USS Swanson DD443
Photos by Jack Sloan and Lt (jg) Sidney Gaines

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 LCDR Edward L. Robertson USN , Commanding Officer DD443; Lt. Monty Purdy, XO; Ensign Henry Rodner USN at Christmas time 1942.
Jack Sloan SM2c in Chart House plotting a position while LT (jg) J.C. Elliot watches..1942. Lt. Monty Purdy, Gunnery Officer, on watch in pilot house as OD while underway ..1942.
LCDR A.M. Purdy, XO of DD443, talks with crew prior to the Invasion of Sicily. 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.
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 Firing Torpedo drill:: M. Dondis QM3c; Ens ?; Jack Sloan SM2c; Jasick striker
Oswald Davis GM1c at sea 1941 Bob Blair TM3c readying to drop depth charges.
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. 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.
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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