Navy Boot Camp Book 1947 Company 162 The Keel
Front Cover, USNTC Great Lakes "The Keel" 1947 Company 162. GGA Image ID # 1af2630e5b
Roster and Photos for Recruit Company 162 for 1947, United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Company Commander: CMDR. Ernest Wells, C.B.M. 110 Men Graduated. Training Dates Not Reported.
Hall of Fame! To the average person, that phrase brings to mind Cooperstown, N. Y., Babe Ruth and Joe Dimaggio, but at Great Lakes one thinks of a top-flight Recruit Company.
During their training all recruits aim for that coveted honor. To enter the Naval Training Center Hall of Fame, a company must win 10 of the major competitive flags offered.
Five "Rooster" flags, two of which are awarded each week to companies whose barracks present the best appearance during battalion inspections, must be among the flags won.
As an indication of the difficulty connected with entering the Hall of Fame, only six of the many recruit companies which underwent training at the Naval Training Center in 1947 were admitted to the Great Lakes Hall of Fame.
HALL OF FAME COMPANY 47-162
Company Commander: Ernest Wells, C.B.M.
Company 47-162 Roster
Page One (Reading from left to right)
Top Row:
- Angelo J. Altieri
- Robert Angus
- Joe D. Bare
- Francis E. Beauge
- Russell C. Bolkoom
- Robert K. Bringer
- John M. Brower
- Wayne A. Cochran
Second Row:
- Jack D. Connor
- Wesley W. Cook, Jr.
- Albert R. Cook, Jr.
- Robert E. Delisle
- Vern J. Dezess
- Charles R. Dickerson
- George F. Dickerson
- Richard L. Didyoung
Third Row:
- S. M. Dombroskie
- Clyde B. Firestone
- Elias T. Flores
- James W. Fogle, Jr.
- George L. Fournier
- Richard G. Goar
- Kenneth E. Gray
- James L. Grabher
Fourth Row:
- Roger J. Grandow
- Leonard Nagy
- Richard H. Hagan
- Samuel Hamlette III
- Thomas H. Hammond
- Dana T. Hammond
- Herman H. Hanson
- George P. Harris
Fifth Row:
- Fred H. Hardy
- Donald L. Hayes
- Albert R. Hesson
- Richard Hill
- James E. Hodge, Jr.
- Dean E. Huling
- Bernard M. Hunter
- Norman R. Jackvony
Bottom Row:
- Harry Jenkins, Jr.
- William G. Kipp
- Rudolph P. Kocka
- Cyril W. Langager
- Joseph Lariviere, Jr.
- J. A. Leoncavallo
- Charles P. Leonard
- Ralph M. Lewis
Page Two, (Reading from left to right)
Top Row:
- Ray A. Loder
- Roman R. Lubinski
- David Martinez
- George E. Mason
- John K. McCloskey
- Paul J. McGeeney
- Harold J. McGarry
- Paul F. McGuire, Jr.
Second Row:
- Merle L. McWilliams
- F. W. Mehrtens
- W. C. Melcher, Jr.
- Arthur J. Melwing
- William C. Murphy
- Irving C. Myers
- John R. Nardone
- George E. Pahl
Third Row:
- Norman A. Paul
- Arthur W. Perretta
- Floyd W. Phillips
- Willard A. Prahl
- Bernard G. Probst
- Robert S. Ritter
- Philip L. Rosenbrook
- L. V. J. G. Saponaro
Fourth Row:
- Donald A. Schimeroth
- J. M. Schofield, Jr.
- Salvatore J. Scurto
- Richard G. Shepard
- John W. Shick
- A. J. Sikorski, Jr.
- Donald M. Skiles
- Robert F. Smith
Fifth Row:
- William R. Smith
- Mervin K. Snyder
- Donald L. Stacy
- William P. Steele
- Thomas S. H. Stien
- Emil Stoyakovich
- John H. Stroh!, Jr.
- Raymond G. Tesmer
Sixth Row:
- Marion L. Tharp
- Edmund G. Valasek
- Fredrick D. Vanette
- John L. Villano
- J. A. Vyskucil, Jr.
- Leslie H. Wade
- Robert J. Waldron
- Lowell E. Walker
Bottom Row:
- Kenneth Weaver
- Alan Weiner
- Robert F. Williams
- Roy G. Wilcox
- Robert L. Wilson
- Charles H. Willis
- William J. Winters
- Frederick C. Witte
Page Three, Recruit Company 162 (Reading from left to right)
Top Row:
- Lawrence F. Zeiner
- Joseph P. O'Shea
- Roland Rhodes
- Alfred Miller
- Peter Connors
- Barry Salton
Navy Boot Camp Recruit Photos - Company 47-162
Company 47-162 Recruits, Page 1. GGA Image ID # 1af27226ca
Company 47-162 Recruits, Page 2. GGA Image ID # 1af2826efc
Company 47-162 Recruits, Page 3. GGA Image ID # 1af2975b2c
Middle Photograph
WON:
- 5 ROOSTER FLAGS;
- 4 REGIMENTAL E FLAGS;
- 4 BATTALION E FLAGS;
- 1 A FLAG G 1 BOND FLAG
HALL OF FAME COMPANY 162
USNTC GREAT LAKES, ILL. FEBRUARY 1948.
Bottom Photograph
"Field Day" in the barracks means a thorough cleaning.
