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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ...orps is the U.S. Army's oldest logistics branch, established 16 June 1775. On that date the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution providing for ...nstream media. The Global [[War on Terrorism]], the September 11th attack on the Pentagon as well as operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought sev
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• USS Lansing (DE-388)
  ...L. Lansing, widow of AD1 Lansing, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 10 November 1943 with Lieutenant Commander S. R. Sands in command. ...ship ''G. S. Walden'' was damaged by a [[torpedo]] fired from a [[U-boat]] on 12 May.
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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  |Ship fate=sunk as a target off [[California]] on 24 February 1982 ...fe]] attacked. About 35 bombers and torpedo planes struck in a coordinated attack, and were repulsed by accurate gunnery and evasive chemical smoke. ''Hissem
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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...er, he reported to Pensacola Naval Air Station for flight instruction and, on 14 August 1940, emerged with his aviator's wings. ...ved almost simultaneously with the start of the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor. In the ensuing aerial melee, Willis and his gunner were among the American
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• USS Menges (DE-320)
  ...ho was killed during the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]]), she was the first U.S. naval vessel to bear the name. ...[Europe]], on the first three month long deployment escorting [[convoy]]s. On the night of 20 April her convoy, UGS 38, while off the coast of [[Algiers]
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...Davis (a naval aviator who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor), she was the first U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. ...ircraft]] fire before further damage could be done. Again under air attack on 26 November, ''Frederick C. Davis'' splashed at least two of the enemy airc
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• USS Leopold (DE-319)
  |Ship caption=USS ''Leopold'' (DE-319) launching at Orange, Texas on 12 June 1943 |Ship fate=Sunk by enemy action on 10 March 1944
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• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...cean]] and provided destroyer escort service against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...le escorting this convoy, ''Jacob Jones'' made her first [[antisubmarine]] attack 7 August firing 13 [[depth charges]] in two attacks. She arrived [[Casablan
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• USS Hammann (DE-131)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...esigned for the double load, brought him to safety amid constant danger of attack by [[Austria]]n planes.
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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...l of Honor]] when he sacrificed his life in the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] 7 December 1941. When his ship was being abandoned, he remained in a [[t
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ously for his brave actions during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. She was launched 19 January 1943 by the [[Consolidated Ste
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• USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...rk]] for replenishment and repairs before joining a new convoy at Norfolk. On 3 April 1944, she sailed for Casablanca once more, this time in a [[Hunter-
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• USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...important supply convoys in the Atlantic. After a short stay in Casablanca harbor, the group was sent by Admiral [[Royal E. Ingersoll]] to search for German
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• USS Hill (DE-141)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...lost his life for his brave actions during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], for which he was posthumously awarded the Navy [[Medal of Honor]].
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• USS Fessenden (DE-142)
  |Ship fate=Sunk as target off [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], 20 December 1967 ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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• USS Inch (DE-146)
  ...at]]s. During the months that followed, ''Inch'' took part in many attacks on [[submarine]]s. ...SS|Frost|DE-144}} and {{USS|Huse|DE-145}}, made a contact and proceeded to attack. After over 40 depth charges, the submarine surfaced, signaling [[SOS]]. Su
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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...y 1943 at [[Orange, Texas]], by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp.; launched on 6 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Vestie Foster, the mother of three sons in
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• USS Poole (DE-151)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...SS|Boise|CL-47}} during the [[Battle of Cape Esperance]], [[Guadalcanal]], on the night of 11–12 October 1942. He gave up his life in an attempt to rea
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• USS Sturtevant (DE-239)
  ...]], and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ecember 1942; sponsored by Mrs. William North Sturtevant; and commissioned on 16 June 1943, Lt. Comdr. Frederick W. Hawes in command.
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• USS Moore (DE-240)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...earl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, ''Seaman Moore'' remained at his station on [[antiaircraft]] gun No. 1 in spite of orders to take cover when the Japane
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