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Charles
K. Herndon
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I was assigned to the USS San
Francisco out of class 40-43, 1940, US Naval
Training Center, San Diego, California and
transported to Pearl Harbor aboard the USS
Henderson. I spent six months or so in the 4th
deck division including routine overhaul in the Navy
Yard, Bremerton, Washington. I was transferred
to "C" division on the Signal Bridge later in that
year, and served the balance of time through August
1944 progressing from Seaman 2nd class thru
Signalman 1st class before being transferred to new
construction. I am a Pearl Harbor survivor,
also Guadalcanal. I was in the conning tower
when Adm Callahan was killed on the Signal Bridge
and was at Lt Cmdr Bruce McCandless right hand in
the conning tower on November 12-13, 1942. I
concluded the war aboard the USS Oxford, APA 189, at
Okinawa, being discharged at Camp Shoemaker in
January 1946. I am a member of the USS San
Francisco Ass'n.
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