The Men



Carson Smith (left) and Stanley J. Morrison. 

As a flagship, the USS Biscayne always had plenty of brass aboard – high ranking Navy and Army officers from both US and British armed forces.
Running the ship took the labor of about 300 enlisted men.
During invasions, the ship would be loaded with extra men, looking for a berth in making a crossing.
While the Biscayne was a smaller ship, many men walked her decks during her World War II service.
This entry is an attempt to name as many of those men as possible.  If you were aboard the Biscayne or know someone who was, drop me a line so I can add them to this list.

  1. Alderton, Harry M. – enlisted man
  2. Alexander, Harold – General British Army
  3. Amodeo, Vincent J. – pharmacist mate (Norwich, CT)
  4. Bates, Richard H. – Lt. Commander and skipper
  5. Berger, Walter H. – signal corps
  6. Bertschman, L. J. – signalman (Milan, MO)
  7. Blackburn, Caspar – war correspondent
  8. Burgett, – enlisted man
  9. Champion, Carlton C., Jr. – Commander and skipper
  10. Clark, Mark – Lt. General US Army
  11. Collins, Ernest John – enlisted man (Miami, FL)
  12. Conolly, Richard L.  – Rear Admiral, US Navy
  13. Darby, William G. -- store keeper first class
  14. Donovan, William J. – Major General, US Army
  15. Dyer, George C. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
  16. Eagles, William W. – Major General, US Army
  17. Eckelmeyer, Edward H. – Captain and skipper
  18. Gulett, William – Commander, executive officer
  19. Hawkesworthy, John – Lt. General British Army
  20. Hewitt, Henry K. – Vice Admiral, US Navy
  21. House, Edwin – Major General, US Air Force
  22. Hunt, L. P. – General, US Army
  23. Joy, C. T. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
  24. King, Ernest J. – Admiral, US Navy
  25. Lansdale, Dick – enlisted man
  26. Lemnitzer, Lyman – General US Army
  27. Lindgren, Hal – enlisted man
  28. Lowry, Frank J. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
  29. Lynch, George – enlisted man
  30. Manry, John T, III – Lieutenant
  31. Moosbrugger, Frederick – Commodore, US Navy
  32. Morris, Frank D. – war correspondent, Collier’s Magazine
  33. Morrison, Stanley J. – radioman first class (Philadelphia, PA)
  34. Morse, John – Rear Admiral, Royal Navy
  35. Mulvehill, Paul J. – pharmacist mate (Ebensburg, PA)
  36. O'Brien, – enlisted man (SK2c)
  37. Patton, George S. – General, US Army
  38. Philactos, George  – radio technician (New York, NY)
  39. Piaseczny, – enlisted man
  40. Puckett, George A. – enlisted man
  41. Pyle, Ernie – war correspondent, Scripps Howard
  42. Reifschneider, Lawrence F. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
  43. Rodgers, B. J. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
  44. Ryan, Charles M. – Commander and skipper
  45. Smith, Carson – US Army signal corps
  46. Sowane, John F. – chief pharmacist mate (Brooklyn, NY)
  47. Toothaker, Alfred – hospital assistant (Brunswick, ME)
  48. Troubridge, Thomas T. – Admiral, Royal Navy
  49. Truscott, Lucien – Major General, US Army
  50. Utt, Fred – enlisted man (Philadelphia, PA)
  51. von Kalinowski, Julian – Lieutenant
  52. West, Robert, enlisted man (MoMM2c)
  53. Whitehead, Don – war correspondent
  54. Walcott, C. G. – Lieutenant, medical doctor (Fenton, MI)
  55. Young, Rufus C. – Commander and skipper


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