Down to the Sea (10 page)

Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor: “A day that will live in
infamy.” u.s. navy

In front of battleship
Pennsylvania
, burned
hulks of destroyers
Downes
and
Cassin
, fires
which civilian worker and future
Hull
sailor Thomas Stealey fought. u.s. navy

The destroyer
Hull
(DD-350),
commissioned in 1935, winner of
10 battle stars. U.S. NAVY

James
A. Marks, Annapolis Class of 1938,
the last commanding officer of
Hull
.
U.S. NAVY

Lloyd Rust, Jr., reserve
officer and Texas lawyer,
Hull
CIC
officer. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH

Greil Gerstley, of Philadelphia, second in command
of
Hull
, on the day of his September 1944 wedding in San
Francisco to Eleanore Hyman. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH

C. Donald Watkins, reserve officer from Columbus,
Ohio,
Hull
torpedo officer. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH

Edwin B. Brooks, Jr.,
Hull
sonar officer and “southern
gentleman.” U.S. NAVY

Archie DeRyckere, “never
been whipped” after four years in the fleet,
Hull
chief
quartermaster. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH

John “Ray”
Schultz, boatswain's mate and member of
Hull
crew
since 1938. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH

Kenneth Drummond,
Hull
storekeeper
who stood watches on the bridge. FAMILY
PHOTOGRAPH

Thomas Stealey, of Stockton,
California,
Hull
fireman who as
a civilian worker helped fight
fires during the attack on Pearl
Harbor. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH