist’s Mate PO Second Class

Dorer, Danny – Seaman 1st class

Driscoll, Michael – Seaman 1st class

Dumbolton, Quentin – Fire Controlman Chief Petty Officer

Dvorak, Eugene – Fireman PO First Class

Dwyer, Ross T. – 1st Lieutenant, USMC

Edwards, Thomas Vernon

Enghom, Russell K. – Fire Controlman PO Second Class – KIA 11/15/42

Erdmann, James M. – Fire Controlman PO Second Class

Erickson, Albin Kenneth – Electrician’s Mate PO Third Class

Eriksen, Robert – Aviation Machinist’s Mate PO Second Class

Everly, Houston R. – Machinist’s Mate PO Second Class – Plank owner

Fairclough, Edwin J. – Fire Controlman PO First Class

Farrell, Edward – Fireman PO First Class

Femenella, John J. – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class

Figueroa, Arturo – Seaman 1st class

Fitzgerald, H.C. – Electrician’s Mate PO Second Class – Plank owner

Fliszar, Joseph – Storekeeper PO First Class

Joseph FliszarStorekeeper First ClassOral History [telephone interview]December 13, 2001 Deborah M. Lyon: My name is Deb Lyon, and I'm calling from the Center for Western Studies in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and I'm a part of the USS South Dakota battleship oral...

Foust, Forest F. – Seaman 1st class

Fowler, Leon L. – Seaman 1st class

Freely, Francis – Electrician’s Mate PO Second Class

Gannon, Jack – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class

Gardella, Jr., Louis – Pharmacist’s Mate PO Third Class

Gargano, Louis – Apprentice seaman

Garner, Othor – Seaman 1st class

Garrison, William – Electrician’s Mate PO First Class

Gasior, Anthony W.

Gatch, Captain Thomas – Commanding Officer (3/42 – 2/43) – Plank owner

Gatzke, Raymond – Metalsmith PO First Class – Plank owner

Gee, L. Leon – Radarman PO Third Class

Luther Leon Gee, U.S. NavyOral HistoryInterviewed by CAPT Diane Diekman, USN (Ret) Diekman: I am Captain Diane Diekman, United States Navy (retired) and president of the Battleship South Dakota Memorial Foundation. I’m interviewing 97-year-old Leon Gee [pronounced...

Gee, Lotis S. – Machinist’s Mate PO Third Class

Gelso, Gennaro – Shipfitter PO Third Class – Plank Owner

Gerhardt, Wayne B. – Seaman 1st class – Plank owner

Gibson, John Russell – Shipfitter PO Third Class

Gilbert, John F. – Aviation Machinist’s Mate PO Third Class

Gillespie, Clay W. – Shipfitter Chief Petty Officer – Plank owner

Ginn, Herman – Radarman PO Third Class

Goforth, Richard L. – Seaman 2nd class

Goldman, J. Herbert – Aviation Radioman PO Third Class

Goldweitz, Sol – Musician PO Third Class

Graham, Calvin – Seaman 2nd class (Gunner’s mate)

Gray, Lieutenant (j.g.) Harrison D. – FC Division – Plank owner

Gray, William P. – Fire Controlman Chief Petty Officer – Plank owner

Green, Harold S. – Fire Controlman PO Third Class

Griffis, Loyd Jefferson – Seaman 2nd class

Date of Enlistment: 15 Aug 1942 Place of Enlistment: Jackson, MS. He was a Merchant Mariner from Beaumont, Mississippi. He took ten years off his actual age (said he was born in 1909 instead of 1899) in order to join. He had no wife or children.

Guelich, Donald C. – Quartermaster PO Third Class – Plank owner

Gundy, George – Machinist’s Mate PO Second Class

Gunter, Marion E. – Seaman 1st class

Gydos, Michael – Apprentice seaman (Machinist’s mate) – Plank owner

Michael "Mike" GydosMachinist's MateOral HistoryJuly 6, 2001 Deborah M. Lyon: He's a crewmember of the battleship, USS South Dakota. The interview is conducted by Deborah Lyon on July 6, 2001, at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, during the reunion of...

Hackley, Richard – I Division

Halkovich, Steve – Electrician’s Mate PO Second Class

Hamblin, Linville C. – Gunner’s Mate PO Second Class

Hansen, John Richard – Seaman 1st class

Hare, Donald – Boatswain’s mate

Harmeling, George – Electrician’s Mate PO First Class – Plank owner

Harris, Howard – Fire Controlman PO First Class

Hartshorn, Thomas R. – Yeoman PO Third Class

Haynes, James M. – Seaman 1st class

James M. HaynesSeaman First ClassOral HistoryJuly 5, 2001 Deborah M. Lyon: This is an interview with Jim Haynes, a crewmember of thebattleship, USS South Dakota, conducted by Deborah Lyon on July 5, 2001, at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, during the...

Heine, Richard A. – Fire Controlman PO First Class – Plank owner

Helgeson, Arlow B. – Seaman 1st class (Leading Seaman)

Arlow B. HelgesonSeaman First Class (Leading Seaman)Oral HistoryJuly 5, 2001 Harry Thompson: With Mr. Arlow Helgeson, a crewmember of the battleship USS South Dakota, conducted by Harry Thompson on July 5, 2001, at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,...

Hill, Lieutenant (j.g.) Jack – FC Division

The New Year's entry in the ship's log - January 1, 1945 For the progress of the war We are steaming twenty-four,In company with thirty-eight point one;And the Massachusetts, screened By the Taussig-Maddox team,Has departed ‘till all repairs are done.The Yorktown has...

Hinkle, James H. – Seaman 1st class – Plank owner

Hixson, James T. – Seaman 2nd class

Hobbs, E. David – Gunner’s Mate PO Second Class

Hoffman, Giles H. – Apprentice seaman – Plank owner

Hollows, Donald E. – Seaman 1st class

Holt, A B – Gunner’s Mate PO First Class

Hood, Clifton G. – Machinist’s Mate PO Third Class

Horvat, Joseph – Machinist’s Mate PO Second Class

Hoy, William – Boatswain’s Mate PO Second Class

Huddleston, Sam – Electrician’s Mate PO First Class – Plank owner

Hudson, Clyde – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class

Hukkanen, William – Seaman 2nd class

Humbert, Robert – Radioman PO Second Class

Hutchins, Lieutenant (j.g.) Sam “Ted” – Aviator

Hyde, Arthur H. – Machinist’s Mate PO Second Class – Plank owner

Iskin, Jack – Aviation Radioman PO Third Class

Jackson, Carl N. – Seaman 1st class

Carl N. JacksonSeaman First ClassOral HistoryJuly 6, 2001 Arthur Huseboe: This is an interview with Carl N. Jackson from Stark, Florida, a crewmember of the battleship USS South Dakota, conducted by Arthur Huseboe on July 6, 2001, at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls,...

Jackson, Donald Lee – Seaman 2nd class

Jackson, Lawrence R. – Electrician’s Mate Chief Petty Officer – Plank owner

Jackson, Thomas T. – Gunner’s Mate PO Second Class

Jagosz, Mitchell P. – Petty officer

Jaroski, Joseph E. – Gunner’s Mate PO Second Class

Jasso, Joshua – Seaman 1st class

Jaworski, Stanley J. – Seaman 1st class

Johansen, Donald L. – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class

Johnson, James O. – Seaman 1st class

James O. JohnsonSeaman First ClassOral HistoryJuly 5, 2001 Deb Lyon: This interview is one of the twenty to twenty-five interviews we're going to do in the next three days. It's going to be a contribution to the history of the battleship USS South Dakota. The project...

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