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My Dad...Clifford Woodie

Posted by Sharon on December 17, 2013, 10:47 pm

Hi, I just found your website. I have been doing research on my dad and his time in the US Navy. He has told me numerous stories and I have his separation papers. Turns out he was in the Armed Guard. from 9-26-44 to 6-8-46. He was on SS Daniel Willard, SS Camas Meadows and USS New Orleans. I am trying to sort out all of the info I have been reading about. This site has really helped me. BTW my dad will turn 91 in 2014 and his mind is as sharp as a tack.

Re: My Dad...Clifford Woodie

Posted by Sharon on December 19, 2013, 2:33 pm, in reply to "My Dad...Clifford Woodie"

Thank you Ron Carlson. This looks very very interesting. My dad is legally blind with Macular Degeneration. He has a viewer the could help with the newsletter Pointer. I will get that ordered. In the meantime I have sent him a copy of their last publication. He has Zoom Text on his computer so will be able to read it for sure on there. I have been looking for his Medals and other decorations. If you know anywhere I can get/see them would you let me know. Also, Dad was on the SS Camas Meadows and will be looking for others who served on that ship. Very interested in a picture of it. He was also on the USS New Orleans and the SS Daniel Willard (just found a picture of that one). Thanks for any help you may have for me.

Re: My Dad...Clifford Woodie

Posted by Ron Carlson on December 19, 2013, 4:03 pm, in reply to "Re: My Dad...Clifford Woodie"

Sharon,

For replacement medals and decorations, see http://www.archives.gov/veterans/replace-medals.html.

Sources of photographs of World War II-era merchant ships can be found at http://www.usmm.org/photosource.html. Mr. Hultgren, the second source on the list, probably would not be a good bet, since his collection focuses on Liberty ships. CAMAS MEADOWS was a class T-2 tanker. The library at the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia, fourth on the list, might be worth a try.

For information on the postwar fate of CAMAS MEADOWS, see http://www.t2tanker.org/display-tankers-test.php?t2table=alabama and scroll down to the name of the ship.

Ron Carlson

Re: My Dad...Clifford Woodie

Posted by Ron Carlson on December 19, 2013, 11:45 am, in reply to "My Dad...Clifford Woodie"

Sharon,

Here's a suggestion for a Christmas gift for your dad. Sign him up as a member of the U.S.N. World War II Armed Guard Veterans Association. It's free, no dues, what a deal! The chairman of the veterans association, C.A. Lloyd in North Carolina, publishes an interesting news magazine for members, "The Pointer," several time a year, with stories about the experiences of Armed Guard veterans. Maybe your dad could contribute a story for a future issue.

Some but not all past issues of "The Pointer" are online at http://armed-guard.com/pointer.html.

Contact information:

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

Tell C.A. that I sent you.

Good luck.

Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com

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