Appreciation to Ken, Grandson of Robin Gold (Radioman 3rd class) for providing the photograph of Robin below.

Robin reported aboard the Calvert on May 9th, 1944 and departed on July 4th, 1944. Previous to being on the Calvert he also served on the USS Monrovia (also an attack transport), but I did not see a record for his departure from the Monrovia prior to him joining the Calvert in May of ’44.

As a temporary radar man aboard the Calvert and given the time frame he was aboard, he would have likely been either training the Calvert’s permanent radiomen crew or participating in training exercises in the Pacific (likely Hawaii area) in prep for the Marianas invasions (Saipan and Tinian) that happened in mid July and late July.

Miton Hartman, from Mercersburg, PA, enlisted in the US Navy on October 26th, 1942. On August 17th, 1943 he reported to the USS Calvert, received from the Little Creek, Virginia, Amphibious Base, for duty as a F.1c. (fireman). He left the Calvert in San Francisco on December 17th, 1945 rated as MoMM2c(t) (machinist mate) and was officially released from service in 1946. Milton died in May of 2014, and his obituary can be found here.

Appreciation to Milton’s son, John, for sharing the following photographs:

Appreciation John for providing the following photographs of the USS Calvert, never before published on this site.

John also has possession of a wooden souvenir, presumably driftwood, that his father brought back from the Tarawa invasion (when a number of Calvert’s crew were temporarily assigned to help clear the Tarawa beaches) following their successful landing at Makin (to the North West of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands). The photographs of John holding the wooden souvenir are from the 2015 Reunion and the two gentlemen he is talking with are John Regan (’42-’43) and William Habrat (’41-’45) (wearing blue hat).

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