Photo #: NH 67963 (complete caption)
Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Eight
Commanding officers of the squadron's ships display their Anti-Submarine
Warfare "A" awards in a ceremony held on board one
of the DesRon28 destroyers, circa the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Flanking them are Vice Admiral Edmund B. Taylor, Commander Anti-Submarine
Defense Force, Atlantic Fleet (at left) and Rear Admiral Frederick
V.H. Hilles, Commander Destroyer Flotilla 4 (at right). The DesRon28
insignia is in the foreground.
Those holding the "A" awards are (from left to right):
Commander George R. Bryan, Commanding Officer, USS Conway
(DDE-507);
Commander David A. Johnson, Commanding Officer, USS Beale
(DDE-471);
Commander Frank C. Dunham, Commanding Officer, USS Cony
(DDE-508);
Commander Ralph F. Monger, Commanding Officer, USS Murray
(DDE-576);
Commander James L. Rothermel, Commanding Officer, USS Waller
(DDE-466); and
Captain Arthur G. Esch, Commanding Destroyer Division 282, who
accepted the award on behalf of USS Eaton (DDE-510), three
time winner of the "A" award.
Photograph received from USS Waller, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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