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• Military cadence
  A V-Disc About this sound (help·info) issued in 1944 credits the origin of Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant) to Private Willie Duc
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...sea duty started arriving at the station on August 10, 1943. By January 1, 1944, there were 600 Purser-Corpsmen at sea, with 1,324 graduates in the Maritim * Work Cited: Mast Magazine May 1944, Mast Magazine August 1944, Mast Magazine May 1945
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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
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• USS Brister (DE-327)
  Between June 1944 and June 1945, ''Brister'' made two successful trans-[[Atlantic]] escort cr
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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
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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  |Ship commissioned=13 January 1944 ...Elizabeth D. Hissem, sister of Ensign Hissem; and commissioned 13 January 1944, Lieutenant Commander W. W. Low in command.
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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 ...ue'' during the periods: 26 February to 19 April 1944, and 4 May to 3 July 1944."
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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
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...German submarine U-73 (1940)|''U-73'']] by two of her group. On 21 January 1944 the escort sortied from Naples for the Anzio landings, during which her sup After a return to escort duty in the Mediterranean in June and July 1944, ''Frederick C. Davis'' cleared Naples 9 August for Corsica, her staging po
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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)
  ...''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 ''Jacob Jones'' departed New York 28 March 1944 and joined five other destroyer escorts escorting a convoy bound for [[Movi
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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] Between 28 March 1944 and 29 November 1944 the busy ship made no less than six more voyages successfully con-voying to
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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]].
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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)
  ...ember 1943 through 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]]
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• USS Fessenden (DE-142)
  ...]], returning to Norfolk 5 November 1943. Between 23 November and 18 March 1944, she escorted [[convoys]] on two voyages to [[Casablanca]], then on 3 April She sailed from Norfolk next on 12 June 1944, and escorted a convoy as far as [[Gibraltar]], where she was detached to e
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• USS Huse (DE-145)
  ...a]], ''Huse'' escorted another [[convoy]] to Africa 25 January-11 February 1944, then, before returning home, engaged in [[antisubmarine]] patrol work off ...air group on three separate occasions. She arrived [[Brooklyn]] 2 October 1944 for repairs and training, after which she conducted exercises in [[Chesapea
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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...cle team|hunter killer]]" force that embarked on its mission on 24 January 1944. While crossing the Atlantic, she stopped briefly at [[Horta (Azores)|Horta
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• USS Chatelain (DE-149)
  ...ports to [[Derry]] and [[Gibraltar]] between 20 November 1943 and 7 March 1944, and was then assigned to operate as part of the [[Hunter-killer armored-ve Her first action took place 9 April 1944, as her group sailed from [[Casablanca]] to the United States. [[Unterseebo
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• USS Poole (DE-151)
  ...tankers and transports) to ports in the [[United Kingdom]] and, after June 1944, on the [[Europe]]an Continent.
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• USS Moore (DE-240)
  ...ar she had transited the Atlantic to [[North Africa]] twice. On 13 January 1944, she relieved ]]USS Decker (DE-47)]] for a month of operations off the [[Ne
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• USS Tomich (DE-242)
  ...pier "K" of the [[New York Navy Yard]] for availability which lasted into 1944. On 5 January 1944, Tomich departed the yard and proceeded to [[Block Island Sound]] for gunne
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• USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  ...Christmas Day]]. She made a convoy escort voyage to Casablanca in February 1944.
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• USS Sloat (DE-245)
  On 10 January 1944, ''Sloat'' joined UGS-30 en route to Casablanca and returned with GUS-29 on ...inion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and returned to New York on 9 October 1944. The escort operated along the East Coast until 24 January 1945 when she jo
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• USS Snowden (DE-246)
  ''Snowden'' got underway for a short training cruise to Norfolk on 5 January 1944 and then escorted {{USS|Arkansas|BB-33}} to New York. In January, she escor ...ned task group TG 22.5 and operated in the [[Caribbean]] until 30 December 1944 when it returned to Norfolk. On 25 March 1945, the task group sailed to the
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• USS Stanton (DE-247)
  ...d States]] on 15 December 1943 and arrived safely at New York on 3 January 1944. ...screen of {{USS|Croatan|CVE-25|6}} and returned to New York on 13 November 1944. The task group then proceeded to Guantánamo Bay via Norfolk to hold joint
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...ful crossing, the escort was waiting to enter New York Harbor on 3 January 1944 when an explosion rocked {{USS|Turner|DE-648|6}} {{convert|3000|yd}} away.
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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  ...cort ships. ''Hurst'' reached [[Lisahally]], [[Northern Ireland]], 5 March 1944, and one week later returned to New York with another convoy.
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• USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  ...mber, saw it safely to [[Casablanca]], and returned to New York 24 January 1944. In the months that followed, ''Howard D. Crow'' made 10 arduous escort vo
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• USS Pettit (DE-253)
  ...Montauk Point]], [[New York]], and [[Casco Bay]], [[Maine]]. From February 1944 to June 1945, she escorted trans-Atlantic convoys principally between [[Der
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• USS Ricketts (DE-254)
  ...blanca]], [[French Morocco]]. ''Ricketts'' returned to New York 24 January 1944, thus completing her only convoy run to the [[Mediterranean]]. ''Ricketts'' sailed from New York 22 February 1944 on the first of 12 escort voyages to Northern Europe and back. She saw a bu
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• USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  On 13 January 1944, ''Sellstrom'' departed Norfolk as a unit of Task Force 63 bound for [[Gibr
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• USS Harveson (DE-316)
  ...a Capes]]. Repairs were completed at [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], by February 1944, and the destroyer-escort joined Escort Division 22. Departing [[New York]]
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  ...edown]] ''Kretchmer'' departed [[Charleston, South Carolina]], 15 February 1944, for operations in the Caribbean. Based at [[Port-of-Spain, Trinidad]], she Between 20 September 1944 and 27 April 1945, ''Kretchmer'' sailed as escort to five convoys from [[Ne
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• USS Forster (DE-334)
  |Ship commissioned=25 January 1944 ...rs. E. W. Forster, widow of Machinist Forster; and commissioned 25 January 1944. She served as an escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World Wa
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...orth Africa]]. She returned to [[New York]] from [[Casablanca]] 31 January 1944, then departed 1 March as part of the escort for a fast convoy bound for [[
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• USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  ...s from the sunken enemy submarine were captured in this action of 16 April 1944.
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...ork]] for escort duty with [[CortDiv]] 46. Between 31 January and 18 March 1944, she screened a UGS GUS convoy to north Africa and back; then, following [[
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• USS Lowe (DE-325)
  ...]] cruise to [[Bermuda]], ''Lowe'' reported for [[convoy]] duty 2 February 1944 and departed [[Charleston, South Carolina]], escorting convoy UGS 32 to [[C
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• USS Newell (DE-322)
  ...[[Bizerte]]. Two days past [[Gibraltar]], during a twilight alert 20 April 1944, [[Germany|German]] planes hit the convoy with a [[torpedo]] attack. At 210
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• USS Pride (DE-323)
  ...e months escorting six [[convoys]] into the [[Mediterranean]]. On 20 April 1944 during the second voyage [[Germany|German]] planes attacked Convoy UGS–38 ...egalais]] and {{HMS|Blankney}}, sank [[U-371]], taking 49 prisoners, 4 May 1944.
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• USS Falgout (DE-324)
  ...] to [[North Africa]]n ports, making eight such voyages between 3 February 1944 and 2 June 1945. On 20 April 1944, in the [[Mediterranean]], her convoy came under heavy attack by [[Germany|
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• USS Koiner (DE-331)
  ...'' commenced escort duty for United Kingdom-bound ships. From 20 September 1944 to 1 May 1945, the destroyer escort sailed with five convoys to British por
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• USS Strickland (DE-333)
  |Ship commissioned=10 January 1944 ...1943; sponsored by Mrs. Everett Strickland; and commissioned on 10 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. A. J. Hopkins in command.
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