{"id":207,"date":"2015-01-26T20:12:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T01:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2020-03-08T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T16:22:34","slug":"vt-17-torpedo-17-personnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/vt-17-torpedo-17-personnel","title":{"rendered":"Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"

The men of VT-17 are listed below. This page is under development as the names of replacement personnel is still being researched. We have also learned that men who served prior to deployment might have been missed in the compilation of this list.
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BUNKER HILL Deployment (officers\/pilots)<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

WHITAKER, LCDR Frank M. (Killed)<\/strong><\/p>\n

BERRY, Ltjg B. F.
\nBIRKES, Ltjg Newton (MIA)
\nBR0WN, Ltjg Guy M.
\nCARBY, Ltjg Henry C. (MIA)
\nDAVIS, Ens Darold W.
\nDICKSON, Lt. Paul F.
\nDITCH, Ens. William E.
\nHIGLEY, Ens. Robert H. (MIA)
\nHOOD, Ens. Elmore K. “Kit”
\nJENKINS, Lt. John C.
\nKRANTZ, Lt. William F.
\nKRIDEL, Ltjg James A.
\nLIEDER, LT. E. H.
\nMARTIN, Lt. John A.
\nMORGAN, Ltjg Lindsey
\nNEWEL, Ens. Edward A.
\nO’SULLIVAN, Ltjg Arthur (Abe) P.
\nOWENS, LT. Gordon N. (X.O.)
\nPALAND, Lt. Richard
\nPEARSON, Ltjg John K. (KIA)
\nROBERTSON, Ltjg David H.
\nROLAND, Ltjg Raymond M.
\nSCHATZ, Lt jg Delmar A.
\nSTACK, Ltjg Edward\u00a0 (Killed)
\nSULLIVAN, Ltjg Steven G.
\nTURNBULL, Ltjg G. A. “Bull”
\nWEBER, Ltjg Ernest
\nWILSON, Lt. James C.<\/p>\n

**Replacement pilots not listed<\/p>\n

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HORNET Deployment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

(Officers)
\nROMBERGER, LCDR William M. (C.O.)<\/p>\n

BEHL, Ens. Joseph
\nBEISEL, Ltjg Ivan R.
\nBUNDGUS, Ltjg Jules J.
\nCLARK, Lt. Henry E.
\nCOGHLAN, Ltjg Thomas J.
\nCOOKE, Ltjg John S.
\nDURKIN, Lt. Thomas C. (MIA)
\nFOOTE, Ltjg Harlan W.
\nHANLON, Ens. Robert S.
\nHOOTON, Ens. William A. (MIA)
\nJOHNSON, Ltjg Hugh C.
\nJOHNSON, Ltjg Ralph V.
\nJONES, Ens. Harry D.
\nLIVENGOOD, Lt. Charles D.
\nMARTIN, *Lt. John A.
\nMCCUBBINS, Ltjg Kenneth B. C.
\nMONAGHAN, Ltjg James F.
\nMURPHY, Lt. John E.
\nNICKEL, Ens. Walter F.
\nNIESLEN, Ltjg Walter D.
\nO’BRIEN, Ens. Leo (MIA)
\nREED, Lt. Richard C.
\nROBERTSON, *Lt. David H. (KIT)
\nROGERS, Ens. Harold J.
\nROLAND, *Lt. Raymond M. Jr.
\nSMITH, Ltjg Francis M.
\nSTRICKLAND, Ltjg John E.
\nSULLIVAN, *Lt. Steven G.
\nTEW, Lt. James A.
\nTRAXLER, Ltjg Arnold C.
\nTSCHUDIN, Ens. Frederick B.
\nWESTMOORELAND, Ltjg T. (MIA)
\n* Turn-around Officers<\/p>\n

HORNET Deployment (enlisted)<\/h3>\n

AKERS, ARM2c (T) Raymond N.
\nBARKLAY, AOM2c(T) Budd N.
\nBELL, ACMM(AA)(T) Vern K.
\nBERRYHILL, ARM1c(T) James H.
\nBOBBITT, AMM1c Paul M.
\nBRAUCH, AOM1c Paul (n)
\nBREZOVSKY, AMM1c Philip S.
\nCANADA, ARM3c Herman R.
\nCHASE, AMM2c(T) LeRoy C.
\nCIMINSKI, ARM3c(Y) Frank (n)
\nCOLOMBINI, S1c William (n)
\nCOLP, ARM3c William E.
\nCONSTANTINE, ARM3c Pete (n)
\nCROOP, ARM2c(T) Fred R.
\nFEURT, AOM1c(T) Donald R.
\nFIELD, Y1c(T) James J.
\nFITZGERALD, AMM1c(T) Fred J.
\nFORBES, AOM1c Ray D.
\nFRIEZE, ARM2c(T) Robert A.
\nFUCHS, AOM1c Ernest P.
\nGEORGE, AOM1c(T) Philip W.
\nGEYER, AOM1c(T) Jack L.
\nHAND, ART1c George C.
\nHELGESON, ARM3c Helge KL.
\nHERZING, ACOM(AA)(T) Ivan J.
\nHILBERT, AMM3c Bruce M.
\nJENSEN, AOM1c(T) Norman C.
\nJONES, S1c Robert J.
\nKEENER, AOM3c Frank W.
\nKEFFER, AOM1c(T) Theodore (n)
\nKELLETTE, ACEM(AA)(T) Walter B.
\nKLUNDER, ARM1c(T) Robert \u201cE.\u201d
\nMANNING, AMM2c(T) Victor (n)
\nMAZUR, ACMM(T) Walter (n)
\nMCFARLAND, AMM2c Carl W.
\nMEYER, AOM2c(T) Jack T.
\nMULLIS, S1c William B.
\nNELSON, ARM3c Glenn L.
\nNICHOLSON, ARM1c(T) James N.
\nNIEDZWICK, AOM1c(T) Ted J.
\nPARKER, ARM1c(Y) Frank G.
\nPODOLAK, ARM2c(T) Paul G.
\nREDMON, ARM1c(T) Joseph H.
\nREIGER, ARM Robert E.
\nROBSON, ARM3c Donald W.
\nROELFSON, ARM2c Roy O.
\nROUSH, ACEM(PA) Randall C.
\nSARTORY, AM1c Joseph G.
\nSCHNELL, AMM2c(T) Fredrick P.
\nSENNETT, AOM2c(T) Walter m.
\nSHUTTLEWORTH, ARM3c Frank (n)
\nSIMONS, ARM2c(T) Paul E.<\/p>\n

(End of VT-17 personnel)<\/p>\n

Commanding Officers & first date of command<\/h4>\n
    \n
  • LCDR Frank M. Whitaker 1 Jan 1943<\/li>\n
  • LT Gordon N. Owens 2 Feb 1944<\/li>\n
  • LT Jack Martin (acting) 18 Apr 1944<\/li>\n
  • LCDR William M. Romberger 2 May 1944<\/li>\n
  • LT Arnold C. Traxler (acting) 18 Aug 1945<\/li>\n
  • CDR Rubin H. Konig 11 Oct 1945<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The men of VT-17 are listed below. This page is under development as the names of replacement personnel is still being researched. We have also learned that men who served prior to deployment might have been missed in the compilation of this list.   BUNKER HILL Deployment (officers\/pilots) WHITAKER, LCDR Frank M. (Killed) BERRY, Ltjg […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-207","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}