IN WATERS DEEP
By Eileen Mahoney

In ocean wastes no poppies blow,
No crosses stand in ordered rows,
Their young hearts sleep beneath the wave-
The spirited, the good, the brave,
But stars a constant vigil keep,
For them who lie beneath the deep.
‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer
On a certain spot and think, “He’s there.”

But you can to the oceans go- 
See whitecaps marching row on row,
Know one will always ride-
In and out with every tide.
And when your span of life is passed,
He’ll meet you at the ‘Captain’s Mast.’

And they who mourn on distant shore
For sailors who’ll come home no more,
Can dry their tears and pray for these
Who rest beneath the heaving seas-
For stars that shine and winds that blow
And white caps marching row on row
And they can never lonely be
For when they lived they chose the sea.

This poem was written by 91 year-old Eileen Mahoney reflecting on the loss of her son in World War II.

DONALD W. GRIM
SARAH
YORK, PA
A-DIV 1945-47
01/24/2005

RALPH B. GRIFFITH
JOYCE
AVONDALE, PA
V-3-0 DIV 1952-53
02/07/2004

WALTER H HECKMANN
KATHLEENE
BOOTHWYN, PA
E-DIV 1953-57

JERRY R. McDONALD
NANCY
HAYWARD, CA
MARDET 1954-1956

GEORGE GEORGE
JEAN
ROCHESTER, NY
1962

EDMOND C. JAROSEK
BERNICE
HOUSTON, TX
B-DIV 1951-54

PAUL E. KIBBEY
(BESSIE)
MILFORD, OH
B DIV-1949-1952
APRIL 10, 2008

EDWARD W. VITULLO
(DOLORES)
PORT ORANGE, FL
M Div-1944-46
JANUARY 11, 2008

DONALD A BOLTON
(MARILYN)
WILSONVILLE, OR
V2 - 1945
JUNE 2005

PAUL M. LANE, PAST PRESIDENT
BETTY
BIRMINGHAM, AL
VC 35 - 1951
JANUARY 14, 2008

Glenn Sutherlin
San Jose, CA
V4-DIV 1951-53

RUSSELL G BLANCHARD
SAUGATUCK, MI
S1-DIV - 1947-51

Warren Conner
(Ethel)
Cedar Grove, WI
2nd Div - 1945-46
PLANK OWNER
 November 2007

Hank Ordakowski
(Irene)
 Indiana, PA
 CIC-DIV  1945-46
PLANK OWNER 
Sept  2007

FRANK J. VIDERGAR
(MARY LOU)
COLTON, CA
B DIV - 1954-57
DECEMBER 27, 2007

WILLIAM J. (BILL) HINES
(MARGARET)
BETHLEHEM, PA
V3 - 1946
DECEMBER 18, 2007

KEN BARFIELD
(GLORIA)
LITTLETON, CO
MARINE DET. 1948-1950
DECEMBER 17, 2007

WALTER "ED" BRANHAM
(CAROLYN)
LURAY, TN
R-DIV 1952-1954
DECEMBER 2, 2007

ED THOMAS
(NORMA)
Lubbock, TX
1950-1954
NOVEMBER  2007

GLEN W. GEISZLER
(JOAN)
GREENFIELD, WI
V4 1955-56

Sam M. Smith
(GWEN)
MENTOR ON LAKE, OH
M-DIV 1960-1964
2007

ROBERT B. MCINTYRE
(CATHERINE)
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
N-DIV 1964 
APRIL 13, 2007

Robert J. Brozovich
(NANCY)
Whiting, In
VF-151 - 1953

ROBERT J. KELLEHER, SR
(LORRAINE)
TARPON SPRINGS, FL
F DIV-1950-51
SEPTEMBER 2006

JAMES P. STEWART
(LULA MAY)
BURNSVILLE, WV
K-S DIVISION 1945 - 1946
APRIL 2007

HERBERT J. WANZIE
(HELEN)
CLINTON, OH
 E DIV 1952-54
MARCH 29, 2007

Roger Mathieu
Middletown, RI
VF 63 1950-51
August 15, 2007

Ralph Phillip Yeomans
Orlando, FL
OI - DIV  1963-1965
FEBRUARY 2007

Alonzo "Lon" Wellman
Carmel, CA
 Executive Officer BOXER
March 1958 - March 1959
December 9, 2005

Charles B. Sturm
Jacksonville, FL
VF 142 1951
March 12, 2007

Dan McAfee
(Cathy)
CAMPBELL, CA
V-1 1950-51
July 18, 2007

robert Lee Freestad
(Bernice)
ARLINGTON, WA
a-div 1951-54
June 11, 2007

Joseph Breaux
(Betty)
Carencro, LA
R DIV 1954-55
April 2007

James J. Dunn
 (Margie)
Bellevue, WA
Div 0-1 1951-53
April 2007

W. P. (BOB) WHITE
(LORRAINE 9/2006)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
FEBRUARY 2007

Walter A. Martishius
Tiffin, Ohio
April 26, 2007

Joseph L. Quattrucci
(Shirley)
East Brookfield, MA
Seaman 1ST 1943-1945
February 20, 2007

Larry D. Varner
ROSEBURG, OR
V-3 1950-52
February 2, 2007

HAROLD R. VOSS
MADGE (3/2/2005)
ST. PETERSBURG, FL
PLANKOWNER
V-3-F 1945-46
DECEMBER 21, 2006

Percy John Trask
LITTLESTOWN, PA
PLANK OWNER
R DIV and 1st DIV 1945-46
OCTOBER 9, 2006

IRVIN L. "IKE" DEW
MEDFORD, OR
COMMANDING OFFICER
 USS BOXER
 1957-59
NOVEMBER 1, 2006

GEORGE R. HARRIS
(BARBARA)
MCKINNEY, TX
VA-702 - 1951
NOVEMBER 29, 2006

RICHARD J. NELSON
(KATHIE)
JUNCTION CITY, OR
JULY 2006

NEWELL REUBEN
(DOROTHY)
BASOM, NY
V4 DIV
1945-47
NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Pat E. Romano
(Letha)
NORTHPORT, FL
1st DIV
1945-46
March 21, 2006

Thomas Hedrick
(Nina)
Granite City, IL
September 8, 2006

Edward M. (Tommy) Thomason
OPS
Dickinson, Texas
January 17, 1971

nicholas t. kolesar
 virginia
goose creek, sc
s-3 1951-53
april 30, 2006

donald e. packard
winchester, va
ams 1945
augUST 15, 2006

HOWARD C. hoxie
bridgeport, ny
v3-g 1949-51
augUST 1, 2006

morton roberts
dolores
ocala, fl
e-div 1945-46
augUST 14, 2006

leo J. stowell
iola
leesburg, fl
v4 1945-46
october  6, 2005

ROGER REYNALD COTE
Biddeford, ME
1947 - 1951
July 21, 2006

LEONARD O. GREEN
PATRICIA
DES MOINES, WA
1944-45
2006

William A. Wolf
Decatur, IL
1958 - 62
June 22, 2005

William l. spalding
laura
san joaquin valley, ca
marine det - 1947
2005

Lloyd L. Kenney
1945
Cincinnati, oh
june  4, 2006

RICHARD C. CORLEY
(YVONNE)
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
ORD 1959-61
APRIL 4, 2006

RODNEY M. GEIER
(MARGARET)
GLADSTONE, OR
O/N 1951-53
APRIL 12, 2006

JAMES A. McGUIRE
FORESTDALE, MA
1966-68
MARCH 22, 2006

JAMES A. McGUIRE
FORESTDALE, MA
MARCH 22, 2006

EDWIN B. HORNER Jr.
(MARY)
LYNCHBURG, VA
MARDET 1945-46
fEB 12, 2006

c. Leonard Clancy
(JEAN)
PENSACOLA, FL
V1 1945-46
September 24, 2005

ROBERT L. DOTY
(LOIS)
ZION, IL
DENTAL 1955-57
February 6, 2006

Robert L. Vance
(Norma)
Fremont, NE
FLAG 1949-50
November 7, 2005

Chester Rexroth
Red Lion, PA
1946-48
November 13, 2005

Michael J. Nugent
(Victoria)
Napa, CA 
R DIV 1947-53
April 29, 2005

Harry W. Jacobson
(Anita)
Poland, OH
A DIV 1949-51
March 5, 2004

Theodore Vincent Bonnell
North Port, FL
H&D DIV 1949-50
September 25, 2005

Donald K. Dewitt
(Freda)
Topeka, KS
S-1 DIV 1955-56
October 20, 2005

Edward T. Steigelman
(Anne)
Arlington, VA
Eng DIV 1944-46
April 23, 2005

Howard F. Blanck
(Anne)
Shelton, CT
N DIV 1945-46
Feb 17, 2005

William Damewood
Pinecuff, NC
V-C DIV 1945-46
May 26, 2005

Walter N. Gaither
(Linda)
Lancaster, PA
V 3 DIV
October 22, 2005

Leo F. Grabowski
Manahawkin, NJ
A DIV 
June 29, 2005

Warren O. Nelson
(Lorna)
La Mesa, CA
VF-721 1951
Apr 27, 2005

David W. Ernsbarger
(Myrl)
E Div 1955-56
March 26, 2005

Jack R. Muthart
(Patricia)
Lodi, CA
S 3 Div 1945-54
Nov 9, 2003

Glenn A. Reiff
(Amy)
Pueblo, CO
CVG-S 1946-47
Jan 18, 2005

Gerald D. Stephenson
(Lois)
Slidell, LA
o-I div 1948-52
Jan 20, 2005

David Torley
Coconut Creek, FL
2004

Ralph F Winnie
(Margaret)
Shoreline, WA
K1-Div 1945-46
Feb 8, 2005

Wesley E. Young
(Nina)
Little Compton, RI
E Div 1947-48
Dec 27, 2004

Joseph J. Arentzen
(Regina)
Philadelphia, PA
CVA-1 1951-55
March 7, 2003

Harold J. Melbye
Beloit, WI
VC-3 - 1950
September 24, 2005

Fred H. Claassen
Rockford, IL
X DIV.  1947-50
August 1, 2006

   John W. Lindvall
(Ruth)
Rockford, IL

Carroll W. Rothermel
Oxnard, CA

Charles Frank Herrnstein
S Division
1957-58
August 24, 2005

Rueben "Jack" Pearson
(Cherylyn)
Millbrae, CA
E DIV 1956-1957
August 7, 2005

Louis B. Early
( Bobbi )
Oriental, NC
ER DIV 1952 - 1953
August 3, 2004

 Maurice "Buzz" Sawyer
Chula Vista, CA
O & 1A DIV 1946-1952
 May 26, 2005

Allan R. Knox
Milford, PA
V-4 DIV
May 2, 2005

Donald W. "Bud" Parker
Taft, CA
Aviation Mechanic 1949 - 1951
October 31, 1995

Henry Reineke
Toms River, NJ
E DIV  1954-57
JAN 2003

Paul R. Erb
Grove,  OK
AMM3C  1946
FEB 9, 2003

Carlton A. Marvel Jr.
( Carolyn)
Homosassa, FL
VB 93
Nov 1, 2004

David R. Boyd
 Norfolk, VA
N Div 1965-66
April 21, 2003

Dudley Kovarik
(Jean)
Simi Valley, CA
V-4 Div  1951-53
2004

Joe Nevins
(Daisy)
Stuart,  IA
M Div 1945-46
 April 2004

Richard B. Porter
(Barbara)
Vancouver, WA
F Div 1953 – 55
Dec. 29, 2002

Hubert E. Sanders
(Ina)
Fayette, AL
1st Div 1945-46
December 7, 2003

Marvin K. Staats
(Pat)
Centerville, IN
Marine Detachment 1945-46
March 28, 2004

Durward J. Locke
Louisville, Ky
A Div 1961-1964
March 3, 1998

CPO Willard Baker
1950-1951 and 1952-1954
July 8, 1989

Perry C. Kern
(Alyce)
Wadena, MN
1ST DIV1947-1950
February 18, 2004

Stanley E. Brown
(Charlene)
Ocala, FL
E-DIV 1944-1945
March 11, 2004

Garvis Burrell
Fremont, NE
R DIV Pearl Harbor Survivor
2003

Donald G. Heathman
(Marlys)
DeWitt, IA
S-3 DIV 1949-1953
April 17, 2004

Frank A. Johnson
Chula Vista, CA
MARDET 1955-1957
May 16, 2004

Anthony "Tony" Litt
(Dorothie)
Waukesha, WI
E DIV 1945-1946
January 7, 2004

James Lukes
(Venus)
Sumava Resorts, IN
S DIV 1944-1945
June 25, 2004

Bill F. Philipsen
(Pat)
Scottsdale, AZ
MARDET 1951-1953
May 31, 2004

Wayne Droessler
(Karen)
Bettendorf, IA
R-DIV.
1966-1967
July 7, 2004

JACK CANNON
(Agnes)
Argyle, New York
Gunnery Officer 3rd Div 1950-52
March 14, 2004

GEORGE RICHARD KING
CPO R DIV.
1948-1950

LYNN EMERSON KING
S/N SUPPLY DIV.
1955-1959

REX MORTON KING
 FP3 R-DIV.
1953-1956

Bill R. Watters
(Carol)
Santa Maria, CA
V2-Div 1950-1953
2003

William G. Robertson
(April)
Castro Valley, CA
V1-Div 1945-1946
March 25, 2003

Hobert G. Combs
(Dorthy)
Sardina, OH
B-Div 1947-1952
April 10, 2003

Donald Larrian La Rose
(Florence)
Palmer, AK
1947-49
November 26, 2003

James R. Carpenter
 (Phyllis)
 Beaumont, TX
1945-46
July 8, 2003

Lloyd E. Smith
(Verna)
Clinton, NJ
E-Div 1945-46

David P. Stoddard
(Roanne)
Moses Lake, WA
E-Div 1945-46
May 27, 2003

Harold Bryant
(Genia)
B-Div 1945-46
July 2, 2002

Frank Lewis Gurlin
CWO 1947-50
July 1997

Charles E. Doyle
(Judy)
East Hartford, CT
RD2 O-I Div '50-'53
June 10,2003

CDR Louis Drumm
(Jeanette)
San Diego, CA
Air Group 1950
December 2001

Clarence C (Sandy) Sanderlin
(Nellie)
Newark, DE
V1 '47- '52
March 6, 2002

Harold G. Zier
(Carol)
R-Div. '53-'55
Pearl City, IL
October 8, 2002

William Cownie
S. Sioux City, NE
April, 2002

Jack M Haar
Port Huron, MI
January 16, 2003

Hoover (John )E. Ensor
 M DIV. Generator Gang1960-62
March 21, 2003

John Russell
(Shirley)
Gambrills, MD
OI 1947-1951
February 18, 2003

Paul E. Davis
(Vinceen)
Akron, OH
RD2 O-I Division '51 - '53
December 3, 2002

Charles Harold Murrish
(Lois)
 Littleton, CO
 ETM 3, 1944-1945
February 7, 2000

Francis J. (Frank) Lavigne
(Dorothy)
Waterford,  New York
1945
 December 6, 2002

Charles H. Easton
(Barbara)
Lincoln, CA
 VFB-93  1945
 October 6, 2002

 Richard H. Dahlgren
(Gladys)
August 7, 2002

 Lloyd W. Smith
(Roberta)
Portland, OR
A Div 1951-1952

 Berkley Wurtz
 M Division 1950-53
May 22, 2002

Caryl Thomas "English" McClure
CS3 S-2 DIV
Akron, OH
1964-67
May 17, 1972

Robert R. Younce
(Marion)
Norfolk, VA
BTC 1944-45
1958-65

William Howard "Bill" Davison
Glen Ellyn, IL
1945
May 11, 2001

Flavio (Flip) Greco
(Betty)
Staten Island, NY
GM1 1944-45

Dennis A. Earles
Memphis, Tennessee
LT    VF-791
1950-51
March 1992 

Gerald L. O’Hara
(Margret)
Sioux Falls, SD
February 4, 2002

Kenneth Brown
October 28, 2001

Robert C. Moore
October 10,  2001

Armen Grossenbacher
(Mary Ann)
Portland, Or
E/R Div. 1947-1948
September 2000

Hassell "Blackie" Blackburn

John R. (Dick) Keys, Jr
Portland, Or
February, 1999

Leon David McQueen
Gunners Mate
2000

Gary Carpenter
December 27, 1992

Virgil "Pete" Gates
Hanger Deck Officer 1948-49
March 2002

John "Jack" Martin
1945-1946
1973

Thomas G. Payson
E-Div 1965-1967
2001

Damon C. Naylor
(Barbara)
4th Div 1946-47
August 15, 2001

Edward Slaga
O-5 1951-52
September 30, 2001

William T Beers
(Betty)
V-2 1944-46
February 9, 2002

John J. Conners, Jr.
U.S.M.C. 1946-47
2002

Roy Max Smith
(Emily)
Thorsby, AL
1951
AM3 VF-884
January 28, 2002

Donald T. Squire
1952-53
Machinist Mate
December 2001

Andrew P. Kazmierski
1945-46
CS3
1988

Rene Duyvejonck
November 16, 2000

Richard (Dick) Turnbull
1973

John H. Orvedal
(Betty)
Mesa, AR
December 11, 2001

Robert C. Streeper
(Betty)
V-1 Div 1945-1946
Chambersburg, PA
December 5, 2001

James Albert Suggs
 Plank Owner (SK2)
April 1943-46
May 21,1963

Peter A. Petersen
(Marilyn)
April 22, 2001

Charles O. Webb
(Catherine)
Cambridge City, IN

Newton Cunningham
Muskegon, MI
April 2001

Bob Knox
Syracuse, NY
June 2001

Paul K. (Mac) McKimens
(Pat)
Virginia Beach,  VA
1949-1952
September 29, 2001

Joseph F. Bayda
1950 to 1953
Nazareth,PA
Electronic Technician-ER Div
March 24, 2001

Ed Miller
Oklahoma City, OK
1959-1961
March 3, 2000

Gene Reed Smith 
Idaho
1956-1957
1998

Anthony D. D'andraia
Korean War
Aviation Ordinanceman

Donald L. Fournier
Garden Grove, CA
February 2,  2001

Richard Wahl
AM 1950-1954
June 13th, 1997

Derald G. Baker
(Georgia)
Coffeyville, KS
OS Div 1950-53

Albert L. Brittain
(Carol)
Gilroy, CA
E-Div 1948-52

Robert I. McCullough
(Annette)
Pahrump, NV
A-Div
March 20, 2001

John H. Iarrobine
(Grace)
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Air 1948-50
April 2000

William Francis Tobin Jr.
Morehead, NC
Aviator and LSO
March 14, 2001

Floyd Chappell
1948-1952 
March 20, 1998

Charles B. Hassan
VMF Div 1950-52
April 1998

Harold L. Smith
(Hazel)
Mooresville, NC
E Div 1946-48
April 23, 1999

Marvin D. Horak
(Jo Ann)
Freeport, TX
E-Div 1948-1952
February 10, 2001

Edward Smith
(Naomi)
W. Columbia, TX
V-7 1951- 1953
February 3, 2001

Rear Adm. Cameron Briggs,Commanding Officer
 Point Loma, CA
 January 23, 2001

Bob K. Edwards
(Joan)
Pensacola, FL
V-1 1950-1952
December 14, 2000

Robert Louis Hanselman
 Rockingham, NC
 V/B Div 1951-1953
December 17, 2000

Edward M. Hawley
 Philadelphia, PA
 AB1 1948-1953

Al Sanchez
(Juanita)
San Francisco, CA
2nd Division 1953-1956
September 13, 2000

Clifford Nickelson
(Lorraine)
McAllen, TX
MARDET 1955-1957
July 30, 2000

Robert Richmond
(Jessie)
Groton, SD
R-Div 1953-1956
December 12, 1999

George W Hoglan
(Nell Jo)
Wichita, KS
(Chaplain 1950-1952

John L   Lamb
(Evelyn)
Freeport, IL
VA Div 1944-1946
February 26, 2000

Edward Rubenfeld
Pleasant Hill, CA
S1 Div 1952-1953
March 12, 2000

Earl H. Vande Hel
(Dorothy)
Green Bay, WI
a Div 1945-1948
April 3, 2000

Robert Francis Grainge
(Gloria)
Rockport, TX
Disbursing Officer1954-55
May 24, 2000

Walter King
(Kathy)
Lexington, KY
(V-F 791 1951-52)
1999

Rev. John A. Keeley
(Catholic Chaplain)
Oceanside, CA
(1950-1952)
July 2, 1998

Lawrence W. Monda
(Martha)
Portland, OR
(R-Div 1945-48
March 27, 1999

Charles Ward
(Natalie)
Franklin, NH
(Div V-1 -H 1944-47)
May 23, 1999

Albert Adams
(Gertrude)
Fremont, CA
(Div V-4 - 1951-52)
June 7, 1999

Willis (Ike) Artlip
(Dorothy)
Pembroke Pines, FL
(Div V-2 1945-46)
July 14, 1999

Richard T. Fitzpatrick
(K Div  1945-46)
August 6, 1999

Fred C. Zang
(Rita)
Scranton, PA
H Div
1999

George Boyce
(Joan)
Safety Harbor, FL
B DIV 1945-46)
1999

George K. Taylor
(Bette)
Tucson, AZ
MarDet 1945-46
October 7, 1999

Eugene D. Pratt
(Frances)
Centralia, WA
VF-93 1945
October, 1999