Issuing new outfit to survivor Sam Varlas, GM3c, 22 April 1944. We would really like to identify the troubled-looking sailor in the foreground. US Navy photograph.
Issuing new outfit to survivor Philip Molbogat, MM2c, 22 April 1944. We had a difficult time locating this man for our reunions because he and his brother changed their name to Mobell after the war. He and his buddy, Edward Rubinstein, SOM2c, had stayed in contact over the years and Ed found this homepage on the web and contacted the Lansdale Association. This web page has resulted in finding a number of lost shipmates. US Navy photograph.
Lt. Robert L. Morganthau, Executive Officer of Lansdale, assists Lt. Cdr.Douglas M. Swift, Captain, USS Lansdale DD426, who was hopitalized at the US Army Hospital in Algiers for wounds received on 20 April 1944 after Lansdale was attacked and sunk by German torpedo planes. US Navy photograph.
Funeral service for casualties of sinking of USS Lansdale DD426 on 20 April 1944. US Navy photograph.
Memorial service 27 April 1944 for officers and men lost when USS Lansdale DD426 was sunk by German torpedo planes, 20 April 1933. Seated on the stage to the right are Lt. Cdr. Douglas M. Swift, Captain of Lansdale and Vice Adm. H. Kent Hewitt. US Navy photograph.