Acknowledgments

Grateful thanks to the organizations and personnel who contributed to this web site:
National Archives and Records Administration U.S. Navy Memorial Tin Can Sailors, Inc.	U.S. Navy History Branch U.S. Naval Institute Louisiana War Memorial

CREW MEMBERS - USS BRAINE - DD630

CAPT. John T. Evans, USNR(Ret), Executive Officer CAPT. Donald C. Johnson, USNR(Ret), Communications Officer LT. William T. Reid, Jr., USNR(Ret), Asst. Engineering Officer LT. Wilbur S. Kelly, Jr., Fighter Director Officer LT. David G. Manning , Asst. Gunnery Officer LT(jg) Gene Coogan, Engineering Officer CAPT. Robert Juarez, USN (Ret), Commanding Officer CAPT. R.C. Koenig, USNR(Ret), Chief Engineer

Adrian M. Brandt, Machinist Mate Frank J. Szymanek, Ships Cook Louis S. Hall, Jr. Sonarman Arnold D. Papanti, Seaman Arthur Quinn, Seaman Stanley Gold, Fireman William R. Hopper, Boatswains Mate Robert Exley, Boatswains Mate

Walter C. Gaddis, Machinists Mate John H. Niemritz, Electricians Mate Steven Johnson, Sonarman Paul L. Conway, Yeoman Daniel Cosontos, Radarman Dan Turnbaugh, Yeoman Lawrence E. Benson, Jr. Seaman Harvey Moore, Radarman

CREW MEMBERS - USS ANTHONY - DD515

RADM. C.J. VanArsdall, USN(Ret), Commanding Officer LT. G.H. (Pete) Boyd, Engineering Officer

Paul Hooks, Machinist Mate Robert Wiedemer George Andrys, Radioman USS LCS(L)86 LT. H.N. (Sam) Houston, Commanding Officer William Mason, Yeoman John A. Paddock, Pharmacist Mate	Kenneth Carlson Joseph Manion, Gunners Mate Joseph C. Williams, Radarman USS LCS(L)82 John Rooney, Author "The Mighty Midgets"
USS REEVES - APD52 Darrell Helton, Chief Pharmacist Mate	RESCUE SQUADRON VH-3 LeRoy Way R.J. Waters, Jr. Air Intelligence Officer

PHOTOGRAPHS United States Destroyer Operations in World War II By Theodore Roscoe – Designed and Illustrated By Fred Freeman Published By: Naval Institute Press War in the Pacific By Clark G. Reynolds Published by: Military Press Fletcher-Class Destroyers By Alan Raven Published By: Naval Institute Press Mrs. Chester Cohenno, widow of the ship's photographer Chester Cohenno, who graciously donated her husbands photograph and negative collection and Robert Wilkerson, a retired photographer, who developed new negatives and photographs from fifty year old negatives and photographs. The USS Braine DD630 Reunion Association owes a debt of gratitude to Connie Gaddis and Walter Nesbitt, daughter and grandson of Walter C. Gaddis for the original design of this website.