Message from some of the members of the crew of the USS SLC to Mrs. Bivin, mother of Vernard E. Bivin, S1c, who died on the SLC in 1942 Dear Mrs. Bivin On the following pages we of Vernard's Division, wish to express our deepest sympathy to you and take this occasion to pay tribute for the brave way in which your son died.

Gun Crew #3

Thomas F. Batchelor, Hot Shellman Charles Edward Boullt, 3rd Loader W. E. Czajkowski, Gun Captain W. J. Ernst, 2nd Loader E. G. Green, 4th Loader P. E. Green, Fuse Setter Arthur J. Herdt, Pointer

J. E. Leyden, Rommerman J. G. McCurdy, 1st Loader H. G. Osborn, 6th Loader R. L. Spencer, Battery Captain J. D. Stewart, Sight Setter W. M. Taylor, 7th Loader T. G. Virden, 5th Loader

Division Officers Robert O. Bracken, Lt. (j.g.) Navy Reserve Rodger G. Dunstan, Ensign Fraiser S. Knight, Lt. Bruce R. McLachlin, Lt. (j.g.)

Fifth Division

Dan C. Bay Lionel A. Bergstrom Frank Shelby Bidwell Clay Bowling Walter Riley Brophy Lewis S. Bragg Henry Bukala Glenn A. Bush Elic Harold Caton John Eldridge Caudell Carl Edward Cain Charles Chapman Edward V. Clower Vincent Joseph Comorat John Oliver Dabney George Henry Dahlsten Bernard W. Daniels S. Genereux, GM1c Robert Houston Gibbons Martin J. Graham Thomas Irvin Gregory H. R. Hackney, S1c Douglas Eugene Harkreader Oscar Y. "Dude" Henson Woodrow H. Hildebrant Raymond Lester Hobson Oscar M. Jacobson Everett W. Kline Dean Fredrick Koch

Henry John Kratke Adolph J. Krenn, Jr. Harold L. Leach Benjamin Lichtman Arthur M. Marcy Frank Wilmer McLear James LaVerne Mickelson LeRoy Monroe Frank E. Newman Thomas Francis Offutt, FC2c W. R. Osborne, S1c Donald Parton Charles W. Pattoon Geno L. Pernichele J. F. Roberts Jerry D. Sandy, C.G.M. W. Gene Schroeder, F1c Eugene E. Sh????- looks like Sheir? Laymon Gene Sloan Glenn Willard Stewart, FC1c Virgil Stow Jack Swanson T. G. Tapley Hertis L. Watson Newman S. West George E. Willey George Clarence Wood Frank J. Zanavich Roland Lino Zucati

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