 Olaf Raymond Amdahl, GM1c "Ray" USS Salt Lake City July 22, 1938- July 22, 1943 |
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Olaf Raymond Amdahl, GM1c "Ray" USS Salt Lake City July 22, 1938- July 22, 1943 |
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USS SLC...Enlisted Navy...Olaf Raymond Amdahl, GM1c
Raymond passed away on February 6th, 2008 at the age of 94Information from daughter, Shirley Scriver |
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July 29th, 2002
Submitted by daughter, Shirley Scriver Ray joined the Navy at the age of 24. He was from Ortley, SD.
He boarded the USS SLC on July 22, 1938. He spent Fleet Week in Portland, Oregon and was assigned to the First Division. From Portland he went to Long Beach, CA. and did training crews along the coast of Southern CA. There were approximately 650 crewmen. During the war there were over 1200 men aboard.
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He left the ship on July 22, 1943 at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians. He boarded an oil tanker that took him back to San Pedro, CA. [which took 9 days].
He received the Good Conduct Medal, American Defense, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Unit Commendation. He also served on the USS ALASKA during WWII on a "Shakedown Cruise". He attended the 2001 Reunion in Reno, NV. with his grand daughter, Bryn Scriver. He is happy to point out in the reunion picture that he still has hair and that it is still naturally black. Note from Sandy E. He attended the 2004 reunion in Salt Lake City, UT. with his son, Roger Letter of Commendation from Cruise Book SLC Deck Log Information, July 1942 SLC Deck Log Information, Feb. 1943 |
 Picture Taken Nov. 1943 Source: Page 78 Battle of the Komandorski Islands, by John A. Lorelli |
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A Life Remembered" Raymond Amdahl December 14th, 1913 - February 6th, 2008 |
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