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Donald E. Mittendorf's Photograph Collection S2c 1946-1947 | |||||
Donald's two years aboard the Sumner included her participation in Operation Crossroads and her WestPac deployment of 1947. We hope you enjoy his collection of 93 images and the memories hidden in them. If someone you know is shown in these photos but without their names please let us know who they are.
Donald E. Mittendorf
SHIPMATES
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| S2 Michael J. Powers |
ME3 John E. Shopf |
S2 Michael J. Powers and ME3 John E. Shopf |
GM2 Levi C. Clokey | LT Kenneth Guysteau Ross (MC) |
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| S1c Lowell Edward Love |
S2c James R. Morgan |
S2c Hubert Ray Smith | ? | S2c John Gerald Dietz |
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| S2c Eugene McGinnis, EM1c Daniel Walter Litz, S2c Truman Ress Mattingly and ? |
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ME3 John E. Shopf, Don, S2c Truman Ress Mattingly and S2c James R. Morgan |
"Butch" and ME3 John E. Shopf | COX Elmer R. Berry |
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| S2c Truman Ress Mattingly | S2c Eugene McGinnis | ? and S1c James Albert Wolf | "Eggie" | S2c James R. Morgan and S2c Eugene McGinnis |
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| S2c Eugene McGinnis | S2c James R. Morgan and S2c Eugene McGinnis |
COX Edmund R. Crittenden | S1 Jackie D. Nichols and S2c James R. Morgan | COX George H. Ronn and S1SOM Allen M. Blunt |
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| ? | COX Edmund R. Crittenden |
TM3 John W. Bland, FC2 Richard E. Stebbins, FN Harold Clay, S1 Jackie D. Nichols and S1 Jack J. Crocker |
COX Edmund R. Crittenden |
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| ? | FN Vernon E. Ropka and S2c Truman Ress Mattingly |
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SF2 Robert A. Goodman and ME3 John E. Shopf | ? |
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| GM3 Roger M. Hildebrand |
"Eggie" | ? | ? |
HOME
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LIBERTY CALL
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AT THE BEACH
(not sure which one)
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| GM3 Roger M. Hildebrand |
S1 John F. Kennelly (?) | FN Robert L. Walker | S2 Gilbert N. Medina, S2 Albert H. Payne and FN Harold Clay |
S2 George E. Lindemann and S1 Ralph A. Soley |
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| S1 Ralph A. Soley, S2 George E. Lindemann and S1 John F. Kennelly (?) |
Y3 John D. Keller | S1 Ralph A. Soley and ? |
CROSSING THE EQUATOR
May 6 1947
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| SO3 Jammie Eugene Riecke and SN Harold N. Milburn |
SA Rene C. Boucher and S2 Charles Levine Henderson | "Jade" | S2 James E. Cox, F1 John H. Mason and S2 Gilbert N. Medina | "Greek" |
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| S2c Eugene McGinnis, SA
Rene C. Boucher and S2 Charles Levine Henderson |
S2 Albert V. Clemmons (?) | "Rickey" and SN Harold N. Milburn | "Rickey", SA Rene C. Boucher, EM3 Paul W. Armstrong, FN Melvin O. Hutt and "Jade" | S2 Billy J. Parker, ? and S2 Charles Levine Henderson |
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| FN Vernon E. Ropka, ?, S2 Billy J. Parker, S2c Eugene McGinnis and "Jade" |
Around the Pacific
Manila, The Phillippines
showing the results of World War II - July 1947
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Sydney, Australia
Woolloomooloo Bay - May 1947
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USS Lexington |
Iron Bottom Sound
Truk
showing the results of World War II - June 1947
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| Tsingtao, China August 1947 |
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| Yokosuka, Japan August 1947 |
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Many thanks to Don's son Rick for scanning and forwarding these pieces of our history