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| Chief Petty Officers Mess aboard Swanson while off New Guinea.(Left to Right) R.R. Ness; S. (Tony) Rossitto CGM; O. (Ollie) Olson CEM; Top row: Jack Sloan CSM, Anderson CPhM, Jacobson CMM, Arthur Schraven
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LCDR Edward L. Robertson USN , Commanding Officer DD443; Lt. Monty Purdy, XO; Ensign Henry Rodner USN at Christmas time 1942.
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Jack Sloan SM2c in Chart House plotting a position while LT (jg) J.C. Elliot watches..1942.
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Lt. Monty Purdy, Gunnery Officer, on watch in pilot house as OD while underway ..1942.
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LCDR A.M. Purdy, XO of DD443, talks with crew prior to the Invasion of Sicily.
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Jack Sloan on the bridge wing underway while watching flag ship.. 1942. Picture taken by LT (jg) Sidney Gaines, who was the doctor aboard Swanson.
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Signal Gang: (Bottom row) Elbert Jaudon SM3/c; Ed Perian SM3c; Mace Dondis QM3c; Jack Sloan SM1c. (Top Row) Whiteside Striker; Peterson Striker; Carmine Petruzziello QM3/c
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Firing Torpedo drill:: M. Dondis QM3c; Ens ?; Jack Sloan SM2c; Jasick striker
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Oswald Davis GM1c at sea 1941
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Bob Blair TM3c readying to drop depth charges.
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Ship's Party, February 25, 1942 at the Biltmore Hotel in Boston. This was after Swanson's second convoy trip to Iceland. This is the left side of this very large picture.
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Ship's Party, February 25, 1942 at the Biltmore Hotel in Boston. This was after Swanson's second convoy trip to Iceland. This is the right side of this very large picture.
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Officers of the Swanson 23 July, 1944, at Humbolt Bay, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. (Sitting/Kneeling left to right) Lt. William J. Greer, Gunnery Officer; LT (jg) (SC) William Gemmel, Supply Officer; Lt. Robert Shinn;
Lt. R.H. McGlouflin; LT (jg) Boyd Edger Gustafson; Lt. (MC) Sidney "Doc" Gaines, Medical Officer; Lt John Lindsay; LT (jg) Edward McNeeley; Lt. Julian "Roger" Waslilko;
Lt (jg) Chester "Little" Hill, Communications Officer; Lt. John Conner.
(Standing from left to right) Ens Oliver Mollett; LT (jg) Arlie Holder; LT (jg) Charles Reynolds; Lt. John O'Neill, Executive Officer; LT (jg) William Everett Jackson; LCDR William Ratliff, Commanding Officer;
Lt. Glen Dietz; Lt (jg) Rowland Braxton "Big" Hill, Jr., First Lieutenant; Lt. Eldridge Hine, Engineering Officer.
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