Volume 17, Issue 1 February 2007

HUNTINGTON HERALD

Published Exclusively for former crewmen of USS HUNTINGTON CL-107

Special Points of Interest

• A history of the USS

Griggs and USS Grundy is used as the cover story. Knowing a little about their ships will be helpful for the reunion.

• Your response to

the request for sto-ries was wonderful! See Mail Call for a variety of letters and stories. They begin on page three.

• A Roll Call of Divi-

sion I begins on page four, and pic-tures from 1946 be-gin on page six.

• Make plans for the

Sept. 6-9, 2007 reun-ion in Milwaukee, WI.

GET TO KNOW THE GRIGGS AND GRUNDY As most of you know by now, the USS Huntington will be joined at their 2007 reunion in Milwaukee by the shipmates of the USS Griggs/USS Grundy due to the fact that neither group is large enough to support a reunion on their own. For this reason, your coordina-tor, Gene Volcik, suggested that you should know a little about the two groups before the reunion. Following is a brief history of both ships:

14 December 1944, Cap-tain Arthur C. Wood in com-mand. After shakedown at Gal-veston, Texas, Griggs trained pre-commissioning crews out of Newport, R.I., before reaching Norfolk 31 March 1945. There she em-barked 40 officers and 1,416 men of the 41st Ma-rine Depot Company and the 55th Marine Replace-ment Draft. Clearing Norfolk 26 May Griggs sailed via Canal Zone and discharged her passengers at San Francisco 1 June 1945. She departed Port Hueneme 17 June with 1,032 Seabees embarked and touched at Eniwetok and Ulithi before discharging her passengers at Okinawa and Manila Bay, P.I.

After delivering occupa-tion troops to Japan from Lingayen Gulf and Min-danao, Griggs took up "Magic-Carpet" duty and departed Saipan 2 Novem-ber 1945, en route to San Diego, where she arrived 13 days later with many happy war veterans. Griggs made two more "Magic-Carpet" voyages returning to San Francisco from her last trip 21 Febru-ary 1946. Departing San Pedro, Calif., 12 March 1946, Griggs sailed via Canal Zone and reached Norfolk 28 March. She remained there until decommis-sioned at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., 27 May 1946. Delivered to the

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USS GRIGGS (APA-110)

From: The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships USS Griggs is named for a county in North Dakota. She was commissioned

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Her troop spaces loaded with re-placement units, Grundy sailed from Seattle 1 Sept, 1945, and after a stop at Eniwetok arrived Leyte 19 September. There she remained until 26 September, when the trans-port group of which she was a part departed for Yokohama with occupa-tion troops. Arriving in Japan 4 days later, Grundy put ashore her contin-gent of the occupation forces, em-barked veteran troops, and sailed for San Francisco 8 October. She ar-rived 9 October 1945. The busy transport’s next duty was as part of the “Magic Carpet” fleet, performing the gigantic task of returning the thousands of service-men to the US from the Pacific. Car-rying replacement troops, she sailed 26 Oct for Okinawa, arriving 12 Nov. She then sailed for Shanghai, China, with troops to aid in the occupation and to help stabilize the tense situa-tion there. Grundy arrived Shanghai 17 November, and sailed 23 Nov to embark a group of soldiers for trans-portation from Seattle from Korea. The transport sailed from Jinsen 5 Dec. and arrived at her revised desti-nation Portland, OR on Christmas Day 1945. Designated for return to the Mari-time Commission, Grundy sailed via San Francisco and the Panama Ca-nal to Norfolk, where she arrived 5 March 1946. She decommissioned 8 May, and was returned to the Mari-time Commission 13 May. The ship was subsequently acquired by Moore-McCormick lines, and re-named Mormacsurf. In 1966 she was part of a six-ship west coast fleet sold to Grace Lines, serving at pre-sent as Santa Anita. ML&RS, Inc has served the Griggs/Grundy reunions since 1999. We hope to have many more years of serving them and the Huntington. We are hoping for a good turnout in Milwaukee and know it will be a great opportunity for both groups to make some new friends. Please make your plans to attend the September 6-9, 2007 reunion.

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WSA the next day, her name was stricken from the Navy List 19 June 1946. Sold to Moore-McCormack Lines 21 April 1948, she became Mormacrey.

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STOP, LOOK, LISTEN!!!

STOP….what you are doing LOOK….at what you are missing LISTEN…..at what I have to say In a few months the USS Hunt-ington group will all be together for another reunion in Milwaukee, Wis-consin. We want nothing better than to see your face in our group pic-ture. Milwaukee is centrally located, so it should not offer any hardship on travel distance for anyone. So this is your best chance to visit a wonderful city who is just waiting to see our great bunch of folks. In my opinion, I believe that this reunion is going to be one of the best because I am noticing a great ground swell among our group plus having the USS Griggs and USS Grundy join us. Be a part of our celebration, SO YOU’LL COME!!!! From Coordinator’s Corner Gene Volcik

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We were saddened to hear the news that Ann Yancey, wife of Odell Yancey, Sr. died on November 27th. We all ex-tend our sympathies to Odell and his family.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT Balance after 11/06 $992.20 Received since 11/06 $45.00 Available for 02/07 $1037.20 Funds expended 02/07 $398.68 Ending Balance for 05/07 $638.52 Contributors since 11/06: Tony Maio $20.00 Wendell Trip $25.00 TOTAL: $45.00 Contributions for the newslet-ter should be sent to ML&RS, Inc. at the address on page 3.

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USS GRUNDY (APA-111)

The USS Grundy (APA 111) was named for counties in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia. Grundy (APA-111), was commis-sioned 3 January 1945, Captain J M Cabanillas in command. After loading supplies at New Or-leans, the new transport conducted shakedown training out of Galveston, TX until 28 January 1945. She de-parted 4 February for her first assign-ment, as school ship for pre-commissioning crews at Newport RI. Arriving Newport 10 February, Grundy held underway drills and training for the crews of nearly fin-ished ships, helping to speed their delivery as active fighting units. This duty was completed 31 March, and Grundy sailed for Hampton Roads. The ship arrived Norfolk, Va., 1 April and immediately embarked Seabees for transportation to the Pacific. Departing 4 April, she sailed to Pearl Harbor via the Panama Ca-nal, arriving there 2 May 1945. At Pearl Harbor Grundy performed am-phibious exercises and loaded cargo and passengers for the western Pa-cific. She departed 7 June; stopped at Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan, and anchored 1 July at Ulithi to join an Okinawa bound convoy. Grundy departed in convoy for battle-scarred Okinawa 10 July, and after her arrival 4 days later unloaded her troops and cargo. She then sailed to Ulithi and Pelelin to bring troops from those islands to Guam, where she arrived 31 June. Grundy remained there until 2 Au-gust when she got underway for Pearl Harbor, unloading her supplies upon arrival 10 August. The war ended while Grundy was on her way to San Diego, where she arrived 19 August.

COORDINATOR’S CORNER

BY GENE VOLCIK

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TAPS The Herald was informed of the death of the following former crew-member since the last newsletter. The entire crew extends our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the deceased.

Gerald Wachsman

Died August 15, 2006

Anyone learning of the death of a former crewmember is requested to notify the Herald so their passing can be acknowledged in TAPS and also on the Honor Roll at the reunion me-morial service.

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Published by: Military Locator & Reunion Service, Inc PO Drawer 11399 Hickory, NC 28603-6402 828-256-6008 (voice) 828-256-6559 (Fax) DINAMLRS@charterinternet.com KARENMLRS@charterinternet.com www.mlrsinc.com/huntington Our Reunions Work So You Don’t Have To.

Hi Dina, If there is a reunion this year, my wife and I will attend for the entire three days and go to four of the at-tractions on the projected agenda. We also would be interested in visiting the Greek Orthodox Church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Depending on the interests of other reunion participants, we may visit the Basilica of St. Jos-aphat, the Caves Museum, the Mil-waukee Art Museum and the Milwau-kee County Art Museum. I found the biographical data of nine former I Division shipmates on your webpage for the USS Hunting-ton. Of those nine, there were only four individuals who attended the 2006 reunion. It is possible the others may find it easier to travel to Milwau-kee than to Savannah, and who might come to the reunion if contacted. I plan to send them some old pictures that I took on our shakedown cruise that may create some interest. I will also send them copies of the I Divi-sion biographies that I have excerpted from ML&RS records. One of the interesting things that I enjoyed about the Savannah reunion was to meet other former crew mem-bers and to hear how they found their niche in life. For those who were not there, the biographies, however short, indicated success in professional, en-gineering and other occupational fields among the enlisted personnel. The biographies lead me to speculate that some lifetime occupations may have been founded on the experi-ences of some crew members with their tour on board the Huntington. It was satisfying to read and hear about avocational interests of some crew members that were similar to my own. My wife and I found the reunion very satisfying. See you in Milwaukee. Bob Wilhelm

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Editor’s Note: The following letters and stories were submitted after an e-mail request for stories. I was extremely pleased with your responses to that request. Thank you so much! And for those who don’t have e-mail, please send in your stories for the next issue, due out in May. Karen Hoyle, Editor Karen, I am not surprised you are having problems getting input for the Huntington News. Thinking back about my time aboard the ship takes me back over sixty years. I made two cruises across the ocean to the Med before be-ing transferred. I am a Huntington plank owner. I was transferred to the Canal Zone, I think in part because I had put in for subma-rine duty, but by that time the war was over and submarines were returning home to end up on the scrap heap. My time aboard the Huntington was spent running distilling plants making fresh wa-ter out of salt water. In life as much as things change there are some things that seem to stay the same. By that I mean people you meet some of whom you never forgot. For example, my Navy buddies Bill Cain, Bill Allen and Bob Bond. In particular Bob Bond must be well known to you as he has never missed a Huntington reunion. I called him the other day over in Vineland, New Jersey. He is doing fine. I am also in rather constant contact with both Bill Cain in Macon, GA, as well as Bill Allen in North Dakota. The one person I would or rather should have contacted was Lonnie B. Hailey. We used to call him Ma Hailey because of his appearance as well as association with us. A finer fellow I have never known. Lonnie came from McMenville, Tenn. and all through the years I traveled from Connecticut to Flor-ida via motor home I was always going to stop in and see my friend. I put it off for one reason or

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USS HUNTINGTON 2007 REUNION

SEPT. 6—9

MILWAUKEE, WI

HOLIDAY INN CITY CENTRE

MAIL CALL

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another and one day I noted from the Huntington Herald my friend had passed away. I am sorry, Lonnie, but I do hope to see you again. I learned the old lesson. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you should do today. After leaving the Navy I obtained a job with Griscom Russel, the makers of salt water distillation plants which the Navy used. My job was in New York City but really entailed traveling from ship to ship at sea, teaching ship per-sonnel how to run these plants. I was able to do this using the education I received aboard the Huntington. After the war, many of these plants were sold to commercial trade to replace high pressure units previously used. I guess traveling aboard the Hunt-ington started me into traveling in later life. Since that time I have moved six times between Connecticut, Florida and Vermont. Currently I am living at 708 Route 73, Orwell, Vermont 05760. Bruce G. Gillies Former MM3 USS Huntington

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Karen, I don’t have any good stories to send, but I will send a few mixed re-membrances—not in any particular order and will be sent in several sepa-rate e-mails. I was on the ship during shake-down and until they began decommis-sioning it. My first foreign port after shake-down was Naples. Most of the crew were young and were over-whelmed by the people ashore. Young children would crowd around a single person and take his wallet or watch (remove or cut off wrist) and pass it back to someone at the edge of the crowd. That person would run off with it—the sailor couldn’t get through the crowd to chase the thief down. We were told not to carry money in our jacket pocket where it could be seen. Three of us were having lunch upstairs in a restaurant when we saw two men in our division walking down the sidewalk. One of them had money in his jacket pocket. We watched as a young boy reached over his shoulder, grabbed the money and ran off with it.

(Continued from page 3) He ran behind a near-by cart and as they went looking for him he started in their direction and as he passed them he bumped into them. He and several other people began laugh-ing. Our buddies came upstairs where we were. We told them we had seen what happened. They were upset. We told them that not using the information given, on shore or ship, can cause problems. They accepted their lesson. Everyone tried to sell us services or merchandise. Most of us told them we would buy tomorrow. They said we wouldn’t be there the next day. It seemed that everyone in Italy and the States knew we were leav-ing the next morning. Everyone knew except the enlisted men on the ship. Cigarettes were worth considera-bly more than the seven cents a pack we paid (three cartons for $2.70 twice a month). All but the addicted chose to sell them ashore. We were tied up to a sunken Italian cruiser. Some people came near the ship in rowboats and fished the cigarette butts out of the oily water that also had all the discharge from the ship. They laid them out on boards to dry. The tobacco was re-rolled and people bought these cigarettes instead of food. For these two reasons alone, I said I would never smoke. More to follow. (We’ll use more of Mr. Walker’s stories in future is-sues.) Carl Walker

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Hi Dina, Enclosed are some photographs that I took in 1946 while a crew member of the USS Huntington. In the absence of the original nega-tives, I re-photographed my remain-ing original pictures and had 8 cop-ies of each made. (See pictures on pp. 6-7) I plan to send my extra pictures to former members of I Division. I have extracted addresses from the biographical information I obtained at the last reunion and will be able

to send pictures to: Earl M. Bay, Alan Klein, Ed Szymczak, Carl Walker, Moses Coleman, Al Eisen-bury, and Ed Zagar. I don’t have pictures of all of the above, but thought they might like copies of those I have. I do not have the ad-dress of John Barry, A.E. Hulse, Thomas Malady, or J.R. Schafer, who are in my pictures. And, I don’t believe you have received bio-graphical data from them either. Maybe some of those I send pic-tures to will know of their where-abouts. In an e-mail of Jan. ‘07, Karen Hoyle asked former crew members of the USS Huntington to submit stories for publication in the Hunt-ington Herald. I would like to sug-gest that you print some of the en-closed pictures in your quarterly “Herald” publication. Of course oth-ers may have some old pictures that could be published under a “Do You Remember Me?” or “What’s My Name?” column. Some short stories could be easily generated by the person submitting the picture. Enclosed for your information is a retyped copy of the I Division Roll Call. I still have the original which is yellowed with age. I received it some time during my hitch on the Huntington. I doubt that any of us still live at the addresses shown. Sincerely, Bob Wilhelm

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(Below is the information Mr. Wilhelm refers to at the end of his letter. We have omitted the ad-dresses.)

I Division Roll Call Robert Barbera John Jones John Barry Joseph Kietzman Earl Bay Alan Klein William Brady Lawrence Lincoln Arthur Burrows Max Keith Lyle James Clegg, Jr. Thomas Malady Moses Coleman Robert Marsh Alvin Eldridge Richard McDowell Ray Flanders Henry Merkel Ralph Fritzinger Earl Miller, Jr.

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Kenneth Grinnell Glen Miller John Hayes Robert Myers Harold Hopkins Harold Rosenberg James Hulse Jack Roy Albert Hulse Kevin Ryan Harold Johnson J.R. Schafer III Ed Szymczak Blake Teague LaVern Tesar Dave Underwood Jack Unger Willis Vincent Carl Walker Martin Weisberg Robert Wilhelm Donald Yeatts John York Ed Zagar

Officers J.T. Gilfillan, Jr. L.E. Roe E.L. Bookstein T.A. Flanagan M.J. Lennon W.K. Saunders J.R. O’Connell M.J. Starkey

__________ Hi Dina, Maybe we could clear up the mystery of the origin of the Hunting-ton’s nickname “Hogan’s Goat.” I thought we were going to learn the origin at one of our reunions—never happened. The Cruisers Sailors Magazine has been printing the nicknames of all the cruisers and the Huntington was in the last magazine. Too bad they lost the submitter’s name. I’m sending the USNCSA the enclosed menu which validates “Hogan’s Goat.” As the note on the menu states, the 107 with the goat design was printed on the Shore Pa-trol helmets. (See menu on page 8.) Maybe you could make an article for the Huntington Herald. Happy 2007, Dick Haswell

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(Editor’s note: From my research I did not find anything specific to the USS Huntington, but the term “Hogan’s Goat” seems to be a well known term meaning “faulty, messed up or stinking terribly” that probably came into the language about 1942. There was an old song by that name and a B-29 by that name that went down on Fais Island in the Pacific in 1948. If anyone knows the origin of

(Continued from page 4) “Hogan’s Goat,” as it refers to the USS Huntington, please let us know so we can publish it in the newslet-ter.)

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The following is from a book by Edward G. Scagliotta entitled Emer-gence, an autobiographical work. He sent ML&RS, Inc. a copy and gave permission to use the parts that refer to the USS Huntington. We will use this as a series in this and future issues. On returning to Newport I realized that the likelihood of remaining an electrician’s striker was questionable. Further thought on my part was soon resolved when I received orders, along with fifteen other sailors, to report to the Officer of the Deck of the USS Huntington, CL-107 har-bored at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. We were informed that our liberty passes were pulled and to be pre-pared to ship out the next morning. This event, though somewhat welcomed, came at an inopportune time, for on the upcoming weekend I had a date with Louise to attend a formal dance at our local high school. As quickly as I could I got to a phone to convey my dilemma. Louise, though obviously disap-pointed and saddened, politely com-prehended the situation. But I was not at all pleased with the predica-ment, as were some of the sailors scheduled to travel with me to Phila-delphia. To commiserate it was sug-gested we go to the pub at ship’s service and drink some beer. And so we did. While sitting around dejectedly sipping our beer, one sailor men-tioned that he had a “mail pass” that had not been pulled and if we wanted he would go into town and bring back something stronger to drink. With our consent he shoved off returning about an hour later with a bottle of rye whiskey. Passing the bottle around each gulped a long swig that was repeated until the bot-tle was empty and most of us a bit inebriated. With cares and woes di-

luted by drink, I slept soundly that night until rudely awakened by a mate informing me that we were about to ship out for Philadelphia and that I should hurry because a truck outside the barracks was awaiting our sea bags. Fortunately the night before, prior to the drinking binge, I had packed my sea bag and was ready. Ready that is, ex-cept for not being dressed which I rectified in short order though suf-fering a hangover from the night before. In the act of swinging my seabag aboard the waiting truck, another sailor simultaneously swung his seabag, hitting me square in the face, exacerbating the headache already in effect. The day was not beginning well at all. On the train headed for assign-ment in Philadelphia I slept to alle-viate my hangover, that is, until noontime. Awakened by a mate I was told our traveling orders in-cluded a reservation for onboard dining. Having never been served a meal aboard a train, the idea of din-ing in a club car was intriguing. It was as elegant as I had imagined. Adorning the table was a white linen tablecloth in the middle of which was a vase of freshly cut flowers. The dinnerware was also white decorated with a floral design. The silverware, an array of utensils the sight of which I had never seen, seemed to glow, as silver should. And the food...a far cry from Navy chow! To dine sumptuously marvel-ing at the passing panoramic land-scape, was an experience hereto-fore non-existent and not again to be repeated until much later in life. Late afternoon we arrived at the Navy Yard and were escorted di-rectly to the light cruiser, USS Hunt-ington, CL-107. The Huntington weighed in at 10,000 tons and was manned by a crew of 923 officers and seamen. Its armament con-sisted of two turrets forward and two aft each mounting three 6-inch can-nons. One twin 5-inch rifle mount was located forward and another aft. Additionally three more such

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mounts were positioned port and starboard. Situated in-between the 5-inch mounts on either side of the ship were the 40-millimeter anti-aircraft guns. Two additional twin 40-millimeter anti-aircraft guns were mounted at the stern (fantail). Though not official “piped” aboard, we were greeted enthusiasti-cally by the crew. (Apparently the ships’ company had been waiting for a full complement before shoving off on the shakedown cruise to Guan-tanamo Bay, Cuba.) Settling in I deck maintenance and manning the 40 mm anti-aircraft guns. Officially aboard we became eligible to draw sea pay…$66.00 a month instead of the regular $54.00. Shortly after morning chow we set sail for Norfolk, Virginia where the ship was to be demagnetized. During the sail to Virginia I touched base with a few sailors I trained with at Sampson. Two of them in particular, later to become close friends, were Walter Hasse and Seymour Buckberg. Walter served as a deckhand on the main deck and Seymour was in charge of the ship’s print shop. Every evening after mess the three of us met in the print shop to reminisce the events of the day. The print shop, being a quasi-off-limit compartment for the ordinary seaman, afforded a private setting in which one could be as-sured of minimal interruption. So it was we spent many an hour of ca-maraderie in this scheduled environ-ment.

(Continued from page 5) Not only was the print shop an ideal gathering place, but also with its numerous closed cabinets it was a perfect place to squirrel away snacks. Since both Walter and I often partici-pated in bringing supplies aboard ship, it was relatively easy to drop a case of canned peaches or pineapple and while gathering the dropped con-tents, secretly set one aside to be picked up later and be hidden in the print shop. In no time we had enough snacks to carry us through the entire shakedown cruise. And partake we did in an exclusively secluded nightly rendezvous; that was, until the an-nouncement of a complete shipboard inspection! If these elicit goodies were discov-ered hidden away in Seymour’s print shop, he was a sure candidate for reprimand and punishment at a “captain’s mast” probably along with Walter and me. What to do? Fortu-nately Seymour had printed a copy of the inspection route and the arrival time at each station. Having access to this document, Walter and I knew pre-cisely how to move the snacks care-fully packed in boxes bearing the label “expedite to print shop.” Just before the inspection team arrived at the shop Walter and I removed the now boxed snacks. In preceding the route of the inspection team it was our plan to keep one step ahead until the team had circumnavigated the ship and then return the snacks. As we moved the boxes, though challenged on more than one occasion, we were quick to point out that the movement of the inspection team sorely ham-

pered the delivery of the boxes to the print shop. Fortunately no au-thority sought to examine the con-tents of the boxes. On conclusion of the inspection, the snacks were squirreled away safely and we were free once again to enjoy our nightly rendezvous. Sunday at Norfolk, not having a Roman Catholic chaplain aboard, those wishing to attend mass at the base chapel motored off to shore in two powered whaleboats. On the return trip to our ship, the weather turned a bit nasty. Soon the wind whipped up, the white caps intensified and the boats be-gan to take on water over the gun-wales. Removing our white caps, we all bailed water simultaneously but to little avail. Soon we found ourselves sitting in water up to our waists. Though the gunwales were below water level, the boat’s com-pressed air tanks forward and aft prevented further sinking. To make light of our condition we com-menced to joke and laugh about our immediate predicament, though concern was written on every facial expression as we pon-dered the thought of rescue. Being in an area where many ships were at anchor, it was no time at all that our predicament was observed and a rescue boat took us aboard the Huntington, towing the quasi-sunken whaleboats behind. Once aboard the Huntington we were treated with the utmost care to assure that none of us suffered

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Refueling exercise in the Caribbean Sea, 1946, of the 821 by the USS Huntington CL-107

L to R: Alan Klein, A.E. Hulse, Thomas Malady, Earl Bay, I Division members of USS Hunting-

STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION

The Herald is the official publica-tion of the USS HUNTINGTON Asso-ciation. From now on it will be pub-lished quarterly in February, May, August and November, subject to receiving sufficient funding. The Newsletter is funded by voluntary contributions from the membership. All members are encouraged to sup-port the voice of the HUNTINGTON. A financial statement appears in each issue of the newsletter. In the event there is insufficient funding for a regularly scheduled issue, all funds received will accumulate until the next regularly scheduled quarterly issue. Out of sequence issues will not be published merely to “catch-up.” The newsletter is intended to be a vehicle for the members to express opinions, make suggestions and es-pecially share experiences. Unless otherwise stated, the views and opinions printed in the newsletter are those of the article’s writer, and do not necessarily repre-sent the opinion of the Association leadership or the Editor of the News-letter. All letters and stories submitted will be considered for publication, except unsigned letters will not be published. Letters requesting the writer’s name be withheld will be honored, but published on a space available basis. Signed letters with no restrictions will be given priority. Letters demeaning to another shipmate will not be printed; letters espousing a political position will not be printed. The editor reserves the right to edit letters to conform to space limi-tations and grammar. ML&RS, Inc. is not responsible for the accuracy of articles submitted for publication. It would be a monumen-tal task to check each story. There-fore, we rely on the author to re-search each article. You are encouraged to actively participate in the newsletter family by submitting your stories and suggestions.

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L to R: R.E. Wilhelm, Earl Bay, John Barry and A.E.

Hulse, I Division members of USS Huntington on liberty in

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Robert E. Wilhelm, USS Huntington CL-107

I Division July 1946

Harold Hopkins USS Huntington CL-107

I Division US Navy Shipyard Feb 1946

J.R. Schafer, III I Division, USS Huntington

CL-107 Shakedown Cruise 1946

hypothermia. Warm blankets and a shot glass of rum quickly did the trick, reminiscent of the sea faring days of “ho, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum.” An individual physical examination by the ship’s doctor brought a satisfactory conclusion to our brief ordeal. To be continued in the March 2007 issue.

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