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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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Image posted 18 April 2006
Caption corrected 9 September 2006