Crew Members

Newland, Ross G. – Electrician’s Mate Chief Petty Officer – Plank owner

Newman, Richard D. – Seaman 1st class

Niekrasz, Frank – Water Tender PO First Class – Plankowner

Noland, Carl – Electrician’s Mate PO Second Class

O’Brien, Jack – Apprentice seaman – Plank owner

O’Dell, William A. – PFC, USMCR

O’Neill, Albert – Storekeeper PO First Class

O’Rourke, Thomas M. – Seaman 1st class

Ogle, Robert – Radarman PO Second Class

Oliva, Felix S. – Admiral Halsey’s personal steward

Oliver, James B. – Radio Technician PO Second Class – Plank owner

Olsen, Raymond R. – Machinist’s Mate PO Third Class

Orloff, John – Seaman 1st class

Osyf, Michael – Gunner’s Mate PO Second Class

Pfyl, Werner F. – Fire Controlman PO Second Class

Phillipe, George E. – Seaman 1st class

Pierson, Sterling – Water Tender PO Second Class

Pittinaro, Nicclo – Gunner’s Mate

Plummer, Malcolm – Shipfitter PO Second Class

Porter, Donald – Fireman PO Second Class

Pratt, Morris – Boatswain’s Mate PO First Class – Plank owner

Pratt, Waldron R. – Radio Technician PO Third Class

Pray, Jack – Radioman PO Second Class – Plank owner

Price, Thomas W. – Seaman 1st class

Putnam, Stephen H. – Private 1st class, USMC

Stephen H. PutnamPrivate First Class, USMCOral HistoryJuly 5, 2001 Deborah M. Lyon: This is an interview with Stephen H. Putnam. He is a crewmember of the battleship, USS South Dakota, and the interview is conducted by Deborah Lyon on July 5, 2001, at the Ramkota...

Quain, William – Seaman 1st class

Quillin, Jr., Hiram – USMC

Hiram T. Quillin, Jr.USMCOral 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 one of the interviewing researchers for the USS South Dakota...

Rabideau, Willis – Fireman PO First Class

Radloff, Stewart – Boatswain’s Mate PO First Class – Plank owner

Raffey, Ernest – Coxswain

Ragsdale, Walter G. – Seaman 1st class

Rawson, Robert – Seaman 1st class

Rees, Delbert L. – Seaman 2nd class

Reeves, Charles G. – Bugler PO First Class

Reiff, Francis “Fritz” Henry – Radioman PO First Class

Remar, George – Yeoman PO Second Class

Reynolds, Harold D. – Gunner’s Mate

Rhoads, James L. – Seaman 1st class

Rickard, Stewart A. – Yeoman PO Second Class

Rickel, Albert P. – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class – Plank owner

Rieman, Edwin – Bugler PO First Class

Riggs, Captain Ralph – Commanding Officer (3/44 – 11/44)

Roberts, Lonnie – Ship’s Cook PO Third Class

Robinson, Arthur – Apprentice seaman

Rogers, Jr., Thomas F. – Seaman 1st class

Ronzo, Philip – Coxswain

Ross, Donald – Yeoman PO Second Class

Rothmann, Edward – Seaman 1st class

Russell, Edward – Coxswain – Plank owner

Russo, Nichola – Seaman 1st class – Welder

Nichola RussoWelderOral HistoryInterview conducted in Pittsford, New York[Date unknown] Part 1 Part 2 Eugene Marino [Russo's cousin]: How old were you at the time?Nichola Russo: Sixteen when I decided I would go into the Navy when I was seventeen. Partly because I...

Putnam, Stephen H. – Private 1st class, USMC

Rutland, Lynwood – Electrician’s Mate PO First Class

Lynwood RutlandElectricians Mate Petty Officer First ClassOral History [Telephone interview]December 14, 2001 Arthur Huseboe: How about your rank and rating?Lynwood Rutland: I was an EM1.Huseboe: And the dates you served on USS South Dakota?Rutland: I'm a plankowner....

Sanders, Richard – Seaman 2nd class

Sandling, Lieutenant Commander Joseph

Saylan, Milton M. – Ship’s Cook PO Second Class

Schend, Donald J. – Apprentice seaman – Plank owner

Schifferdecker, George – Machinist’s Mate PO First Class

Schmid, Florain – Electrician’s Mate PO Third Class

Schroeder, Lieutenant Walter

Schwab, George E – Seaman 1st class

Schwanbeck

Schweitzer, Albert L. – USMC

Sheldon, Allie – Seaman 1st class

Shellman, Paul C. – Electrician’s Mate PO Third Class – Plank owner

Shirilla, John E. – Seaman 1st class

Shriver, Jr., Lieutenant Robert Sargent – Plank owner

Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.LieutenantOral History[Circa 1969, at Peace Corps Headquarters, interviewer unknown] Sargent Shriver: He had his eye out the periscope, inside the sixteen-inch mount, and the last Jap plane came over and dropped a bomb right on top of that...

Sienkiewicz, William – Fire Controlman PO Third Class

Silvers, Richard – Seaman 1st class

Smith Jr., Dwight A. – Seaman 1st class (Fire control technician)

Dwight A. SmithSeaman First Class (Fire Control Technician)Oral HistoryDecember 14, 2001 Arthur Huseboe: My name is Art Huseboe. I'm the director of the program. We have four of us professors who are making these calls. Some of the fellows said they hadn't even been...

Smith, Bob

Smith, Marion W. – Cook PO Third Class

Sparrgrove, Charles E. – Seaman 1st class

Speakman, Raymond – Seaman 1st class

Spellmon, Sandy – Quartermaster PO Third Class

Staver, Lloyd Grant – Yeoman PO Second Class

Stein, William – Pharmacist’s Mate PO Second Class

Stewart, Henry L. – Radioman PO Second Class

Henry L. StewartRadioman Second Class Petty OfficerOral HistoryDecember 14, 2001 Arthur Huseboe: Let me make sure I've got your name right. You're Henry L. Stewart. You're in Keithville, Louisiana. What was your rank in the Navy?Henry Stewart: I was radioman second...

Stoll, Donald L. – Fireman PO First Class

Stroud, Paul Durant – Seaman 1st class

Szegda, Stephen – Comm Technician Chief Petty Officer – Plank owner

Tackitt, Donald L. – Shipfitter PO Third Class – Underwater welder – Plank owner

Taillie, Charles H. – Shipfitter PO Third Class – Plank owner

Charles H. TaillieShip Fitter Third Class Petty OfficerOral HistoryJuly 6, 2001 Deborah M. Lyon: With Charles Taillie, a crewmember of the battleship, USS South Dakota. It's being conducted by Deborah Lyon on July 6, 2001, at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls, South...

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