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To: Farmer Dean

You are right.

She begain life the USS Atherton (DE-169) in 1943, she was mostly assigned at the Atlantic theatre doing patrols and anti-submarine missions. She was credited of having destroyed a German U-boat, the U-853, in 9 May 1945. She served in the Pacific theatre in the middle of 1945 until she was decommissioned and put on reserves on 10 December 1945. With her service during World War II, she was awarded with one battle star.


7 posted on 06/18/2011 6:57:30 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Forget AMEX, remember your Glock 27: Never Leave Home Without It!)
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To: MindBender26; KantianBurke
Maybe the Phillipines will offer us use of a naval anchorage and an AFB..

Re the USS Atherton..getting a U-boat on 9 May 1945..was that the last one sunk in the war?

19 posted on 06/18/2011 8:13:56 AM PDT by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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