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USS BAIROKO CVE-115 CRUISE
August 1950 - August 1951
 
(the names are limited, if something interests you please contact me and I'll work on the entire book.
Maybe you can help name these brave young men.)
 
 
cover
 
 
front inset 1
(drawing by Richard Berry of Fairbury, Nebr.)
 
front inset 2
(drawing by Richard Berry of Fairbury, Nebr.)
 
page 1
Cruise Book
 
page 2
(drawing by G.B.W. II)
D.F. Brown, V.F. Frankenberg, W.N.Schweitzer, R.S. Navin, J.P. Caprio, J.A. Lincoln
 
page 3
(photo of the ship)
 
page 4
W.F. Raborn Jr.
 
page 5
W.F. Raborn Jr.
 
page 6
(drawing by G.B.W. II)
M.C. Reeves
 
page 7
Mrs. J.J. Ballentine, J.J. Ballentine
 
page 8
Ruble, Cruise
 
page 9
ComCarDiv 15
Forrester, Bettens, Cambron, Deege, Hill, Feldmier, Gill, Carroll, Fisher, Cornwall, Kohr, Wym, Crawford, Buck, Hobson, Fuller
Fiske, Springer, Smith, Darlington, Putman, Wilson, Moore, Littleton, Curry, Chambers, Reuschoff, Swesey, Miccolis, Parker, Walker
 
page 10
R.L. Self
 
page 11
(2 photos)
X Division, Ship's Office
 
page 12
(drawing by G.B.W. II)
David M. Humphreys
 
page 13
(3 photos)
Sears, Docherty, Hair, Harner
MAA Force, Library
 
page 14
(drawing)
C.F. Vossler
 
page 15
(photos)
H.S. Swenson, R.W. Ames
O-S Division, O-A Division
 
page 16
(photos)
O-R Division
N.C. McCullough, Yannazzo, Reim, Lively, Baker, Formichella, Shaw, Davis, Burgess, Larson, Sinfield, Young, Mattingly
 
page 17
(photos)
C.H. Knowles Jr., Edwards, Kerste, Valentine, Overman, McCardle, Hamilton, Sumption, McCanna, Baldwin, Williams, Fagan
Hadkinson, Pettit, Pettit, Cunningham, Nicholaw, Polstien, Van Leuven, Odland, Bejarano, Rooney, McCabe, Green, Garrigus
Lawhorn, DeBusk, Carlyle, Lansdowne, Brown, McMahon, Perone, MacLeod, Heiland, Kenny, Bart, Boknevitz, Keller
 
page 18
(photos)
G.L. Cassell
 
page 19
(photos)
N Division
M.M. Davids
 
page 20
(photos)
M.C. Hoffman
 
page 21
(photos)
R.M. McConnell Jr., J.P. Conway
V-1 Division, V-2 Division
 
page 22
(photos)
J.A. Thomson
V-3 Division
 
page 23
J.F. White
 
page 24
(photos)
J.C. Smith, T.E. Groves
A Division, B Division
 
page 25
(photos)
T.W. Burson, I.M. Slepicka
E Division, M Division
 
page 26
(photos)
R.T. Billington, H.N. Crawford
ER Division
 
page 27
(photos)
W.F. Jolley
 
page 28
(photos)
J.B. Harsha, B.R. McCullough
1st Division, 2nd Division
 
page 29
(photos)
C.C. Crandall Jr., D.S. Estler
3rd Division, F Division
 
page 30
(photos)
R.C. Beasten, C.D. Merriam, J.W. Olson, F.B. Allgood
 
page 31
(photos)
S-1 Division, S-2 Division, S-3 Division
 
page 32
(photos)
N.W. Dodd, J.Q. Counsil
 
page 33
(photos)
H Division
 
page 34
(photos)
C.J. Swanson, J.Q. Counsil
 
page 35
(photos)
R.D. Hogle
 
page 36
(photos)
VS-21
 
page 37
(photos)
VS-21
 
page 38
(photos)
Ned Broyles
VS-23
 
page 39
(photos)
Chiefs, Enlisted Men, Enlisted Men
 
page 40
(photos)
Activities
 
page 41
(photos)
Avtivities
 
page 42
(photos)
 
page 43
(photos)
 
page 44
(photos)
 
page 45
(photos)
 
page 46
(photos)
 
page 47
(photos)
 
page 48
(photos)
 
page 49
(photos)
 
page 50
(photos)
 
page 51
(photos)
 
page 52
(photos)
 
page 53
(photos)
Mattingly, Formichella, Shope
 
page 54
(photos)
 
page 55
(photos)
 
page 56
(photos)
 
page 57
(photos)
Hollenbeck
 
page 58
(photos)
Wilson, Farnham
 
page 59
(photos)
Lawhorn
 
page 60
(photos)
Shope
 
page 61
(photos)
 
page 62
(photos)
 
page 63
(photos)
 
page 64
(photos)
 
page 65
(photos)
"Rich"
 
page 66
(drawings)
 
page 67
(photo)
Pikora, Swesey, Moore, Slapnik, Gibbons
 
page 68
(photos)
 
page 69
(photos)
Broyles
 
page 70
(photos)
"Pappy" Counsil
 
page 71
(photos)
 
page 72
(photos)
Leon
 
page 73
(photos)
 
page 74
(photos)
Fowler, Taylor
 
page 75
(photos)
Wright, Lane
 
page 76
(photos)
 
page 77
(photos)
Beatty, Fairchilds, Hatteburg, Secord
 
page 78
(photos)
 
page 79
(photos)
 
page 80
(photos)
 
page 81
story by J.Q. Counsil
 
page 82
(photos)
 
page 83
(photos)
 
page 84
(photos)
Shope
 
page 85
(photos)
 
page 86
(photos)
 
page 87
(photos)
 
page 88
(photos)
 
page 89
(photos)
Shope
 
page 90
(photos)
Whiteman, Berry, MacLeod, Wilson, Baggett, Gherke, Hewitt, D.M. Humphreys, Headley, R.W. Evans, Bejarano, Bellamy
 
page 91
(photos)
 
page 92
(photos)
 
page 93
(photos)
 
page 94
(photos)
 
page 95
(photos)
 
page 96
(photos)
 
page 97
(photos)
Broyles
 
page 98
(photos)
 
page 99
(photos)
 
page 100
The End
 
(drawing by Richard Berry of Fairbury, Nebr.)
 
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(drawing by Richard Berry of Fairbury, Nebr.)