all hands naval bulletin - jul 1942

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VICE ADMIRAL WILSON BROWN DECORATED

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND VICE ADMLRAL WILSON BROWNPresident Roosevelt awardedthe Distinguished Service Medal to his former naval aide,Vice Admira l Wilson Brown, for his bri lliant and courageous leadership of the PacificFleet task force which destroyed or damaged more than 0 ships and 17 bombers during

February and March.Citation of Vice Admira l Wilson Brown, accompanying D.S.C. follows:

UFor exceptionally meritorious service to the Government of theUnited States in a duty of great responsibi lityas a TASK FORCECOMMANDER of the United States Pacific Fleet during a periodatsea of approximately eight weeks in F2bruary and March, 1942,when he displayed the highest qualit ies of seamanship, leadership,endurance and tenacity while conducting extensive operationsagainst, and a successful actionwith, enemy forces.

T A L K V E R A R S M A Y L E A D TO T I M E B E t l l W D A R S

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PRESIDENT AWARDS CONGRESSIONAL ME.DAL O F HONORTO USS HOUSTONS COMMANDING OF FICE RCaptain Albert H. Rooks, U.S.N., listed on service records as missing in action, hasbeen awarded the CongressiCmal Medal of Honor by Pres ide nt Roosevelt in tribute to the wayhe fought his ship, the USS HOUSTON, in action with numer ically superior Japanese aerial

. and surface vessels in the Java Sea battle. .The cr uis er HOUSTON and the H.M.S.PERTH, with which she was steaming in

, two vesselshad left Tanjong Priok to pass throughSunda Straite when they encountered thecompany, were last heard from after a night contact with enemy forces on February 28. TheJapanese ships off St. Nicholas Point.Sec retar y of the Navy Frank f i o x presented the medal toHarold Redfield Rooks, son ofthe HOUSTONS commanding officer. The ceremony took place at the Navy Department.Harold Rooks is now a member of the R.O.T,C. at Harvard and plans to enter theNavy.

, . Ln the ci tation prepar ed fo r the award of the medal, President Roosevelt praisedCaptain Rooks for Uextraordinary heroism, outstanding courage, gallantry in actionand distinguished serv ice during the period February 4-27, 1942, while the HOUSTON was inaction with numerically superior Japanese aerial nd surface forces.Heavilybombed by Japanese planes and with one gun turret wholly disabled, theHOUSTON joined with other American, Bri tish and Dutch fo rces in engaging an overwhelmingforceof Japanese ships and he r fi re alone heavily damaged one and possibly two of the .enemys heavy cruisers.Half of the Allied Nations cr ui sers were lo st in the engagement, but Captain Rook:succeeded in disengaging his ship and taking her out of the ar ea when the Allied Nationscommander broke off the action.The full citation prepared by the Presiden t follows: . .

. . UForextraordinaryeroism,utstandingourage,allantry in .-action and distinguished service in the line of his profession, asCommanding Officer of the U.S.S. HOUSTON during the periodFebruar y 4-27, 1942, while in action with superior Japaneseenemy aerial and sur face forc es. While proceeding to attack anenemy amphibious expedition, as a unit in a mixed force,HOUSTON was heavily attacked by bombers; after evading fourattacks she was heavily hit in a fifth attack, lost sixty killedandhad one tu rr et wholly disabled. Captain Rooks made his shipagain seaworthy and sailed within thre e days to esco rt an im-portan t reinforcing convoy fro m Darwin to Koepang, Timor ,Nether lands East Indies . While so engaged, another powerfulai r attack developed which by HOUSTONS marked efficiency wasfought off without much damage ,to the convoy. The CommandingGeneral of all Forces in the area thereupon cancelled themove-ment and Captain Rooks escorte d the convoy back t o Darwin.Later, while in a considerable American-British-Dutch forceengaged with an overwhelming force of Japanese surface ships ,HOUSTON with H.M.S. EXETER carried the brunt of the batt leand her f ir e alone heavily damaged one and possibly two heavycr ui se rs . Although heavily damaged in the actions, CaptainRooks succeeded in disengaging hi s ship when the Flag Officercommanding broke off the action and got her safe ly away fromthe vicinity, whereas one half of the cr uise rs were lost .* * * * * *

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C.0NGRESSIONAL ME DAL O F HONORAWARDED ONE ENLIST ED MAN,ANOTHER WINS THE N AVY CROSSThe President has awarded the CongressionalMedal of Honor to one enlisted man of he .Navy and Secretary of the Navy Frahk Knox has awarded the Navy Cros s to ano the ras a re -sul t of hero ism displayed by them during an attack by Japanese planes on the Naval AirStatim.at Kaneohe Bay, Honolulu, T.H., December 7, 1941.John W. Finn, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman, USN, was awarded the CongressionalMedal of Honor for =extraordinary heroism, dis tinguished serv ice and devotion above andbeyond the call of duty.Robert J. Peterson, Radioman Second Class, USN, received the Navy Cr os s fo rUdistinguished service nd devotion t o duty.Finn manned a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on an instruction stand in a completelyexposed section of a parking ramp during he first Japanese attack on the Naval Air Station.Although painfully wounded many.times while y d e r heavy enemy machine gun strafing, Finncontinued to man his gun and return the enemy s fire, with complete disregard for hisownpersonal safety.Only when specifically ordered to doso did Finn leave his post to seek medical attention.Following first aid treatment he returned to the squadronrea and, although suffering muchpain and moving with difficulty, he actively supervised the re-arming of returning U.S. planes.uHis extraordinar3 heroismand conduct in this action are considered to be n keepingwith the highes t traditions of the Naval Service , the Presidents citation of Finn concluded.

Peter son manned a machine gun in a completely exposed area during the sameattack and, with disregard to his ow n safety, returned the enemys fire vigorously and withtelling effect. .Immediately following one of three att acks by the Japanese , Peterson madehis way into a group of blazing planes on the ground in which ammunition and gasol ine were, exploding. Without assi stance, he succeeded in extinguishing a serious fire in one plane,saving it from destruction.

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CAPTAIN FRANK D. WAGNER, USN DECORATED

Captain Frank D. Wagner, USN (center) receives the Distinguished Service Medal from theSec ret ary of the Navy, the Honorable FrankKnox. A t the left s Rear AdmiralRandall Jacobs,USN, Chief of Bureau of Personnel.

Citation of Captain Wagner, accompanying the Distinguished Service Cross, fol lows:rrFo r exceptionally meritor ious and distinguished service in a duty of grea t responsibi lityas Commander of Pa trol Wing Ten during operations against the enemy in the Far EasternArea s. Due to his splendid leader ship in both the operation and admini stration of his command,Pat rol Wing Ten continued to render invaluable se rvice in reconna issance and bombing opera-tions throughout the campaign f or the defense of the Netherlands East Indies. Information ofthe enemy obtained and furnished by the units of his command was invariably timely and accu-rate, in spit e of conditions under which flights had to be made under his direction with the en-emy in positive control of the air. Captain Wagner's conduct and that of hi s command through-out this period has been in accord with the best traditions of the Service."

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CORRECTIONS TO NAVY REWARDS PATWING 10 HEROES,Page 7

Fourth paragraph, the name Larvey should read LurveyTenth paragraph, second sentence should read as follows:Lieutenants (junior grade) Robertson and Robinson and their men were shot down overthe Makassar Straits Februacy 24 and 25 , respectively, and are listed on servi ce reco rds asmissing.Eleventh paragraph: Delete word Uposthumously.n

* * * * * *PATWING IO DECORATIONS

The Navy has formally rewarded the intrepid warriorsof Patwing 10 for the miraclesthey performed and the heroism they displayed during 90 days and nights of fie rce actionagainst numerically superior Japanese forces n the Southwest Pacific.Decorations or promotions were issued to 57 off icers and men of that gallant Navalaviation outfit which, as previously described, started in the Philippines with 42 bombers andended up in Australia with two - that courageously fought, and in some cases died, against over-whelming odds without complaint .Twenty of Patwing 10s personnel received the Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Medalor Distinguished Flying Cross. Included in this group were 15 officers and 5 enlisted men.Thirty-seven enlisted men were promoted for meritorious conduct.The stor y of Patwing 10, a s a unit, was told in the June issue. This announcement of thedecorations and promotions serves to link individuals w i th some of the incidents related in thatstory, to supply hereand there some detail lost temporarilywhile Patwing 10 was running itsdevious and jagged course.Captain Fr ank Dechant Wagner, U.S.N., commander of Patwing 10 during the early stages

of its operations against the Japanese, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.The Distinguished Flying Cross went to Commander John Valdemar Peterson, USN. Hesucceeded Captain Wagner as wing commander after the latter took over another operationsbillet. . .Other decorations bestowed upon Patwing 10 members follow: PNAVY CROSS 6Lieutenant Burden Robert Hastings, USN. Off icia l records show he is missing in action.Lieutenant Jack Baldwin Dawley, USN.Lieutenant (junior grade) Elwyn Lewis Christman, USNR.Robert Lee Pettit, Radioman 1st Class, USN, deceased.Don Dexter Lurvey, Aviation Chief Machinists Mate.

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSESLieutenant Commander Harmon T. Ut ter , USN.Lieutenant Clarence Armstrong Keller, Jr., USN.Lieutenant Charles C. Hoffman, USN.Lieutenant Duncan Angus Campbell, USN.Lieutenant (junior grade) LeRoy C. Deede, USNR.Lieutenant (junior grade) Richard Bull, USNR, deceased. Lieutenant (junior grade) John Mott Robertson, USNR, missing.Lieutenant (junior grade) William S. Robinson, USN, missing.Lieu tenant (junior grade) Ira W. Brown, Jr. , USNR.Ensign John F. Davis, USNR.Enlisted men who received promotions for meritorious conduct are as follows:

AVIATION MACHINISTS MATE 1ST C LASS TO CHIEF AVIATIONMACHINISTS MATEClarence James Bannowsky, Jr ., Naval Aviation Pilot .Dave Wesley Bounds, Naval Aviation Pilot.Wilmot Eiler Bowen, Naval Aviation Pilot.John William Clark, NavalAviation Pilot. IMaynard Eugene Humphreys, Naval Aviation Pilot.John Arden Wilson, Naval Aviation Pilot.Dayton William Treat.Michael Dennis Kelly.John Lauren Cumberland.Mario Ferrar-a.Edgar Potter Palm.

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N. T. Whifford.Lindsey Bryant Wells.Ralph William Preece.Char les John Pozanac, missing.John William Bilsky.Henry Clifford Gudikunst.Michael George Irano.John Winfred Jones.Ford S. Kelley.

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YEOMAN 1ST CLASS TO CHIEF YEOMANSandy Bolin.Phillin Shears Perry.

AVIATIONMACHINISTS MATE 2D CLASSTO AVIATION .MACHINISTS MATE 1ST CLASS

Bedlington Norris Wood, Jr .John Milton Leaverton.

RADIOMAN 2ND CLASS TO RADIOMAN 1ST CLASSThomas .Leon Vinson.Charles Robert Phillips, Jr.Vernard Charles Nichols.William Richard Miller.Paul Herbert Landers.Claude Arthur Grant.Horace Perkins Garrett, Jr.Russell John Enterline.Lyle H. Dudgeon.Olan L. Dockery.Rosario Andrew Caltabiano.


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STOREKEEPER 2 D CLASS TO STOREKEEPER 1ST CLASSCarlton Curtis Chestnut.

STORE KEEPE R 3D CLASS TO STOREKEEPER 2 D CLASSDean Perry.Captain Wagner, the officer who commanded Patwing 10 during the early days of its fightagainst the Japanese, was awarded the Distinguished Service MFdal for exceptionally meritori-ous and distinguished ser vic e in a duty of great responsibi lity.Due to his splendid leadership in both the operation and administration of his command,his cit ation reads, .Patrol Wing Ten continued to render invaluable service in reconnaissanceand bombing operations throughout the campaign for the defense of the Nether lands East Indies.Information of the enemy obtained and furnished by the units of his command was invari-ably timely and accurate, in spi te of conditions under which flights had to be made with the en-emy in posit ive control of the air. Captain Wagners conduct and that of his command through-out this period have been in accord with the best traditions of the service.Commander Peterson, Lieutenant Commander Utter and Lieutenant Keller won the

Distinguished Flying Cross the first time Patwing 10 struck a blow at the enemy. M.D. Kelly,Treat, Palm, Pozanac, Wood, Leaverton, Miller and Garr ett earned promotions in the sameaction.Lieutenant Keller, commanding a Consolidated patrol bomber on a reconnaissance flightDecember 10, spotted a Jgpanese naval force steaming northward 150 miles off Luzons coast.Two Kongo class battle ships, one Kuma c la ss cr ui se r and four des troyers we re in the group.The vessels immediately unleashed a terr ific barr age of ant i-ai rcra ft fire and sent upship-based planes in an effort to knock down the Patwing 10 craft that was stalking them.Lieutenant Keller hung on tenaciously, though, and radioed instructions that guided an attack ingfo rc e of Patwing 10 bombers to the scene.The.latter group arrived under Commander Peterson and launched an assault thatresulted in serious damage to one Kongo class battleship.In the words of Chief Aviation Machinists Mate M.D. Kelly, as previously related, thePatwing 10bombers dropped 15 tons of bombs on the last battleship in the r o w , which appearedto land on the fantail of the ship.On the night of December 26 Patwing 10s planes located a Japanese naval forceat Jolo,Sulu, F.I., and on the following morning a six-plane format ion of PBY-4s took off to bomb theenemy ships.In the ensuing action Lieutenants Dawley and Hastings, Lieutenant (junior grade)Christman, Bangust, McLawhorn, Pettit, Waderman and Lurvey won Navy Crosses; LieutenantsGunior grade) Deede, Campbe ll and Brown won Distinguished F ly hg Cr os se s; and Wilson,Bounds, Cumberland, Whitford, Wells, Dockery, Grant, Landers, Nichols and Phillips earnedpromotions.Tee PBY-4s were under the command of Lieutenant Hastings and his cita tion disclosesthat he pr essed home theattack in the face of overwhelming air and anti-aircraft opposition,maneuvering his formation to pass clear of lower clouds until the objective was reached.Japanese Zero fighters and anti-aircraft bursts filled the air around the harbor, but theU.S. Navy bombers made their approach, dropped their bombs and inflicted heavy damage uponseveral enemy war and merchant ships.

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A number of Patwing 10sheroes, demonstrating outstanding courage and devotion to dutysacrificed their lives to drive home their successful attack. Four of the six Patwing 10 planeswere shot down.Bangust, Pettit and Waderman, who were awarded the Navy Cross posthumously, wereamong those who died over Joio. McLawhorn, another who won the Navy C r o s s , was woundedseven times, but never qu it fighting.Bangust and Waderman were serving as waist gunners in two planes and were . woundedshor tly aft er the approach was made. They continued to fi re upon the Japanese Zero fighters,however, until enemy bullets killed them at their post s.Pettit, first radioman of one plane, refused to leave his station when his compartmentwas flooded with gasoline, although to have done s o would have saved his life. Enemy bulletssubsequently ignited the gasoline and he was killed.McLawhorn manned both waist guns alterna tely when gunners at those points in his planewere killed. He was wounded seven times, but continued to fight . Enemy incendiaries igniteda number of ammunition ca ses i n the plane and machine gun bullets in the cases began to explode.The wounded man calmly jettisoned the exploding cases, risking his life in s o doing.Lurvey risked his life to save hi s pilo t from drowning when his plane crashed.Among the Patwing 10 planes lost at Jolo were those commanded by Lieutenant Dawleyand Lieutenants (junior grade) Christman and Deede. They landed thei r planes off the coast ofJolo Island, however, and subsequently were picked up by the plane of Lieutenant Campbell.The entire group then made its way to U. S. Naval headquar ter s in Sourabaya, Java, N.E.I.The decorations presented as a res ult of this raid were given to the six officers for the nufea rless and determined manner in which they drove home their attack against terrific odds.Lieutenant (junior grade) Brown, se rv ing in the plane of Lieutenant Dawley, was giventhe Distinguished Flying Cross f o r the capable manner in which he aided his commandingofficer in delivering the attack, and for consist ently performing h is dut ies in an outstanding,courageous and efficient manner in numerous reconnaissance flights thereafter.Skillful handling of his patrol bomber, enabling his crew to shoot down an attacking fighter,brought Ensign Davis the Distinguished Flying Cross. The attack occurred while he was onreconnaissance patrol January 1 7 and the e ffic ient manner in which he piloted the plane savedit from the Japanese fighter.Th re e of Patwing 10s rews, officers and enlisted men alike, perlsned while carry ingout importan t reconnaissance work, but not before they had provided the ir bas es with informa-tion of great military value.Lieutenant (junior grade) Bull and his crew gave thei r lives to locate an enemy ca rr ie rgroup in the vicinity of Ambon, N.E.I., on February 5 . Lieutenants (junior grade) Robertsonand Robinson and their men were shot down over the Makassar Straits on February 24 and 25 ,respectively and are listed as miss,hg. Before the former and his crew were shot down theybombed and destroyed an enemy transpo rt in Makassar Harbor, N.E.I.A l l three officers received the Distinguished Flying Cross.Lieutenant Hoffman received the Distinguished Flying Cr os s f o r successfully carryingout an extremely hazardous night reconnaissance patrol on February 28 during the battle in theJava Sea.The citation issued Lieutenant Campbell, setting forth his heroic performance in theattack upon the Japanese force at Jolo, revealed that he, too, took part in reconnaissance workover the Java Sea engagement.

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The incident which brought Bannowsky his-promot ion to Aviation Chief Machinists Matewas first told in the May 24 account of the exploits of Patwing 10. A patrol bomber in whichhe was third pilot lostall of the fabric from both wings when attacked by 12 Japanese fightersnear Java on January 16.Four men went ,over the side in their chutes. In the normal cou rse of events any planewould have plunged into the sea. Bannowsky, however, looked aft and saw that the rest of the

crew was not going to be able to get out. He went to the pi lot s seat, took over the controlsand landed the plane, saving the lives of the men who would have been trapped if he had para-chuted. .The four men got in their planes rubber boat and the Japanese began to strafe them,Bannowsky suffering a back wound. The Japanese finally gave up and Bannowsky and his com-panions rotved to a nearby island, where they found the rest of their plane crew.From the Philippines to Australia the storyf Patwing 10s officers and men was one ofheroism and devotion t o duty under the most trying conditions. Planes were shot out fromunder them, and they were bombed out of base after base.The citations issued in the promotionsof Gudikunst, Jones, Bilsky, Per ry, Dudgeon,Enterline and Vinson clearly illustrate s t his. They are identical and read as follows:For his courageous, efficient , and unflagging performance of duty during the week of8-15 December, 1941. Throughout this week, under the mos t tr ying conditions and in the faceof daily heavy bombing attacks , he was outstanding in hi s manner of per formance of duty. Bydiligence, ingenuity, and long hours of overwork, he was an important factor in maintainingcommunications of a most vital nature, despite numerous and repeated obstacles of excessivetraffi c Ioad, failure and loss of mater ia l, and the most trying conditions of operation.Another illustration is found in the citations issued with the mer itorious conduct pro-motions earned by Bowen, Clark, H umphr eys, Fe rrara, Preece, Irano, Ford s. Kelley, Bolin,Caltabiano,Chestnut and Dean. .Since the beginning of host ili ties, the cita tions read , the above named man performedthe duties of hi s rating in an extremely courageous manner in the ace of heavy bombing attacksat Cavite, P. I., Ambon, N.E.I., Sourabaya, N.E.I., and in t he c ase of plane crews, performed

reconnaissanc? and attsck flights over enemy controlled areas in the face of vast ly superiorenemy forces. ** ** ** .

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LIEUTENANT DRAPER L. KAUFFMAN DECORATED

Lieutenant Draper L. Kauffman, USNR (CeMer) receives the Navy Cross from Secr etar yof theNavy, the Honorable Frank Knox. A t the left is Rear Admiral Randal l Jacobs, Chief of the ,Bureau of Persohnel. - ?Citation of Lieutenant Kauffman, accompanying the Navy Cross, follows:For extraordinary heroismand devotion to duty. After the surp rise bombing of theUnited States forces at and near Pearl Har bor Ter ri tor y of Hawaii by enemy Japanese aerialunits on December 7, 1941, he unloaded and examined a live 500-pound Japanese bomb lying onthe grounds of F ort Schofield, Oahu, Te rr it or y of Hawaii. H i s courage, confidence and excep-tional skill made possible the recovery of all pa rt s of this Japanese bomb for study by theBureau of Ordnance of the Navy Department.

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* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .* . HERO UNKNOWN *** ** *** . An.unsung hero in the enl isted ranks of the U. . Navy brilliantly and bravely performed ** bis duties in the f i n a l action of the U.S.S.PEARY, o states a seaman in the British Merchant ** Service in a letter tohe Navy: ** ' *

"I also aw one of thebravestacts I have ever een o r read n all my life. ** **A destroyer n heharbour had been hit seve ral imes and was mothered* in lame romstem ostern, buta sailorat one of thegunskept going right* to the end.twasnly shortistanceromsnd we could see the f i re ** graduallyreepingclose r, but heook no notice and his gun kept firing,ntil ** wasn'tone of our hips,and if ever a mandeserved he V.C. he is the one.* Iope their authorities knowho he was, s o that his peoplean be informed * .* ' h.Qwhe died," ** . * * * * J t * , * * * * * * * * * * * 1 ; * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . * * * * * * * * : *** the deck collapsed and he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and sparks. It ' **

* * * + * *DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AWARDED REARADMIRAL ROCKWELL

President Roosevelt has awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to Rear AdmiralFrancis Warr en Rockwell, USN, for "exc eptional ly meritor ious service n a duty of gre at re-sponsibility."The decoration is the seventh that has been bestowed upon Rear AdmiraIRockwel I, dur-.ing hi s Naval career.The complete citation accompanying the Distinguished Service Medal is as follows:

. "For exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty o f greatresponsibility. A s Commandant of the Sixteenth Naval Dist rict Rear Admi ralment under difficult, arduous and hazardous circumstances dur ing the Japanese, ssa ult s on Cavite, Philippine Islands, in December, 1941, an d the subsequentdefense of Bataan Peninsula andthe foktified islands at the entrance to ManilaBay both by United States Military and Naval forces."

' Rockwell displayed outstanding qualities of efficiency, leadership and judg-

Rear Admiral Rockwell removed his fo rce s fro mCavite when the Navy Yard therefell tothe Japanese and they fought on Bataan and later on Corregidor with the troops of GeneralDouglas MacArthur. H e helped plan General LMacArthur's: trip from Corregidor to Australiaand accompanied him out of the Philippines. For his part in the successful execution of thisdaring plan Rear Admiral Rockwellreceived the War Department's Silver Star.His medals include the Navy Cross, awarded during the first World Waf for "distinguish-ed se rv ic e" as Commanding Officer of the USS WJNSLOW, a destroyer assigned to patrolsubmarine-infested waters and to escort convoys.

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Meritorious peqformance of their duties during operations against the Japanese havebrought three U. S. N6vy officers decorations.

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Captain John Wilkes, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionallymeri tori ous and distinguished serv ice in a duty of great responsibil ity .Lieutenant Commander William Leslie Wright, and Lieutenant James Char les Dempsey,were given the Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for extraordinary heriosm in actionagainst the enemy.Both Lieutenant Commander Wright and Lieutenant Dempsey had won the Navy Cros s in

the earl y ph ases of the war in the Paci fic.Due to h is splendid l eadership in both the ac tive opera tion and admiiristrktion of hi s com-mand, Captain Wilkes succeeded in destroying and inflicting ser ious damage on enemy shipping,both combatant and transport, during the campaign for the defense of the Philipp ine Islands andthe Dutch East Indies.Captain Wilkes untiring efforts, the fine indoct rination f hi s force fo r whit: he waslargely responsible, and the str ength of his command contributed greatly in resisting the south-war dadvance of the Japanese through the China, Sulu, Celebes and Java Seas .

FOUR U.S. ,SUBMARINE COMMANDERS GIVEN NAVY CROSSES

Navy Crosses nave been awarded to four more submarine commanders whose underseascraft have destroyed or damaged a total of 15 enemy warships and merchant vessels in FarEastern waters.They are:Lieutenant Commander Willis .& Lent, U.S.N.Lieutenant Commander Frank W.: FeMo, U.S.N.Lieutenant Commander John L. DeTar, U.S.N.Lieutenant Commander Frederick B.,Warder, U.S.N.Two enemy ships totalling 12,000 tons were sunk by the submarine of Lieutenant Com-mander Lent, while he als o is credi ted with the probable sinking of two addit ional enemy ships

totalling 15,000 tons.Lieutenant Commander FeMos submari ne is the underwater craft which brought a vastamount of gold, si lver and securi ties out of Corregidor on Februar y 5 and transferred it to acr ui se r which carr ied- the valuable shipment on the last leg ot its journey to the United States. F o r this feat the Army awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross.It is announced for the first time, however, that his submarine also has accounted for a5,000-ton enemy merchant vesseland a Japanese war vessel of unidentified type which attackedhis submarine.Lieutenant DeTars command has^ ,sunk one enemy fre ighter of about 6,000 tons, damaged ,and probably-sunk one enemy destroyer and.damaged. two other ships of undetermined type ofabout 2,000 tons each.The submarine commanded1 by Lieutenant Commander Warder attacked heavily screenedJapanese combat forces, sinking a transport, a destroyer and a cr ui ser , and then damaging twocr ui se rs while .engaged in routine patro l duty. It was announced by the Navy Department onApril 13 that he had been recommended for the Navy Cross.The enemy ship losses. above have been made lmown in previous Navy Department com-muniques and press .rel easas. With the exception of Lieutenant Commander Warder, however,it is the first time the namesof the commanding off ice rs have been connected with the triumphsover Japanese merchant and warships.

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selves in operations against the Japanese in the .Pacific area.They are :

Commander Pau l H. Talbot, U.S.N..Lieutenant Commander John J. Hourihan, U.S.N.Lieutenant Commander Harold P. Smith, U.S.N.Lieutenant Commander John H. Morrill, U.S.N.Lieutenant Commander Charles A. Fe r ri te r , U.S.N.

Commander Talbot and Lieutenant Commander Hourihan were awarded the Navy Cro ssfor distinguished service and herois m when U. S. forces engaged the Japanese off Balikpapen,Borneo, Netherlands East Indies, on January 24 and 25.When directed to engage a reportedly superior enemy force under cover of da rkness,

Commander Talbot, by a well-planned and skillfully executed approach, succeeded in lead ingLye force under his command to a favorable position within a large group of enemy vessels.His, vessels deliver ed a daring and persistent attack upon the enemy, resulting in thesinking of five o r six ship s and the severe dama-ge of others . After it was no longer advisableto continue the attack, Commander Talbot successfully withdrew his forces without loss.Lieutenant Commander Hourihan, Commanding Officer of the USS PAUL JONES in theaction off Balikpapen, by ignoring enemy challenges and skillful maneuvering, used the elementof s ur pr ise in sinking with torpedoes and damaging by gunfire numerous vessels in the enemysconcentration of cr uiser s, d estro yers and various types of tran spor ts and cargo ships, af terwhich an orderly reti reme nt was effected.The act ions which he displayed on this occasion, his citation reads, reflect most

favorably on his ability as a leader and officer, and are in keeping with the best traditions ofthe Naval service.Lieutenant Commander Smith, Commanding Officer of the USS STEWART, was awardedthe Navy Cross for heroism during an ngagement with greatly superior Japanese forces in theBadoeng Strai t on the night of February 19- 20.Although under heavy fire from the enemy, his citationasserts, =Lieutenant Command-er Smith pressed home the attack which resulted in severe damage o the enemy, while re -ceiving only minor damage to his own ship and only one casualty to his personnel.The STEWART subsequently was placed in drydock at Sourabaya, and was destroyed thereto prevent its falling into enemy hands. Its destruction was reported by the Navy i n Navy De-partment Communique #57.Lieutenant Commander Morr ill and Lieutenant Commander Ferriter were given the NavyCross for heroism and distinguished servicewhen the Japanese bombed the Navy Yard atCavite, P. I,, on December 10.Despite the fires and frequent explosion of air flasks and w ar heads at the Navy Yard,both officers, who wer e in command of s mal l auxiliaries, displayed extraordinary courage anddetermination in proceeding into the danger zone and towing disabled surface craft alongside docks to a safe area.


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Five of ficers of the Naval se rv ic e have been awarded the Navy Cross f or meri tor ious'performance of their duties during naval operations.


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Vice Admiral Learys citation to Ensign Cook declared that he displayed extraordinary ~heroism under exceptionally trying :conditions;, Your actions were in complete disregardofyour personal safety andare an inspiring example of devotion to duty. Your high courage andfine leadership on this occasion are in accord with\the best traditions of the Navy of the UnitedStates.n* * * * * *

OFFICERCOMMENDED IN DARING RESCUESecr etar y of the Navy Frank p o x recently commended Ensign Walter Payne Sprunt, Jr.,U.S.N.R., for a daring sea rescue inwhich he saved 8 n enlisted man from the path of a rapidly-spreading and fiercelylbur$.ng oil ire, -The rescued man is Howard L e h d Johnson, Apprentice Seaman, USNR, member of thegun cr ew of a merchant tanker torpedoed by an enemy submarine.ih lle SouthiAtlantic on anight in April.Ensign Sprunt, one of the officer s of a patrol craft dispatched to assist in the rescueofthe tankers survivors, found Johnson in a semi-conscious condition in choppy water only ashort distancefrom a patch of oil, rapidly spreading and burning fiercely.Attempts were made to bring the patrol vessel alongsideohnson, bu.t this proved difficult..Ensign Sprunt, disregarding personal safety, jumped overboard andsecured a rope around the

mar Both were then hauled aboard the patrol vessel.It is believed that your prompt action saved Johnsons life, Secretary Knoxs letter ofcommendation declared. For your act ion on this occasion, you are hereby !commended..

* * *,* * *NINE OFFICERS AND MEN REWARDED FOR ,HEROISMDURINGRAIDSON .MARSHALL .AND GILBER T ISLANDS

Seven more of the officers who participated in the raids U.S. Navy forces made upon ,Japaneee installations n the Marshall and Gilbert Islands were rewarded today hen it w asannounced that theyshave been presented Distinguished lying Crosses.

In addition, two enlisted men were given promotions f o r their outstanding performance Of duty during the same raid s, which the Navy carried out on January 31 and Februar y 1.

Those who received the Distinguished Flying Crosses axe:Lieutenant Commander William0.Burch, Jr., U.S.N., ,Lieutenant James S. Gray, Jr., U.S.N.Lieutenant Paul J. Riley, U.S.N., He is listed as missing in actlon,

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The enlisted men promoted are Allen James Brost, and Achilles A. Georgiou. Bothwere advanced from Radioman 3rd Class to Radioman 2nd Class.LleutenantCommander Burch was given the Distinguished, Flying Cross for the mostefficient manner in which he l ead his squadron in an attack upon one of the Gilbert islands,for scoring a direct bomb hit on a Japanese seaplane tender, and f o r s M d n g afour-enginepatrol plane on the.waterby machine gun fire.Lieutenant Gray lead his group in a bombing and strafing attackon another island in theface of fierce Japanese fighter and anti-aircraft opposition. During the action he shot downtwo enemy fighter planes.A Japanese light cruiserwas destroyed as the resiilt of the efficient and tenaciousmanner in which Lieutenant Riley directed the attack his section.of planes made upon thatvessel.Lieutenant Rawie assisted in bombing and stra fing one of the islands on which forayswere made by Navy planes and shot down an enemy f ighter.Lieutenant Van Buren through skillful handling of his plane and excellent marksman-ship shot down one of the .enemy fighterswhich attacked the formation in which he w as flyingand then continued on with the attack.Lieutenant V& Elwen had carried out his bombing mission and was returning to hlsca rr ier when he .was jumped by another Japanese fighter and riddled with bullets. However,he.maneuvered his plane s o that Brost, his radioman-gunner, who, although wounded, coura-geously manned the free machinegun, was able to knock down the Japanese. Lieutenan%VanEmen then madea saie carrier landing despite the damage done tohis plane by the fighter.Lleutenbnt (juniorgrade) Kroeger and Georgiou teamed up in an action identical tothatin which Lieutenant V an Buren and Brost were involved, except that in this case it was theofficer who was wounded.An enemy flghters -chine gun fire struck the officer s oot and broke several bones.The lnjury prevented him using the foot,for rudder control,bu t he succeeded in placing theplane in position or Georgiou to down the fighter. Lieutenant (junior grade) Rroeger returned

to the car rie r. and landed safely despiteis injury and being faint- rom. oss of blood.Ensign Adams recelved3he Distinguished Flying Cross for oining with Lieutenant(junior grade) E. Scot t McCuskey, i n shooting down a four-engine patrol bomber when it .attempted to attack their carrier. The latter previously had recelved a similar award.The two office rs were standing guard over heir ship when 1ookouts.on thecarrierspotted the Japanese bomber. A hurried ship-to-plane radio order sent. them into action andthey caught the bomber shortly after it b e w its run and blasted it to pieces.

* * * * * *OFFICER,. ENLISTED A N . OMIW3NDED

One officer and one enlisted ;znan have been commendedby Secretar y of the Navy FrankBox. Lieutenant (junior.grade) Reuben N. Perley, fr., U.S.N., received a,commen&tion forfor meritorious conduct. JohrNelson Sayers, Chief Radioman, U.S.N. won his commendationfor devisjng auxiliary radio equipment.

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A s officer in charge of a repa ir part y that went to the aid of a torpedoed ship, LieutenantPerle y showed untiring energy, total dis regard of personal safety , leadership and ingenuity inminimizing the effec t of the torpedoing. He contr ibuted in a large degree to the safe arrivalin port of the torpedoed ship.Sayers was commendedf o r h i s echnical knowledge, ingenuity and extraordinary initiat ivein devising radio improvements.

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* * * * * *PLUCKY AIRMEN REWARDED

The Navy recent ly rewarded two of its intrepid airmen who pitted their tiny scout planeagains t three Japane se bomber s, shot own one, damaged a second and pursued the third for155 miles befo re diminish ing gasoline supply forced them to break off the chase.Lieutenant Edward H. Allen; U. S.N., pilot of the plane , received the Navy Cross. Bruce-Roundtree, his radioman-gunner, was commended for meritorious conduct and promoted from.Aviation Radioman 1st Cla ss toAviation Chief Radioman.The three bombers were sightedwhile the scout plane was on patrol over the Pacific:Lieutenant Allen attacked unhesitatingly and the Japanese turned and fled, Due to hi s planessma ll speed advantage over the Japanese, Lieutenant Allen was unable to attain a positionfrom which to use his fixed uns.Roundtree, however, brought his fre e machine gun into play and skillfully knocked downone bomber and then damaged another s o badly it is doubted that the plane could have reachedits base.Lieutenant Allen continued to pursue the third Japanese bomber and the chase lasted for155 miles. It was broken off only when he had barely enough gasoline to return to his station.

* * * * * *OFFICER COMMENDEDENLISTED MAN ADVANCED IN RATING

One officer has been commended and an enlisted man advanced in rating for actionunder trying circumstances, theNavy Department announced recently.The Secre tary of the Navy has sent a letter of commendation to Ensign Edward L.Pearsall, USNR,who dove fully clothed into the water to save the life of an enlisted man.Ensign Pearsall was piloting his plane to a landing when its propellor struck LesterHenry Boutte, aviation radioman, third class. Boutte was knocked unconscious into the water.Without hesitation OS thought f o r his own safety, Ensign Pearsall plunged into the sea and heldBoutte on the surface until a rescue boat arrived.Charles Herman Fry, to rpedom an, second class, wa s advanced to radioman, first class,for m eritoriou s conduct in a sto rm. When the ship to which Fry was atta ched took a heavysea over its bridge a dangerous amount of water was taken into her. Some of thi s wate r

penetrated to an after compartment.Frys action, according to the citation, in quickly draining off the water in the aftercompartment prevented the probability of damage to this unit of theship.

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37 LEXINGTON HEROES CITED

Heroism displayed in the battles of Bougainville, Lae and Salamaua, listed among theNavys outstanding triumphs of th e Pacific war) brought citations to 37 airm en of the USSLEXINGTON, the carrier lost later in he war after helping to smash a strong Japanese forcein the CoralSea.Sec ret ary of the Navy Fra nk box. ssued the citations and the recipients will receiveeither the Navy Cro ss w he Distinguished Flying Cross as a reward for the part theyplayedin the brillian t successes achieved in those actions.Lieutenant Noel A. M. Gayler, son of Captain E. R. Gayler, Civil Engineer Corps , U,S.N.and one of those cited, won the Navy Cross and Gold Star, the latter decoration being theequivalent of a second Navy Cross.Lieutenant Gayler downed a Japanese twin-engine bomber and a seaplane fighter, aidedin the destruct ion of two other twin-engine bombers, and bombed and strafe d two enemy de-stroyers in theface of heavy anti-aircraft fire.In the Battl e of Bougainville, so-calied by LEXINGTON personnel because it was justnorth of this island in the Solomon chain that the attack occurred, pilotsof the U. S. carrier

shot down 16 of 18 Japanese twin-engine planes which trie d to bomb their ship on Febr uary 20.Enemy ship and land install ations at Salamaua and Lae, located in New Guinea, wereraided by the LEXINGTON airmen on March 10 and Navy Department Communique No. 57credit ed them with destroying o r damaging 23 Japanese ships and three seap lanes in thisforay.Two of the LEXINGTONS officer s, Rear Admiral Freder ick C. Sherman, U. S. N., theca rr ie r s skipper, and Lieutenant Commander Edward H. (Butch) OHare, U. S. N., weredecorated some time ago for thei r role s.in the Batt le f Bougainville. .The former receivedthe Gold Star to add to theNavy Cross he won as a submarine commander in World War I,and the latter earned the CongressionalMedal of Honor and promotion from Lieu tenant toLieutenant Commander.Rear A dmir al Shermans decoration was in reward for the outstanding manner in whichhe coordinated and timed the employment and relief of his combat patrols so that 16 enemybombers were downed, and for handling the LEXINGTON s o that she escaped damage. Lieu-tenant Commander OHare shot down five twin-engine bombers and damaged a sixth.The other aviators citedby Secretary Knox, together with the decorations they are toreceive, are as follows:

NAVY CROSSLieutenant Commander Robert E. h o n , USN.Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, USN.Lieutenant Commander Weldon L. Hamilton, USN.Lieutenant Commander James Henry Brett, Jr., USN.

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Lieutenant Walter Franklin Henry, USN.Lieutenant Robert F. Farrington, USN.Lieutenant Rolla Stuart Lemmon, USN.Lieutenant Evan P. Aurand, USN.Lieut enant Harry Brinkley Bass, USN.Lieutenant (jun ior grade) Robert B. Buchan, USNR.Lieutenant (junior grade) Mark T. Whittier, USNR.Ensign Marvin M . Haschke, USNR.Ensign Leon Wilder. Haynes, USNR.Ensign John Arthur Leppla, USNR.Ensign Harold R. Mazza, USNR.Ensign .RichardF. Neely, USNR.Ensign Anthony J. Quigley, USNR.Ensign Norman Anderson Sterrie, TJSNR.Ensign Edward R. Sellstrom, Jr., USNR., deceased . He was fatally injured in a planecras h a short time ago.Ensign Dale W. Peterson, USNR. He is listed as missing in action.

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSESLieutenant Commander Donald Alexander Lovelace, USN., deceased. LieutenantCommander Lovelace was killed in a subsequent action.Lieutenant Albert 6.Vorse , Jr., USN.Lieutenant Edwin William Hurst, USN., deceased.Lieutenant French Wampler, Jr., USN.Lieutenant Robert James Morgan, USN.Lieutenant (junior grade) Howard F. Clark, USN. He is listed as missing in action.Lieutenant juniorgrade)RichardBlairForward, USNR. .Lieutenant (junior grade) Onia B. Stanley, USNR.Ensign John H. Lackey, USN.Ensign Curtis Hamilton, USN.Ensign Tom Br ic e Bash, USNR.

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Ensign Lawrence F. Steffenhagen, USNR.Ensign Willard Ernest Eder, Jr., USNR.Ensign Richard Merri ll Rowell, USNR. He is listed as missing in action.Gunner Harley E. Talkington, USN.Melvin H. Georgius, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman, Naval Aviation Pilot, USN.The LEXINGTON was steaming along in company with other units of a United Statestask force when the Japanese bombers launched their attack near Bougainville. A four-engine

down, it apparently sounded an alarm and brought out the twin-engine bombers.. Kawanishi flying boat had spotted the tas k force earli er in the day and, although it was shot

The Kawanishi was sighted by Ensign Se llst rom while Lieutenant Commander Thach,fighter squadron commander, was leading his planes home from a routine patrol. The hugeflying boat turned and ran, but the fighter s gave chase through clouds and rai n and it wasfinal ly sent plunging into the sea by the combined fi re from the planes of Lieutenant Command-e r Thach, Lieutenant (junior grade) Stanley and Ensigns Sellstrom and Haynes.In addition to the five clean Kills made by Lieutenant Commander OHare when the

twin-engine bombers attacked the LEXINGTON, Lieutenant Commander Thach, LieutenantsGayler, Lemmon and Henry and Ensigns Sellstrom and Peterson each singled out a bomberand shot it down.Twelve members of Lieutenant Commander Thachs ;quadron aided in destroying theremaining five bombers that the Japanese lost in that engagement. The enemy planes wereattacked s o fier cely and dispatched so quickly that officers, summarizing the action forthe ir rec ords, were unable to single out individuals and credit them with delivering deathblows.They could only give assists t o the pilots seen at tacking -planeswhich were sent spinninginto the ocean and in some instances three and f o u r LEXINGTON figh ter s w ere seen hot onthe tails of the enemy bombers, pouring a deadly hail of machine gunbullets into their quarry. .Lieutenant Gayler was credited with two assists and Lieutenant Commanders Thach andLovelace, Lieutenants Lemmon, Vorse, Morgan, Lieutenants (junior grade) Clark and Stanleyand Ensigns Peterson, Lackey, Eder and-Rowel1 with one each.Lieutenant Henrys action in tackling and destroying the twin-engine bomber which heshot down is considered unusual. Pilot of a scout-bomber, he was returning from a scoutingmission when he sa w the scr ap ove r the car rie r. Although his plane was slower and les smaneuverable than those of his shipmates , he dove into t he fray, took sight on one of theJapanese machines and polished it off.

Sellstrom and Peterson got the Navy Cro ss f o r that days work, while Distinguished FlyingCr os se s went to Lieutenant Commander Lovelace, Lieutenants Vorse and Morgan, Lieutenants(junior grade) Stanley and Clark, and Ensigns Lackey, Eder and Rowell.

Lieutenant Commander Thach, Lieutenants Gayler, Lemmon, Henry and Ensigns

A task force assigned to raid Japanese installations at La e and Salamaua, located 15miles apart inNew Guinea, s teamed to within 12 5 mile s of thei r ob ject ive without being de-tected by the enemy and ear ly on the morning of March 10 the LEXINGTON launched her planes.The planes--dive bombers, torpedo bombers, scouts and an esco rt of fighters--flew those125 miles over uncharted mountains and jungles and pressed home an attack that left the harborsof those two ports lit ter ed with sinking and damaged ves sel s of many types.


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Heading the LEXINGTON squadrons involved in t his at tac k w ere Lieutenant CommandersBrett , Dixon, Hamilton and Thach . They lead their forces over the jungles and mountains as a. unit, then, nearing the target areas, divided into two groups and attacked.As a resul t of th is action, Navy Crosses w ere awar ded to Lieutenant Commanders Brett,Dixon and Hamilton; Lieutenants Farrington, Aurand and Bass; Lieutenants (junior grade)Whittier and Buchan, and Ensigns Sterri e, Quigley, Neely, Mazza, Leppla and Haschke.Lieutenant Gayler received the Gold Star.Lieutenants Hurst and Wampler, Lieutenant (junior grade) Forward, Ensigns Hamilton,Bash and Steffenhagen, Gunner Talkington, and Aviation Chief Ordnanceman Georgius won theDistinguished Flying Cross.In winning the Gold Star Lieutenant Gayler interceptedand shot down Japanese seaplanefighte r and then, in the face of heavy anti-airc raf t fire, strafed and dropped fragmentationbombs on two enemy destroyers, causing many enemy personnel casualties.A ll of the bgmber and torpedo plane pilots decorated in the Lae and Salamaua raid scoredhits on one or moreJapanese ships in those ports, in some cases teaming up to send theirtorpedoes and bombs crash ing into the hu lls and decks of the ir tar ge ts.So completely surprised were the Japanese by the u over-the-mountain assault * that whenthe planes returned to their carrier the shipsn the task force shoved off fr om the are a with-

out encountering a single enemy plane or vessel.* * , * % * i

TW O RECEIVE NAVY CROSSES FOR USS HERON INCIDENTTwo more of the company serving in the USS HERON, the tiny seaplane tender whichsuccess fully staved off an attack by 15 Japanese bombers in Far Eastern waters on December31, were decorated by the Navy Department recently.Navy Cr os ses went to Chief Boatswain William Harold Johnson, U.S.N., and to Rober tL. Brock, Machinists Mate 2d Clas s, U.S.N.Chief Boatswain Johnson was cited for heroic conduct under fire and for distinguishedserv ice in l ine of his profession, while Brock was commended for extreme disregard ofpersonal safety in returning to his battle stationas captain of an anti- airc raft gun crew aftera bomb explosion hurled him from the gun platform to the main deck below.The HERON was attacked by 10 four-engined flying boats and five twin-engined landplane bombers, which combined to launch 46 100-pound bombs and three torpedoes at the smalltender , but ski llful handling enabled he r t o e scape with but one hit.Previously Lieutenant William Leverette Kabler, U.S.N., commanchg officer of thetender, was promoted t o Lieutenant Commander and given the Navy Cros s as a reward forsaving his ship, while President Roosevelt commended the executive officer, LieutenantFranklin D. Buckley, U.S.N., for accurately directing the ships anti-a ircraf t batteries, whichdestroyed one bomber, damaged at least one other and disrupted the effectiveness of theenemy s attack.

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Quarterm aster (Permanent Appointment).Robert Gilmer Pihl, Coxswain, advanced to Boatswains Mate 2d Class .William Wallace Stroby, Seaman 1st Clas s, advanced to Signalman 3d Class.Robert Fred Whitehouse, Ships Cook 2d Class, advanced to Ships Cook 1st Class.The United States vessel , attacked by three Japanese ships, was zigzagging to avoidheavy cross-fire, at the same time unleashing a hai l of she lls at the enemy, when the corn-manding and executive officers were blinded by a flash from one of their own guns.Woodke, the st eersman, continued to zigzag the ship, changing course from time totime on his own initiative. H is skillful maneuvering saved the vessel from enemy fire.Penner took over the work of several men when his battery officer and gun captainwere blinded by gun flashes that also dazed the sigh tset ter.He coolly and deliberately fired the gun, spotted his shots and set his own sights,

maintaining a steady rate of fire and scoring what appeared to be several hitson the Japanesevessels.Kull and Rogers were first and second loader s on another gun. By thei r extr aordina ryefforts in obtaining ammunition, their gun maintained a high rate of fire.Details of the action leading to thk promotion of the other men are not available.Their citations were ident ical, lauding them ?or meritorious conduct, cool, quick thinkingwhen the ship to which they were attached was under heavy cr oss -f ire of three enemy sh ips.

* * * * * *FOUR PROMOTED FO R MERITORIOUS CONDUCT

Four enlisted men have been awarded meritorious conduct promotions by the Navy.Two of them were members of the crew of a Naval vessels small boat which riskeddarknes s and a rough sea to rescue the crew f a merchant ship that had been torpedoed andshelled by an enep,y submarine.They ar e Donald Bruce Lusk who was advanced from Boatswains Mate 2d Class toBoatswains Mate 1st Class, and Arch ie Pryo r Adams promoted from Shipfitter 3rd Class toShipfitter 2d .Class.The m erchant vesse l was t orpedoe d nd shelled on a night in Febr uary and Lusk andAdams performed distinguished service in rescuing the sinking ships crew from the water,life boats and life rafts.Roy Thompson McNabb was promoted from Seaman 1st Cla ss to Aviation Machinists

Mate 3rd Class u for especially meritorious conduct in action during the bombing of theUSS PECOS ear ly nMarch. Thomas Harold Marsland was promoted from Pharmacists Mate 1st Class to ChiefPharmacists Mate. ,

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ONE ENLISTED MAN ADVANCED,FOUR COMMENDEDThe Navy has advanced one enlisted man f or meritorious conduct under fire and com-mendations from the Secretary of Navy have been issued four others who performed dut iesin keeping with the highest tradit ions of the Navy.

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For courageous performance of his duties under fire, Marvin Edward Sholar, wasadvanced to Chief Signalman. While on the bridge of the ship to which he was attached Sholarremained at his post during enemy bombing attacks to flash signals in an fficient and ablemanner.The four enlisted men who received commendations from the Secretary of Navy worked

under hazardous conditions to restore se rv ices and to assure the safety of personnel aboardtheir ship after ligh ting circui ts of the ve ssel went out.Three of them were commended for initiative, resourcefulneSs and devotion to dutyThey are:

Chief Torpedoman John Edward Redmond, USNR.Glenn Albert Kelley, electrici ans mate , first class.John Nicholas Kaschak, boilermaker, fi rs t c la ss.The fourth, Ollie Lee Uzzel, water tender, first, cl as s, was commen$ed for

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William Russell Roberts, whose heroism at PearlHarbor brought him the Navy Cross,has been advanced fr om Aviation Radioman 2d Class to Aviation Radioman 1st Class as afurther reward for the extraordinary heroism, courage, initiativeand disregard for his ownlife demonstrated on December 7.He risked his life in an attempt to save the pilot-officgr of an airplane in which he wasserving as radioman-gunner when the plane crashed at se a while searching for the enemyforces which raided Pearl Harbor.The crash occurred at night eight miles west of Oahu Island and Roberts was renderedunconscious and cut about the head. Upon regaining consciousness he freed himself from thecockpi t, shed his parachute and then found the pilot, unconscious, trapped with his right legjammed between the seatand fuselage.Roberts extricated the pilot, nflated his life jacket and placed the officer on a wing floatwhile attempt ing himself to release. the planes rubber life boat. Although near ly drowned inthe Process, he finally freed theboat, placed the pilot in it and paddled for shore.


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The boat capsized upon reaching the surf and the pilot was temporarily lost. Robertslocated him, dragged him to shore and then set out to search f o r assistance. After a longhike he found a truck and took the officer to the Naval Hospital, where the officer died.Roberts required 15 stitches to closc his head wounds, and was treated fo r exhaustionand multiple bruise s suff ered in the cras h at sea.

* * * * * *ADVANCEMENT IN RATING ORDEREDFOR N.AVY FIREMAN

.William Newton Mercer, fireman first class, USN, has been authorized for meritoriousadvancement in rating by the Commander in Chief of the U. S. Pacific Fleet as a reward for. hisattempt osave he ives of two shipmates.

,On January 11, 1942, while on duty in the fireroom , Mercer r efused to leave his stat ionafter his ship had been hit by a torpedo. Risking his own life, Mercer remained to assist twoother men who were trapped. In the vain attempt to rescue his shipmates, Mercer himself wasinjured, and, af ter ca lling for help for the two other hen , was order ed to leave the fireroom.This is the second time that Mercer has been cited. In October, 1941, he was commendedat mer itorious ma st fo r having materially contributed to the engineering effiaiency of hi svessel.

The foregoing Decorations and Commendations ar e only a portion of those awarded as 'some announcements a r e being withheld until such time as info rmation relative to certainengagements w i l l be considered of no further importance to the enemy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NOTICE OF' CHANGE IN SUBMITTING FORM N. NAV. 97In the inte res ts of reducing paper work and simplifying account ing procedures, the reportrequired t o be submitted by offic ers .holding repeated travel orders (N.Nav. 97 ) will henceforth

be submitted at the end of each quar ter .NO further notice of this change, which became effective July 1, 942, wi l l be promulgatedto the service.

* * * * * *.AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING COURSE FOR RESE RVE AVIATORS

N O T T O B E H E L DThe course in Aeronautical Engineering or reserve aviators, announced in Bureau ofNavigation Cir cular Lett er 71-42, w i l l not be held. No individual announcements w i l l be sentto off icers who submitted requests f o r this training.

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RESERVE O FFICER S SELEC TED FOR POSTGRADUATE INSTRUCTIONIN NAVAL AND RADIO ENGINEERING

In accordance with the re quireme nts of Bureau of Navigation Circular Letter 71- 42 , theboar d to se lect Naval Reserve Officer candidates for post-graduate instruction in NavalEngineering and Radio Engineering convened at the Navy Department on June 22, 1942.Selections were made as follows:Naval Engineering

PrinciDalsEnsign Walter J. House, E-V(S), USNRLieutenant ( jg ) John H . Pedersen, D-V(G), USNREnsign Richard H . Fre ybe rg , Jr ., E-V(S), USNREnsign George A. Hiatt, A-V(S), USNREnsign William E. Ranney, A-V(S), USNREnsign Clifford W . Welsh, E-V-(S), USNR

AlternatesEnsign John Lark Paseu r, E-V(G), USNREnsign Hugo C. Maechler', D-V(G), USNREnsign Lamar Fontaine, Jr , E -V(S),USNREnsign Wade 0. ankinson, E-V(G), USNREnsign Morris Lebovits, DE-V(G), USNXEnsign David B.Her tz, DE-V(G), USNR

Radio Enaineerinq ,Principals\

Lieutenant ( jg ) Edward M. Siegel, C-V(S), USNREnsign Marcel W. Ottley, Jr.,E-V(S), USNREnsign Alexander S. Chodakowski, E-V(S), USNREnsign. Fr ank B. Wood, A-V(S), USNREnsign Walter E. Greene, C-V(S), USNREnsign William Brent Smith, E-V(P), USNR

AlternatesEnsign Robert Stanley Bradt, C-V($), USNRLieutenant ( jg ) Josiah H . Russell, Jr., D-V(G), USNI?.Ensign James E. Ancell, E-V(S), USNREnsign John E. Mackin, Jr., E-V(G), USNRLieutenant ( jg ) Loren V. Burns, C-V(S), USNREnsign 'Leon H. rzybyla, E -V(G), USNREnsign Stephen F. Balaban, 0-V(S), USNREnsign Aubry J. McCallum, A-V(S), USNRLieutenant ( jg ) Frank N. Gangler, C-V(S), USNR

These classes in Naval Engineering and Radio Engineering will be convened July 27, 1942,at the Post -graduate School, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.* * * * * *

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Bostohi Massachusett s, July 15, 1942, relieving Rear Admiral William T. Tar rant, USN, whoretires on August 1, 1942.* * * * * *

VICE ADMIRAL INGERSOLL ADVANCED TORANK OF ADMIRALVice Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, USN, :Commander-in-Chief of th e Atlaxitic Fleet sinceJanuary 1, 1942 has been advanced to the rank of Admiral by or der of the Pres iden t.In his new rank Admiral Ingersoll w i l l remein on duty as Commander-&Chief of theAtlantic Fleet. * * * * * *

REAR ADMIRAL A. G. ROBINSO N,. USN,ASSUMES NEW POSTRear Admiral Arthur G. Robinson, U. S. Navy, has assumed duties as Senior U. S. NavalOfficer in Aruba and Curacao, as of July 1.Admiral Robinson has relieved Rear AdmiralJ. B. Oldendorf, who has been assigned newduties as Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Trinidad,, British West Indies.Admiral Robinson, as captain of the c ru is er MARBLEHEAD, was awarded a letter ofcommendation and the Navy Cross recently for his bravery in actionnd bringing his badlydamaged ship safely home.. He was recently promoted to the temporary rank of Rear Admiral.

* * * * * *REAR ADMIRAL CLARK H..WOODWARD, U. S. NAVY, RET.,TO HEAD HEW INCENT IVE DIVISION

An ncentive Division, charged with the operation of Navy Department plans f o r the stim-ulation of production of w a r material s, has been established in the Office of the Under Secretaryof the Navy.Rear Admiral ClarkH. Woodward, U. S. Navy (Retired), w i l l be Chief of the IncentiveDivision.The Incentive Division wi l l function in cooperation with the Produc tion Drive Headquartersof the War Production Board and w i l l maintain liaison With each of the bureaus and offices inthe Navy Department and with the appropriate offices in theWar Department and MaritimeCommission engaged in similar incentive tasks.Each bure au and office of the Navy Department has assigned a permanent 1iaison.officerwith the new Division in order that the special interestsof each bureau and office may have

adequate representation.The>present procedure in onnection with the operation of the.Navy,Board of ProductionAwards, of which Rear A dmir al Henry A. Wiley, U. S. Navy, (Retired) is Chairman, w i l l bemaintained. In the future the pra cti ces of this Board may be modified however, to conform withpolicies agreed upon in cooperation with the Incentive Division.

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( 3 ) Maintain close liaison with the Office fo r the Consolidation of the Adminis trat ion offield offices concerned with inspection of mat eri als for the Navy Department set up by theSecretary of the Navy May 2 , 1942, in order that the Inspector Generals office may function inthis field, i f required.The Inspection Board for Naval Districts, in theNavy Depart ment , form erly headed byRcar Admiral Snyder, has been merged with the new office.The Inspector General is directed to repor t with strict impartial ity in regard to any lr -regularities, inefficiencies, o r defects that may be discovered, and make pertinent recommen-dations in the premises.

* * * * * *CAPTAIN R. S. CRENSHAW NAMED ASSISTANT COMMANDANT

. FIFTH N-f.VALDISTRICT

Captain Russell S. Crenshaw, U. S. N . , who s,erved as Acting Commander of the Guif SeaFronti er and Cornmanzlant of the Seventh Naval Dist ric t until relieved recently by Rear AdmiralJames Laurence Kauffman, U. S. N . , has been ordered to Norfolk, Virginia, as Assistant Com-mandant of the Fifth Naval District.Captain Crenshaws experience in combatting submarine activity in the Gulf Area w i l l beput to good use in his new assignment in Norfolk, where he w i l l have-charge of anti-submarinemea sur es in tha t distr ict, the Commandant of which is Rear Admiral Manley H. Simons, U . S. N .Tne new duties assigned Captain Crenshaw are in pursuance df the Navy Departmentspolicy of strengthening the organization of the Sea Front ier s and Dist rict s to prosecu t, m or eeffectively the anti-submarine campaign.

* * * * * *CONTINUANCE IN AVIATION DUTIES OF PERSONNEL PROMOTEDFROM AVIATION RATINGS

In order that the specialize d tr aining f officer personnel promoted tempora-rily from enlisted status from aviation ratings might be fully utilized the bureauhas in the pas t continued such personnel for duty in aviation assignments. To clar-ify the status of future temporary appointees from aviation ratings the service ishereby informed that there is o intention of separating such per sonnel from theAeronautic Organization nowor in the near future.The foregoing policy is promulgated in view of the increasing number ofcommissions and appointments declined for the reason that all prior naval servicehad been spent in an aviation activity and there was no as surance of obtaining al lfuture assignments in En aviation activity. In view of the urgent needs for special-ly qualified officer personnel in aviation duties personnel who have in the past de-clined.commissions and appointments for the above reasons are requested to sub-

mit an official request. for reconsideration for appointment.Captain L.M. Linsley, U. . Navy (Ret.) reported foT duty to Re ar Admira lC . P. Snyder, U . S. Navy, the Naval Inspector General, on July 10, 9 4 2 , as Assist-ant Naval Inspector General.

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SERVICEMENS DEP ENDENT S ALLOWANCE AC T OF 1942.Republic Law 625 - 77th Congress

Chapter 443 - 2d SessionS. 2467AN ACT

To provide family allowances for the .dependentsof enlisted men of the Army, Navy,Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States, and for o ther purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sta tes of Amer icain Congress assembled, That this Act may be citeds the dervicemens. Dependents AllowanceAct of 1942.TITLE I

Ser, 101. The dependent or dependents of any enlisted man of the fourth, fifth, sixth, o rseventh grades in the Armyof the United States, the United States Navy, the Marine Corps, orthe Coast Guard, including any and all reti red and rese rve components of such serv ices , shallbe entitled to receive a monthly family allowance for any period during which such enlistedman is in the active military or naval service of the United States on or after June 1,1942,during the existence of any war declared by Congress and the six months immediately followingthe termination of any such war.

Sec. 102. The monthly family allowance payable under this title to thedependent or de-pendents of any such enlisted man shall consist of the Governments contribution to such allow-ance and the reduction in or charge to the ay of such enlisted man.Sec. 103. The dependents of any such enlisted man to whom a family allowance is paJableunder the provisions of this title shal l be divided into two classes to be i n o w n as YClassA andas OClass B dependents. The Class A dependents of any such enlisted man shall include anyperson who i s the wife, the chi ld, o r the former wife divorced of any such enlisted man. TheClass B dependents of any such enl isted man sha ll include any personwho is the parent, grand-child, brother., orsister of such enlisted man andwho is found by the Secr etar y of the depart-ment concerned to be dependent upon such enlisted man for a substantial portion of his support.Sec. 104. A monthly family allowance shall be granted and paid by the United States tothe ,ClassA dependent or dependents of ahy such .en listed:manupon written application to thedepartment concerned madeby such enlisted man or made by oron behalf of such dependent ordependents. A monthly family allowance shall be granted and paid by the United States to theClass B dependent or dependents of any such enlisted man upon written application to the de-partment concerned made by such enlist ed man, or upon written application to the departmentconcer: ..ed made by o r on behalf of such depencient o r dependents in any case in which the Sec-ret ary of the department concerned finds that t is impracticable for such enlisted man to re-. quest the payment of such allowance. The payment of a monthly family allowance to any ClassB dependent o r dependents of any such enlist ed man sha ll be terminated pon the.receipt by the* department concerned of a written request by such enlisted man that such allowance be termi-nated.Sec. 105. (a) Theamount, of the Governments contribution to the family allowance pay-able to the dependent or dependents of any such enlisted man shall be the aggregate f the amountof the Governments contribution to the ClassA dependent or dependents of such enli sted manand the amount of the Governments, ,contribution to the Class B dependent or dependents ofsuch enlisted man.

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(b) The amount of the Governments contribution to the Class A dependent o r dependentsof such enlist ed marl shall be at a monthly rate of -(1)$28, if such enlisted man hasa wife but .no.chjid;(2) $40, if such enlisted man hasa wife and one child, and an additional(3)$20, i f such enlisted man has no wife but has one child;(4) $30, if such enlisted man has no wife buthas two children, and an

additional $10 for each additional ch ild; and(5) $20, in addition to the amounts, i f any, payable underclauses ( l ) ,(2), (3), or .(4) of this subsection, if such enlisted man has a former wifedivorced.(c) ,Th e amount of the Governments contribution to the Clas s B dependent o r dependents

$10 for each additional child;

of any such eniisted man hall be at a monthly rate of -(1)$15, i f such enlist ed man has only one paren t who is a Class B dependent,and an additional $5 for each grandchild, brother, or sister which such enlistedman has who is a Class B,dependent, but ,not more than $50 in the aggregate;

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in any case in which a family allow-ance is granted under this title to a wife or a child living separate and apart from the enlistedman under a. court order ora written agreemen t, or to fo rmer wife divorced, the amount f thefamily allowance payable to such wife, child, o r fo rm er wife divorced shall not exceed theamount fixed in the court order or decree or in the written agreement s the amount to be paidto such wife, child, or former wife divorced. In any case in which the application of the provi-sions of the preceding sentence results in a reduction in a family allowance which would other-wise be payable underthis title, the amount by which the pay of the enlis ted man is reduced orwith which it is charged and the amount of the Government contribution to such family allowancemay each be reduced in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribedby the Secretaryof the department concerned. .

Sec. 107. Any monthly family allowance provided for by this title shall be paid fo r theperiod beginning with the.day on which application therefor is filed or the day on which the de-pendent o r dependents first become entitled thereto under section 101, whichever is later, andending with the day on which the disbursing officer paying the a llowance receives noticeof achange in status of the enlisted man concerned which terminated the righ t of his dependent o rdependents to receive such allowance o r notice of the discharge from or death in theserviceof such enlisted man: Provided, That in the case of any dependent of an enlisted man in activese rv ic e on the date of enactment of th is Act, if application is filed for a monthly family allow-ance within six months after such date of enactment or within such longer period as may be .prescribed in special cases by the Secr etary o fthe department concerned , the period for hichsuch family allowanceshall be paid shall begin with the date on which such dependent first be-comes entitled thereto under sect ion 101: Provided further, That the Secretary of W a r m d heSecretary of the Navy may, by regulations prescribed by them jointly, i x the dates of Corn-mencement and termination of any such family allowanceon any dates not more than ne monthbefore or one month after the dates above presc ribed. Such regulations shall in no event pro-vide for the payment of such allowances for any period prior to June 1 , 1942, or forany periodwhen the United States is,not engaged in a war declared by Congress andwhich is more thansix months la ter than the date of termination of any such war. Any al lo wa xe s which acc rueunder this title for the period preoeding November 1,1942, shall not be actually paid Untilafter November 1, 1942.

Sec. 108. In any case in which any allo tment f rom the pay of an enlisted man is alreadyin effectat the t ine a monthly family allowance becomes payable under this itle to a depend-ent o r dependents of such enlistect man, such allotment may be continued, modified, or discon-tinued in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribedby the head of the departmentconcerned.

Sec 109. Any family allowance to which any dependent o r dependents of any enlisted manis entitled under the provisions of this itle sha ll be paid on behalf of such dependent.or depend-ents to any person who may be designated by such enlisted man unless the Secretary of the de-partment concerned determines that the person so designated is not an appropriate payee. Inany case in which the Secre tary of the department concerned determines that the person o des-ignated is not an appropriate payee or in any ase in which the enlisted man has not designateda payee, such allowance shall be paid on behalf of such dependent or dependents to such personas may be designated in regulat ions prescribed by the Secretary of the department concerned.Sec 110. (a) Any famiIy allowance granted under the provisions of this title to the de-pendent o r dependents of any enlisted man shall continue to be paid irrespec tivef the pay ac-cruing to such enlisted man.(b) In case of the deser tion or impr isonment of any enlisted man to the dependent or de-pendents of whom a family allowance has been granted under the provisions of this title, thefamily allowance thereafter payable to such dependent or dependents and the reduction of orchar ge to pay of such enlisted man shall be determined in accordance with such regulations asmay be p rescribed y the Secretaryof the department concerned.

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account pay and allowances for any period under theAct of March 7 , 1942 (Public Law 490,Seventy-seventh Congress), such enlisted man shall be deemed to be.an enlisted man duringsuch period for thepur+poses of this title.(d) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to modify the Act approvedMarch 7 , 1942 (Public Law 490, Seventy-seventh Congress).Sec. 111. This title shall be administeredby the Se cret ary of War in its application toenl isted men of the Army of the United States and the.dependents of such enlis ted men and shallbe administered by the Secr etar yof the Navy in its application to enlisted menof the UnitedStates Navy, the Mar ine Corps, and the, Coast Guard, and the dependents of such enlisted men.Said Secretaries are authorized to prescribe jointly or severally such regulationss they maydeem necessary to enable them to carryout the provis'ions of this title and to delegate to suchofficers or employeesof their respective departments as they may designate any of th eir func-tions under this title.Sec. 112. The.determination of all facts, including the fact of. dependency, which it shallbe necessary to determine in the administrationf this title shal l be made by the Secretary ofthe department concerned and such determinationhall be f i n a l and conclusive for all purposesand shall not be subject toreview in any court or byany accounting officer of the Government.The Secretar y of the department concerned may t any 'time on the basis of new evidence or for

other good cause reconsider ormodify any such determination, and may waive the recovery ofany money erroneously paid under this title whenever he finds that such recovery would beagainst equity and good conscience. The General Accounting Office shall not refu se to allowcredit inthe accountsof any disbursing officer for any erroneous payment o r overpayment madeby him in carrying out the provisions of this title unless such erroneous payment or overpa y-ment was made by him as the result c his gross negligence orwith the intent to defraud theUnited States. No recovery shall be made from any office r authorizing any erroneous paymentor overpayment under this itle unless such payment was authorized by him as the result of hisgr oss negligence o r with the in tent to defraud the United States.Sec. 113. Any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made to the department concernedfor the pay of enlisted men shall be available for the paymentf the family allowances payableunder the provisions of this title.Sec. 114. The Director of the Selective Service System s authorized and directed to co-operate with the Secr etar y of War'and the Secretaryof the Navy by providing them with suchinformation in the possession of, or available to, the Selective Service System as may be neces-sa ry to enable them to efficiently administer the provisionsof this title.Sec. 115. The monthly family allowances payable under the provisions of this title shallnot be assignable; shall not be subject- to the claims f c redi tors of any person to whom or onbehalf of whom they are paid; and shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizureby or underany legal or equitable process whatever.Sec. 116. Whoever sha ll obtain or re ceive any money, chec k, o r fam ily allowance underthis title, without being entitled thereto andwith intent to 'defraud,shall be punished by a fineof not more than $2,000, o r by imprisonment for not more han one ye ar, or both.Sec. 117. Whoever i n any claim for family allowance or in anydocument required by this

title or by regulation made under his title makes any statement of a material fact knowing it tobe false, shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, orby imprisonment for not more than wo yea rs, or both.


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Sec. 119. No part of .my amount paid pursuant to the provisions of this title shall be paido r delivered to or received by any agent o r attorney on account of services rendered in connec-tion with any family allowance payable underhis title, and the same shall be unlawful, any con-tract to the contra ry notwithstanding. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guiltyof a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $100 normore than $1,000.Sec. 120. As used in this title -(a) The term wife means a lawful wife.(b) The te rm former wife divorced means a former wife divorced who has not re-ma rr ie d and to whom alimony has been decreed and is still payable.(c) The te rm child includes -(1) a legitimate child;(2) a child legally adopted;(3) a stepchild, if a member of the mans household, including a stepchild who continuesas a member of the mans household after death f the mother or termination of the mar-riage; andcontribute to such childs support; has been judicially decreed tq be the pu tative father ofsuch child; or, has acknowledged under oath in writing, that he is the father of suchchild,(d) The term grandchild means a child as above defined of a child as above defined, andis limited to persons to whom the enlisted man has stood in loco parentis for period of not lessthan one year prior to his enlistment or induction.

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