James Gruetter on the Sederstrom Volcano Islands Operation: 1945Comfifth flt. Secret lte. Serial 0012 30 Jan. 1945 ComCortDiv-31 Secret lte. Serial 003645 15 Feb. 1945 Marshall Islands Operation: November 26, 1943 - March 2, 1944
Nansei Islands Operation:
Commendation: "You are commended for fine performance during an enemy air attack consisting of 8 enemy bombers, resulting in the destruction of one (1) bomber and the damaging of two (2) others by this vessel on the night of 22 April 1945. Note: The commendation refers to a kamikaze attack. DE AND APD Battle Awards and Service Awards WWII 12 Stars RIDDLE (DE-185) 11 Stars BANGUST (DE-739) Ten Stars DONALDSON (DE-44) ENGLAND (DE-635) Nine Stars LAMONS (DE-743) MITCHELL (DE-43) SWEARER (DE-186) WEAVER (DE-741) Eight Stars COFER (DE-208/APD-62) HILBERT (DE-742) LAWRENCE C. TAYLOR (DE-415) REYNOLDS (DE-42) SAMUEL S. MILES (DE-183) WATERMAN (DE-740) Seven Stars CABANA (DE-260) FROST (DE-144) WESSON (DE-184) WILLIAM C. MILLER (DE-259) Six Stars DEEDE (DE-263) DIONNE (DE-261) ELDEN (DE-264) KYNE (DE-744) LAKE (DE-301) RICHARD M. ROWELL (DE-403) WHITEHURST (DE-634) * WYMAN (DE-38) Five Stars - 23 Ships ACREE (DE-167) CANFIELD (DE-262) CHATELAIN (DE-149) CROWLEY (DE-303) EDMONDS (DE-406) * FAIR (DE-35) FOREMAN (DE-633) HUSE (DE-145) JOBB (DE-707) JOHN C. BUTLER (DE-339) KEPHART (DE-207/APD-61) LEVY (DE-162) LYMAN (DE-302) MANLOVE (DE-36) NEWMAN (DE-205/APD-59) OLIVER MITCHELL (DE-417) PILLSBURY (DE-133) RAYMOND (DE-341) RICHARD S. BULL (DE-402) RICHARD W. SUESENS (DE-342) SEDERSTROM (DE-31) ULVERT M. MOORE (DE-442) * WILLIAM SEIVERLING (DE-441) * Four Star And Below: Four Stars - 34 Ships ABERCROMBIE (DE-343) BOWERS (DE-637/APD-40) BRONSTEIN (DE-189) BURDEN R. HASTINGS (DE-19) CHARLES J. KIMMEL (DE-584) DAY (DE-225) DENNIS (DE-405) EICHENBERGER (DE-202) EMERY (DE-28) EUGENE E. ELMORE (DE-686) FLAHERTY (DE-135) FLEMING (DE-32) FREDERICK C. DAVIS (DE-136) GOSS (DE-444) GRISWOLD (DE-7) INCH (DE-146) JAMES E. CRAIG (DE-201) KENDALL C. CAMPBELL (DE-443) KLINE (DE-687/APD-120) LERAY WILSON (DE-414) LLOYD (DE-209/APD-63) MANNING (DE-199) MARTIN, DE-30 McCOY REYNOLDS (DE-440) * MELVIN R. NAWMAN (DE-416) O'FLAHERTY (DE-340) PARKS (DE-165) SANDERS (DE-40) STADTFELD (DE-29) TABBERER (DE-418) THOMAS (DE-102) TISDALE (DE-33) WALTER C. WANN (DE-412) WILEMAN (DE-22) WILLMARTH (DE-638) Three Stars - 43 Ships BARBER (DE-161/APD-57) BARON (DE-166) BARR (DE-576/APD-39) BATES (DE-68/APD-47) BLESSMAN (DE-69/APD-48) BOSTWICK (DE-103) BRACKETT (DE-41) BUCKLEY (DE-51) BULL (DE-693/APD-78) CLOUES (DE-265) CONKLIN (DE-439) COOLBAUGH (DE-217) DEMPSEY (DE-26) FINNEGAN (DE-307) GRADY (DE-445) GREINER (DE-37) HALLORAN (DE-305) HARMON (DE-678) HERBERT C. JONES (DE-137) J. DOUGLAS BLACKWOOD (DE-219) LESLIE L. B. KNOX (DE-580) LIDDLE (DE-206/APD-60) LOUGH (DE-586) LOVELACE (DE-198) LOVERING (DE-39) McCLELLAND (DE-750) McCONNELL (DE-163) METIVIER (DE-582) NEUENDORF (DE-200) OBERRENDER (DE-344) O'NEILL (DE-188) OSTERHAUS (DE-164) POPE (DE-134) PRIDE (DE-323) RABY (DE-698) RALL (DE-304) SNOWDEN (DE-246) STANTON (DE-247) STERN (DE-187) STRAUS (DE-408) THOMASON (DE-203) WHITMAN (DE-24) WINTLE (DE-25) Two Stars - 45 Ships AHRENS (DE-575) ALBERT T. HARRIS (DE-447) BUNCH (DE-694/APD-79) CARLSON (DE-9) CHAFFEE (DE-230) CHARLES R. GREER (DE-23) CHASE (DE-158/APD-54) CONNOLLY (DE-306) CORBESIER (DE-438) CURRIER (DE-700) * DANIEL A. JOY (DE-585) DARBY (DE-218) DIACHENKO (DE-690/APD-123) * DUFFY (DE-27) EDWIN A. HOWARD (DE-346) EISELE (DE-34) EVERSOLE (DE-404) FESSENDEN (DE-142) FORMOE (DE-509) GEORGE (DE-697) GEORGE A. JOHNSON (DE-583) GREENWOOD (DE-679) HAROLD C. THOMAS (DE-21) HOLT (DE-706) HORACE A. BASS (DE-691/APD-124) * HUBBARD (DE-211/APD-53) JACK MILLER (DE-410) JENKS (DE-665) LAPRADE (DE-409) LEHARDY (DE-20) LOESER (DE-680) McNULTY (DE-581) MENGES (DE-320) MOSLEY (DE-321) RILEY (DE-579) RUDDEROW (DE-224) SEID (DE-256) SILVERSTEIN (DE-534) * SPANGLER (DE-696) STAFFORD (DE-411) STEELE (DE-8) TATUM (DE-789/APD-81) TINSMAN (DE-589) VARIAN (DE-798) WITTER (DE-636) |    One Star -
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