USS Tunny (SS-282) WW II Era
(1 September 1942 - 12 February 1946)
Photo Gallery
Last Updated: February 12, 2022
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Awards Earned during WW II (1942 - 1946)
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Tunny's Accumlative Awards 1942 through 1969
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It is said that "A picture is worth a thousand words." The images shown here are of those former crew members who served on USS Tunny (SS 282) when she operated during World War II. During that time, Tunny conducted nine (9) combat war patrols with many of them on board for those patrols. In some cases, images of historical documents are also provided. For a complete history of Tunny, please click here which will take you to a link that describes information about the only book that presents a comprehensive history of this famous United States Navy submarine identified as Tunny 282. Some individuals have quite a number of photos, some not, and some are of them before they came to Tunny, and others taken of them after they left Tunny. The main source for the photos came from Tunny's Digital Archives. The individuals that have photos are listed in alphabetical order and the photos are arranged in time order. Some images resulted from further research using the Internet, communicating with relatives, family records, and newspapers. A BIG THANK YOU to all those who took the time to share the photos. Please note that the photographs shown were purposely resized from the original images. If you place your key board mouse over the photograph, it should result in showing the name of the individual identified or something about the image. While you are on the photo and you wish to have a copy, simply 'right click' on your mouse and you will be offered a selection to choose from such as "save as". As previously mentioned, most of the photos shown are from Tunny's digital archives, which are retained and maintained by former Tunny Engineman John Joseph Jenkins, Jr. "JJ" as he is known to many can provide digital CDs if requested. His email is: radrhino@cox.net. Should anyone having photographs of those who served on Tunny, please send them to JJ or myself and we will get them posted on the Internet as part of this unique Tunny Veteran tribute. Ray Olszewski, Boat Yeoman, USS TUNNY (SSG-282) 1958-1962. |
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| Earl William Adams |  |
| Lloyd Eugene Atkinson |  |
| William Franklin Ballinger |  |
| Herbert William Barringer |  |
| Doyle Frederick Baughman |   |
| George Benjamin Beaman, Jr. |    |
| Albert Paul Bernier |       |
| Threll Virgil Branchfield |  |
| Ernest David Breedlove |  |
| Henry Bress |  |
| Donald Fred Brown |  |
| Francis Justin Busemeyer |  |
| Henry Julius Cappello |
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| Leonidas James Carden |   |
| Robert Jesse Carver |  |
| Arthur James Cassel |  |
| Harold Frederick Christman |  |
| Warren Radner Colegrove |   |
| John Weston Corbeil |  |
| Neal Nathan Cotner |   |
| John Avery Collett Crew |   |
| John Steve Csik |  |
| Howard Herman Currier |
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| Earl William Daniels |  |
| Frank Albert Dawson |  |
| James Charles Delfino |  |
| Robert Edgar Denham |  |
| Darrell Elroy Dickerson |   |
| David Edmond Dooley |  |
| Thomas J. Eckels, Sr. |        |
| Loyd Dennie Emerson |    |
| John David Erskine |  |
| Harold Bradford Fish |   |
| David Allen Forbes |   |
| Elton Watters Grenfell |
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| Leon Vaughn Hagiopan |    |
| Harold Herbert Hale |    |
| Clarence Henry Holden |   |
| Wilfred Dresser Hoyt |  |
| Dallas William Hunter |  |
| Oscar Ibert Isaacson |   |
| Marvin John Johnson |    |
| Steven Lobdell Johnson |
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| Eugene Caldwell Jones |
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| Herbert Erskine Jones, Jr. |   |
| Leroy Ellis Jones |  |
| Edward Fred Kalin |  |
| Elmer Leonard Kasmark |   |
| Roger Myers Keithly, Jr. |      |
| Floyd Grant Kimble,Jr. |    |
| Frank Roger King |
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| Charles William Kittell |   |
| Hugh Washington Latham |      |
| Raymond Arthur Leecy |  |
| Russell Samuel Levinton |
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| Edward Peter Madley |    |
| Warren Edward Davis Martens |    |
| Mancel May |    |
| John Joseph McGovern |  |
| George Willard McMillin |         |
| Everett Earl Merry |  |
| William Hans Mulhovich |  |
| Norman Clarke Nash |
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| John Andrew O'Connell |  |
| Robert Browning O'Neill |  |
| Francis Kenneth Oppelt |   |
George Ellis Pierce and his family
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The photos shown below are of the unique Pierce family associated with the Tunny and the United States Submarine Force. George Ellis Pierce served as Tunny's (SS-282) third Commanding Officer. His older brother, John Reeves Pierce, served as the Commanding Officer of the USS Argronaut (APS-1 or SS-166), which was lost at-sea in the South Pacific on 10 January 1943. Their father, Claude Conner Pierce, Sr., leads this tribute, who also served as a significant public servant. An additional member of the Pierce family, John Taylor Pierce, who is the son of John Reeves Pierce, served on USS TUNNY (SSG-282). Claude Conner Pierce, Sr. (1878-1944)
George Ellis Pierce (1909-1981)
John Reeves Pierce (1906-1944)
Click here to take you to John Taylor Pierce, son of John Reeves Pierce. |
| Robert Daniel Quinn |      |
| William Fairfield Rapier |     |
| Frank Gordon Robb |  |
| Leland Perley Robinson, Jr. |  |
| Leslie Somers Robinson |       |
| Charles August Rouiller, Jr. |  |
| Elmer Blueford Saffel |  |
| Howard August Schonshack |  |
| John Addison Scott |     |
| Joseph Lacy Seagle |  |
| Richard O'Neal Barker Sibley |    |
| Ralph Eugene Simmerman |  Died on Lagarto |
| Charles Ervin Simpson |  |
| Robert Stoll, Jr. |  |
| William John Stone |   |
| Roy Earl Sumners |   |
| Joseph Douglas Thompson |  |
| Jack Clarence Titus |  |
| Elmer Earl Trosper |  |
| Arthur Karl Ullrich |  |
| Gordon Waite Underwood |    |
| Henry Lee Vaughan |     |
| Frederick Henry Voskuhl |
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| Fred Wayne Waite |  |
| Emil Ralph Weaver, Jr. |   |
| Dean Martin Weigant |      |
| James Wallace Wilkes |  |
| John Bernard Williams, Jr. |    |
| Avery Lee Willis |    |
George Zocfin |
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