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I have been fortunate to meet in person, on the air, and on
the internet, a number of Navy
Radiomen who have shared stories with me. With their
permission, I would like to share their stories with
you. I will also link to stories that others have
published.
Chief Warrant Officer Willard Norman (Norm)
Dalling Story by Rob Flory
RM William R (Bill) Morse
Story
George Sallet wrote
an excellent memoir of his time as an RM on the destroyer USS
Bagley DD-386. It has interesting anecdotes about
gunning, as he served on a gun crew in addition to his radio
duties, radio, and
general life and combat on a destroyer. Extracts are
readable on the link below:
Click below to read Robert E. Straub's recollections as
an RM aboard submarines during WWII.
Click here to visit
www.kilroywashere.org and read RM3c Orus Kinney's story of
jamming Nazi radio-controlled
bombs.
US Marine
Corps
Just "Google" Navajo Code Talkers and you
will find a wealth of information, both text and images, about
these famous Marine Corps radio
operators. There are great shots of them posing with TBY
and TBX radios.
The Naval Armed
Guard
The Naval Armed Guard were US Navy
personnel who served aboard Merchant Marine vessels, e.g.
Liberty ships, as gunners, signalmen, and radiomen. It
was a tough duty, with the heaviest casualty rate in the Navy.
For general information about the Naval Armed Guard,
visit:
Click here to see RM
Arnold Lawson's log of his service as a Radioman in the Naval
Armed Guard.
Merchant Marine
Click here to read Merchant Marine Radio
Officer Joseph F. Nolan's account of being sunk while serving
on the SS Benjamin Smith
Jim Farrior was a radio
operator in the Civilian Conservation Corps, a commercial
radiotelegraph operator, a radar technician in the Civilian
Technical Corps(assisting the British before the USA joined as
a combatant nation), a radio
operator in the US Merchant Marine. He has written a fun
computer program for practicing Morse in various forms,
and has written the story of his exploits as a radio
operator. Click below to visit his home page.
WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency
Service
I titled this page, "Those Who Lived It"
because not all radiomen were men. Women served as both
Radiomen and Radio
Officers. Another cadre worked in code
breaking.
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