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"USS DYSON
DD-572
Member of the "Little Beaver Squadron"
Destroyer Squadron 23 |
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Service in WW II 1943-1945 |
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Captain A. Burke
(31 Knot Burke)
"Little Beaver Squadron"
Fleet Captain
Captain R.A. Gano
USS Dyson
Dec. 1942 - Mar. 1944
Captain L. E. Ruff
USS Dyson
Mar. 1944 - Aug. 1945
Captain V. P. Healey
USS Dyson
Aug. 1945 - Jun. 1946
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LT. W. J. Murray
USS Dyson
Dec. 1942 - Dec. 1945 |
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Donald Verduin GM3C
USS Dyson
Sept. 1944 - Apr. 1946
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These Pictures are from the
Presentation of the
Presidential Unit Citation
October 19, 1945
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Returning to
port in Washington DC October 17, 1945
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Two days
after returning
to Washington DC
the Ship and the
Crew received a
Presidential
Unit Citation
"for
extraordinary
heroism in
action against
enemy Japanese
forces during
the Solomon
Islands Campaign
11-1-43 to
2-23-44." |
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