Oren T. "Red" Woodford-Personal Page

Oren T. "Red" Woodford
WT1c
USS Salt Lake City CA25
1938-1943

USS SLC...Enlisted Navy...Oren T. "Red" Woodford, WT1c

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Oren T. "Red" Woodford passed away in Dec. of 1995

Note from g-dau. Lori Rodriquez

My Grandfather's memories may not be totally correct. Everybody remembers the same exact thing differently. So please forgive any mistakes you may find that you know of differently. My grandpa also told me that when he wrote the letter, he never re-read any of it so he didn't proofread it.
Letter Written by Oren T. "Red" Woodford in the Spring of 1991
Service Number 3420842

Circled
Red & Roberta Woodford
Ship's Party-Palace Hotel, 1943
San Francisco, CA.

Oren T. "Red" Woodford
1975

Note from g-dau. Lori Rodriquez

In the back of grandpa's [O. T. "Red" Woodford] scrapbook there were some signatures.

These are the names
Bernard C. McMurray

from Ponchatoula, LA.
L. E. "Tex" Pickard from Ladonia, TX. ["Hoping to see you on the outside"]
W. M. Coleman from Indianapolis, ID.
F. E. Wortman from Melrose, Mass
C. K. Peterson from Grand Forks, ND
Thomas Henry Fuller, Sale Creek[unknown]
Herbert Gregory, Jr., Green Ridge, MO.

Aug. 13th, 1965 letter from
Navy Department
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington 25, DC

To: Oren T. Woodford

Subject: Navy Unit Commendation awarded to USS Salt Lake City

1. On Sept. 3, 1946, the Secretary of the Navy awarded the Navy Unit Commendation to the USS Salt Lake City for outstanding heroism displayed by her crew in action against a superior enemy Japanese surface force in the Naval Engagement of Komandorski Island, March 26, 1943.

2. By virtue of your service in the Salt Lake City on March 26, 1943, you are hereby authorized to wear as part of your uniform a Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, one of which is transmitted herewith.

3. This authorization has been made a part of your official record in the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

By direction of Chief of Naval Personnel:
Melvin J. Auer, Assistant to Director, Medals and Awards

Tidbits from

Ken Swedberg
Tidbits from

Ted Swenson
Story about Doolittle's Raiders
SLC Deck Log Oct. 1943

Lori Ann Rodriguez, Grand daughter
Sue Gramm, dau-in-law

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