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Name: Mike Hawthorne
E-mail address mikespring@earthlink.net
Date: Wed May 31 21:03:17 2006
Your Home Port - City & State Belleville, Illinois
Were you aboard the Franklin? no
Or are you a family member? yes cousin to Lowell E. (Bud) Hawthorne
Comments:

If anyone has info on my cousin Bud Hawthorne please contact me. Thanks

Name: Evelyn Conner
E-mail address econner@netpath-rc.net
Date: Wed May 31 16:22:44 2006
Your Home Port - City & State Reidsville, North Carolina
Were you aboard the Franklin? No
Or are you a family member? Yes
Comments:

My husband's uncle AMM1c Charles Calvin Conner was aboard the USS Franklin and KIA March 19, 1945.
We appreciate this web site and the internet for all the information we have obtained. It has been an honor to
look at the Memorials. God Bless and Thank you,

Evelyn Conner

Name: Annemarie Clarke Baldyga
E-mail address abaldyga@aol.com
Date: Tue May 30 9:03:58 2006
Your Home Port - City & State Boston, MA
Were you aboard the Franklin? no
Or are you a family member? yes, my father served on the Franklin
Comments:

My father was one of the men trapped in the mess on March 19, 1945 who were found and led out in groups. I believe he was a gunner's mate. His name is Robert B. Clarke.

Name: Terry C. Wellman
E-mail address twellman@centurytel.net
Date: Mon May 29 21:30:03 2006
Your Home Port - City & State Ocean Park, WA
Were you aboard the Franklin? no
Or are you a family member? Nephew of Fred Wellman, MM2
Comments:

Great web site, very informative. Thank you for remembering my uncle and his shipmates

Name: Marsha Martin Duggins
E-mail address marsha.duggins@noaa.gov
Date: Mon May 29 13:35:32 2006
Your Home Port - City & State
Were you aboard the Franklin? No
Or are you a family member? Yes, daughter of Clifton C. Martin
Comments:

Dad was Quartermaster 2nd Class Martin, and blown off the ship due to an explosion. Hw was picked up by the Santa Fe. One of their crew let him use his razor and got him a toothbrush. He never forgot his "generosity".

Name: Terrence Tickle
E-mail address swingcity@intrex.net
Date: Fri May 26 1:18:01 2006
Your Home Port - City & State Chapel Hill, NC
Were you aboard the Franklin? no
Or are you a family member?
Comments:

I am doing some big band history, am interested in any info on Saxie Dowell, leader of the band on the Franklin.

Name: Mark Sibbernsen
E-mail address msibbernsen@earthlink.net
Date: Thu May 25 1:21:32 2006
Your Home Port - City & State
Were you aboard the Franklin? No
Or are you a family member? Yes
Comments:

I noticed that Capt. W. O. Chapman is listed as KIA as part of VMF-214. I had the pleasure of meeting Capt. Chapman at a 214 reunion in Ne. in 1995. My father Al Sibbernsen was part of that group.

Name: Brandy Adams
E-mail address cougar579@yahoo.com
Date: Thu May 18 13:48:24 2006
Your Home Port - City & State San Antonio, Texas
Were you aboard the Franklin? No
Or are you a family member? yes
Comments:

My grandfather Kenneth E. Posey was a naval fighter pilot on board the USS Franklin and was blasted off. He floated in the water for hours and said that was one of the scariest experiences he ever had. I loved hearing his stories of WW II and he said he was never waved off when trying to land. One of the fighters he flew was the Corsair.

Name: David Root
E-mail address droot@verizon.net
Date: Mon May 15 8:33:14 2006
Your Home Port - City & State San Fransisco
Were you aboard the Franklin? No
Or are you a family member? Yes
Comments:

May 15, 2006, I found out last night from my dad that my grandfather was aboard the Franklin, so I looked her up and found your site. His name was Gordon H. Root. My dad told me that granddad has never talked about it. I served aboard the USS Coral Sea CV-43 76-80. Nice site.

Name: Anthony S. Leanza
E-mail address anthonysl519@cs.com
Date: Mon May 15 4:36:15 2006
Your Home Port - City & State
Were you aboard the Franklin? was not aboard
Or are you a family member? yes
Comments:

my Uncle, Anthony S. Leanza, who I was named after, died in the attack, on March 19 1945....he was a Fireman Second Class.....I would appreciate hearing from anyone who personally knew him.....thank you...I am also former navy and I am a Viet Nam vet. I served aboard the Battleship NJ in the 16 inch main battery....and also served in Tartar division.. on the Buchanan DDG-14 ...Was a GM-3

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