Navy Boot Camp Book 1947 Company 160 The Keel
Front Cover, U.S. Navy Recruit Training Yearbook "The Keel" - Company 160, 1947. Naval Training Center - Great Lakes, Illinois. | GGA Image ID # 1af156ac32. Click to View a Larger Image.
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Recruit Company 47-160 Overview
Roster and Photos for Recruit Company 160 for 1947, United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Company Commander: D. Starling, C.B.M. 98 Men Graduated. Training Dates Not Reported.
On 28 March 1944, the Training Station was established by Secretary Forrestal as a group command and redesignated as the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Company Commander: CBM D. Starling (now styled BMC, or Boatswain's Mate Chief, under current US Navy conventions)
Company 47-160 Roster
Page 1 (Robert C. Anderson-Francis E. Knowl)
- Robert C. Anderson
- Jerrold J. Andrews
- William E. Austin
- Jimmie W. Beauchamp
- James A. Bean
- Eugene T. Beadle
- Rene R. Bellenoit
- Frederick H. Blanken
- William G. Boyd, Jr.
- Gordon Braaksma
- Harold R. Brummet
- Phillip M. Burke
- Donald E. Burnet
- Joseph R. Cadrain
- Zane C. Caskey
- William J. Chamberlain
- James R. Chaffin
- James E. Coburn
- Thomas E. Collins
- Robert M. Crum
- Richard M. Daviau
- Maurice Deprest
- William J. Drew, Jr.
- Richard S. Duncan
- Samuel P. Earnst
- Ronald Eglinton
- Elmer L.Evans, Jr.
- John W. Frost
- Louis D. Gaetano
- Louis E. Gamer, Jr.
- W. P. Gingras, Jr.
- Duane P. Griffith
- Excel C. Harrison
- Henry C. Hardt
- Howard W. Heffley
- Wendell K. Henderson
- H. N. Heuschkel, Jr.
- Harold D. Holden
- Jesse A. Howe
- Andrew E. Hubbard
- Paul H. Imlay
- Frank M. Jacquinet
- Richard A. Jacobs
- Robert E. Jacobs
- John E. Jeffrey
- Donald E. Kenseth
- Merlin E. Keifer
- Francis E. Knowl
Page 2 (Charles R. Kreiser-Chester J. Zisk)
- Charles R. Kreiser, Jr.
- Edward S. Lawhon
- Oliver F. Mahannah
- Edward P. Malysko
- Warren E. Manning
- Douglas E. Martin
- Lee E. Mason
- John J. Mcphee
- Donald L. Meyers
- Finley Miller, Jr.
- David S. Moore
- William D. Mowery
- Harry E. Muirhead
- Eugene L. Nelson
- Norman R. Nowak
- Arthur J. Oakley
- Albert T. Olson
- N. Palmerone, Jr.
- Charles A. Passwater
- Jack E. Peaslee
- James C. Peck
- Lyle E. Person
- Nolan R. Pickering
- Arnold P. Ray
- Beryle D. Redding
- William G. Reidy
- Eugene J. Richards
- Lawrence W. Roberts
- Jay W. Rummell
- Charles D. Saunders
- Robert R. Schultz
- H. L. Schuster, Jr.
- Walter G. Seleb
- Edwin J. Siersma
- William E. Sigafoos
- Norman Siler
- Elmer R. Smith
- John B. Stober
- John Sukunda, Jr.
- Fred P. Tarkon
- Ardell H. Tietz, Jr.
- Harold E. Vandervort
- William J. Westby
- Donald H. Wiesjohn
- Melvin Woodard
- Blanc L. Wood
- Melvin R. Wynkoop
- David C. Zimmerman
- James H. Zirkle
- Chester J. Zisk
Company 47-160 Recruit Portrait Photos
Company 47-160 Recruit Portraits, Page 1 (Robert C. Anderson-Francis E. Knowl). | GGA Image ID # 1af17a050a. Click to View a Larger Image.
Company 47-160 Recruit Portraits, Page 2 (Charles R. Kreiser-Chester J. Zisk). | GGA Image ID # 1af1996ff7. Click to View a Larger Image.
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