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Anonymous, circa 1999A color photograph of three women and a man standing together and smiling at the camera. There are some red, white, and blue balloons in the…
Men group photo, circa 2001A color photograph of fourteen men arranged in two rows for a group photograph. Joseph Ogrodnik is seated in the center of the front row; none of the…
Candid photo, circa 2001A color photograph of several people around a large table that is scattered with beverages, bowls, amd what appear to be binders and photographs. The…
Women group photo 3, circa 2001A color photograph of seventeen women posing for a group photo. Joan Ogrodnik is standing in the back row, second from the left. The other women are…
Women group photo 2, circa 2001A color photograph of fifteen women posing for a group photo, standing in two rows. This image was taken in the same setting as item Ogrodnik-132,…
Women group photo, circa 2001A color photograph of seventeen women posing for a group photo. Joan Ogrodnik is standing in the back row, second from the left. The other women are…
Group photo 2, circa 2001A color photo of the same group from item Ogrodnik-130, taken in the process of the group posing. Joan Ogrodnik is centered; Joseph Ogrodnik is the…
Group photo, circa 2001A color photograph, possibly at one of the reunions, stamped on the reverse "Oct 2001." Joseph and Joan Ogrodnik are the two rightmost people in the…
Looking at photographsA color photograph of a man in a red jacket and dark hat looking at a board of several black and white photos, possibly crew photos from the USS…
DESA Clipping, circa 2004A clipping in two pieces from DESA News, undated. The clipping details the 15th reunion of the USS Witter held in Septermber 2003, which had 45 people…
DESA Clipping, May/June 2007A clipping from the May/June 2007 issue of DESA News, regarding the 18th reunion of the USS Witter, held in June 2006. The article includes a black…
"Brother preserves memory of fallen hero"A laminated newspaper clipping mounted on pink paper, with a note "Compliments of Senator Mike Knapik." The article is about Joseph Ogrodnik's work to…
Collage photo of USS WitterA collaged photo featuring different images of the USS Witter. The top has a text overlay in a blue stencil-style font, reading "USS Witter DE-636;…
DESA Clipping, circa 2003A clipping from likely an early 2003 issue of DESA News, detailing the 14th reunion of the USS Witter, held in September 2002 in Asheville, NC. The…
DESA Clipping, January/February 2002A clipping from the January/February issue of DESA News, detailing the 13th reunion of the USS Witter, held in Rosemont, IL, in September 2001. It…
DESA Clipping, November/December 2000A clipping from the November/December issue of DESA News, detailing the 12th reunion of the USS Witter, held in September 2000 in St Louis, MO. It…
Reunion clipping, Jan/Feb 1999A clipping from DESA News, hand-labelled "Jan/Feb DESA," describing the ninth reunion of the USS Witter that was held in September of 1998 in San…
Reunion clipping, Nov/Dec 1999A clipping from DESA News, hand-dated Nov/Dec 1999, regarding the 11th reunion of the USS Witter in Sea-Tac, WA. There is also a clipping attached…
Clipping, DESA News March-April 1995A clipping from the March-April DESA News about the sixth reunion of the USS Witter, held in the fall of 1994. The article includes a photograph of 17…
Clippings, DESA News 1994A series of clippings from the 1994 DESA News, that have been adhered into a sleeve protector with double-sided tape. The large clipping is an brief…
50th Anniversary "in memoriams"A typed note to Joe and Joan Ogrodnik from Paul Silance, regarding the enclosed "in memoriam" card from the Los Angeles Times that details what was…
Letter to Charles "Bud" Goodwin from Paul T. Silance, February 10, 1993A typed letter from Paul T. Silance in his role as USS Witter Secretary, to Charles "Bud" Goodwin, Chairman of the DESA Roll of Honor Committee. Dated…
USS Witter (DE 636), stbd. looking to port + slightly fwdA black and white photograph of the damage done to the Witter during the plane attack. There are two uniformed men standing amid the damage.…
USS Witter (DE 636), view of stbd. shell frs. 47-50)A black and white photograph of some of the internal repairs being done to the USS Witter following the plane attack. The label in the lower left…
USS Witter (De 636), looking down to fwd.A black and white photograph of the hole left in the hull by the plane strike. The label in the lower right corner reads: "U.S.S. Witter (DE 636),…
USS Witter (DE 636), view looking up from fuel oil tankA black and white photograph of some of the damage done during the plane attack. Clockwise from the upper right corner, the labels read: " U.S.S.…
USS Witter (DE 636) Fwd. end of fireroomA black and white photograph of the progress of repairs on the USS Witter. Outer labels read (counterclockwise from lower right): "U.S.S. Witter (DE…
USS Witter (DE 636) Reunuion Association articleA newspaper clipping that has been mounted on gold paper and laminated. The article is from 2004, and details the October 2004 meeting of the USS…
USS Witter (DE 636), Post-damageA black and white image of the entire side of the USS Witter after the plane strike. There are several crewmen aboard the ship, and just above the…
USS Witter (DE 636), Undated articleA copy of an article about the airplane strikes on the USS Witter. The article has no date or indication of what publication it was from, and is…
USS Witter (DE 636), 1st Div. DeckA reprinted photograph of 28 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as "1st Div. deck." The men are arranged in roughly 3 rows, and…
USS Witter (DE 636), 2nd Div. DeckA reprinted photograph of 23 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as "2nd Div. deck." The men are arranged in three rows, with all…
USS Witter (DE 636), Comm.A reprinted photograph of 25 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as "Comm.," presumably the communications crew. The men are…
USS Witter (DE 636), Ord.A reprinted photograph of 21 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as "Ord.," presumably the ordnance crew. In the center of the back…
USS Witter (DE 636), SupplyA reprinted photograph of 13 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by donor as "supply." There is a handwritten "s" in the lower left corner of…
USS Witter (DE 636), Engine crewA rerprinted photograph of 49 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by donor as "Engine." An uppercase "E" is in the lower left corner, and the…
USS Witter (DE 636), View of BHD. 43A black and white image of repairs in progress on the USS Witter. The labels read left to right: "U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), view of BHD 43 looking aft.…
USS Witter (DE 636), Fwd engine room, lower levelA black and white image of the damage done to the lower-level forward engine rrom. From top to bottom, labels read: "Propulsion switchboard…
USS Witter (DE 636), I.C. & Gyro room A-310ACA black and white image of the damage done in the I.C. & Gyro room. Clockwise from upper right: "Cable insulation damaged by oil; Pitometer log speed…
USS Witter (DE 636), I.C. & Gyro room, beam bent & twistedA black and white image of the damage done in the I.C. & Gyro room. Clockwise from upper left, labels read: "Main wireway; Beam bent & twisted; Feeder…
USS Witter (DE 636), fwd fireroom, lower levelA black and white image of the damage done to the lower level of the forward fireroom of the USS Witter. From top to bottom, labels read: "Smoke…
USS Witter (DE 636), forward fireroomA black and white image of the damage done to the forward fireroom of the USS Witter. Clockwise from upper left, labels read: "Main dk.; Temp.…
USS Witter (DE 636), I.C. & Gyro RoomA black and white image of the damage done to the gyro (compass) room aboard the USS Witter. Clockwise from the lower left, the labels read: "U.S.S.…
USS Witter (DE 636), view of starboard shellA black and white image of repair work done on the USS Witter. Clockwise from upper right, the labels read: "Main dk.; fwd. face of boiler; new shell…
USS Witter (DE 636), looking aftA black and white image of some of the internal damage done to the ship during the plane and bomb attack. Counter-clockwise from the lower left…
USS Witter (DE 636), looking to portA black and white image of the internal damage done to the ship during the plane and bomb attack. Clockwise from the upper left corner, the labels…
USS Witter (DE 636), starboard bottomA black and white image of the repair progress on the USS Witter. The white label in the lower right corner reads: "U.S.S. Witter )DE 636), showing…
USS Witter (DE 636), starboard looking aft & upA black and white image of the repair progress on the USS Witter. The white labeling in the upper right corner reads: "U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) stbd.,…
USS Witter (DE 636), starboard shell damageA black and white image of the shrapnel damage from the plane and bomb attack on the ship. Clockwise from the upper left corner, the labels read: "'F…
USS Witter (DE 636), starboard hullA black and white image clearly showing the damage to the hull of the USS Witter. The white text in the lower right corner of the image reads "U.S.S.…
USS Witter (DE 636), forward starboard damageA black and white image showing the damage to the ship from the plane and bomb attack. Labeled in white in the lower right corner: "U.S.S. Witter (DE…
USS Witter (DE 636), Engineering Officer Bruno Naczkowski inspects damageA black and white image of the hole caused by a kamikaze pilot striking the plane near the waterline. Above the damage, and man in a white naval…
USS Witter (DE 636), anchored off OkinawaA black and white image of a ship anchored near a land mass. The photo is labeled in white. The first label is pointing towards the middle of the ship…
USS Witter (DE 636), port sideA black and white image of the port side of the USS Witter (DE 636). The ship is at sea, but there is a land mass visible behind the ship's bow. The…
USS Witter (DE 636), starboard sideA black and white image of the starboard side of the USS Witter (DE 636). The ship is at sea, but there are land masses in the background. There are…
USS Witter (DE 636), starboard bowA black and white image of the ship USS Witter (DE 636), looking at the starboard bow where "636" is clearly painted in white. The ship is at sea, but…