1940 he was on the staff of the Welfare Hospital for Chronic Disease, in the capacity of Assistant Surgeon, January 1, 1941. October 1, 1940 he was on the staff of the City Hospital of New York in the capacity of Assistant Surgeon. June 1941 appointed Junior Assistant Surgeon at the French Hospital of New York City

he performed between 100 and 200 major operations which included 27 major aputations, numerous hernias and appendicies, cholecystomies, open reduction of compound fractures, common duct drainages, permanent iliostomies, uterine suspensions, repair of rectocoel, laparotomies for acute obstruction, perforated ulcers, gelatinous peritonitis and omentopexy for cirrhosis

April 1942 he was preparing application for election to the American College of Surgeons and making application for the examinations of the American Board of Surgery

1942 he was sending out letters for commission into the US Navy and he PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEON WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT IN THE NAVAL RESERVE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO RANK FROM THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST 1942....signed Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy

SERVICE (vessels and stations served on)

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January 1944 orders were received to report to Lido Beach, Long Island, New York to what use to be a famous Country Club and now an Advanced Training Depot and Assembly Base for Naval personnel going overseas. The golf course was a parade ground and in place of the spacious buildings there were now long lines of barracks. Commissioned of the unit was on January 22, 1944. Before the departure for England there was a long line at the telephone booth by fellows calling home to say a few words to the loved ones whom they were leaving behind. The day came when their seabags and hammocks were loaded into the trucks and taken to the ship. The ship being the H.M.S. Aquitania. Compartments were small and filled with bunks

Cyrus at home in Amityville, Long Island, New York with family and friends about 1944

USS KITTSON (APA-123)....this is the ship that our father Cyrus E Warden was assigned to during World War II ; USS Kittson (APA-123) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy. She was built and used during World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Kittson was named for Kittson County, Minnesota.
World War II service: Kittson was launched 28 August 1944 by the California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; acquired by the Navy 4 November 1944; and commissioned 5 November, Captain G. B. Helmick in command.
After shakedown along the Pacific coast, Kittson cleared San Diego 26 December 1944 with the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing aboard. She arrived Majuro 12 January 1945; unloaded the Marine unit; and sailed for Leyte, arriving 1 February. While operating in the Philippines for the next 6 weeks, the attack transport prepared for the Okinawa invasion.
Departing Leyte 27 March with units of the 7th Division on board, Kittson arrived off Hagushi Beach, Okinawa, 1 April. After the air was cleared of enemy aircraft, the transports commenced unloading troops and cargo for the largest amphibious assault to take place in the Pacific. Kittson stood off the area unloading cargo and assisting in smoke screen operations until she sailed for the West Coast 7 April and Pearl Harbor. She steamed into San Francisco Bay 30 May, loaded cargo and sailors for the final push on Japan, and cleared port 6 June.
Stopping at Eniwetok and Ulithi en route, Kittson arrived Okinawa 24 July, unloaded cargo, and steamed toward Guam. While the transport was at Guam, hostilities ended; and she was assigned to ferry occupation troops to Japan. She made two runs from Cebu, Philippines, to Japan before clearing Tokyo Bay with troops for China. Arriving Taku Bay 24 October, Kittson was assigned to "Magic-Carpet" duty and sailed with her first group of returning veterans 2 November, arriving San Diego 24 November. After completing another "Magic-Carpet" cruise to Japan, the transport tied up at San Pedro 13 January 1946. Kittson sailed for the East Coast, arriving Norfolk 4 February, and decommissioned 11 March 1946. She was returned to the Maritime Commission 2 days later. Kittson was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet and was berthed at James River, Virginia.
Fate: In 1956 Kittson was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet as part of a Repair Program, GAA-A.L. Burbank, and then returned[1]. On 9 April 1973 she was sold to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, for $111,560, to be scrapped. At 1330 EDT, on 4 June 1973 she was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and sent to the breaker's yard[1].
All that remains of Kittson is her brass builder's plate.
Award: Kittson received one battle star for World War II service

While on board the USS Kittson Cyrus was busy writing letters regarding dissatisfaction

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Commanding officers with our father Cyrus E Warden that I would love to find out more about and what they did after the war. Were they doctors too?

Not certain if this is the same group as above?
Samuel Eliot Morrison has written a book titled: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
Interesting postage 1942-43....wonder if they collected the one cent due?

I found these snapshots in the SNAG 56 book and I have no idea who they are. Only one photo had writing on the back "Pearl Harbor" ; If you are related to any of these families send me mail janellemwwarden!

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LETTERS TO DADDY during WWII from Cyrus Ely Warden, Jr (Joe)

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8 yr old Joe's airplane drawing to daddy

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The following are movies the boys went to while dad was away and Joe wrote and told dad what movies they had seen. Aw the good ole days movies with Fred MacMurray and Bob Hope

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more coming soon

LIFE WITHOUT FATHER during WWII written by mother Harriet Stanley Steele Warden