Authors: Bruce Henderson
“ability toâ¦ship handlingâ¦Remain inâ¦splendid contributionâ¦task force”: Report of Fitness, Charles Willard Consolvo, Jan. 18, 1944.
“holding a broomstickâ¦didactic”: Charles W. Consolvo Jr. interview.
“officers of the”: C. Donald Watkins interview.
“high-stress”: James D. Torres interview.
“a car travelingâ¦cleanly, without”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 138.
“his whole bodyâ¦belovedâ¦so importantâ¦make it homeâ¦his dutyâ¦help theâ¦the warâ¦a privilege toâ¦never treated”: Rosemary Rust interview. 81â
“tremendous seamanâ¦100 percentâ¦handle theâ¦a whole lot”: Lloyd G. Rust Jr. interview.
“Jewish movie-starâ¦privileged environment”: Greil Marcus interview.
“natty ZBTsâ¦urbane”:
Cornell Magazine,
May-June 2004.
“services to the”: Report of Interview with Applicant, Ltjg. Howard Baldwin, Feb. 24, 1942.
“a young man”: Frederick George Marcham letter, January 15, 1942.
“member of”: Louis C. Boochever letter, January 15, 1942.
“unimpeachable integrity”: Horace Stern letter, January 15, 1942.
“I am gettingâ¦I wouldn't swap”: Greil I. Gerstley letters, Aug. 27, 1942, and Sept. 28, 1942.
“good judgmentâ¦cheerful disposition”: James A. Marks letter, Feb. 1, 1944.
“had to get”: Kenneth Drummond letter, Jan. 7, 1944.
“get a lookâ¦looked herâ¦greatly resentedâ¦fell in love”: Greil Gerstley Marcus interview.
“dull business”: History of
Hull
, Ships' Histories Branch, Navy Department.
“either to land”: Schultz interview.
“regular guyâ¦best shipâ¦make theâ¦take theâ¦40-degreeâ¦terrificâ¦too top-heavyâ¦never make”: Schultz interview.
“rather relaxedâ¦get acquaintedâ¦developing teamwork”: Dawes,
The Dragon's Breath
, p. 112.
“fashionable broken-deck”: ibid., p. 94.
“were notâ¦dependable performanceâ¦services wereâ¦well overâ¦greatly in”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, pp. 3â5.
“between ourâ¦probably 65â¦climbing theâ¦perfectly calm”: Douhan interview.
“I'm leaving the ship” and other dialogue between Schultz and E. M. Toland, Schultz interview.
“pretty wellâ¦wore out”: Schultz interview.
“the only enlistedâ¦Gabbyâ¦well spokenâ¦I understand”: Robert Coyne interview. 90â
“never firedâ¦without enoughâ¦didn't wantâ¦stepped rightâ¦
Oh, what
â¦beautiful destroyerâ¦an oldâ¦messed-upâ¦never touchedâ¦Sheet metal” and dialog between Stealey and rated petty officer, Stealey interview.
Chapter Eight
“the nearest”: Jones,
Destroyer Squadron 23
, p. 263.
“utterly one-sided”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, p. 107.
“we were into”: Albert Rosley interview.
“young shipâ¦We have provedâ¦We have a”:
Ye Olde Dis-Spence-er
newsletter, Apr. 9, 1944.
“plasteringâ¦uncomfortably closeâ¦By radical”: Action Report,
Spence
, Feb. 27, 1944.
“engaged inâ¦not daredâ¦their fullâ¦target listedâ¦act of respectâ¦gallant enemyâ¦opened ineffective”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, pp. 108â9.
“salvo chasingâ¦thanks toâ¦straddling salvoâ¦keep clearâ¦quite possibly”: Action Report,
Spence
, Feb. 27, 1944.
“remarkable record”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, p. 108.
“conquered its”: ibid., p. viii.
“devastatedâ¦Somebody's trying”: Jones and Kelley,
Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke,
p. 142.
“conceal theâ¦always keepâ¦Tell the boys”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, p. 111.
“pride andâ¦athletic trainingâ¦dove off”: Alphonso Krauchunas, “USS
Spence:
The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor,” 1992.
“a strong swimmer”: Jim Krauchunas interview.
“executed colorsâ¦mustered atâ¦pursuant to”:
Spence
deck log, July 8, 1944.
“impressive ceremony”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
.”
“taut in all”: Jones,
Destroyer Squadron 23
, p. 40.
“I relieve you”: Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy, Article 3, Section 1, #72.
“very goodâ¦not afraid”: Wohlebb interview.
“all businessâ¦I trained”: Rosley interview.
“wasn't a naturalâ¦keen but gentle”: Rene (Jack) Hoyle interview.
“distinguished himself”:
Ye Olde Dis-Spence-er
newsletter, Oct. 1944.
“An actorâ¦the Dorothy Dixâ¦listen toâ¦almost didn'tâ¦couldn't swimâ¦The Navigator”: Judith (Andrea) Mahood-Cochrane interview.
“going into the”: Helen Andrea interview.
“Jimmie has”:
The Lucky Bag 1937
.
“all Academyâ¦you couldn'tâ¦named one”:
Sumner
reunion newsletter, vol. 15, no. 4, Dec. 1994.
“a direct hitâ¦making anâ¦disintegrated inâ¦sunk without”: Action Report,
Sumner
, Dec. 11, 1941.
“seen firing”: Hoyle interview.
“much youngerâ¦not muchâ¦ordinary fellow”: Rosley interview.
“An efficientâ¦It would only”:
Ye Olde Dis-Spence-er
newsletter, Oct. 1944.
“a friendly visitâ¦to talkâ¦an enlisted”: U.S. Navy press release, Feb. 15, 1945.
“5 percentâ¦never wanted”: Bunin interview.
“they needed”: Ramon Zasadil interview.
“Bob gotâ¦all of theâ¦going to catch”: Richard Strand interview.
“Guess I wasn't”: Robert Strand letter, Sept. 6, 1944.
“all the big”: Robert Strand letter, Sept. 21, 1944.
“very, very soreâ¦pulling forâ¦it is no”: Robert Strand letter, Sept. 25, 1944.
“waterborne”:
Spence
deck log, Sept. 14, 1944.
“in loveâ¦lots of”: Mahood-Cochrane interview.
“backing intoâ¦standing down”:
Spence
deck log, Sept. 30, 1944.
“everyone was”: Wohlleb interview.
“such a romantic”: Mahood-Cochran interview.
“secured from drill”:
Spence
deck log, Nov. 3, 1944.
“over a sandâ¦Condition of Readiness”:
Spence
deck log, Nov. 5, 1944. 103â
“high degreeâ¦no longerâ¦impressed uponâ¦to reacquaintâ¦of greatâ¦thumb rulesâ¦no conceptionâ¦bad luckâ¦only if we”: Calhoun,
Typhoon,
pp. 16â18.
“At the present”: Knight,
Modern Seamanship
, p. 686.
“Cyclonic Stormsâ¦Fixing theâ¦Handling theâ¦thumb rules”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator,
pp. 272, 288, 290.
“dangerous semicircleâ¦navigable semicircle”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator
, p. 290.
“seas within”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator
, p. 283. 105â
“pitch-blackâ¦All of aâ¦full reverseâ¦the wholeâ¦looked atâ¦what the hellâ¦huge shadowâ¦almost hitâ¦got to thinkingâ¦nice, regularâ¦just didn'tâ¦first mistakeâ¦tough bastardâ¦gotten usâ¦never did”: Wohlleb interview.
Chapter Nine
“gasket blew”:
Monaghan
deck log, Sept. 27, 1944.
“something wasâ¦more sluggishâ¦lurchedâ¦snap backâ¦a long timeâ¦radical turnsâ¦imprudentâ¦serious stabilityâ¦beyond theâ¦stability mightâ¦basically stableâ¦in lightâ¦feasibleâ¦went about”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, pp. 5â7.
“very awareâ¦matter of constant”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 133.
“mustered theâ¦absentees”:
Monaghan
deck log, Oct. 1, 1944.
“had been substantially”: ibid., p. 7.
“theoretical computations”: ibid., p. 200.
“idea seemed preposterous”: “Typhoon!”
Reader's Digest,
Jan. 1959.
“The Navy will”: Guio letter, Sept. 10, 1944.
“I didn't get”: Guio letter, Oct. 27, 1944.
“miracleâ¦noâ¦goâ¦never caughtâ¦over $200”: Candelaria interview.
“Commander Consolvoâ¦No change”: Report of Fitness, Charles Willard Consolvo, Aug. 8, 1944. 112â
“a very goodâ¦high moraleâ¦plenty ofâ¦aware ofâ¦the veryâ¦lay a shipâ¦visibility droppedâ¦almost uponâ¦breathed aâ¦How doesâ¦Second linkâ¦No, sitâ¦going outâ¦make historyâ¦We're going”: Kenneth Drummond interview.
“private in the”: Consolvo Jr. interview.
“took careâ¦kept theâ¦made a lotâ¦strange looks”: Drummond interview.
“changing hisâ¦I don't goâ¦Douhan didn'tâ¦no profanity”: Douhan interview.
“detached as”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 2, 1944.
“the most junior”: Preston Mercer testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 27, 1944.
“short and slightâ¦very serious”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 22.
“Valedictorian of”:
The Lucky Bag 1938
, p. 311.
“piercedâ¦never forgot”: James A. Marks Jr. interview. 115â
“stellar captainâ¦hard actâ¦remoteâ¦his problemsâ¦asocialâ¦did not eatâ¦in a hurryâ¦afraid theâ¦closing up”: Watkins interview.
“improper uniform”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 13, 1944.
“use of foul”: ibid., Nov. 2, 1944.
“20 daysâ¦full ration”: ibid., Oct. 29, 1944.
“hard-fisted”: Carl Webb interview.
“just couldn'tâ¦all for hisâ¦but our newâ¦every unlegal”: William Zentner, “The Last Cruise.”
“three orâ¦available atâ¦could sleepâ¦stay afloatâ¦totally unrealistic”: Watkins interview.
“on various courses”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 10, 1944.
“giving himâ¦never been whippedâ¦rolled overâ¦sat back”: Archie DeRyckere interview.
“relatively calmâ¦thrown hardâ¦quite evidentâ¦very poorâ¦within satisfactory”: James A. Marks testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 29, 1944.
“more alterationsâ¦add slightly”: Mercer testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“hang outâ¦having theâ¦going toâ¦heads offâ¦it stuck”: Zentner, “The Last Cruise.”
“a sure sign”: Dawes,
The Dragon's Breath
, p. 27.
“tried to talkâ¦lose the ship”: Douhan interview.
“simulated depth”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 17, 1944.
“would notâ¦a dangerous”: Watkins interview.
“hunting cabinâ¦not too sure”: Portia Kreidler Albee interview.
“participated in operations”: J. S. Monroe, Commanding,
PC-476
, June 17, 1944.
“attacking withâ¦resupply mission”: William C. Meyer, Commanding,
PC-476
, Jan. 4, 1943, and Dec. 12, 1942.
“not be back”: Douhan interview.
“really embarrassingâ¦no dockâ¦take theâ¦I don't”: Schultz interview.
“getting intoâ¦get ridâ¦Consolvo's crewâ¦spoiledâ¦everyone elseâ¦toughâ¦destroyed by”: Douhan interview.
“good shipâ¦gentlemanlyâ¦never sayingâ¦a lot ofâ¦very bigâ¦main ambitionâ¦joked aboutâ¦an awful”: Watkins interview.
“after myâ¦not amusedâ¦go back”: DeRyckere interview.
“capable ofâ¦incapableâ¦so bad inâ¦bad driver”: Rust interview.
“southern gentlemanâ¦calling Marks”: Edwin Brooks Jr. interview.
“My only hope”: Kenneth Drummond letter, Dec. 2, 1944.
Chapter Ten
“a Pacific base”: George Spangler, “Ulithi,” Mar. 1998.
“first femaleâ¦skunky drunkâ¦short, slight”: F. Bruce Garrett III interview.
“to study for”: Floyd Bruce Garrett Jr. U.S. Navy discharge, Feb. 17, 1934.
“smallest andâ¦quiet dignity”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 24.
“small in size”:
The Lucky Bay 1938
, p. 63.
“Ensign Garrett”: Floyd B. Garrett Jr. fitness report, Apr. 1939.
“I now request”: Floyd B. Garrett Jr. letter, Nov. 12, 1940.
“impractical to approve”: Chief of Bureau of Navigation letter, Nov. 16, 1940.
“because I would”: Floyd B. Garrett Jr. letter, Jan. 26, 1943.
“an outstanding piece”: Henry E. Eccles letter, Mar. 4, 1942.
“Experience possessed”: William J. Giles Jr. letter, Jan. 26, 1943.
“sudden andâ¦I am going”: F. Bruce Garrett III letter, Nov. 14, 2006.
“be retainedâ¦experience andâ¦answered by”:
Cowell
telegram, Nov. 27, 1944.
“intelligent, demandingâ¦more likeâ¦thoroughly seasonedâ¦destroyers in”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 9.
“watertight integrityâ¦up toâ¦very much”: Mercer testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“the confidenceâ¦kind andâ¦our duties”: Joseph C. McCrane letter, Apr. 18, 1945.
“southern charm”: F. Bruce Garrett III letter, Nov. 14, 2006.
“a man's man”:
The Lucky Bag 1938
, p. 152.
“life in general”: ibid., p. 230.
“good-natured”: ibid., p. 319.
“Long Island's”:
The Lucky Bay 1937
, p. 222.
“loyal, energetic”: ibid., p. 146.
“great pride”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 24.
“crimson, yellowâ¦caps of”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 1.
“The greatest fleetâ¦fresh from”: Baldwin,
Sea Fights and Shipwrecks
, p. 19.
“neat asâ¦shone likeâ¦As wasâ¦head up”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons,
pp. 3, 4.
“Japan's capacityâ¦terminated”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 306.
“aware ofâ¦Pearl Harborâ¦no discernibleâ¦morale rose”: ibid., p. 52.