O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked'st on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

From Navy Hymn

Lord, guard and guide the Men who fly
Through the great spaces in the sky.
Be with them always in the air,
In darkening storms or sunlight fair;
Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer,
For those in peril in the air!

Mary C. D. Hamilton

USS Essex Korean War Killed in Action

 

U.S.S. ESSEX CV-9 KOREAN WAR

KIA

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SHIP'S COMPANY

Roger C. Hammond, AA       Sidney M. Sanders, AA

AIR GROUP SQUADRONS

VF-23

VF- 53

VF- 172

ENS. Leo 1. Freitas

ENS. Richard A. Bateman

AD3 Laurence B. Jackson
LTJG. Daniel L. Musetti LTJG. Eugene L. Franz LTJG. John K Keller
LTJG. Francis G. Gergen AN Vernon Netolicky
LCDR. Irad Blair Oxley

VF 51

LTJG. James J. Ashford LTJG. Ross K. Bramwell AA Charles L. Harrell
AD3 Wade H. Barfield LTJG. Leonard R. Cheshire AOC Earl K. Neiter
ENS. Glen H. Rickelton

VF-54

LT. William A. Bryant, Jr ENS. Raymond G. Kelly ADC William J. Stewart
LTJG. Joseph H. Goliner LTJG. Joseph B. Parse, Jr. LTJG. Cordice I. Teague
LTJG. Eugene B. Hale LT. Frank Sistrunk

VF-871

VA-55

VC-35
LT Alfred E. Nauman Jr. LTJG John W. Healy ATAN Philip K.Balch
LTJG. Loren D. Smith

Courtesy of  U.S.S. ESSEX CV/CVA/CVS9/ LHD2 ASSOCIATION

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