Appreciation to Albert’s grandson, James, for providing the photographs below.

When Albert transferred off the Calvert in late-October 1945 he was rated a Coxswain, so he would have been a member of the ship’s boat crews.

Albert’s time aboard the Calvert was as follows:

• Joined the Calvert on September 16, 1943, while the ship was in San Francisco prior to departure for her first invasion in the Pacific. He was rated a Seaman Second Class, Sc2, at that time and was received aboard from the Pleasanton Naval Center, CA.
• Departed the Calvert on October 29, 1945, while the ship was in Hiro Wan, Japan. He was rated a Coxswain (Temporary), Cox (t), at that time. 
• He was also listed aboard the USS Winston (AKA-94) in mid-November, for discharge from the U.S. Navy upon return to the continental U.S.

Here are the assault landings Albert would have participated as a member of a boat crew.

• Assault landing at Makin Island, Gilberts, November 1943. Many of the boat crews also helped with boat salvage operations at nearby Tarawa after the landings at Makin. This is likely the “mop up” reference he mentioned to his family. He would have seen horrific sights at Tarawa, as did my grandfather.
• Assault landing at Roi-Namur, late-January 1944.
• Assault landing at Saipan, June 1944.
• Assault landing at Tinian, July 1944.
• Assault landings at Leyte, Philippines, October 1994
• Reinforcement at Leyte, Philippines, November 1944.
• Assault landing at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, January 1945.
• Assault landing at Mindoro, Philippines, February 1945
• First landing of occupation troops in the Hiroshima area (Hiro Wan), Japan, in October, 1945.

The photo above likely shows either the Calvert’s 1st or 3rd deck division/boat crews.

Likely Albert’s graduating class photograph, probably at a west-coast landing craft school.