Benjamin “Lawrence” Hearne – SC1 – World War II Crew Member

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.

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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.

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