Kitsap Veterans Life, September 04, 2015

‘A day all of us prayed for’Remembering the end of World War II

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■ Readers’ tributes to WWII veterans

■ Roster of Kitsap County residents who gave their lives

■ Kitsap County Medal of Honor recipients

T he Path of Freedom memo-rial at Bremerton

High School’s Memorial Stadium honors all Kitsap County residents killed in action in all wars. The indi-vidual names are etched in huge granite slabs, as are the names of 13 Medal of Honor recipients from Kitsap County.

The following names of those who died in World War II were pro-vided by Lane and Deanna Dowell of the Semancik Foundation.

Alfred Adamson Hubert Richard Agin Francis G. Ahearn Richard L. Alderman Paul E. Almon Robert S. Anderson Trig Anderson Carl H. Arvidson LeRoy Ashby Earl G. Atkinson Neil T. Baker Samuel R. Bakshas Walter C. Baldwin Henry E. Ballard Charles D. Bartling Raymond L. Bates Sherwin E. Baumgarner Lewis G. Beck William J. Beck Jr A. Bennet Harold Bennett Arthur O. Bentson David D. Berg Kenneth Bergstrom Jack S. Berkheimer George E. Biggs Jr Curtis E. Bjorklund

Hugh D. Black Richmond F. Blie� ert John T. Blodgett Joseph Boltan Creed C. Boothe Karl F. Border Joseph H. Bourland Robert E. Bowers James B. Brandon James D. Breitenstein Ernest M. Brenden Robert N. Brooks Otto L. Brose Roy W. Brower Ralph E. Bryner Howard M. Bullard Sherwin E. Bumgarner Edward A. Burmaster James E. Buskirk Norman U. Byers Elmer D. Calkings

Elmo D. Calkins Arthur C. Campbell Clinta Campbell Jack R. Campbell James E. Campbell Wesley M. Can� eld Carl R. Capes Alfred M. Carlson John A. Carlson Jerry Carroll William Charles Chris Y. Chen Leslie R. Chilton Kent S. Chollar Floyd E. Christensen Alexander A. Christie Robert L. Christopher Charles Cleaver Marvin S. Clinton Lewis E. Clough Roger F. Co� n Maurice H. Cohen Willett S. Colegrove Jr Frank E. Coleman Jr Sidney P. Comley Donald W. Connelly Glenn H. Connery Ervin E. Cooper Patrick F. Corcoran David W. Crosswhite Maurice A. Crowther Eugene L. Cummings Jr Marlene Cummings Allan Cunningham Paul F. Curdy Nuel S. Curtis Walter J. Czarzasty Murl Dain Jr Frank Daman Jr Ace H. Dibble Elton Dickens William C. Dodge Delmore Dudacek Henry O. Ehlers Kenneth M. Eide Robert K. Einar Howard L. Ellis Bruce H. Ellison Arthur W. Erickson

Richard T. Erickson Benjamin R. Evans Jr Frank Fenton Ralph B. Fisher Robert M. Fiske Wesley E. Finch Henry C. Florea Jr Louis C. Fogg Robert E. Forsman Gordon W. Fox Marcel J. France Martin Franciscovitch William A. Freeman Henry Froyen James A. Fuller Victor M. Gadrow Nelson N. Gates Jr Raymond H. Geist Cecil S. Gerdon Hugh Gillette Donald R. Gingery Clarence Gjersvold Halbert E. Gorman Hugh E. Gorman William J. Gould Edward T. Grace William E. Graves Everette A. Greene Elmer W. Gustafson John R. Hale Wesley C. Hall Robert E. Hamer Clarence J. Hamilton Grover S. Hamm Paul V. Hanson Albert D. Harlow Harley E. Harlow Marlet Harlow Franklin R. Harris James A. Harris Donald W. Hart James L. Hartsoc William K. Haslam Charles Heath Jr Norman R. Hedrick Irvin A. Heglund Jerome K. Herrigstad Walter J. Hess Arthur L. Hickman

Ernest J. Hill Roger M. Hill William F. Hill Keith Hitchcock Theodore R. Hokenstad George V. Holmquist Donald M. Horner Robert W. Howard Joe T. Howell Jack C. Hubbard Frank Hubbs Grant L. Hubbs Freeman B. Hu� smith Wilma L. Huneke William I. Imamoto James R. Jacobs Leland L. Johns Leo O. Johnson Chester G. Jones Elmer Jones Claude W. Jonon Jr Herbert Katzenberger Ralph H. Keil Ivan C. Kelly William F. Kiehn Frederick W. Kinney Edward E. Kjelness E.E. Knechtel William J. Koch George A. Komedal James O. Komedal Elwin G. Knudson Chester W. Kreiling Frederick L. Kuhlman Guy R. Laber William J. LaCa� Wilfred T. Lambert Jr Donald A. Larson Vernon L. Larson Doyle R. Lawrence Howard C. Lebeck Eugene Leggett Gordon W. Lester Charles F. Letson Frank Levar Alger C. Libby Albert J. Limpp Jr Charles F. Linder Albert L. Lloyd

Allen F. Lohman Clyde D. Lowry Jr Murray Lund Robert E. Lund Robert E. Lundgren Estus L. Lynn Norman M. Mackie John P. Madsen Jr William A. Marmont Jr Hollis Martin Terry J. Martin Glen E. Mason Merrell M. Mastick Stanley A. Mathiason Donald J. Mathison Elvin J. Matt Clair E. Mattoon Gordon McBride Lee McClure Jr Douglas McDonald Lee McDonald Michel McGuire Robert M. McLain James H. McPherson R.H. McPherson Jr Robert M. McPherson Roger D. McWilliams Robert L. Meusch Edwin A. Miles Harold E. Mitts Dale C. Moore Edward L. Moore Frank R. Moran Donald G. Musselman Edwin J. Myers Jr Clyde E. Nelson John Nelson Alfred Ness Rudolph N. Ness Walter W. Niemi Lincoln G. Nordby Roy R. Norton Raymond J. O'Connell Chester D. O'Dell Sigvard Elmer Odden Adrian V. Olness Arthur H. Olson Leif Olson Warren R. Olson Robert E. Omoth Keith V. Otis Donald C. O'Tyson Robert E. Pachaud Roger B. Paddock Thomas A. Parsons Gene Peck Paul J. Pecolar William Perkins Carl V. Person Chester Peterman Charles D. Peterman George H. Peterson James C. Peterson Ellis B. Phillips Gerald H. Poeppel Marley O. Polk Robert R. Porter Frederick S. Ravin John C. Ravin Otto V. Rich Alvin E. Rider Andrew W. Riker George E. Riker

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They paid the ultimate sacrificeKitsap County residents who died in uniform during World War II

The Bremerton High School Associated Student Body of 1946-47 raised $39,562 to build Memorial Stadium, to honor those who fought in World War II. In 2007, the Semancik Foundation expanded the project by creating a personalized veterans’ memorial and flag plaza in the stadium, called “The Path of Freedom.” The center stone is inscribed with the logos of the seven branches of our military and the words, “For those who have given life, limb and soul, so we might enjoy our freedom.”

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1945 THE END OF WORLD WAR II: 70 YEARS LATER 2015

SEPTEMBER 2015 | VETERANS LIFE I 3


Darwin A. Roberts Richard D. Ronne Samuel J. Roper Joseph J. Ruskey Perry O. Russell William W. Sands Ralph E. Satt Albert E. Scheib Berl O. Schmidt Reuben O. Schnase Paul R. Schroeder Edward C. Schultz Dorman L. “Bud” Scott Drexel T. Scott Walton T. Seed Clarence J. Setko James E. Sherwood William H. Shurts Phillip G. Silva Clarence F. Sitko Elmer A. Slaton Herman R. Slobey Hamilton A. Smith Thomas L. Smith Oliver Spencer Jr

Jack W. Spriestersbach Stuart Stanley Robert Starevich Jamas Eldon Starkel Orval L. Stewart Russell Stewart William G. Stillwell John Stoddard Louis Stornelli Jr Fred L. Sunday Jack D. Sutherland Theodore N. Sutherland Cato H. Swalling Charles F. Swanson Glenn Thompson Lester O. Thompson Loren Thorsen Harold W. Tiedemann Donald K. Tivey James Torpey Lloyd R. Turk Laverne E. Twohy Samuel J. Tyree Donato Umali John D. Van Arsdale Robert Van Klinken Garrette M. Van Ripar Gordon V. Vestal Oliver P. Wadley

Herman E. Wagner Edwin J. Wallen Warren M. Watson Arthur M. Weiss William Welch Eugene B. Wescom Marion A. Westbrook William T. Whitman Jr Earl Whiting Harry E. Wilcox Jack O. Williams William B. Williams Jr Henry E. Wilson Lewis W. Wright Clarence F. Wolfe

MemorialContinued from page 2

HOMETOWN: Kingston.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy.YEARS OF SERVICE:

World War II.HIGHEST RANK

ATTAINED: Storekeeper third class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Stationed in Seattle and San Francisco; served onboard the USS Andromeda (AKA-15) and the SS Alcoa Patriot (U.S. Naval Armed Guard). Carried combat equipment to invasion-staging

bases and beach heads. The ships also brought wounded soldiers and Marines home. Saw action in the Battle of Okinawa onboard the Andromeda, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf on the Alcoa Patriot.

POST-WAR CAREER: Graduated from Western Washington University and Columbia University; served for 30 years as a teacher, school counselor, principal, and assistant superintendent in the Bellevue School District.

SK3 JOHN ABRAMS, USN

HOMETOWN: Pineville, Kentucky.


1942-45.HIGHEST RANK

ATTAINED: Fireman � rst class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Stationed in the Solomon Islands on

the USS President Adams (APA-19). In 1942, while � ghting on Guadalcanal, he received shrapel wounds in the shoulder and legs from bombs dropped by Japanese war planes.

POST-WAR CAREER: Truck driver supplying food to nursing homes.

FIREMAN 1ST CLASS BILL J. BAKER, USN

The Greatest GenerationReaders’ tributes to veterans of World War II

HOMETOWN: East Bremerton.

BRANCH: U.S. Army.YEARS OF SERVICE:

March 1, 1941-May 20, 1945.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Master sergeant (sergeant major).

SIGNIFICANT

DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Liberation campaigns in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

POST-WAR CAREER: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

MASTER SGT. JOHN G. BAKER, USA

HOMETOWN: Kingston.

BRANCH: U.S. Marine Corps.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1942-45.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Sergeant.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Tailgunner on a USMC TBF (VMTBN-232), Red Devil Squadron.

Combat missions in Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Munda, Bougainville, Rabaul, Vela LaVela, New Britannia. Distinguished Flying Cross, four Air Medals, Presidential Unit Citation.

POST-WAR CAREER: Worked for Boeing, later became a residential home builder in Kitsap.

SGT. ALBA N. BLACKERBY, USMC

HOMETOWN: Shoreline.

BRANCH: U.S. Army Air Force.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1943-46.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Second lieutenant (� ight o� cer/navigator).

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR:

Navigator on a B-24 bomber; � ew missions over Germany. Was at Buckingham Palace on VE Day.

POST-WAR CAREER: Electrical engineer for Boeing from 1957-1987; worked on projects such as the Bomark and ICBM missile defense systems.

2ND LT. WILLIAM J. BUCKLEY, USAAF

HOMETOWN: Bremerton.

BRANCH: U.S. Marine Corps.

YEARS OF SERVICE: Three years.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Corporal.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR:

Stationed in the South Paci� c during World War II, and later in South and South Korea.

POST-WAR CAREER: Delivered packages for H&R Block in Indianapolis, retired from Keyport and Kitsap Transit.

CPL. WILLIAM R. CASEY, USMC

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LTJG JACK F. CLEARMAN, USN

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THE END OF WORLD WAR II: 70 YEARS LATER

HOMETOWN: Port Orchard.

BRANCH: U.S. Army.YEARS OF SERVICE:


ATTAINED: Captain (enlisted as a private).

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Saw action in Normandy, France-Belgium, Rhineland,

Ardennes, Central Europe; wounded in Belgium in January 1945.

POST-WAR CAREER: Served in Korea 1950-51, fought in three battles, retired from the Army in 1962 as a lieutenant colonel. Civil defense director for Kitsap County, 1968-1982.

CAPT. LELAND J. DALY, USA

KILLED IN ACTION

HOMETOWN: Lost Creek, Pennsylvania.

BRANCH: U.S. Navy Reserve.

YEARS OF SERVICE: August 1942-July 23, 1944.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Lieutenant.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Chaplain at Naval Training Station San Diego; Camp Gillespie, San Diego; deployed overseas with U.S. Marines in December 1943; died as a result of wounds sustained during the landing at Guam on July 23, 1944.

LT. ANTHONY J. CONWAY, USNR

HOMETOWN: Poulsbo.


Two years, eight months.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Seaman � rst class.


OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS Bennington (CV-20), Okinawa campaign.

POST-WAR CAREER: Worked at Naval Base Kitsap— Keyport, mostly on torpedoes, retiring as foreman.

SEAMAN 1ST CLASS JOSEPH ANDREW EKSTEDT, USN

HOMETOWN: Bellingham.


Aug. 6, 1919-Dec. 17, 1945.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Enlisted as a machinist’s mate; retired as a lieutenant.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served on the USS California. Wounded by bomb fragments in the bombing of Liverpool, England on Sept. 10, 1940, and while bringing down a German Luftwa� e JU-88 in April 1942.

OTHER: After joining the Navy in 1919, he served on the USS Tennessee (BB-43) and the USS Philip (DD-76). Lent to British Forces; was captured and spent two years in a

German prison camp. Received the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving three-year-old Stella Kapinska from the waters of the Hudson River on May 23, 1927.

AWARDS: Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Lifesaving Medal, WWI Victory Medal, Haitian Campaign Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Nicaraguan Campaign, Yangtze Service, WWII Victory Medal, American Defense Medal, African Campaign Medal, Paci� c Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Expert Ri� e, Expert Pistol.

POST-WAR CAREER: Skippered a � shing boat in Alaska.

LT. WILLIAM M. CRUTCHER, USN

HOMETOWN: Spokane.



ATTAINED: Electrician’s mate third class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served on the USS William C. Cole, DE-641. Saw action in the Battle of Okinawa; while shooting down two Japanese planes, a kamikaze’s wingtips

bent a tube on a torpedo mount and the Cole sailed to the Philippines for repairs.

POST-WAR CAREER: Earned an electrical engineering degree at Gonzaga University in 1950; started a high-voltage transmission wiring installation company with three partners in 1967. He was president of WICO (Wire Installation Contractors) and retired in 1982. Died in 2012.

EM1 HERSCHEL R. GUSTAFSON, USN

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HOMETOWN: Kingston, Tennessee.


30 years.HIGHEST RANK

ATTAINED: Chief warrant o� cer 4.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Solomons (CVE-67).

POST-WAR CAREER: Continued in the Navy until retirement, seeing action in Korea. After Navy retirement, was in the ship security business.

OTHER: His Navy career started on the USS Tennessee (BB-43). Became a chief boatswain’s mate before becoming a CWO.

CWO4 CHESTER LEE HARVEY, USN

HOMETOWN: Hansville.


1941-45; o� cial honorable discharge in 1960.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Lieutenant.

DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served in the South Paci� c on the aircraft carrier USS

Hornet. Ace � ghter pilot; awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 20, 2015.

POST-WAR CAREER: Started Financial Planning, Inc., in Long Beach, California, and was an estate planner for 40 years.

Inducted into the Long Beach City College Hall of Fame.

LT. JOHN T. “MIKE” WOLF, USN

HOMETOWN: Port Orchard (born 1919, died 2007).

BRANCH: U.S. Army Air Force.

YEARS OF SERVICE: Three or four years.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Not known; he was a B-17 pilot.


OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Stationed in Arizona, California and Montana.

POST-WAR CAREER: Farmed the family farm, worked for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, served on the Olympic College Board of Trustees.

JOHN O’NEILL, USAAF

HOMETOWN: Kingston.


Feb. 5, 1943-March 9, 1946.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Radarman second class.


OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS YMS-119, USS Patapsco (AOG-1).

AWARDS: Asiatic-Paci� c Area Campaign Medal (one star), American Area Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.

RADARMAN 2ND CLASS CALVIN MILES PURSER, USN

HOMETOWN: Kingston.



ATTAINED: Gunner’s Mate second class.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: USS Nashville (CL-43), USS Adams (DM-27).

AWARDS: Asiatic-Paci� c Campaign Medal with four stars, American Area Campaign Medal,

American Defense Service Medal with Bronze ”A,” World War II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation ribbon with two stars.

POST-WAR CAREER: Worked as a mechanic for the Navy and then Pan-Am, then worked independently as an automatic transmission mechanic.

GM2 RAY ZETTERBERG, USN

HOMETOWN: Bremerton.


1944-46; 1950-53.HIGHEST RANK

ATTAINED: Lieutenant commander.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Served in the South Paci� c. Called back

into service for the Korean War. Active in the Navy Reserve and obntained the rank of lieutenant commander.

POST-WAR CAREER: Continued his career at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where he worked before the war, and retired as structural group superintendent.

LT. CMDR JOHN F. LONGMATE, USNR

HOMETOWN: Port Orchard.

BRANCH: U.S. Air Force.

YEARS OF SERVICE: 23 years.

HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED: Chief master sergeant.


OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Biggs AFB, El Paso, Texas; Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Charleston AFB, South Carolina; several bases in England, and Udorn Air Base, Thailand.

CHIEF MASTER SGT. ROBERT M. MESSNER, USAF

HOMETOWN: Damariscotta, Maine.



ATTAINED: Master chief electronics technician.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE WAR: Survivor of the sinking of USS Liscome Bay

(CVE-56) Nov. 24, 1943. Night Fighter Squadron, Beaver Pond, Quonset Rhode Island; radio technician 2, USS Antietam (CV-36).

POST-WAR CAREER: Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut; supervisory nuclear engineering technician, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

ETMC NATHANIEL ORSON HOWARD II

Readers’ tributes to veterans of World War II

“Today, the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain death. The seas bear only commerce. Men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is quietly at peace.”

— Gen. Douglas MacArthur

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure

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DEC. 16, 1944: The Ger-mans launch a � nal o� en-sive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Al-lied forces along the Ger-man border. By Jan. 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat.

JAN. 12, 1945: The Soviets launch a new of-fensive, liberating Warsaw and Krakow in January, capturing Budapest after a two-month siege on Feb. 13, driving the Germans and their Hungarian col-laborators out of Hungary in early April, forcing the surrender of Slovakia with the capture of Bratislava on April 4, and capturing Vienna on April 13.

MARCH 7, 1945: U.S. troops cross the Rhine Riv-er at Remagen.

APRIL 16, 1945: The Soviets launch their � nal o� ensive, encircling Berlin.

APRIL 1945: Partisan units, led by Yugoslav Communist leader Josip Tito, capture Zagreb and topple the Ustasa regime. The top Ustasa leaders � ee to Italy and Austria.

APRIL 30, 1945: Hitler commits suicide.

MAY 7, 1945: Germany surrenders to the western Allies.

MAY 9, 1945: Germany surrenders to the Soviets.

MAY 1945: Allied troops conquer Okinawa, the last

island stop before the Jap-anese islands.

AUG. 6, 1945: The Unit-ed States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

AUG. 8, 1945: The So-viet Union declares war on Japan and invades Man-churia.

AUG. 9, 1945: The Unit-ed States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

SEPT. 2, 1945: Having agreed in principle to un-conditional surrender on Aug. 14, 1945, Japan for-mally surrenders, ending World War II.

— United States Holo-caust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org

Chaplain Anthony J. Conroy, USNR, leads Mass prior to the invasion of Guam in July 1944. Conroy, a lieutenant, was killed during the landing. Rita Hagwell (Lt. Conroy’s niece)

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. ” — President Harry S Truman

TIMELINE: THE WAR’S FINAL YEAR

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PORT ORCHARD - REDUCED! $365,000 Pride of ownership throughout this 4BR/3BA, 2719 sq ft home, 1/2 acre with 3 car garage & granite counters in kitchen & baths, master on the main in Manchester JB Bartel, CRS, GRI 360-731-1051 View at www.johnlscott.com/13083

PORT ORCHARD - NEW! $375,000 Simply beautiful 4BR/2.75BA home situated on 1.68 acres of park like property! Open floor plan, large master suite, French doors to deck & 3 car garage! Mark Strombeck 360-340-6233 View at www.johnlscott.com/81058

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