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For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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Boxes of Christmas presents were found strewn on a hilltop in Korea after the crash that took Frank's life.
Francis Roallen Gfroerer was born in Watsonville, California on January 26, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Gfroerer. Frank, as he chose to be called, was raised in the family home on Bockius Street with his older brother Emmett Jr. and sisters Rosemary, Catherine and Margaret. He attended Moreland Notre Dame Academy and later enrolled in Watsonville High School. Gfroerer played on the high school baseball team during his school years. Following graduation from high school in 1950, he worked at the Service Printing Company and attended Hartnell College in Salinas.
Frank Gfroerer was drafted into the US Army on June 11, 1951. After completing his army training courses, he was ordered to Korea in November 1951, where he joined Company A of the 1092nd Engineer Combat Battalion. The exact location in Korea where he served has not been identified; however, it is likely to have been in the vicinity of the Punchbowl near the 38th Parallel in Eastern Korea. During his tour in Korea, Frank was promoted to corporal and qualified for a five-day leave to Japan. While in Tokyo, Frank intended to acquire Christmas presents to bring to his family upon his rotation home later in the month.
On November 14, 1952, Corporal Frank Gfroerer was returning from Japan aboard a C-119C Flying Boxcar with forty-three other servicemen when it crashed into Mt. Yebong, a 2000-foot peak only a few minutes away from its Seoul destination. One reporter visiting the scene commented that many of the bodies were charred; indicating the plane had burned on crashing. "As I walked through the wreckage," she said in a pooled dispatch, "I found Christmas presents that the men had bought on R and R in Japan."
The remains of Corporal Gfroerer were recovered and returned to San Francisco aboard the troopship Iran Victory in February 1953. Following a High Mass of requiem, Frank was buried in the family plot in Valley Catholic cemetery.
(ABMC; WRP November15, 1952 1:3, November 17, 1952 1:1, February 3, 1953 2:3, February 5, 1953)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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"Mom, I might as well give you the straight scoop on things so that if you do worry it will be for something," Harvey wrote to his mother.
Harvey Franklin Levine was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 30, 1932, to Charles and Rose Levine. In 1947 the Levine family, which also included sons Arnold and Saul, moved to Santa Cruz where Charles had opened the Arnold's Surf Court Motel. Harvey enrolled in Santa Cruz High School and soon had acquired the nickname "Brooklyn" from his fellow students. While in high school, Harvey performed well academically, played on the lightweight football team and became a popular cheerleader. After graduating from high school in 1950, he enrolled in the College of the Pacific in Stockton and remained there until April 1951, when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps.
After completing basic and school-of-infantry training at Camp Pendleton, Private Levine was shipped to Korea in December 1951, where he joined Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division. After his arrival, Harvey Levine was immediately thrust into combat and fought at the Hwachon Reservoir. During the Chinese spring offensive, Harvey Levine earned a Bronze Star.
In a letter to his family in October Levine shared his impressions of the conditions at the front:
“October 31, 1952
Dear Mom and Dad:
I guess that I can start calling myself a short timer now that the 15th draft has been relieved of duty and is due to leave Korea in about five days. That gives me anywhere from 30 days down to about 20 days left, its all up to which rumor you want to believe.
Mom, I might as well give you the straight scoop on things so that if you do worry it will be for something.
I have been back in Able company since last August and have been on the line since September 6, steady. You have probably read of The Hook, and of Warsaw where the fighting has been going on.
Well, Mom, you can thank God that I'm alive cause the whole machine gun section and third platoon that was on Warsaw was killed. We still haven't found all the bodies, so we have 'em down as missing. They left three 16th drafters behind because we were so short, but when it hit the fan, we went up and took back the Hook and Ransom. We are still on the line, even though it has quieted down and we got out looking for bodies. No one knows how many men were killed or missing so many were buried under, and have to be dug out. Able company and Charley company have joined together to make one company and together we are still under strength.
The Scotch "Black Watch" is coming up in a couple of days to relieve us. Someone has to. The regiment has been on the line for 60 days with no reserve time and tax on casualties.
But I'm still all right. I had a little concussion, but not enough to bother me or to cause me to turn in, not when you seen men ripped in half by 76's or mortars. They sure throw a lot of Chinks at us.
All for now. By the time you get this we ought to be in the rear.
Love Harvey”
On November 2, 1952, while fighting in an area of Korea known as The Hook and Warsaw, Private First Class Harvey Franklin Levine was killed in action by an incoming mortar round. His remains were initially buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno but were later moved to the Home of Peace Cemetery in Santa Cruz. In addition to the Bronze Star his awards include the Purple Heart.
(ABMC; USDVA; Baker-one-seven.com 7th Marine Regiment History, http://www.bakeroneseven.com/7thregiment.htm [16 September 2008], SCSn November 9, 1952, January 2, 1953 1, December 26, 1952 1:4)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Nelson, Robert L. Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004.
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For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
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The life of a Bronze Medal recipient ended at the rear of a lumber truck.
Clarence Edward McElroy, the son of Morris and Nellie (Wilheit) McElroy, was born in Texas on September 4, 1932. In addition to Clarence, the McElroy's had two daughters, Christine and Pauline, before they separated. Nellie, Christine and Clarence moved to Santa Cruz, California, and Morris and Pauline remained in Texas. Information is unavailable as to what local schools he may have attended.
Clarence McElroy enlisted in the US Army in the last half of 1950 and after completing basic and advanced training, was sent to Korea where he served with the Seventh Infantry Regiment. During his army service, he earned the Bronze Star.
“Five years after the end of WWII, the 7th Infantry was deployed from Fort Devens, Massachusetts to action in Korea where it rejoined the other elements of the 3rd Infantry Division. Landing at Wonsan, North Korea on 17 November 1950, the Cottonbalers took up positions between Wonsan and Hamhung where they fought a courageous rear guard action receiving elements of the First Marine Division as it withdrew from the Chosin Reservoir. They controlled the escape route to Hamhung and the sea for UN forces who had been mauled by the entry into the war by the Chinese.”
Corporal McElroy returned home from Korea in December 1951 and at that time, may have married Ethel. In November 1952, Ethel was living with Clarence's mother in Pasadena, while he was stationed at Fort Ord. During his Fort Ord, tour Clarence frequently stayed with his sister in Santa Cruz.
On October 31, 1952 Clarence was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed into a lumber truck in Santa Cruz. Corporal Clarence Eugene McElroy was killed instantly and his two companions were critically injured in the accident. McElroy's body was interred in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno.
(USDVA; SCR August 1, 1952 6:4; 7th Inf Regt. Assoc., History http://www.cottonbalers.com/history/history.asp, [16 September 2008]); SCSn November 2, 1952 1:6, November 3, 1952; CDR)
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Clarence E. McElroy (1952/10/31)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Nelson, Robert L. Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004.
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For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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Little information is available regarding the life of Raymond Cruz. He was born about 1934 in Watsonville to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cruz, Sr. He, along with brothers James, Juan, Inez and Robert and sisters Mercy, Beatrice and Lillie, is believed to have spent his formative years in the family residence on Wall Street in Watsonville. The family also resided periodically with members of their extended family in Santa Ana, California.
Raymond Cruz joined the US Marine Corps in 1951 or 1952 and received his basic and school-of-infantry training at Camp Pendleton, California. Following his graduation, he was assigned to the marine guard contingent stationed in the US Naval Air Station at Kodiak, Alaska. While serving at that post, Private First Class Raymond Cruz Jr. was the victim of an accidental gunshot wound on October 18, 1952, that proved fatal. The details of the shooting are unavailable.
His body was returned to California and following a funeral on October 28 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Santa Ana, Raymond Cruz Jr. was interred in Fairhaven Cemetery in that city.
(WRP October 31, 1952 2:2)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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The majority of this collection is compiled from the work of local researcher Robert L. Nelson. The information is taken from his two books, "Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County" and "Remembering Our Own" the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010."
For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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Donald's navy leave was permanently cancelled by a crash on Highway 9.
Donald Eugene Folk was born in Lemoore, King County, California, on January 13, 1931, to Cecil W. and Viola Folk. At a later date the Folks moved to Santa Cruz County with their seven children, Donald, Robert, Marjorie, Sara Jane, Cora Sue, Lorraine and Bonnie. Information relating to the life of Donald prior to his entry into the service has not been located.
About 1949 Donald Folk enlisted in the US Navy and received his boot camp training at the US Naval Training Center in San Diego. He received additional training at a navy school qualifying him as an Interior Communication Electrician (IC) and was assigned to the Landing Ship Transport (LST 1073) USS Outagami County.
“LST-1073 was recommissioned in early November 1950, some months after the outbreak of the Korean War prompted by a great expansion of US Navy force levels. This LST was used primarily for transporting tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, and artillery along with construction equipment and military supplies to the combat zone.”
When his ship returned to San Diego during the summer and fall of 1952, Folk received a leave to visit his family in Santa Cruz. On the night of September 30, 1952, IC3 Donald Eugene Folk was a passenger in a car traveling on Highway 9, a mile and a half north of Ben Lomond, when it went out of control and crashed, killing him and injuring the driver. Following his funeral, the body of Donald Folk was interred in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno.
(USDVA; DANFS, USS Outagami County LST-1073; SCSn October 1, 1952 1:5)
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For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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Melvin's navy career and life ended on the streets of San Diego.
Melvin Lee Forrester was born on September 17, 1923 in Fresno California to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Forrester. When Melvin was a young boy, the Forrester family moved to the Pajaro Valley and settled in the community of Freedom. Over the years the family grew to include sons Donald, Alfred, Harry and Ronald and daughters Marilyn and Patricia. Melvin was educated in local schools; however, his graduation from Watsonville High School has yet to be confirmed.
Melvin Forrester joined the US Navy on October 27, 1941. He attended boot camp and was trained as a metalsmith. During World War II, he served in both the European and Pacific Theaters.
Shortly after the war, Melvin married Lois Farris and the couple established residence in Freedom where their children Melvin Jr., Michael and Kathleen were born. He remained in the navy and rose to the rating of metalsmith petty officer first class.
During the Korean War, Melvin Forrester was assigned to the USS Hampton County LST 803.
“This LST was used primarily for transporting tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, and artillery along with construction equipment and military supplies to the combat zone.”
Melvin Forrester was crossing a downtown San Diego street on August 15, 1952, when he was hit by a vehicle that killed him. His body was returned to Watsonville and after a funeral at St. Patrick's church, he was interred in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno.
(USDVA; DANFS, LST 803 USS Hampton Court; WRP August 18, 1952, August 21, 1952 2:6)
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Melvin L. Forrester (1952/08/15)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Nelson, Robert L. Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004.
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Biographies of military personnel from Santa Cruz County.
The majority of this collection is compiled from the work of local researcher Robert L. Nelson. The information is taken from his two books, "Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County" and "Remembering Our Own" the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010."
For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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"No Longer a Forgotten Warrior."
Leslie Wayne Lear was born on March 20, 1925 in Santa Cruz, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie I. Lear. He and his sister Barbara attended local elementary schools and in 1939, he entered Santa Cruz High School. Wayne, as his high school classmates knew him, was an all-around student. He was active in sports and played on the football, baseball and the 1941 champion basketball teams. Lear was accepted into the Hi Tow Tong honor society and also served as the 1943 senior class president. He was a member of the June 1943 graduating class.
Leslie Wayne Lear enlisted in the US Army in June 1943 and was immediately singled out as a potential officer candidate. The Army Air Force sent him to Cole College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for college training prior to his entry into the air cadet program. Upon completion of the course Wayne attended AAF schools at Santa Ana Air Base in Southern California, Ryan Field California and advanced training at Minter Field, California. Following his commissioning as a second lieutenant, he was sent to Douglas, Arizona, for training on B-17 bombers and to Roswell, New Mexico, for B-29 training. At the completion of his training, Lt. Lear went to Lincoln, Nebraska, to assemble a crew. His aircraft traveled from El Paso, Texas, to Seattle, Washington, before making its way to Japan in December 1945.
During this period of his life, Wayne Lear was married and his wife later joined him in Japan. While in Japan, he was promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to the 89th Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb group at Osaka, where he served as Communications officer.
When the Korean War began in June 1950, Lear began flying helicopters and was promoted to captain. About June 1952 he reported for duty as a H-5G helicopter pilot for the US Air Force 3rd Air Rescue Squadron in Korea.
On June 25, 1950, Ensign Ronald Dow Eaton USN had flown off of the US carrier Bon Homme Richard. It was during his mission that his plane was shot down. Captain Lear was sent to retrieve the downed navy pilot. The official report of the incident noted:
“Capt. Leslie W. Lear and A1C Bob D. Holloway, both recently arrived in Korea, were to pick up a downed pilot. Approaching the pickup area in his H-5, Lear requested ResCAP fighters to make a pass and check for ground fire. The fighters did so and received no enemy fire. Well before this time, the enemy had learned to wait until the rescue helicopter arrived before opening fire. Captain Lear began his approach and was fired upon. Breaking off the approach, he called for the fighters to strafe the area. They did so. The H-5 made a run-in, picked up the downed pilot, and began to depart the area while receiving heavy machine gun fire. About six miles from the pickup area, the fighter pilots reported seeing pieces falling from the helicopter, which was flying at an altitude of about 1,200 feet. Bailing out at approximately 800 feet, Holloway was taken POW and was returned alive. Lear and the rescued pilot also bailed out, but they exited at lower altitudes and were presumed to have died upon impact.”
The body of Captain Leslie Wayne Lear was never recovered and he was officially listed as missing in action and presumed dead. His awards include the Purple Heart.
(NARA2; ABMC, SCHSC, Page 125; US Air Force Rotorheads, http://www.rotorheadsrus.us/documents/331.html, [16 Sept 2008]; SCSn September 24, 1953 2:5, Korean War Veterans Honor Roll, http://www.koreanwarvetsmemfnd.org/HonorRoll/LWLear.htm, [16 September 2008])
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Leslie W. Lear (1952/06/25)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Nelson, Robert L. Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004.
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Biographies of military personnel from Santa Cruz County.
The majority of this collection is compiled from the work of local researcher Robert L. Nelson. The information is taken from his two books, "Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County" and "Remembering Our Own" the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010."
For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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Ralph George Fisher was born in Oregon on July 12, 1927. Little information regarding his parentage, place of birth or formative years has surfaced; however, his draft records indicate he was a resident of Wasco County, Oregon.
When he enlisted in the US Army at Portland on November 26, 1946, he declared that he was single, had completed two years of high school and was employed in the sheet metal trade.
The Watsonville Register-Pajaronian issue of July 11, 1952, noted that, "Cpl. Fisher was the husband of Mrs. Consuelo Fisher who formerly lived at 3 Linscott court, Alexander Street. [Watsonville]." It is likely that after marrying Consuelo, Ralph Fisher established Watsonville and Santa Cruz County as his residence.
During the Korean War, Ralph G. Fisher was trained as a light weapons infantryman and assigned to the 35th Infantry Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division serving in Korea. In June 1952, Fisher's unit was serving at an area in Korea referred to as the Punchbowl.
“By June Communist guns were hurling over 6,800 shells a day at UN positions. During particularly hotly contested actions, Communist gunners occasionally fired as many as 24,000 rounds a day. UN artillerists repaid the compliment five, ten, and sometimes even twenty-fold, and still not a day went by when Communist and UN soldiers did not clash somewhere along the front line. Then on 15 June 1952, the 35th Infantry Regiment relieved the 27th Regiment from their responsibility of the line. All through the remainder of the month, the 35th "Cacti" Regiment conducted raids on enemy positions in the hope of capturing prisoners of war in order to identify units in contact.”
During this action at the Punchbowl, Corporal Ralph George Fisher was seriously wounded, evacuated and treated, but succumbed from those wounds on June 23, 1952. His body was recovered and returned to the United States for burial at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno California. His awards include the Purple Heart.
(NARA2; NARAK; ABMC; WRP July 11, 1952 1:1;USDVA; 35th Inf Reg History [16 September 2008] http://www.cacti35th. org/regiment/history/korea/1952-01-12.htm)
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Ralph G. Fisher (1952/06/23)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Nelson, Robert L. Remembering Our Own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Nelson, Robert L. Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004.
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Biographies of military personnel from Santa Cruz County.
The majority of this collection is compiled from the work of local researcher Robert L. Nelson. The information is taken from his two books, "Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County" and "Remembering Our Own" the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010."
For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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"When a pilot heads his plane directly into a withering antiaircraft fire, skimming over the waves at an altitude of 30 feet, he is too busy, and to intent upon sinking his 'pickles' into the belly of an enemy ship to be scared. But after the 'pickles' have been released within 500 yards of the target and the plane is flipped up and away out of danger, then one's mouth fills with cotton and the strength flows out of his knees…" John Van Ness
John Wesley Van Ness was born in Fairbury, Nebraska, on March 25, 1918, to F. W. and Myra Van Ness. In the early 1920s, the family moved to Capitola, California, and he and his four sisters enrolled in the elementary school in nearby Soquel. In 1931 Van Ness began Santa Cruz High School and was graduated in 1935.
After completing high school, John Van Ness immediately enlisted in the US Navy. He was sent to San Diego for basic training and later to Pensacola, Florida. The navy discovered that he had an unusual aptitude in mathematics and mechanics and in 1937 he entered a special program that trained enlisted men as pilots. After his graduation, he was sent to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where he served as an air chief petty officer.
When the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941, Chief Van Ness was manning a machine gun when fragments of a Japanese bomb hit him in the chin and knocked him into the water. In November 1942, he returned to the mainland and served as a navy instructor in Georgia, Texas, and at Pensacola Florida. Van Ness spent the remaining sixteen months of World War II in the Pacific Theater.
John Van Ness and Helen Shaw were married about 1943, and on January 1, 1945, their first son, John, was born. Later a second son, James, was added to the family. After World War II, Van Ness remained in the navy and served aboard the USS Curtis.
When the Korean War began, Van Ness was sent to the war zone and remained there until September 9, 1951. Upon his return, he was assigned to the Alameda Naval Air Station. In the spring of 1952, Chief Aviation Pilot John Wesley Van Ness was admitted to the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland with an unspecified physical condition from which he died on June 7, 1952. His body was returned to Santa Cruz and following a funeral, was buried in Oakwood Memorial Park.
(SCR November 11, 1942; SCHSC, Page 218; SCSn June 8, 1952 12:4)
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John W. Van Ness (1952/06/07)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Nelson, Robert L. Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004.
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Biographies of military personnel from Santa Cruz County.
The majority of this collection is compiled from the work of local researcher Robert L. Nelson. The information is taken from his two books, "Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County" and "Remembering Our Own" the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010."
For more information about this collection see the <a href="/omeka/about-the-remembering-our-own-collection">About page "Remembering Our Own</a>."<br /><br />Copies of "Remembering Our Own" are available through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Also included in this collection are video recordings of interviews with American war veterans. These interviews were conducted as part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
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A Danish born Watsonville photographer marched off to war, never to march home.
Fred N. Petersen Jr. was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Petersen, Sr. The Petersen family, which also included another son Eric, immigrated to the US and settled in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Fred later moved to Orange County, New York. After completing three years of high school, he left school to become a photographer. At this time, he married Evelyn.
On January 31, 1941, Fred Jr. enlisted in the US Army at Albany, New York and after completing basic training, spent the next year serving in an artillery unit. He applied for and was accepted into the Officers Candidate School program at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in April 1943. After his graduation in July, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and trained as a pilot for artillery spotting work. The next two years of his military tour were spent in a field artillery unit in the South Pacific. His final World War II assignment was at Fort Sill where he served as an instructor.
After the war, Petersen left active duty, moved to Watsonville and entered into the life of the community. While living in the Pajaro Valley, he worked as a commercial photographer and he and his wife had a son, Fred III, in 1948.
Peterson kept his reserve commission active and served as commander of the local Army National Guard Company. In July 1951 Captain Fred Petersen was recalled to active duty and reported to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After completing a refresher course, he was ordered to Korea and in November 1951, reported to Headquarters Battery of the 25th Infantry Division Artillery.
During his assignment in Korea, Captain Petersen served as an artillery observer/pilot and in January 1952, had flown twenty combat missions and earned the Air Medal. By the end of May, he had posted over 150 total missions in Korea while serving in the Iron Triangle sector. On May 25, 1952, with less than a month remaining on his tour he flew a mission into the Iron Triangle area that would be his last. During that mission, his plane was shot down and Captain Fred N. Petersen Jr. was killed.
His remains were recovered and returned to Watsonville, where a funeral was conducted and he was buried in the Pajaro Valley Memorial Park. His awards also include the Purple Heart.
(NARA2; ABMC; NARAK; Kinquest, Danes in the US Army 1940-1946 http://www.kinquest.com/dkgenealogy/wwiidanes.php, http://ftsillocsphotoproject.com/1940sOCSClassRosters.PDF , [16 September 2008]; WRP April 4, 1952 10:4, May 30, 1952 1:1, July
22, 1952 2:2)
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Fred N. Petersen Jr. (1952/05/25)
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