USS Truxtun Officers, 1941
"L-R: Fred Loughridge - Torpedo officer, Phil Evans - Pay Master, W.J. Maddocks - asst. engineer, Danforth - Eng. Officer, G.W. Pressey - Executive Officer, H.B. Heneberger - Ex. Skipper, R.W. Sullivan (the one and only) - asst. communications, E.D. Anderson - gunnery, Capt. Hickox - new commanding officer at Argentia 1941 - Change of Command."
Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.088. Cassie Brown Collection
Ens. Danforth and Maddocks, 1941
Ens. James W. Danforth and Ens. William J. Maddocks on deck of the USS Truxton, October 1941.
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More Truxtun Officers, 1941
Lieut. James Walker Danforth, Lieut. James Ross Gillie and Ens. William John Maddocks, October 1941, on the deck of the USS Truxtun at Argentia. "Danforth and Gillie both lost their lives on the Truxtun on 18 February 1942. Maddocks survived."
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Crewmen from USS Pollux in Bermuda, 1941
"During the summer of 1941 Gus Tortorici (left rear), Larry Calemmo (left front) and Bill Heldt (right front) enjoy the sights of Bermuda." Tortorici, Calemmo and Heldt all survived the loss of the Pollux. The fourth seaman is unidentified.
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Pollux Sailors Clustered beneath the Boat Falls, February 18, 1942.
[Donald W.] Cady also took this picture of sailors clustered beneath the boat falls, watching Garnaus, Greenfield, Calemmo, Lloyd, and DeRosa trying to reach the cove in the whaleboat. In the foreground is the section of the ledge reached by the sailors who swam ashore."
Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.033. Cassie Brown Collection. (Image courtesy of Isaac Henry Straus.)
Men searching for bodies, February 1942
"Some days later, Newfoundlanders were still lowering themselves down the cliff in the search for bodies." Recovering bodies from the USS Pollux and Truxtun disaster.
Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.053. Cassie Brown Collection (Ena Farrell Edwards photo).
Recovering Decoder from the Truxtun, 1942
Newfoundlander Pius Turpin (extreme left) and American salvage team haul up the decoder from the wrecked USS Truxtun, February 1942.
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Men Searching for Bodies, February 1942
"Men lower themselves by rope over the snow and ice-covered cliff to the beach below, still searching for bodies. With just a knife Edward Bergeron hacked his way up this very cliff the morning before."
Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.135. Cassie Brown Collection.
Oil Coated American Sailor, n.d.
An oil coated American sailor who helped recover the bodies of men lost on the USS Truxtun.
Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.063. Cassie Brown Collection (Ena Farrell Edwards photo).
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