Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton RougePanel 1:
It is August first, 1945, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco. The KIDD is just completing repairs following the April 11 Kamikaze hit that killed thirty-eight of her crew off Okinawa. It is before the days of television, plastic, OSHA, and warning labels on everything. It is back when personal safety was a matter of alertness and common sense. The KIDD is a 1945 ship, so exercise caution as you visit. It is six days before the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Most of the crew are ashore enjoying their last stateside liberty. The remainder are readying the ship for the War’s final campaign, the Invasion of Japan. Over three hundred and fifty ships were sunk or damaged at Okinawa, and rumor has it that the Invasion of Japan will make Okinawa look like a Sunday picnic.
Panel 2:
In memory of the officers and men of the
USS KIDD who gave their lives in the action of 11 April 1945 off Okinawa:
Grieshaber, George P. Lieut.(j.g.), USNR
Berwick, Robert A., Ens.(SC), USN
Bridgewater, Dorsey C. S1/c, USNR
Smith, Addison F., CQM(AA)(T), USN
Hansen, Sylvester W., CWT (AA)(T), USN
Hamilton, John F., CST(AA)(T), USN
Payne, Morgan A., GM1/c (T), USN
Carmody, James C., WT1/c (T), USNR
D’Amico, Felix P., WT1/c (T), USNR
Abernathy, William M., M2/c (T) USNR
Walsh, Jack L., WT2/c (T) USNR
Gothreau, Eugene E., SM2/c (T), USNR
Hyde, Richard W., BKR2/c (T), USN
Thompson, Solomon, STM2/c, USN
Green, Charles E., STM2/c, USN
Gutterman, Bernard, TM3/c (T), USNR
Paufaw, Milford A., SM3/c, USN
Olen, James N., EM3/c, USNR
Holwhite, Charles W., F1/c, USNR
Hoeft, Clifford A., F1/c, USNR
Kemmerer, Clifford E., F1/c, USNR
Walker, Robert F., F1/c, USNR
Canada, John W., Jr., S1/c, USNR
Higginbotham, Louie C., S1/c, USNR
Hodges, Lester B., S1/c, USNR
Kelsey, Harold G., S1/c, USNR
Khaisinger, George R., S1/c, USNR
Wall, William J., S1/c, USNR
Bynog, Lawrence, S1/c, USNR
Heaton, Frederic B., F2/c, USNR
Kornoski, Dennis M., F2/c, USNR
Henson, Virgile A., S2/c, USNR
Jenkins, Charles K., S2/c, USNR
Kostelnik, Bernard V., S2/c, USNR
Lee, Arthur, S2/c (RDM), USNR
Leonard, Russell J., S2/c, USNR
Miller, John, Jr., S2/c, USNR
Lee, Darvin R., AS, USNR
(War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.