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	10k	Henry Gurke was born 6 November 1922 at Neche, North Dakota. Enlisting in the Marine Corps 15 April 1942, he participated in the invasion and occupation of Pavuvu, Russell Islands. Private Gurke was killed during the battle for Bougainville 9 November 1943. He and another Marine were sharing a foxhole to defend a vital road when a Japanese grenade dropped directly in on them. Knowing that his companion manned an automatic weapon with greater fire power than his own and could thereby provide more effective resistance, Gurke thrust the other Marine aside and threw himself over the grenade to smother the explosion. For his gallantry above and beyond the call of duty, Private Gurke was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.		Bill Gonyo
	105k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	98k	Undated, location unknown.		Randy Kimes
	117k	Undated, location unknown.		Jerry Hays
	163k	Undated, location unknown.		Charles Lamm
	61k	Undated, location unknown. USS Gurke (DD-783) with crewmen under inspection. Gurke is shown nested alongside other destroyers including USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717), photo from DANFS.		Robert Hurst
	162k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	153k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	120k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	120k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	142k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	94k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	209k	May 22 1945, Puget Sound, Washington.		Ed Zajkowski
	122k	Circa mid 1950's.		Marc Piché
	126k	San Francisco 1958.		Robert M. Cieri
	89k	USS Dixie (AD-15) with the USS Southerland (DDR-743), USS Samuel L. Moore (DD-747), USS Rowan (DD-782) and USS Gurke (DD-783) alongside in Yokosuka, Fall 1959.		Derick Hartshorn
	136k	January 30 1961, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	184k	April 4-13 1961, a SEATO grouping in Sembawang Basin, Singapore, seen from HMAS Melbourne [II], USS Somers (DD-947) and USS Gurke (DD-783).		Kimberley Dunstan, RAN, 1958-67
	162k	"Hand Salute! -- As the body of Lieutenant Commander Omar R. Ford, USN, one of 44 officers and men who lost their lives in USS Oriskany October 26 fire tragedy, is committed to the deep from Oriskany's flight deck during memorial services at sea in the Western Pacific, November 6, en route to San Diego, California. Fire-scarred Oriskany departed Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, for San Diego November 3." (quoted from the original caption released with this image). Note Oriskany's insignia on the light-colored flag, at right, and three destroyers steaming alongside. Nearest destroyer is USS Chevalier (DD-805). Next outboard is USS Gurke (DD-783). Photographed by JOC Dick Wood.Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97411). (Note that the Oriskany fire actually occurred in 1966, not 1967 as is incorrectly printed on the photo).		NHC
	69k	USS Gurke (DD-783) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin serving as a search and rescue ship in 1966. Photo taken by James F. Falk, JOC, USN. U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine, February 1967.		Robert Hurst
	93k	Tied-up to a buoy in San Diego on 28 August 1967.		Robert Hurst
	105k	USS Gurke (DD-783) underway in early 1970’s somewhere in Westpac.		Bill Gonyo
0578339	124k	Gurke alongside Camden (AOE-2) soemwhere in the Western Pacific. Photo taken by Bruce Hevner aboard Mispillion (AO-105), about May 1972.		Bob Canchola
	100k	Hong Kong 1974. From the website of Karsten Petersen located at http://www.geocities.com/kp_diver/index.htm.		Karsten Petersen
	63k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	134k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp
On Greek Service
	71k	On Greek Naval service as the HNS TOMBAZIS, undated, location unknown.		Anthony J. Vrailas
	92k	On Greek Naval service as the HNS TOMBAZIS, undated, location unknown.		Anthony J. Vrailas
	169k	As D-215 entering Genoa, May 28 1981.		Carlo Martinelli
	183k	At Genoa, May 31 1981.		Carlo Martinelli
	136k	Departing Genoa, June 1 1981.		Carlo Martinelli
	39k	Ship's Patch.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy

CDR Kenneth Loveland    May 12 1945 - Jun 14 1946 (Later RADM)

CDR William Leonard Tagg    Jun 14 1946 - Aug 2 1947 (Later RADM)

CDR Charles Emmett King    Aug 2 1947 - Aug 18 1948

CDR William Warren Walker    Aug 18 1948 - Mar 1950

CDR Frederick Malcolm Radel    Mar 1950 - Aug 1952

CDR Edward Jerome Foote    Aug 1952 - Jul 1954

CDR Edwin Miller Rosenberg    Jul 1954 - Mar 1956 (Later RADM)

CDR Ashley Jewell Little    Mar 1956 - Nov 1957

CDR Marvin Dowdy Norton Jr.    Nov 1957 - Dec 1958

CDR Stuart Townsend Edgerton Jr.    Dec 1958 - Oct 1960

CDR Richard Eugene Kipe    Oct 1960 - Aug 1962

CDR Charles Raymond Anderson    Aug 1962 - Jul 1963

CDR Theodore Robert Kent    Jul 1963 - Jan 1965

CDR Joseph Winkle Wilson    Jan 1965 - Aug 1966

CDR James Francis Murphy    Aug 1966 - Apr 1 1968

CDR Eugene Berthold Ackerman    Apr 1 1968 - Jul 13 1969

CDR Ronald Allen Berger    Jul 13 1969 - May 1971

CDR Daniel Theodore Holly Jr.    May 1971 - Nov 1972

CDR Joe Lambert Holland    Nov 1972 - Jan 1975

CDR Compton Eugene Ward    Jan 1975 - Jan 30 1976