These photographs are in no particular order in my father’s World War II album.
Horsman,Ben Kelleher, Beaty, Marty Sickles, bottom: (? Herman and Harper? (Signatures of above)
Kaplan, Lerner, Mitrano, Mintz, Maybury, Beckstine, Ice, Marchel (? Marshall?), Sully, Brooks, Ryan, Hollenbeck, Lister, HarperBenjamin W Kelleher Jr.Jim Ashburner and Don Bernard, Green Cove Springs, FL, January 1946Kelleher, Ashburner, Herman, August 1945, Pearl Harbor, HIBen Kelleher, Green Cove Springs Florida, December 1945Watermelon was dropped when supplies were being carried on board so men were given permission to eat it.
The Day the War was Over. September 1945. “Red” Sullivan, (Ship’s Cook)
E. Shackelford with “Sweet” and “Sour” TattoosBen Kelleher, Nap (Konopasek), Maybury August 8, 1945USS Dale W Peterson BandGrandy (Gandy?), Killoran, Shealy, Jones, Land, Blair on Gun #2Paul LandryBradshaw and GandyPete RechDaytona Beach, March 1946Dave Jones and Don MillsDaytona Beach, Florida. March 1946Going through the Panama CanalHarper, Heath, Champy and Kelleher (bottom left) on the Flying Bridge November 1945Smith (top), Rendina (middle) and Kelleher, Pearl Harbor, September 1945Smith (in back) Kelleher and Rendina (rt), Pearl Harbor, September 1945Smith and Kelleher, Pearl Harbor, September 1945Kelleher and Marchel, Green Cove Springs, FL December 1945L.E. Smith RdM3/c, Green Cove Springs, FL, November 1945Captain A.A. Hero on the USS Dale W Peterson. He was a Lieutenant Commander but Captain of DE-337.Floyd Fairchild, December 1945Lindberg, Baker on the USS Dale W PetersonNelson and Lindberg , ?Southampton, England?In 20mm gun pit. Ben Kelleher, Don Mills and Paul RendinaDonald Mills (left) and Paul Rendina on right.Donald Mills and Benjamin W Kelleher Jr.Joseph Lombardi on right with two other motor mechanics.Don Mills, Paul Rendina, Eddie Liiv, Marty SicklesStan Jachera, March 1944 BermudaBen Kelleher, March 1944 BermudaPeter Rech and Ben Kelleher March 1944Pete Rech, Stan Jachera, BermudaBen Kelleher, Stan Jachera and Pete Rech, Bermuda March 1944Paul Rendina RdM3/cPaul Rendina, Donald Mills and Ben Kelleher 1945Paul Rendina, Don Mills and Ben Kelleher 1945Ben Kelleher, Paul Rendina, Don Mills, 1945Don Mills, Ben Kelleher, Paul Rendina Southampton, January 1945Paul Rendina, Don Mills, and Ben Kelleher mid-Atlantic 1945Benjamin W Kelleher amd E Donald Mills, 1945Eugene Black and Gordon Lindberg, (not their hats) wearing officer’s hatsJohn Wisherd, Robert Carson (signalman-flags), Eugene Black, Glasgow, Scotland.John Wisherd, Robert Carson and Gordon Lindberg, Glasgow, ScotlandLindberg and his chief looking at “The Ray” DE-338Gordon Lindberg and Robert Nelson. Lindy was good to the Radarmen, he would bring bread and goodies up to them around 4:00AM. He was a good baker!Robert Nelson, Gordon Lindberg (baker), Walter Cheesman on gun “45”Paul Rendina, Don Mills and Ben Kelleher, Southampton, England, 1945Paul Rendina and Benjamin Kelleher, Southampton, England, January 1945Paul RendinaBen W. Kelleher JrBen Kelleher (top), Donald Mills, Joe Lombardi between depth charges. January 1945
Lloyd Huseman, Ray (Nap) Konopasek, Ben Kelleher, D.A. Bernard, Beaty , Harold MayburyBen Kelleher, Bob Herzog and Stan Jachera. Naples, Italy July 16 1944Stan Jachera and Richard Heath, USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337Doc Brazelton being sent to another ship in the middle of the ocean.Lake, Rech, Bradshaw, HeddenWalker, Cox; Manuel, Cox, Zobak BM 2/c; Donohue BM 2/cCaptain Hero in Bay of Naples, Italy. July 1943Front Row: Shelton, Donohue, Lerner, Cooke, Budzieka. Back Row: Barnett. Clack (?Clark), Moran, Vallone, Bickford, Lane.Front Row: Radcliff, Griswold, Van Housan, Rosecram, and Coyle. Back Row: Capt. Hero, Ex. Bigelow, Bowers, Head, CollierFront Row: Chiefs Whittaker , Mitrano, Dougherty. Back Row: Holcolm, Zamberlin, Kubic, Robertson, Lindgren, McCoy.Below deck Mechinists. Scotty and Kubic
USS Dale W Peterson plaque, 1944Deck Force 1st DivisionDeck Force 2nd Division“C” Division, USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337“S” Division, Lake, LeMay, Petrine, Beauchesne, Pressly“S” Division“E” Division USS Dale W Peterson, DE-337“O” Division“O” DivisionDE-337, “O” DivisionUSS Dale W Peterson, DE 337, “O” Division
Daytona Beach Florida, March 1946Paul Rendina and ?MillsThe Army Special Service Center at Waikiki, September 1945Pete Rech from Lakawanna, NYL. E. Smith, Pearl Harbor. September 1945Fairchild, Y ?/c; Lister Y 2/c Green Cove Springs, Florida. November 1945Beckstine, RM 1/c.Radioman. November 1945 Green Cove Springs, FloridaA ship tied up along side of USS Dale W PetersonWater Fight- September 1946. Going through Panama Canal, washing ship down in fresh water lake, Gatun Lake.Water Fight September 1945. Gatun Lake, Panama Canal
Herman and Maybury, Radiomen, HawaiiKelleher, Ashburner, Herman
The Day the War was Over. September 1945. “Red” Sullivan, (Ship’s Cook)September 1945. The day the war was over.Celebrating! September 1945. The day the war was over.
Joe Lombardi, S1/c, wearing an officer’s hat. He was a striker on the radar, studying to be a Radarman.Carl Ketchum, RdM3/cPaul Rendina RdM3/cAlbert Kaplan, RsM1/cHerbert Myerson, Rt1/cDonald MillsBenjamin W Kelleher Jr. Southampton, England, January 1945Albert Beauchesne and Gordon Lindberg, January 1945Gordon Lindberg “Lindy” and Tony Wilson , Bakers, January 1945Paul Rendina (wearing someone else’s hat), ?, Stan Jachera, Meyerson, Mills, Heath,KelleherFront row: Kelleher, Heath, Meyersn, Jachera, Rendina. Back row: Ketchum, Mills. Casco Bay December 1944Heath, Meyerson, Kelleher, Casco Bay, December 1945Dick Underwood, Cardiff, WalesDick HeathEdward Donald “Don” MillsBermuda
Don Mills and Harold Maybury, Cardiff WalesFloyd Fairchild, Cardiff WalesStan Jachera, USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337, 35th St Pier, Brooklyn, NYMarty Sickles, Philadelphia, PA, October 1945Lloyd James Husman, USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337Benjamin W KelleherJr. with ? and Harold Maybury , May 4, 1945, Greenock, ScotlandPaul Gandy on board the USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337Bob Bernardi on board the USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337Ensign Kenneth W Collier on board the USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337Joseph Pyzynski, 35th St Pier, Brooklyn, New YorkSailors on board the USS Dale W. Peterson, DE 337, Naples Bay, Italy, July 1945.Sailors bringing in the towline, USS Dale W Peterson, DE 337Harold Maybury, RM 2/c, in Cardiff, WalesDon Mills, 35th St Pier, Brooklyn, New YorkBob Carson, SM1c on board USS Dale W Peterson DE 337Frank Kehrbuam on board the US Dale W Petrson, DE 337Radcliff, “Doc” Gravey and HuittTom Brooks and Bill Ice on Flying Bridge of USS Dale W Peterson, in Casco Bay, Maine, March 1945Don Mills, Cardiff, Wales January 1945 (Edwin Donald Mills)Floyd Fairchild, Cardiff Wales, January 1945Eng. Officers – Radcliff and WallaceCapt. BigelowBen W. Kelleher Jr and Harold Maybury on board USS Dale W Peterson, DE-337, in Casco Bay Maine, December 1944Ben W. Kelleher Jr, on board USS Dale W Peterson Casco Bay Maine, December 1944DE 377, USS Dale W Peterson; “working on the guns”Don Mills and Ben Kelleher Jr. on the USS Dale W Peterson December 1944, Cardiff, WalesBattle Station Drill, DE 337, USS Dale W PetersonCapt Albert Bigelow on deck of USS Dale W PetersonPaul Redina, Don Mills, Ben Kelleher, Joe Lombardi in front, Southampton, January 1945Lieutenant Albert Smith BigelowSailors resting on deck of USS Dale W Peterson DE-337Sailors working on deck of USS Dale W Peterson DE-337
