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	56k	Harold C. Agerholm was born on 29 January 1925 in Racine, Wisconsin and enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 1942 at Milwaukee, Wis. Following training at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego and at Camp Elliott also in that city, Agerholm was shipped overseas and arrived in the Pacific theater on 23 November. He was assigned to the 2d Marine Division and saw action in the assault on the Gilbert Islands at Tarawa. Agerholm was promoted to private first class (PFC) on 26 January 1943 and, while serving with the Fourth Battalion, 10th Marines, 2d Division, participated in the assault and occupation of Saipan, Marianas Islands. In action against a determined Japanese counterattack on 7 July 1944, PFC Agerholm volunteered to assist in the defense and evacuation of the wounded. Locating and appropriating an abandoned ambulance jeep, he repeatedly made dangerous trips under heavy rifle and mortar fire to single-handedly recover approximately 45 casualties. Working tirelessly for over three hours, Agerholm continually ignored his own safety and was mortally wounded by Japanese rifle fire as he ran to aid two men whom he believed to be wounded marines. For his heroism and service to his country, PFC Agerholm was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History Division. Medal of Honor Citation For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the Fourth Battalion, Tenth Marines, Second Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 7 July 1944. When the enemy launched a fierce, determined counterattack against our positions and overran a neighboring artillery battalion, Private First Class Agerholm immediately volunteered to assist in the efforts to check the hostile attack and evacuate our wounded. Locating and appropriating an abandoned ambulance jeep, he repeatedly made extremely perilous trips under heavy rifle and mortar fire and single-handedly loaded and evacuated approximately forty-five casualties, working tirelessly and with utter disregard for his own safety during a grueling period of more than three hours. Despite intense, persistent enemy fire, he ran out to aid two men whom he believed to be wounded Marines but was himself mortally wounded by a Japanese sniper while carrying out his hazardous mission. Private First Class Agerholm's brilliant initiative, great personal valor and self-sacrificing efforts in the face of almost certain death reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.		Bill Gonyo
USS Agerholm (DD-826)
	58k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	53k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	226k	Undated, at Vancouver, BC.		Chris Howell
	69k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
	135k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
	151k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
	960k	Undated, location unknown, prior to 1974.		Craig Chaddock
0582665	493k	USS Agerholm (DD 826) entering San Francisco Bay, circa 1947-48. She about to go under the Golden Gate Bridge. Marin County coast is in the background		Darryl Baker
	86k	Navy Photo 7748-12-50, bow on view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950.		Darryl Baker
	88k	Navy Photo 7750-12-50, broadside view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950. She was in overhaul at the yard from 21 Oct to 28 Dec 1950.		Darryl Baker
	97k	Navy Photo 7751-12-50, stern view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950.		Darryl Baker
	67k	USS Baussell (DD-845), USS Rogers (DD-876) and USS Agerholm (DD-826) in San Diego July 1956.		Everett Ellestad
	109k	San Francisco 1957.		Robert M. Cieri
	138k	USS Agerholm is seen departing Mare Island on October 1 1960 after completion of her FRAM overhaul at the yard.		Darryl Baker
	202k	USS Angerholm (DD-826) underway on April 18 1961 after FRAM I conversion. Source: Naval History History and Heritage Command; Photo No. NH 107129.		Robert Hurst/Mike Green
	129k	May 11 1962 photo of the Agerholm firing an ASW ASROC rocket equipped with a nuclear depth charge. This weapon was the hope for the U.S. Navy fighting the Russian submarine menace, but two items thwarted its deployment; (1) the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and (2) the fragility of the destroyers' hulls when in the vicinity of a nuclear explosion. WW2 era hulls weren't built to withstand such stresses and shocks. This may be the only actual firing of the ASROC fitted with a nuclear depth charge as the test ban treaty went into effect shortly after this firing		-
	61k	As above. From the San Francisco NARA, Hunter's Point Historical Photo Collection. The submarine USS Razorback (SS-394) participated in the "SWORDFISH" nuclear weapons test. An ASROC with a nuclear depth charge warhead was fired by the destroyer Agerholm (DD-826) at a target raft from a range of 2 nautical miles. Razorback was submerged at periscope depth 2 nautical miles from the target raft. The ASROC weapon produced a powerful underwater shock wave which visibly shook Razorback and her crew. The resulting data was used to formulate tactical doctrine for ASROC, a weapon that remained in front-line service for nearly 30 years.		Tracy White/Ron Reeves
	98k	As above.		Robert Hurst
	270k	The USS Prairie (AD-15), USS Shields (DD-596), USS Agerholm (DD-826), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) and an unidentified destroyer on August 20 1962, location unknown. NHC photo #94750.		Ed Zajkowski
	104k	USS Prairie (AD-15) with destroyers at San Diego, California, circa 20 August 1962. The ships alongside are USS Evans (DE-1023), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Agerholm (DD-826), and USS Shields (DD-596). U.S. Navy photo from the USS Prairie (AD-15) 1962-63 cruise book.		Robert Hurst
	178k	Wirephoto dated August 5 1964, USS Agerholm (DD-826) and USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786).		Ron Reeves
	244k	Conducting an Underway Replenishment (UNREP) with an unidentified auxiliary and destroyer USS Agerholm (DD-826). Photo from the Ranger's 1964–65 Cruise Book (5 August 1964–6 May 1965).		John Slaughter
	56k	Kaohsiung Taiwan, February 28 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
	85k	USS Intrepid CVS-11 refueling the Agerholm July 1967. Intrepid made three deloyments to Vietnam as an attack carrier with Attack Carrier Air Wing Ten (CVW-10) assigned. This picture was taken during the Intrepid's second deployment from 11 May to 30 December 1967. Three Grumman E-1B Tracer AEW-aircraft with their distinctive radomes are spotted on the end of the flight deck. These aircraft belonged to Carrier Early Warning Squadron (VAW-121) Det.11 Griffins.		Larry Backus
	179k	August 22 1968, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	63k	Sydney, Australia circa 1970's.		Marc Piché
	202k	From October 1971 ALL HANDS magazine. Alonside the USS Piedmont (AD-17) during a Seventh Fleet deployment.		Stanley Svec
	110k	September 25 1973, location unknown.		Chris Howell
	30k	San Francisco July 1974.		Marc Piché
	71k	anchored off Coronado, California, on 7 August 1976, with two dock landing ships and a tank landing ship in the background, in this view taken by Photographer 3rd Class C.M. Phelps. U.S. Naval Historical Centre. Photo # USN 1168655.		Robert Hurst
	90k	Fremantle, Australia 1978		Graeme D. Fuller
	102k	USS Enterprise (CVN-65) departs San Diego, California, 8 April 1978, on her 9th WestPac deployment and returning from her 21st and final WestPac deployment. Photos taken from USS Jouett (CG-29).		Carl T. Orbann
	77k	Vancouver July 25 1978.		Marc Piché
Decommissioning pamphlet - December 1 1978				Wolfgang Hechler
	170k	Auckland, New Zealand on December 7 1978.		Chris Howell
	175k	U.S. Navy UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile hits (and sinks) the target ship USS Agerholm (DD-826), off Point Mugu, California, on 18 July 1982. The Tomahawk was launched from a distance of ca. 320 km from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665). U.S. Defense imagery photos VIRIN: DN-SC-83-06574 and DN-SC-83-06575.		Robert Hurst
Memorabilia
	180k	As above.		Chris Howell
	58k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	57k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	34k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	57k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	165k	Destroyer Division 12 patch.		Ed Velasquez
	20k	Navy Task Group JTF -8 (Joint Task Force Eight) from the Nuclear Atmospheric Test Force in the Pacific, 1962.		Chet Morris
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
	43k	Ship's Zippo circa 1977.		John A. Altfeltis
	47k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp
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