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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...tal corpsmen may be assigned the responsibility of independent duty aboard ships and submarines; Fleet Marine Force, Special Forces and Seabee units, and at ...oup of Marines on Mt. Suribachi that day. They also served on thousands of ships and submarines. Notably, three unassisted emergency [[Appendicectomy|append
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• USS Durant (DE-389)
  ...ight voyages as a convoy escort to north African ports between 10 February 1944 and 12 June 1945, guarding men and supplies essential to victory in the Eur [[Category:United States Navy ships transferred to the United States Coast Guard]]
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• USS Brister (DE-327)
  Between June 1944 and June 1945, ''Brister'' made two successful trans-[[Atlantic]] escort cr See [[USS Brister|USS ''Brister'']] for other ships of the same name.
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• USS Lansing (DE-388)
  After shakedown, ''Lansing'' departed [[Norfolk, Virginia]], on 13 February 1944 on her first transatlantic cruise escorting convoy UGS 33 bound to [[Casabl [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]
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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  |Ship commissioned=13 January 1944 ...ed to DER-400. The special purpose of DER (Destroyer Escort Radar picket) ships was the detection of aircraft. Their chief role was to extend the [[Distan
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• USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  |Ship commissioned=17 February 1944 ...[N. F. Peterson]], mother of Ensign Peterson; and commissioned 17 February 1944, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[A. A. Hero]] [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]
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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...o Ordnance Depot]], ''Willis'' departed [[Galveston, Texas]], on 5 January 1944 in company with {{USS|Kretchmer|DE-329}} bound for the British West Indies ...task group put to sea for operations in the Central Atlantic that took its ships first to Casablanca-visited from 18 to 22 March-and then to the British Wes
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• USS Holder (DE-401)
  |Ship commissioned=18 January 1944 |Ship struck=23 September 1944
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• USS Menges (DE-320)
  ...[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]] off [[Bermuda]], ''Menges'' spent January 1944 on "schoolship" duty in the lower [[Chesapeake Bay]]. On 26 January she got * {{cite web|title=''Menges''|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m8/menges.htm|accessdate=March 19, 20
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...emy air attack. A wave of [[torpedo]] and medium [[bomber]]s damaged three ships in her convoy but were driven off by the escort's [[antiaircraft]] fire bef ...mmendation. After providing protection from [[submarine]]s and aircraft to ships giving fire support to the assault on the 22d, ''Frederick C. Davis'' maint
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• USS Fiske (DE-143)
  |Ship flag={{USN flag|1944}} |Ship fate=Sunk by enemy fire<br />August 2, 1944
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• USS Leopold (DE-319)
  |Ship flag={{USN flag|1944}} |Ship fate=Sunk by enemy action on 10 March 1944
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• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...ek later she sailed with a convoy of [[U.S. Coast Guard]] cutters and Navy ships, which steamed to [[North Africa]] to support Allied operations in the Medi ...''Jacob Jones'' joined {{USS|Card|CVE-11|2}} off [[Cape Henry]] 24 January 1944. At that time the [[escort carrier]] was busy carrying troops and [[aircraf
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• USS Hammann (DE-131)
  ...o [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]], covered the period 13 July 1943 to 10 March 1944. During this period she screened convoys in company with [[escort carriers] ...g one passage, 2 March 1945, ''Hammann'' was called upon to aid one of the ships in the convoy, [[SS Lone Jack]], after a [[torpedo]] attack. The destroyer
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• USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  ...ne 1945, she escorted 10 convoys to the [[United Kingdom]] and, after June 1944, to [[France]]. ...E. Peary'' and {{USS|Hammann|DE-131|2}} were diverted to aid two merchant ships which had collided. After the destroyer escorts rescued survivors, Hammann
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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  ...t coast to [[Casablanca]] on [[convoy]] escort duty. At Norfolk on 7 March 1944, she joined the [[Hunter-killer armored-vehicle team|hunter-killer]] group Returning to [[New York]] 27 April 1944, ''Flaherty'' rejoined the Guadalcanal group at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 10 M
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...''Herbert C. Jones'' patrolled off the [[Italy|Italian]] coast 22 January 1944 while Allied troops stormed ashore to establish the [[Anzio]] beachhead. Wi In December 1944 she joined a [[Hunter-killer armored-vehicle team|hunter-killer]] task forc
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• USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  ...plenishment and repairs before joining a new convoy at Norfolk. On 3 April 1944, she sailed for Casablanca once more, this time in a [[Hunter-killer armore Returning to New York 9 June 1944, ''Farquhar'' trained in [[antisubmarine]] warfare at [[Bermuda]] with the
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• USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140)
  ...January 1944, and a third during February through March 1944, as American ships began the great buildup in [[Europe]]. ...before retiring to protect Wake Island. She returned to New York 16 August 1944.
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• USS Hill (DE-141)
  ...via [[Ponta del Gada]], [[Azores]], and returned to the States 18 January 1944. During the next year the destroyer escort made four more [[transatlantic]] * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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