In
researching the photos, DE 402 crew member Herbert Arnold sent this
email 13 August 2010 explaining the photos in the album:
.....During
the war years we were unable to have cameras aboard ship. However, there
was one person assigned as a photographer. I think his name was Abe
Steinberg. After the war when he was discharged from the Navy he took
the film home and had the film developed. He contacted each of us and
asked if we would like a copy of the pictures. I ordered a copy and
it is the same copy of films that your dad has and you have now. I remember
your dad but I do not remember particulars after all of these years.
All Gunners Mates and Torpedomen served in "O" division. They were a
great bunch of fellows and we all got along well together......
Son
of Robert Bishoff a sailor on DE 402, wrote in October 2016:
"I can’t tell you how much I have been enjoying looking at your
father’s scrapbook of photos from the Richard S. Bull. My father, Robert
Bischoff, is in many of the photos. My favorite is on page 24 middle
row photo 2. Third from the left on the back row is my dad, at age 22
with no shirt on! As I said, he is in multiple photos and it has been
a real trip seeing this on line. Dad died in 2001 from pancreatic cancer,
but he had a fabulous career here in Salt Lake City as a bank president.
Thanks for posting these photo. Kevin Bischoff
The
grandson of Frederick S. Moseley, Commander of the Bull in 1945, wrote
in March 2020:
"I
recently ran across you web site of the USS Bull. My grandfather Frederick
S. Moseley, Jr., was the commander of the Bull from November 1944 to
November 1945. My family still has the U.S. Flag that flew onboard the
Bull when my grandfather served on her. He was Commander when they rescued
the many airmen in the Leyte Gulf. Harden Crawford IV
[Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philppines, was the largest naval battle of World
War II - October 23-26, 1944. Commander Moseley's name is also listed
on the crew address list (link at bottom of this page).]
Below you will find a photo of each
page as it appears in the scrapbook and a link to individual photos
found on the page. If you can identify anyone in the photos or any of
the locations, please send me the information and I will update. Please
refer to a photo by page number and photo location. Example: Page 34,
top row, 2nd photo. The small photos are about the size of a business
card, the larger ones about 3x4". An * indicates that Daddy is
in the photo.
Contact:
KimMarieFischer@gmail.com
with info, updates or corrections
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "Berry" (A.W.Berry)
Top Row - Photo 2
- "'O' Division" *
Middle Row - Photo 1 - "'O' Division"
Bottom Row - Photo
1 - "Brady"
Bottom Row - Photo
2 - "Christley O.P. Gun #42"
Bottom Row - Photo
3 -
"Bovie D.J. Aft"
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2
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "Hahn + Scarborough" (C.A.Hahn and
A.D.Scarborough)
Top Row - Photo 2
- "Berry" (A.W.Berry)
Top Row - Photo 3
- "Hahn"
Bottom Row - Photo
1 - "Bovie" *
Bottom Row - Photo
2 - "Christley O.P. + Pom Pom, Aft"
Bottom Row - Photo
3 -
"'O' Division"
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3
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "Hoppy Allen"
Top Row - Photo
2 - "Misuira" (G. Misuira)
Top Row - Photo
3 - "McArthy"
Bottom Row - Photo
1 - "Thompson"
Bottom Row - Photo
2 - "Ed Aldridge" (E.L.Aldridge)
Bottom Row - Photo
3
- "Scarborough" (A.D.Scarborough)
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4
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "Hahn, Berry, Arnold"
Top Row - Photo
2 - "Me" *
Top Row - Photo
3 - "Me" *
Bottom Row - Photo
1 - "Hahn C.A. + Bovie D.J.- #1 Gun"
Bottom Row - Photo
2 - "Bovie D.J. + Pom Pom, Aft"
Bottom Row - Photo
3
- "Henderson"
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5
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "Arnold H.Y. Port Side Main Deck"
Top Row - Photo
2 - "Bovie D.J. + Barry A.W. Aft"
Middle Row - Photo 1 - "Bovie D.J. Gun #2"
Middle Row - Photo
2 - "Hahn C.A. Midship"
Bottom Row - Photo
1 - "Hahn CA + Aldridge E. 42 Director"
Bottom Row - Photo
2 - "Scarborough + Hahn" (C.A.Hahn and A.D.Scarborough)
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6
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "Bovie D.J. on Gun #2 at Dusk"
Top Row - Photo
2 - "Front View of Torpedo Tubes"
Middle Row - Photo
1 - "'O' Division"
Middle Row - Photo
2 - "'O' Division"
Bottom Row - Photo
1 - "Gun 42"
Bottom Row - Photo
2 - "Brady"
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7
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "Bovie" (D.J.Bovie)
Top Row - Photo 2
- "Bovie + Brady" (D.J.Bovie)
Top Row - Photo 3
- "Gun 2"
Bottom Row - Photo
1 - "Misuira Tallen" (G. Misuira and S.A.Tallin?)
Bottom Row - Photo 2
- "Me Brady" *
Bottom Row - Photo 3
- "Bovie" (D.J.Bovie)
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8
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo
3
Bottom Row - Photo
1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
Bottom Row - Photo
3
- (Daddy with the cook)*
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9
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Group
Photo (*Daddy is on the top row 13th from left)
(Commander Frederick S. Moseley, first row)
Image says U.S.S. Richard S. Bull D.E. 402
November 1945
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10
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo
1
Middle Row - Photo
2 - "Me"* (Photo had fallen off but I found it with
other papers)
Bottom Row - Photo
1
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11
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Top
Row - Photo 1 "Elko"
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
"Marden"
Middle Row - Photo
1
Middle Row - Photo
2
Middle Row - Photo
3 Ed Finney, Jr. Curator Branch/Photo Section identified
this as the British battleship HMS KING GEORGE V
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
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12
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Top
Row - Photo 1 - "D. J. Bovie"
Top Row - Photo 2
- "Brady"
Top Row - Photo 3
- "Brady + Me" *
Bottom Row - Photo 1 - "Bovie + Hahn on Fosche" (D.J.Bovie
+ C.A.Hahn)
Bottom Row - Photo
2 - "Red Thompson" (P.N.Thompson?)
Bottom Row - Photo
3
- "McArthy + Swade"
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13
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Photos appear to
be ceremony related to the issuance of certificates for crossing the
International Dateline and the
Equator
Top Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Top Row - Photo 4
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo
2
Middle Row - Photo
3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
Bottom Row - Photo
3
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14
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Photos appear to
be ceremony related to the issuance of certificates for crossing the
International Dateline
and the Equator
Top Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo
1
Bottom Row - Photo
1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
Bottom Row - Photo
3
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15
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo
1
Middle Row - Photo
2
Bottom Row - Photo
1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
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16
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo
1
Middle Row - Photo
2
Bottom Row - Photo
1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
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17
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo
1
Middle Row - Photo
2
Bottom Row - Photo
1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
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18
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo
1
Bottom Row - Photo
2
Bottom Row - Photo
3 - "DE
405 1 Plane, 1 Cruiser"
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19
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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Page
20
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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Page
21
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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Page
22
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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Page
23
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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Page
24
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Robert Bischoff - Top Row 3rd from left.
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
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25
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Top Row - Photo 4
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
(Commander Frederick S. Moseley, next to search light)
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
(Commander Frederick S. Moseley, back row, 2nd from left)
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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26
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3 -
J Reed Gattmann "On page 267, Top Row #3 is an image of all the
ships officers, including the Division Commodore, Cmdr. Bewick, the
shorter/smaller office to the rifht of Dad." Message from Kurt
Gattmann son of J. Reed Gattmann.
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 4
(Commander Frederick S. Moseley)
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27
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Top
Row - Photo 1 Page 27 and 28 appear
to be rescue of three pilots mentioned in history of he Bull. History
of the U.S.S. Richard S. Bull
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
You can clearly see a plane going in, three survivors in
the water and below, boarding the ship.
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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28
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Top
Row - Photo 1 Proceeding via Ulithi and Saipan,
she rescued three aviators from Natoma Bay (CVE-62) on 17 February [1945]
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
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29
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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30
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
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31
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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32
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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33
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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Page
34
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Top Row - Photo 4
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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Page
35
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle
Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 1
"D.E.s and D.D. Tenders"
Bottom Row - Photo 2 "Pom
Pom"
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36
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Top
Row - Photo 1 "Leyte, Philippines - Open Air
Theater"
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
"Crane - San Diego"
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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37
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Top
Row - Photo 1 "Christley O.P., Markwith
C., Fiorelli, "Mike" + Mockler "Jim" - Saipan"
Top Row - Photo 2
"Knodehh (top right) Bovie (left), Fiorelli, Markwith
+ Mockler - Saipan" (J.D.Bovie, C.T.Markwith, Jr., M.Fiorelli)
Bottom Row - Photo 1 "Bovie
D.J. Fiorelli + Mockler - Siapan" (D.J.Bovie, M.Fiorelli)
Bottom Row - Photo 2
"Fiorelli, Christley, Markwith + Mockler - Saipan" (M.Fiorelli,O.P.Christley,
C.T.Markwith)
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38
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
"Hollandia" (New Guinea)
Bottom Row - Photo 2
"Theater Hollandia" (New Guinea)
Bottom Row - Photo 3
"Hollandia"
(New Guinea)
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Page
39
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Top
Row - Photo 1 "Reirdon, Meadows, Scmitt"
(J.J.Reirdon, R.M.Meadows, C.B.Schmitt)
Top Row - Photo 2
"Selby, Steinberg, Scmitt" (A.Steinberg, C.B.Schmitt)
Top Row - Photo 3
"Kovacs, __________, Seigfried, Rusty"
(J.E.Kovacs, H. Seigfried)
Middle Row - Photo 1
"Holmes, Saunders, Lane, Fisher, Henley" (D.R.Holmes,
C.T.Sanders?, T.F.Lane, K.P.Fisher, J.L.Henley, Jr.)
Middle Row - Photo 2
Color
Adjusted * Daddy is on right
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1 "Vaccaro, Burns, R.
R. Smith" (V.Vaccaro)
Bottom Row - Photo 2
" ________, ________, Henley, Smith, Davis" (J.L.Henley,
Jr.)
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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40
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Top
Row - Photo 1 "Stevens, Meadows, Bucy, Mitchell,
Rash, Olsen, Daly, Dakin" (T.M.Stevens, R.M.Meadows, D.L.Bucy,
P.J.Daly, John E.Dakin, Jr.)
Top Row - Photo 2
"Patton, Saunders" (C.T.Sanders)
Second Row - Photo 1
"Mockler + Palmer" (L.E.Palmer)
Second Row - Photo 2
"Aldridge, Burgett, Mockler, Berry, Mazzacappa,
Fernicola, Jones, Castonguay, Shields" (E.L.Aldridge, B.E.Burgett,
A.W.Berry, M.D.Mezzacappa, A.S.Fernicola, G.D.Jones, Jr., R.Castonguay,
J.R.Shields)
Third Row - Photo 1 "Dakin, Donovan" (John
E. Dakin, Jr., W.P.Donavan)
Third Row - Photo 2
"McDermott*, Selby, Steinberg, Palmer, Scmitt"
(P.R.McDermott*, A.Steinberg, L.E.Palmer, C.B.Schmitt)
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Adjusted
Image (*Daddy is on left. Neil J. Fischer)
Bottom Row - Photo 2
"Pitchford, Daly, Mustopich" (D.W.Pitchford, P.J.Daly, P.A.Mustopich)
*P. R. McDemott
is Philip Russell McDermott, Radioman 2nd Class. He served aboard "the
Bull from the shakedown cruise out of Texas until the end of the war."
Information provided by Phillip McDermott - son of Philip Russel McDermott
on 4/4/2011.
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41
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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42
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Middle Row - Photo 1
Middle Row - Photo 2
(Commander Frederick S. Moseley in standing, middle row, 2nd from left)
Middle Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
J. Reed Gattmann. (Commander Frederick S. Moseley is on the far left)
"On page 42,
Bottom Row #1 is my dad maneuvering the Bull during underway replenishments,
taking fuel, food, supplies and mail aboard." - Kurt Gattmann,
son of J. Reed Gattmann.
Bottom
Row - Photo 2
Bottom Row - Photo 3
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43
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Top
Row - Photo 1
Top Row - Photo 2
Top Row - Photo 3
Bottom Row - Photo 1
Bottom Row - Photo 2
Bottom
Row - Rhoto 3
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Photo
of U.S.S.
Richard S. Bull with this inscription: DE 402, 4/27/44, 2357-44,
NYBos
A communication from
the mother of crew member Harvey Murphy
indicates that the Commander of the Bull in January 1945 was Commander Moseley.
Crew
Address List - transcribed from a five page list found in the back
of the above photo album. Based on the address given for my father, the
list is circa 1946.
History
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