Entry: 77528
Subject: NAVY CROSS TO ARMY MAJOR
Subject: NAVY CROSS TO ARMY MAJOR
Thomas E. (T.E.) Moore wrote on January 20, 2011
City and State: ESTERO FL
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Other
Comments: MAJOR FRANK SPEIR,U.S.ARMY, ON 16,SEPT.1950, BEACHED
HIS TUG, LT-636, GOT INTO THE WATER, PUT THREE LIFE
RAFTS IN TANDEM,AND WORKED FROM THE BEACH TO THE BOAT
EVACUATING 100 WOUNDED, AND 600 TROOPS. FOR HIS ACTIONS, MAJOR FRANK SPEIR WAS AWARDED THE U.S.NAVY'S
SECOND HIGHEST AWARD, "THE NAVY CROSS MEDAL."--------
A BRAVE KOREAN WAR HERO.-----------------------------
Keywords: LT(LARGE TUG)-636--BUILDER,MARIETTA MFG.,POINT PLEASANT,WV--DESIGN #254--STEEL--149 FEET--DELIVERY-
MARCH,1944.------------------------------------------
U.S.ARMY TUG------------------------------------------
Entry: 77500
Subject: USS LSU-960
Subject: USS LSU-960
Thomas E. (T.E.) Moore wrote on January 17, 2011
City and State: ESTERO FL
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Other
Comments: KOREA,JULY,1951-----THE USS LSU-960 WAS CALLED TO BE
MODIFIED FOR A SECRET MISSION, WITH THE INSTALLATION
OF A CRANE, CAPABLE OF PULLING, AND LIFTING AN AIRCRAFT OUT OF MUD. THE SECRET OPERATION INVOLVED
RETIEVEING THE WRECKAGE OF A DOWNED MiG-15 ENEMY
(RUSSIAN) AIRCRAFT, LYING IN THE COASTAL MUD FLATS,
NORTHWEST OF PYONGYANG. THIS OPERATION WAS SO HIGH
PRIORITY(THE CAPTURE OF A MiG-15 FIGHTER PLANE)THAT THE U.N. SUPPORTED THE OPERATION, WITH A COMBINED U.S.-BRITISH-SOUTH KOREAN FLEET, DIRECTED BY REAR ADMIRAL A.K. SCOTTMONCRIEFF, OF THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY. AMERICAN, AND BRITISH AIRCRAFT PROVIDED AIR
COVER OVER THE RETRIEVAL SITE. THE USS LSU-960 WAS
SUCCESSFUL IN RETRIEVEING THE MiG-15. THE SHIP WAS
LATER NAMED THE USS YFU-20.------------------------
Keywords: ***TOP SECRET INTELLIGENCE OPERATION***---------------
KOREA--JULY,1951--N.W.-OF PYONGYANG.------------------
USS LSU-960---LATER NAMED USS YFU-20------------------
Entry: 61061
Subject: GENERAL STURGIS
Subject: GENERAL STURGIS
Cary Cohen wrote on May 22, 2007
City and State: GAITHERSBURG MD
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Army Veteran
Comments: I believe that this was one of the last sailings of the Sturgis.
Keywords: In early 1954 the sturgis carried troops to Bremerhaven. The CO was (I think) a Lt. Rockefeller. He must have thought he was Capt. Queeg. If he did not get a response within 15 minutes after calling a name, they were declared AWOL. Where could someone run to crossing the Atlantic? I wanted to get his story for an article I am writing.
Entry: 45681
Subject: WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT
Subject: WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT
Steven T. Doney wrote on September 7, 2004
Email Update Needed
City and State: ZORTMAN MT
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Friend of Veteran
Comments: Would like to get in contact with Ray Dunlap, is all i remember, who could possibly live in Alum Creek,West Virginia.
Keywords: Served on the USS Castor AKS-1
Service #555-54-20, Served during the Korean War
1952-1955
Entry: 32440
Subject: WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT
Subject: WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT
Gordon Nesten wrote on March 2, 2003
Email Update Needed
City and State: KALISPELL MT
Unit: REFUELING
Service or Relationship: Navy Veteran - Korea
Comments: Loren Mitchell
Keywords:
Entry: 26002
Subject: CURRENT SHIP LOCATION/DISPOSITION
Subject: CURRENT SHIP LOCATION/DISPOSITION