Sadly saying goodbye to Howard Bassingthwaite Howard passed away on February 11, 2018. He was 92 years of age. We were honored to have had Howard and his wife attend the last USS Mississinewa reunion back in 2003. He said he, like so many others, had joined the Navy to
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Tranquilino Gonzales, Jr., S2c ID’d
Tranquilino Gonzales, Jr., S2c ID’d in crew photo The granddaughter of crewman Tranquilino Gonzales, Jr., S2c recently identified her grandfather in the Mississinewa Crew Photo. Lisa Peralta Bell remembered her grandfather in a post on the Mississinewa Facebook page on the anniversary of the ship’s sinking. Since we had never been in
Continue readingGeorge Huss celebrating 93rd birthday (2017)
George Huss, 93 years old on 13 November 2017 On Veteran’s Day, 11 November 2017, Elisabeth Gavan, daughter of George Huss, RM3c, was kind enough to send a photo of her dad from 1945. In the photo, he’s standing next to his pals, Bill Brzykcy and Andrew “Red” Dadura. George will
Continue readingBernard Dineen, S2c, ID’d
S2c Bernard Dineen tentatively ID’d in crew photo Thanks to Debra Lauren Dineen, niece of former USS Mississinewa S2c Bernard Dineen, I was able to tentatively identify her uncle in the crew photo. Debra supplied a photo of her uncle back in 1944 in a photo with another unidentified sailor. In
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