It is relatively unlikely that any of your former Armed Guard shipmates will happen to read your message and respond to it. Many and possibly most have already passed on, others may have no knowledge of the Armed Guard website and its message board, and others will have no interest or capability in online activity that may lead them to your message. Then again, you never know...
I have made a search of the subscription website Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com) for members of the Armed Guard crew aboard SS SAN ANTONIO during 1944. Ancestry.com is more commonly used for genealogical research, but I have learned that it has information on the names of crew members of merchant ships that arrived in certain U.S. ports of entry following a voyage from a foreign destination. There is extensive information on some ports, such as New York, with lesser information available for other ports.
I found SAN ANTONIO arriving in New York at the end of three voyages in 1944. They were:
- Arrival in New York on 15 March 1944, following departure from Aruba on 7 March
- Arrival in New York on 9 June 1944, following departure from Glasgow, Scotland, on 28 May
- Arrival in New York on 25 July 1944, following departure from Aruba on 18 July
Following are the names of your Armed Guard shipmates, each of whom made at least one of these voyages with you:
Ralph E Anglin
Ralph A Augustine
Edward R Bayley
Robert A Bowers
Charles W Bryant
Alfred L Butler
Henry Cibrowski
Robert B Dixon
Donald E Dobson
Joseph M Fernandes
Michael C Garovich
Michael F Geraghty
Charles W Gilpin
Francis V Hammersley
Ronald T Hasbrook
Vincent M Kelly
Frederick E Knittel
Henry A Kopochus
Andrew W Koredie
James A Kramer
Arnold R Luttrell
Bernard L Mangan
Homer C Marky
Vincent J Marsigliano
Thomas E McBride
James V McHenry
Charles J McKendry
William T Newman
James B Parks, LT(jg) (Armed Guard commanding officer, voyage 1)
Anthony J Pennino
James L Phipps
Deedie E Pilcher
Zane L Price
Charles A Pusterla
Arthur M Reeder
George J Schuller, LT (Armed Guard commanding officer, voyages 2 and 3)
Earl L Scruggs
Clinton E Stump
Frederic T Suss, ENS (Armed Guard officer, voyages 2 and 3)
John Valentino
Robert M Walsh
Frank L Zaher
Bernard C Zwick
Do any of these names ring a bell with you? I have no idea whether these men are still alive, nor do I have contact information for any of them, with three exceptions.
James V. McHenry is a member of the U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association. You should contact the chairman of the Association to ask whether he has any information on James McHenry. Contact:
C.A. Lloyd, Chairman
U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association
115 Wall Creek Drive
Rolesville, NC 27571
Telephone: 919-570-0909
E-mail: clloyd@nc.rr.com
I have two other names that I have identified who may still be living and for whom I have contact information. I will send that information to you in a private e-mail.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com
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