Diane Weber  was kind enough to share the following information about her father, Warren “Ted” Weber in a comment on this site in December, 2013:

“My father, Warren T. Weber, also known as “Ted” or “Teddy” served as BM2C. He fought in No. Africa, Sicily, Pacific and was in Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Dad ran the Higgins’ boats during many invasions and spoke often of going in and out of “Pearl.” A major storm off the US Pacific coast late in the war occurred; he went out on deck and photographed 40 foot waves by securing himself with his feet to the railings. Around that time, he steered the USS Calvert down the Columbia River. He was helmsman and said the ship was about 500 feet long. P.S. His photo is in the 2nd Division Deck Crew/Boat Crew, circa 1943 or 1944, USS Calvert. He is in front row on the right.” (see below)

Warren can be seen bottom right on this photograph of the Calvert’s 2nd Division Boat Crew (click on image to open full-sized version in a new window).

I corresponded with Diane over the holidays and she was kind enough to send the following picture of her and her father taken in August 2004 during their cruise to Bermuda.

Sadly, Warren sailed away in December, 2004, at the age of 82. In memory of Warren, and his service for our country, here is a photograph from Diane’s collection from her final cruise with her father: