I can't believe I am the only surviving US Army Cargo Security Officer from WWII (1943 - 1945+) I recently discovered the MILITARY.COM web and was impressed. I was given permission to start a page for Army Cargo Security Officers WWII( a kind of country cousin to the USNAG WWII) It looks like I am the sole survivor of CSO's. ( I will be 90 in Aug so it could be, could be). I sent in an application to the USNAG Assn several years ago and I am very grateful that I was not only accepted, but welcomed. Thanks again. Any WWII USNAG can certify that on Liberty ships, except for temporary movements, the only Army person aboard a Liberty was the CSO. While assigned as CSO/TRSPT CDR aboard the SS ELIHU YALE, (Jun 43 to Nov 43, We were part of many convoys in the "Med",/ (No Africa, Italy, Naples)
My dad, 1st Lt. James K. Crowley of Mobile, Alabama, served as CSO on the SS Paul Bunyan in 1944 and the SS Valdosta Victory in 1945. Dad passed away in 2007.
Sir, My grandfather 1st Lt. James F. Knowlton served as a CSO on a Liberty ship (carrying munitions)that was torpedoed off the coast of Tunisia on Sept. 26, 1943. He was born in 1884 so certainly wouldn't still be around, but he died on that day. I am writing a book about him plus the captain of the U-boat plus the Norwegian captain of the Libery ship (the Christian Michelsen).
