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1941 |
7-Dec |
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Pearl Harbor Attacked |
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1942 |
29-Aug |
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Mom & Dad Married |
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20-Oct |
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Ormsby Launched |
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10-Nov |
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Dad enlisted |
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13-Nov |
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Dad reported to Great Lakes |
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1943 |
8-Apr |
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Dad Completed recruit training & promoted
to S2C (Seaman 2nd |
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Class) |
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28-Apr |
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Dad departed Great Lakes |
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2-May |
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Dad reported to San Francisco |
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28-Jun |
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Ormsby commissioned |
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2-Jul |
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Dad received
aboard Ormsby |
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4-Jul |
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Ormsby photographed at Mare Island San
Francisco (4-Jul to 18-Jul) |
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14-Aug |
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Ormsby departs Pearl Harbor for New
Zealand
via Nukufetau & |
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Pago Pago |
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18-Aug |
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Dad crossed
equator (initated as
Shellback) |
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11-Sep |
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Ormsby Wellington New
Zealand |
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1-Oct |
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Dad promoted to Seaman 1st Class |
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20-Nov |
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Ormsby Tarawa
(20-Nov to 25-Nov) |
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7-Dec |
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Ormsby arrives at Pearl Harbor |
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1944 |
31-Jan |
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Ormsby Kwajalein (31-Jan to 4-Feb) |
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Feb |
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Ormsby Guadalcanal |
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28-Mar |
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Ormsby landed reinforcements on
Bougainville (Dad may have |
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been wounded in this action.) |
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23-Apr |
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Ormsby Capture of Seleo & Tumleo Islands /
Landing of assault |
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troops at Aitape, New Guinea |
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3-May |
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Ormsby Landed reinforcements at Aitape,
New Guinea |
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21-Jul |
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Ormsby Guam - two casualties (21-Jul to
25-Jul) |
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1-Aug |
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Dad promoted to SSML3c |
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15-Sep |
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Ormsby Peleliu (15-Sep to 20-Sep) |
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20-Oct |
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Ormsby Leyte |
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1-Nov |
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Dad promoted to SSML2c |
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14-Nov |
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Ormsby Landed reinforcements at Leyte |
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17-Dec |
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Dad on leave (17-Dec-44 to 6-Jan-45) |
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1945 |
11-Apr |
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Ormsby arrives Guam with Sea Bees from
Port Hueneme, CA |
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22-May |
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Ormsby at Astoria Oregon |
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13-Jul |
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Ormsby Returns to San Francisco from Guam
via Tinian and |
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Saipan |
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26-Jul |
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Dad promoted to SSML1c |
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31-Jul |
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Ormsby departs San Francisco en route to
Manila |
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6-Aug |
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A-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
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9-Aug |
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A-Bomb dropped on Nagasaki |
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14-Aug |
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Dad & friends drink Park & Tilford whiskey
to celebrate end |
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of WWII |
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2-Sep |
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Surrender documents signed aboard USS
Missouri in Tokyo Bay |
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13-Sep |
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Ormsby arrives Tokyo with occupation
troops from Manila |
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30-Sep |
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Dad Transferred to Receiving Station, Guam
for FFT (further |
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fleet transport) to San Pedro for discharge |
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18-Oct |
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Randy (that's me) born |
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28-Oct |
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Dad discharged at San Pedro, CA |