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Survivor of Destroyer(Continued from Page 16Jner heard us They had trouble locating us and a destroyer escorting the carrier couldn't find us cither but about 5 a. m a destroyer escort picked us up 200 miles from where the Spence went down.The DE couldn t come in too close—they didn't want to run us down- so a mars swam out tied a rope to the net and then they pulled it in to ‘he -sdf of the ship T thought I'd be strong enough to climb aboard and I got a hold j as high tip as possible on the rope adder but cou!lt; n’t climb it. Men on -.ore pi., led me up the rest of the way.t outd Hardly WalkOnce on board. Rosley -said, they rave iis a shot of rum and the ■r-,. , r-. up their beds to us I mild hardly walk when I got on ter k He added that we got our first food on the morning of December 2! after a good sleep The destroyer escort that made the re^ue readied port on Christmas day. Rosley said, and a few da s later he became ill with ca* fever and Wmsilitis, but recovered in time to start for home on January 10 He said the yard net tender on which he was .^ailing caught fire rear Truk and the captain ordered us to abandon ship but nobody paid any attention. We fought the fire for three hours finally got it out .nd then had to be towed to. another port where we were pm iboard a merchant transport which • rried us to Pearl Harbor ”Rosie v finally arrived back in the United States and reached his home t * n in gur day At the end of his furlough he will report to San Pedro. Cal.The Narrows Park sailor had his share of combat experience aboard the Spence before It fell victim to the typhoon,Enlisted in 1942 He enlisted October 29. 1942, and after receiving his boot training at Great Lakes naval station was j oidem! aboard t o Spence when it t was commissioned January 8. 1943 Rosley erved on the Atlantic ocean for five months once in a convoy U Casablanca and Oibral-•ar before sailing to the Pacific in | June 194?He took part in two sea battles in the Solomon islands and in the first the Spence was hit by an eight-inch Jap shell He also was in the fire; raid on Peleiiu with Task Force fifty-eight and was again with the task force when it raided HoUarrdta.It June Rosley took part, in the invasion of Saipan and later took 'part in the bombardment of Guam tod an aerial mid on the Bonin j islandsSpence Had Good Record Before if capsired the Spence had to its credit two Jap destroyers, five Jap planes one merchantman end j fwdve shore bombardments, j Rosley was born at Powhattan Point, Ohio, but moved here with -his parents when he was less than i year old He attended Allegany hi. h school and w working in the downtwist department at the Cela-nese plant when he enlistedHe has one brother two halt 'brothers and a brother-in-law in 'he service and all are overseas His brother, Seaman First class Raymond Rosley is serving !n the Pacific Ore half brother Cpl Delbert I, Venetta. is in the Philippines and his other half brother Pvt John Venetta is in Italy His brother-in-law. Pvt James Crites, Elder .freer, is serving in Hawaii.
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Cumberland News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Wed, Feb 28, 1945
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