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| Current Message 50 - March 10, 2001 |
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Entry: 15385
USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) |
Shake down the first 16days |
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JOHN MOELLER wrote on 2001-03-10 18:20:58.0
Comments: Member of the first crew to take CVE119 To SEA,out of TACOMA,WASHINGTON. CAPTAIN DAY Skipper.
Keywords: Duty ELECTRICIAN MOELLER
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| Current Message 51 - August 16, 2000 |
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Entry: 11059
USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) |
1950 and 1951 Ronald R. Rickley |
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Susan Ring wrote on 2000-08-16 12:31:20.0
Comments: I am Ron's daughter, Susan. He does not have access to the Web so I am completing some research on his behalf. He is healthy and well and interested in where some of his "buddies" are.
Keywords: Ronald R. Rickley USS Point Cruz CVE 119 1951 - 1953
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| Current Message 52 - November 16, 1999 |
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Entry: 5011
USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) |
Ship's History - Korean War Service |
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Craig Rothhammer wrote on 1999-11-16 00:00:00.0
Comments: USS POINT CRUZ (CVE-119) Operation Platform Displacement: 24,560 t. (full load) Length: 5571 Beam: 75 Extreme Width: 1052 Draft: 33 Speed: 19 k. Complement: 1,060 Armament: 2 5; 36 40mm Class: COMMENCEMENT BAY After the start of hostilities in Korea, the ship was activated and recommissioned 26 July 1951, Captain Horace Butterfield in command. POINT CRUZ departed CONUS 4 January 1953 after coastal operations and an extensive overhaul modifying her for use as an ASW Hunter-Killer Group carrier. Based at Sasebo, Japan, POINT CRUZ patrolled the Korean coast in the spring of 1953. After the armistice, her helicopter squadron took part in "Operation Platform", airlifting Indian troops to the Panmunjom buffer zone to supervise the POW exchange. From: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS
Keywords: OPERATION PLATFORM, PANMUNJOM,
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| Current Message 53 - November 20, 1998 |
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Entry: 196
USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) |
Claude H. Bonner |
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CLAUDE H. BONNER wrote on 1998-11-20 00:00:00.0
Comments: U.S.S.POINT CRUZ CVE 119 WAS IN INCHON TO RECEIVE THE FIRST POW.ALSO TO TRANSPORT INDIAN TROOPS TO THE BUFFER ZONE.
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Cruise info needed VMA-322
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998
Douglas County Museum Email address wrote:
Hello from Lynnita in Illinois. Gerald Dickey is sitting in my
office this morning. He served on the Point Cruz from August
1953-November 1953 and then was landbased at K-6 near Inchon
until July 1954. He is trying to find anyone who served with
him at this time.
He is also trying to find detailed information about the Point
Cruz CVE-119. The Point Cruz was a World War II vessel which
was stationed in the Yellow Sea during the time Indian troops
served as security for the exchange of prisoners at the end of
the war. Sigmund Rhee refused to allow Indian troops to land on
South Korean soil, so the Point Cruz served as a base for
helicopters carrying the Indians to the DMZ.
If anyone served with Gerald, he would like to hear from them.
His address is 1404 Mayfair, Champaign, IL 61821. By the way,
his brother, Guy Edward Dickey, served in the Air Force in Korea
at K-8. He was a pilot of an F-84.
Crew member
On Sat, 4 Apr 1998
"J. W. Montgomery"Email address wrote:
663 Club Oak Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76114
phone: 817-732-3567
USS Point Cruz CVE 119
datein: Dec 1950 dateout: July 1954
It was from her flight deck that the Gurka troops were flown in to the
DMZ to handle the exchange of prioners. I believe it was because India
had not supplied any troops to take part in the war itself, South
Koreas' president would not permit them to set foot on S-K soil.
They were brought into Inchon harbor aboard British troop ships, ferried
over to the Point Cruz and flown via helicopters into the DMZ.
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