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| 80k | Lewis Kenneth Bausell was born in Pulaski, Va., on 17 April 1924 and moved with his family to Washington, D.C., when he was still a small boy. He attended public schools and then went to work as a bookbinder for a local printer. Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Marine Corps on 15 December 1941. After training at the Marine Corps' recruit depot at Parris Island, S.C., he joined the 1st Marine Division, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on 29 January 1942. Bausell was promoted to private first class on 25 March, and to corporal on 1 June. Meanwhile, the 5th Marines sailed for the Pacific on 20 May. Arriving at Wellington, New Zealand, on 20 June, the marines immediately began preparations for landing in the Solomon Islands. Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, Cpl. Bausell landed on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. He took part in the perimeter struggles for Henderson Field and in the fierce fighting on the Matanikau River, before the 5th Marines were relieved by other units in early November. Wracked by malaria and anemia, Bausell’s regiment was withdrawn to Australia on 9 November. After almost a year of rest and training, the 5th Marines sailed for Milne Bay, New Guinea, in September 1943. There, they practiced landings with the new LSTs, LCIs, and LCTs that had joined the inventory of amphibious ships and craft. On 29 December, four days after the initial attack, Bausell’s battalion landed at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, and began operations against Japanese troops. On 5 March 1944, the 5th Marines, loaded into an assortment of small boats, landed on the Willaumez Peninsula, New Britain. After seizing the small airstrip at Talasea, the marines settled into garrison duty until 4 May when the last of the regiment boarded ship for rest and recreation at Pavuvu in the Russell Islands. Although the marines got little rest or recreation, owing to the lingering rainy season, Bausell’s regiment trained in preparation for the invasion of the Caroline Islands. Assigned to take Peleliu, the 5th Marines sailed from Pavuvu in early September 1944. Landing at Beach "Orange One" on 15 September, Bausell’s regiment drew the task of seizing the island's airfield. Transported across the coral reef in LVTs, the marines hit the beach and began fighting their way inland. Many small unmarked coral ridges bogged down the advance. Cpl. Bausell was in a squad assigned to neutralize a ridge honeycombed with many Japanese fortifications. The squad, led by 2nd Lt. Jack Kimble, was using a flamethrower to flush Japanese soldiers out the opposite side of a bunker where Cpl. Bausell and several other men were also firing into the fortification. One Japanese soldier charged out of that entrance and, while holding a grenade against his body, lunged at the marines. When the grenade exploded, the Japanese was killed and several marines wounded. A second Japanese soldier was shot and killed at the bunker entrance. A third appeared and threw a grenade among Bausell and the others. "There wasn't any cover and no place to run," related Kimble, "Bausell ran toward the grenade and fell upon it." Cpl. Bausell took the full blast of the explosion, sacrificing his own body to save his men. Severely wounded, he was evacuated to the attack transport DuPage (APA-86), where he died of his wounds on 18 August. For his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, Bausell was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. Photo from the USMC History Division. | Bill Gonyo |
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| 102k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 49k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski |
| 139k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Gonyo |
| 254k | Undated, location unknown. | Charles Lamm |
| 78k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 89k | Undated, location unknown. From the collection of Chief Electrician's Mate James Morgan Lyons. | Margaret Crymes |
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558k | Aerial photo of Bausell (DD-845) underway, probably during the 1940s. Photo from collection of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
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35k | Arriving at Yokosuka, probably during the 1960s. | Rob Larson |
| 78k | Navy Photo 7805-12-50, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Bausell (DD 845) at Mare Island on 21 Dec 1950. She was in overhaul at the yard from 21 Oct to 27 Dec 1950. | Darryl Baker |
| 125k | 1953 Brodhead Naval Armory Reservists in Detroit. Wire Photo. | Tommy Trampp |
| 96k | USS Bausell (DD-845) in 1956, location unknown. | Larry Backus |
| 91k | USS Bausell (DD-845) in 1956, location unknown. | Larry Backus |
| 119k | Radio room circa 1956. | Everett Ellestad |
| 99k | Fire Control radar circa 1956-1957. | Everett Ellestad |
| 161k | MK 15 quintuple torpedo tube battery circa 1956. | Everett Ellestad |
| 95k | 1956, location unknown. | Larry Backus |
| 108k | 1956, location unknown. | Larry Backus |
| 67k | USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Rogers (DD-876) and USS Agerholm (DD-826) in San Diego July 1956. | Everett Ellestad |
| 159k | USS Pictor (AF-54) replenishing USS Yorktown(CVA-10) and USS Bausell (DD-845) in 1957. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 110k | USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) photographed from the USS Bausell (DD-845) at Midway Island January 1957. | Everett Ellestad |
| 129k | Swim call March 1957. | Everett Ellestad |
| 101k | USS Parsons (DD-949) and USS Bausell (DD-845) in San Francisco cira 1961 - 1963. | Larry Backus |
| 52k | Circa 1962 alongside the Bon Homme Richard. | - |
| 52k | As above. | - |
| 159k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 203k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 141k | Operations with CruDesPac, Jun 17 1965. | Darryl Baker |
| 81k | A fuel stop at Midway Island on the way to WestPac, USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Richard B. Anderson and on the other side of the pier is, probably, the USS Wedderburn (DD-684) in January 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 154k | A fuel stop at Guam in January 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 97k | USS Brush (DD-745), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Wedderburn (DD-684) and USS Worden (DLG-18) nested with an unknown tender in Subic Bay, P.I. in late January 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 176k | Aboard USS Bausell DD 845 during WestPac '66 photo by Travis Moffat ETR2. | Larry Backus |
| 121k | Drone Anti Submarine Helicopter (DASH) Ops DD-845 South China Sea 1966. | Lee Noland |
| 112k | As above. | Lee Noland |
| 169k | A Bausell "Rooster Tail" in WestPac 1966. Photo by ETR2 Travis Moffat. | Larry Backus |
| 81k | Inside CIC in 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 73k | Forward engine room in 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 41k | Main passageway in 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 147k | Bausell's motor whale boat in Sasebo, Japan, February 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 82k | USS Bausell's .50 cal. machine gun, Port side 02 level, off Vietnam, Spring 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 70k | Bausell's bridge off the coast of Vietnam during the Spring of 1966. The helmsman's name is Garner and the sound powered phone talker is Michael Seery. The officer in the doorway is the OPS Boss, Lt. Nelson. | Larry Backus |
| 240k | In mid-1966 Bausell was patrolling off the coast of Vietnam near Da Nang. A group of U.S. Marines on shore had been pursuing two VC suspects who subsequently escaped by diving into the surf. A nearby Swift boat hauled the VC in and brought them to Bausell. Within minutes, an Army chopper arrived and took the VC away for interrogation. These dramatic photographs were made by Travis Moffat ETR2 shooting from the after ECM platform atop the DASH hangar. | Larry Backus |
| 279k | As above, Army chopper removing the prisoners. | Larry Backus |
| 106k | USS Bausell (DD-845) and USS Morton (DD-948) in Hong Kong April 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 77k | May 1966 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Worden (DLG-18) and USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786). | Larry Backus |
| 69k | Kaohsiung, Formosa May 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 71k | Yokosuka, Japan June 1966. Note the Mobile Canteen "Roving Roach Coach" on the pier. | Larry Backus |
| 74k | Yokosuka, Japan June 1966, the ASROC installation. | Larry Backus |
| 93k | Yokosuka, Japan June 1966. Never ending ship's maintenance. | Larry Backus |
| 55k | Yokosuka, Japan June 1966. DesRon 5 Shield. | Larry Backus |
| 55k | Tokyo Bay, June 21 1966 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 52k | Tokyo Bay, June 21 1966 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 95k | USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845) and USS Shelton (DD-790) in San Diego July 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 79k | Mare Island Naval Shipyard September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 116k | USS Porterfield (DD-682) and USS Bausell (DD-845) in Mare Island Naval Shipyard, September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 203k | Another view of the Porterfield and Bausell in Mare Island Drydock taken by ETR2 Travis Moffat. | Larry Backus |
| 193k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 204k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 72k | Larry holding up the Bausell while in drydock, Mare Island September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 57k | Mare Island September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 130k | Mare Island September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 133k | Mare Island September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 50k | Mare Island September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 81k | Mare Island September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 76k | Mare Island September 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 72k | Mare Island October 1966. | Larry Backus |
| 85k | October, 1966 Crewmen aboard USS Bausell (DD 845) are packing expended 5” cartridge into their canister after a period on the gun line in Vietnam. | Darryl Baker |
| 18k | October, 1966 Crewmen from the USS Bausell (DD 845) are shown with a captured Viet Cong off Vietnam. | Darryl Baker |
| 172k | October, 1966 a practice torpedo is loaded aboard a drone helicopter aboard USS Bausell (DD 845). | Darryl Baker |
| 101k | View of the DASH airborne during the 1967 WestPac deployment by Jeffery Wright. | Larry Backus |
| 108k | January 1967, Bausell's Signal Bridge equipment as she steams toward the Golden Gate Bridge. | Larry Backus |
| 50k | Bridge area January 1967 on return to San Diego. | Larry Backus |
| 57k | On deck in 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 52k | Bridge area in January 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 95k | San Diego Spring 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 58k | Bausell anchored in Hong Kong harbor, 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 108k | DASH Operations on 1967 WestPac. | Larry Backus |
| 63k | Naval Gunfire Support off Vietnam during 1967 WestPac. | Larry Backus |
| 97k | South China Sea summer 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 82k | Summer 1967 in the Tonkin Gulf. | Larry Backus |
| 78k | Members of Bausell's Radar Gang relax (summer '67) with a group photo. (Front L to R) Larry Backus RD3, Ruffner RD2. (Second row L to R), Poe RD1, Moffat RD2, Drysdale RDSN (standing) and Wright SN. | Larry Backus |
| 90k | Unrep with USS Castor, summer 1967 Tonkin Gulf. | Larry Backus |
| 75k | Bausell's MWB in the Tonkin Gulf, well above the DMZ) investigating a suspicious floating object. Summer '67. | Larry Backus |
| 79k | At GQ, July 1967 in the Tonkin Gulf. | Larry Backus |
| 95k | Hong Kong July 1967 and the famous Mary Soo gang paint the ship. | Larry Backus |
| 69k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 80k | Preparing for an UNREP July 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 69k | The motor whale boat July 1967 in the South China Sea. | Larry Backus |
| 88k | The Bridge during an UNREP. | Larry Backus |
| 92k | July-August 1967 underway replenishment with the USS Castor (AKS-1). | Larry Backus |
| 35k | Doorway leading to CIC in 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 71k | Doorway leading to the Captain's cabin. | Larry Backus |
| 61k | NC2 ASW plotter cover in the Combat Information Center. | Larry Backus |
| 76k | Forward Fire Room - #1 Boiler super-heater control station. | Larry Backus |
| 51k | Motor Whale Boat in 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 76k | Highline with USS Berkeley (DDG-15) in October 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 79k | Highline transfer with USS Berkeley (DDG-15) off Japan, October 1967, RM1 Cook returns to BAUSELL. | Larry Backus |
| 77k | Bausell's MWB is readied for the Captain while in Beppu, Japan, Fall 1967. (sailor inside is SN Wollard. Sailor at the tiller is SN Henslee?) | Larry Backus |
| 97k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 86k | Headed home in "Heavy Weather" October 1967 East of Yokosuka. | Larry Backus |
| 109k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 51k | Bausell preparing for highline with the USS Berkeley (DDG-15) off Japan in October 1967. | Larry Backus |
| 62k | As above. | Larry Backus |
| 56k | Headed home. | Larry Backus |
| 48k | Sydney, Australia circa mid 1970's. | Marc Piché |
| 183k | San Diego, September 1969, USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Boyd (DD-544), USS Taylor (DD-468), USS Walker (DD517) and USS Uhlmann (DD-687) alonside USS Dixie (AD-14). Photo by PH2 Borchers. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 146k | USS Bausell, DD-845 moored at Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay circa 1970-1971. | Bernays Thurston |
| 109k | Hong Kong 1970. | Lee Noland |
| 97k | Hong Kong 1970. | Lee Noland |
| 6k | Circa 1972, location unknown. | CDR Tom Sparkman |
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1975-1976 | Wolfgang Hechler |
| 84k | November 11 1977 at Yokosuka. | ctorbann |
| 149k | Auckland, New Zealand, March 2 1978. | Chris Howell |
| 259k | ex-USS Bausell (DD-845) is shown as a target ship during damage assessment, near the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC), Point Mugu, California (USA), on 28 January 1982. She was finally sunk as a target on 17 July 1987. | Larry Backus/Ed Velasquez/Robert Hurst |
| 38k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 56k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 135k | Ship's patch from 1960's. | Lee Noland |
| 100k-120k | Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch. | Al Grazevich |
| 28k | Ship's Zippo. | Tommy Trampp |
| 42k | Ship's Zippo. | Tommy Trampp |
| 162k | Ship's key fob from the collection of John Emil Gaupp. | Cecil Rigby |
| 165k | Destroyer Division 12 patch. | Ed Velasquez |
