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Area Men Serve Aboard US Navy Ships in Bay Area Visit
Hayward Castro Valley San Lorenzo and San Leandro residents are listed among Navy personnel aboard USS Kearsarge Gudgeon Stembel Bon Homme Richard Rochester Her bert J. Thomas Taussig Cushing Whiteside and other ships during First Fleet calls. Names include George R. Sturtevant Danial Hawtree Frank Urbani Jack Scotland Dudley Keller David Rivera Bernard Yoder Paul Daly William Taylor Harley Hancock Austin Archer Jimmy Miracle Donald Duncan Joseph Sorant Jerry Lambden John Hill Raymond Collett Arlen Sudbury Arthur Palmer and others with family addresses in Hayward Castro Valley San Lorenzo and Newark. Private Raymond Ray I and Charles H. Smith also noted among reservists and veterans visiting from local bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
First Fleet Navy
Bay Area
George R. Sturtevant
USN
Helen Sturtevant
Hugh Way
Navy
John M. Woltt
Martha A. Woltt
Isabella St
Danial D. Hawtree
Dorothy L. Craig
Marlowe Lane
Kearsarge
Frank J. Urbani
Jack Urbani
Main St
Gudgeon
Jack M. Scotland
Mable J
Land Ave
Lenice Gerrel
Sparling Dr
Stembel
Dudley P. Keller
Dudley B. Keller
Sonoma St
David R. Rivera
Domingo Rivera
Huntwood Ave
Rochester
Bernard
Castro Valley
Austin J. Archer
Austin E. Archer
Stanton Ave
Taussig
Jimmy D. Miracle
Hugh H. Miracle
Strobridge Ave
Cushing
Donald G. Duncan
L. B. Duncan
Nunes Ave
Whiteside
Joseph D. Sorant
USK
Joseph M. Sorant
Parsons Rd
Bon Homme Richard
Jerry Dean Lambden
Irwin’ Lambden
Marine
Iron
Naval Air Station
Oakland
Durbury
la Verne
Arthur W
Palmer
Uss Kear
Army
Sarge
European Ordnance
Fuessen
Germany
San- Lorenzo
Lorenzo
U.S
Arthur W. Palmer II
Sud
Third Dass
Ae “Meid
Jack W. Bowron
Bowron
Bockmain Rd
Charles A.I