USS Gambier Bay CVE-73
Navigation Department (N Division)
Primary Concern: Responsible for Plotting the Ship’s Course
Back Row L-R: Robert P. Meade, BGMSTR2/c, Birger E. Dahlstrom s1/c, Edward Hagerty S1/c, James W. Vogan S1/c, Gerald L. Miller QM3/c, Hugh A. Bell QM1/c, Alexander Verlich QM2/c, Carl F. Peshinsky S1/c.
Front Row L-R: William Duggin, QM3/c, Gordon L. Holloway QM3/c, Louis Tremmel, Jr. S1/c, Ens. Albert W. Beisang, Jr., USNR, Jack F. Graham S2/c, John W. Zimmermen Y3/c, Berman E. Deffenbaugh, Jr. BGMSTR3/c.
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USS Gambier Bay CVE-73
Air Department (V-1 Division)
Primary Concern: Flight Deck Operations
Nickname: The Gas Gang
July 1944
Back Row: Alvin Maki Ptr 3/c, Vincent Lee Kyne S 1/c, Earl L. Bender, Jr. SF 3/c, LCDR Clifton A. Wood, ACMM, Cullen W. Yarbrough, William J. Flatley S 1/c, Olaf H. Emblem M 1/c, UNKNOWN.
Front Row: Leslie I. Kennedy AMM 2/c, UNKNOWN, John M. Berry MM 2/c, Robert E. Barr S 1/c, Rudy G. Garza MoMM 3/c, Wesley Heavy Austin S 1/c, Fred Grabos AMM 2/c.
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USS Gambier Bay
2nd Division
Primary Concern: Hanger Deck Operations
Back Row – L to R: James Dosh S2/c, Carl C. Conrad S2/c, William E. Crawford S2/c, Robert L. Nelson S2/c, Carl Amundson S1/c, Robert L. White S1/c, Jackie D. Slycord S1/c. Waldo E. Wells S1/c, Charles F. Pruitt S1/c, William F. Lashley S1/c, Lloyd J. Miller S2/c, Grover C. Petitt S2/c, Joe E. Rhoda S1/c, Alfredo E. Lopez S1/c.
3rd Row – L to R: Morris (Rossie) Harrell StM1/c, Thurman Witt S1/c, Ennis H. Manning S1/c, Henry S. Klotkowski S2/c, Carl L. Amundson S1/c, Roy G. Cowan S2/c, Oscar E. Billingsley Bosun/Warrant Officer, Unknown, Robert G. Young Lt. (jg), Earl E. Bagley RT2/c, Ernest Petrosino S1/c, Mark T. Gagnon S1/c, Randle D. Krantz S1/c, Robert C. Davis ART1/c, Silvester J. Jarosz S2/c, Winston Young S2/c.
2nd Row – L to R: Edward B. Short S1/c, Kenneth L. Murray S1/c, John T. Zink S1/c, Frank J. Sevick S1/c, Eugene Lewis, Harvey O. Yarno S2/c, Donald R. Winship S2/c, Walter W. Hoveland S2/c, Eugene Altenhofen Jr. S2/c, Carl W. Moore S2/c, Ygnacio H. Avilla SS2/c, Joseph F. Kimball S1/c, Orville V. Austin S1/c, Salvador Berlanga S1/c, Leslie F. Skow S1/c, Eugene W. Ruth S1/c, Charles M. Allison S2/c, Raymond S. May S2/c, Arnold Hegland S2/c.
Front Row – L to R: Leon M. Harter S1/c, Richard J. Blocker S2/c, Vernon J. Schiffer S1/c, Harris Williams S1/c, Eugene Lewis Cox, Martin G. Roberts S2/c, John P. Dunn Cox, Dominick Polito Cox, Murray E. Brown BM2/c, George Johnson BM2/c, William D. Newton Cox, Gilbert A. Abeyta Cox, Harold L. Clements S2/c, Martin G. Roberts S2/c.
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USS Gambier Bay CVE-73
S Division
Duties: Supply, Disbursing, and Commissary
Back Row L-R: Harold Marion Moeshler SK 3/c, Richard Wayne Leach SC 3/c, Bill Mack Dunham SK 3/c, Edwin Camp Berryman SK 1/c, Donald Marshall Ryan Bkr 3/c, Joseph Anthony Cassaro SC 1/c, Charles Vincent Rizzo SC 2/c, Ralph Leland Skaggs SK 2/c, Chester Alvin Liller Sk 2/c, Harold Henry Schaffner SK 3/c, George Leo Miller SK 2/c, Claudius Guy Lowe SK 3/c, Roy Williams SC 3/c, Peter Kolody SC 3/c, Lawrence Larry Zanetell SK 3/c, Reginald Franklin Ruffin CK 2/c, Joseph Schirard Fish SK 2/c, Walter Franklin Marshall SC 3/c, Orville Cluster Propes SC 1/c, Lyle Thomas Stoner SK 3/c, Kenneth Brooks Thompson SK 3/c, Norman Russell Loats SK 3/c, Henry Schmidt Jr SK 1/c, Donald Ralph Huntley SK 2/c.
Front Row L-R: Albert Smith CSK, James Edward McCardle CSK, Walter Michael Gumaski CCS, Harrell Andrew Thomas SC 3/c, Leonard Gerard Martin SC 1/c, Chester Norval Crane Bkr 2/c, James Dale Henderson SC 2/c, Robert William Knight SK 2/c, Daniel Eugene Martindale SC 3/c, Donald H Schieke Bkr 3/c.