Crew Members
1st Lieutenant Ross T. Dwyer, USMC
Eugene Dvorak – Fireman PO First Class
Quentin Dumbolton – Fire Controlman Chief Petty Officer
Dominick D. Alvino – Seaman 1st class – Plankowner
Michael Driscoll – Seaman 1st class
Danny Dorer – Seaman 1st class
Elmer C. Degenhardt – Yeoman PO First Class – Plankowner
Charles Decker – Yeoman PO Third Class
Vincent J. Dease – Radioman PO Third Class – Plankowner
Edward Altman – Signalman PO Third Class
Roger E. Allen – Fireman PO Third Class
Charles E. Daugird – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class – Plankowner
Lloyd Ray Allen –Musician PO First Class (Trumpet)
Alfred P. Dansereau – Seaman 1st class
William E. Dadosky, USMC – 7th Division
Bernard Curtin – 2nd & 4th Division
Lee Victor Ales, Jr. – Petty officer second class
Floyd J. Adams – Seaman 1st class
George E. Workman – Boatswain’s Mate PO Third Class – Coxswain
George E. WorkmanBoatswain's Mate Third Class Petty Officer (Coxswain)Oral HistoryJuly 5, 2001 Harry Thompson: This is an interview with Mr. George E. Workman, a crewmember of the battleship USS South Dakota, conducted by Harry Thompson on July 5, 2001, at the Ramkota...
Wilbert Wieland – USS Chauncey (DD 667)
Wilbert WielandOral HistoryJuly 7, 2001 Arthur Huseboe: This is an interview with Wilbert A. Wieland, Willie Wieland, acrewmember of the battleship USS South Dakota, conducted by Arthur Huseboe--Willie Wieland: Honorary crewmember.Huseboe: An honorary crewmember,...
Lieutenant Commander Frederick T. Warner – Engineering Officer
Frederick T. WarnerLieutenant Commander (Engineering Officer)Oral History (Telephone interview)December 14, 2001 Frederick Warner: I was assigned to the South Dakota, but it was under construction. It was at the shipyard. We went into quick commission and moved to the...
Lt. Commander James Cunningham – Chaplain
Norman Crosby – Seaman 1st class
Loren K. Crofton – Pharmacist’s Mate PO Third Class
Craig Crippen – Signalman PO Second Class – Plankowner
William D. Cozart – Electrician’s Mate Chief Petty Officer
Forrest Cox – Machinist’s Mate PO Second Class – Plankowner
Nicholas Coules
Clinton Coulbourn – Quartermaster PO Third Class
Oliver B. Cospelich – Mess Attendant PO Second Class – Plankowner
Lawrence G. Corey – Seaman 1st class
Frederick E. Corey – Seaman 1st class
Daniel Corea – Shipfitter PO Second Class – Boxer
Newte Cooper – Radioman PO Third Class
William Cook – E Division & R Division
Sgt Archer l. Conant – USMC
William A. Collins – Musician PO Third Class
Leonard V. Colangelo – Boatswain’s Mate PO Second Class – KIA 6/19/44
CDR Charles Walter Coker
Jackie W. Clark – Pharmacist’s Mate PO First Class
Edward J. Chiesa – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class
Donald K. Chapman – Seaman 1st class
Enrico B. Cessarini – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class
Richard G. Cervenka – Seaman 1st class
Charles M. Cavell – Quartermaster PO First Class
Frank N. Cantanese – Boatswain’s Mate PO Second Class
Henry Casey
Eugene J. Casey – Seaman 2nd class
Garland Carriker – Gunner’s Mate PO Second Class – Plankowner
Clarence C. Carlson – Seaman 1st class
Peter S. Carbone – Seaman 1st class
Joseph Carabott – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class
Cecil E. Byerley – Coxswain
Lieutenant Joseph W. Butts – Aviator
Lester E. Burkey – Seaman 1st class
Harold Buijack – Quartermaster PO Second Class
Nick Buccelato – Seaman 1st class
John Bryan – Machinist’s Mate PO First Class
Theodore C. Brukiewa – Seaman 1st class
Glen E. Brt – Gunner’s Mate PO Second Class – Plankowner
Francis Browne – Electrician’s Mate PO Third Class
John W. Brier – Fire Controlman PO Second Class
Chester F. Brauks – Seaman 1st class
James R. Branning – Quartermaster PO Third Class
Daniel Brady – Pharmacist’s Mate PO Second Class
Victor Boschini – Seaman 2nd class – Plankowner
Joe Bonsaint – 1st Division
Robert Bogard – Seaman 1st class
Benjamin Blackson – Seaman 1st class
John Bihun, Jr. – Seaman 1st class (Gunner’s mate) – Plankowner
Efrain “Frank” Bestard – Radioman PO Third Class
Howard N. Benson – Machinist’s Mate PO First Class – Plankowner
Howard C. Bennett — Boatswain’s Mate PO First Class
Roy G. Belding – Machinist’s Mate (Optician) PO Third Class
Frank Becker – Coxswain
Charles H. Taillie – Shipfitter PO Third Class – Plankowner
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...
Henry L. Stewart – 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...
Dwight A. Smith Jr. – 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...
Lieutenant Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. – Plankowner
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...
Bernard Baum – Gunner’s Mate PO Third Class
Lieutenant (j. g.) Richard A. Batchelder – 5th Division
Neil F. Bastick – Radio Technician PO Third Class
Howard C. Bartholf – Seaman 1st class
Herman Barnett – Yeoman PO Third Class – Plankowner
William Barkley – Radioman PO Second Class
Lynwood Rutland – 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....
Oswald Terrance Barge – Fireman PO First Class
Winfred T. Barbee – Electrician’s Mate PO First Class – Plankowner
David Baltz – Fire Controlman PO Second Class – Plankowne
Arthur Bakk – Machinist’s Mate (Engineman) PO Third Class – Plankowner
Calvin H. Baker – Baker PO Third Class
Gerald Bailey – CS Division
Gaylord M. Bailey – Signalman PO Third Class
Robert R. Baier – Water Tender PO Second Class
Philip E. Baer – Pharmacist’s Mate PO Second Class – KIA 5/6/45
Dan L. Babione – Water Tender PO Third Class
Albert Autrand – Electrician’s Mate PO Second Class
Nichola Russo – Seaman 1st class – Welder
Nichola RussoWelderOral HistoryInterview conducted in Pittsford, New York[Date unknown] 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 didn't want to go...
Hiram Quillin, Jr., 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...
Stephen H. Putnam, USMC – Private 1st class
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...