U.S. Navy
Reported for Duty: 12 March 1951, San Francisco, California
Training: U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, California
Assignment: USS Patrol Craft Escort Control 896 (PCEC 896).
Honorably Discharged: 8 March 1955, Brooklyn, New York
Training: U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, California
Assignment: USS Patrol Craft Escort Control 896 (PCEC 896).
Honorably Discharged: 8 March 1955, Brooklyn, New York
Scrapbook. Roger's Navy scrapbook that he reworked 50 years later.
Roger once wrote the following to his granddaughter when she asked him how he served in the Korean War:
I was responsible for maintaining all the charts (like road maps on land) that we used, and also for navigation of the ship.
Those duties required taking sight readings of the stars, moon, sun with a sextant (sex·tant, n. 1. A navigational instrument containing a graduated 60-degree arc, used for measuring the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. Sextant. See Sextans. [New Latin sext ns, sextant-, from Latin, sixth part (so called because the instrument's arc is a sixth of a circle) from sextus, sixth. See s(w)eks below.]and LORAN( and lo·ran (n. A long-range navigational system in which position is determined by an analysis involving the time intervals between pulsed radio signals from two or more pairs of ground stations of known position. [lo(ng-)ra(nge) n(avigation).]}.
This included a day by day change in Korea and were secret documents to avoid the enemy getting the data also. The methods of signaling was by light ( a 24 inch carbon arc light like you see sometimes when a car dealer or whomever uses to draw attention to their business), a 12 inch light, and lights on top of the ships mast which could be seen much further because of their height.
Also, I used semaphore, ( A visual system for sending information by means of two flags that are held one in each hand, using an alphabetic code based on the position of the signaler's arms) , and a whole set of other flags that you see in pictures of ships. I was also responsible for repair or fabrication of all such flags (including the American flag). So, I had access to a sewing machine, which I also used to repair my uniform, and sew ratings and such on.
I was responsible for maintaining all the charts (like road maps on land) that we used, and also for navigation of the ship.
Those duties required taking sight readings of the stars, moon, sun with a sextant (sex·tant, n. 1. A navigational instrument containing a graduated 60-degree arc, used for measuring the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. Sextant. See Sextans. [New Latin sext ns, sextant-, from Latin, sixth part (so called because the instrument's arc is a sixth of a circle) from sextus, sixth. See s(w)eks below.]and LORAN( and lo·ran (n. A long-range navigational system in which position is determined by an analysis involving the time intervals between pulsed radio signals from two or more pairs of ground stations of known position. [lo(ng-)ra(nge) n(avigation).]}.
This included a day by day change in Korea and were secret documents to avoid the enemy getting the data also. The methods of signaling was by light ( a 24 inch carbon arc light like you see sometimes when a car dealer or whomever uses to draw attention to their business), a 12 inch light, and lights on top of the ships mast which could be seen much further because of their height.
Also, I used semaphore, ( A visual system for sending information by means of two flags that are held one in each hand, using an alphabetic code based on the position of the signaler's arms) , and a whole set of other flags that you see in pictures of ships. I was also responsible for repair or fabrication of all such flags (including the American flag). So, I had access to a sewing machine, which I also used to repair my uniform, and sew ratings and such on.