ROGERS BLOOD DE 555
Ship Name and Designation History
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- USS ROGERS BLOOD DE-555
Construction Cancelled (Date unknown)
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NAMESAKE - Rogers Blood, born at Manchester, N.H., 29 January 1922, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 3 January 1942. He accepted a commission as second lieutenant 13 January 1943, and was promoted to first lieutenant 1 February 1944. He served at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., and at Camp Lejeune, N.C. From 21 May 1943, he served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. On 18 February 1944, while leading his platoon in a valiant charge across open terrain in the face of severe hostile machinegun, mortar, and rifle fire to dislodge the heavily entrenched enemy, on the Japanese stronghold of Engebi, he was killed. Lieutenant Blood was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity. {DANFS}
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