It is August first, 1945 Hunter's Point Naval
Shipyard San Francisco. The KIDD is just completing repairs
following the April 11 Kamikaze hit that killed thirty-eight of
her crew off Okinawa. It is before the days of television,
plastic, OSHA, and warning labels on everything. It is back when
personal safety was a matter of alertness and common sense. The
KIDD is a 1945 ship, so exercise caution as you visit. It is six
days before the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Most
of the crew are ashore enjoying their last stateside liberty.
The remainder are readying the ship for the War's final
campaign. The Invasion of Japan. Over three hundred and fifty
ships were sunk or damaged at Okinawa, and rumor has it that the
Invasion of Japan will make Okinawa look like a Sunday picnic.
In Memory of the Officers and Men of the U.S.S.
Kidd who gave their lives in the action of 11 April 1945 off
Okinawa.
Abernathy, William M.
Allwhite, Charles N.
Berwick, Robert A.
Bridgewater, Dorsey C.
Bynog, Lawrence
Canada, John W. Jr.
Carmody, James C.
DeAmico, Felix P.
Faufaw, Milford A.
Gothreau, Eugene
Green, Charles E.
Grieshaber, George R.
Gutterman, Bernard
Hamilton, John F.
Hansen, Sylvester W.
Heaton, Fredric
Henson, Virgile A.
Higginbotham, Louie C.
Hodges, Lester B.
Hoeft, Clifford
Hyde, Richard W.
Jenkins, Charles K.
Kelsey, Harold G.
Kemmerer, Clifford E.
Kornowski, Dennis M.
Kostelnik, Bernard V.
Lee, Arthur
Lee, Darvin R.
Leonard, Russell J.
Miller, John Jr.
Olen, James M.
Payne, Morgan A.
Smith, Addison F.
Thompson, Solomon
Walker, Robert F.
Wall, William J.
Walsh, Jack L.
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