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Damage to Caldwell from 12 December 1944 suicide attack |
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Photo courtesy of Wesley F. Wadsworth |
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CO Wendelburg receives Purple Heart |
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Photo courtesy of Roger James Cratsley, son of Mel Cratsley |
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Wounded Caldwell crewmen at 29 December 1944 Purple Heart award ceremony, Noumea, New Caledonia |
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front row (l to r): Olsen, Wendelberg (CO), Dudek, Fladager, Allen, Vasilovitch; back row (l to r): Mulvihill, Watkins, McNeal, Wetzel, Werner, Stier, Elliott
Photo courtesy of David Wendelburg, grandson of George Wendelburg |
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George Wendelburg (CO) w |
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Photo courtesy of grandson David Wendelburg |
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Mel Cratsley |
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Photo courtesy of son Roger James Cratsley |
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Richard Blair Hodgman (holding ship's mascot, a spider monkey named Sally |
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Photo courtesy of son Dick Hodgman Jr. |
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Jerome Raymond Hould |
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Photo courtesy of daughter Theresa Hould McKeon |
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Wesley F. Wadsworth |
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Photo courtesy of Wesley F. Wadsworth |
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Lawrence J. Welch w (KIA) |
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Photo courtesy of nephew Gary Ely |
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