Sandy Waits provided the following photographs of her father, Benjamin “Lawrence” Hearne. Lawrence served aboard the Calvert from June 1944 through March 1945 and during this time he was a Seaman 2nd class, then promoted to 1st class, while aboard the Calvert.
Originally from Chatham, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, Lawrence’s full war-time chronology follows:
01/31/44 – MARSHALL ISLANDS – L.S.T. 222
06/23/44 – SAIPIAN – U.S.S. CALVERT APA 32
07/24/44 – TINNIAN – U.S.S. CALVERT APA 32
10/20/44 – LETTE – U.S.S. CALVERT APA 32
01/9/45 – LU – U.S.S. CALVERT APA 32
03/26/45 – TO THE U.S.A. – U.S.S. CALVERT APA 32 – ARRIVE AT BREMERTON, WA
09/27/45 – TO PEARL HARBOR – U.S.S. BUNKER HILL CV 17
11/24/45 – TO THE U.S.A. – U.S.S. SCHMITT A.P.D. – SAN DIEGO
Sadly, Lawrence passed in 1988.