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	52k	Born in San Antonio, Tex., 15 December 1920, William James Bordelon enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941. Staff Sergeant Bordelon was killed in action on Tarawa 20 November 1943. He landed on the beach at Tarawa under heavy enemy fire and personally put two pillboxes out of action with demolition charges. He then picked up a rifle and furnished fire protection for a group of men scaling a seawall. Although wounded, he remained in action and rescued two wounded men from the water. Later he single-handedly assaulted a Japanese machine-gun position, but was killed in a final burst of fire from the enemy. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History Division		Bill Gonyo
	110k	Undated photo by Bill Wozniak taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27), destroyers from the left are unidentified, USS Cone (DD-866), unidentified, USS Meredith (DD-890), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881) at the French naval port of Mers el-Kébir, near Oran (French Algeria).		Rick Rowan
	47k	Undated, location unknown.		Frank Doherty
	40k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	121k	The Captain's gig, undated and location unknown.		Bill Gonyo
	202k	Undated, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	175k	Undated, location unknown. Drawing done 1958 in Ghent, Belgium by JB DeBudt, USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), USS Furse (DD-882), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881).		Robert J. Clark
	99k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET
	230k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET
	102k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET
	78k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET
	41k	May 1946, Wangpoo River, Shanghai, China.		Frank Doherty
	180k	April 29 1947 at Brooklyn, NY.		Ed Zajkowski
	26k	USS Bordelon (DD-881) underway in 1948. U.S. Navy photo from USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) publication "The Natural" 1948, Vol. 1 No. 13.		Robert Hurst
	117k	Western Mediteranean June 1948.		Marc Piché
	123k	Six U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3E Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-22 Checkmates flying over the Mediterranean Sea. This squadron was Attack Squadron VA-2E until 4 August 1948. Below are the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) and the Gearing-class destroyer USS Bordelon (DD-881). U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.1299.		Robert Hurst
	48k	Circa 1950, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	68k	Trieste 1952.		Frank Doherty
	72k	Valletta, Malta March 28 1952.		Marc Piché
	122k	Sixth Fleet ships in Naples harbour, circa 1955. destroyers in left centre are USS Preston (DD-795) and USS Irwin (DD-794). Destroyer in the centre, slightly to the right, appears to be USS Bordelon (DDR-881). The other U.S.Navy ships present are mainly amphibious types. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (Photo No NH 99290).		Robert Hurst
	162k	BORDELON DD-881 and EUGENE A. GREENE DD-711 at Brest, France circa 1955.		Marc Piché
	161k	USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), USS Bordelon (DD-881) and USS Ruchamkin (APD-89) in Best, France circa 1955. Paul's dad served aboard the Ruchamkin.		Paul D. Albertine
	161k	USS Mississinewa (AO-144) refueling the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) and the radar picket destroyer USS Bordelon (DDR-881). The photo was taken during New Jersey´s deployment to the Mediterrranean Sea from 7 September 1955 to 7 January 1956. U.S. Navy photo from the USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1955-56 cruise book.		Robert Hurst
	183k	USS Bordelon (DD-881), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) in Italian waters on October 1 1956.		Carlo Martinelli
	40k	USS Bordelon (DDR-881) at anchor circa 1957, location unknown. Photo courtesy of Capt. Aldo Fraccaroli.		© Robert Hurst
	203k	In Genoa February 20 1960.		Carlo Martinelli
	146k	Pearl Harbor, circa May 18 1960.		© Richard Leonhardt
	119k	USS Bordelon (DD-881) underway in 1964, location unknown. United States Navy, Official.		Robert Hurst
	53k	USS Bordelon (DD 881) shows the appearance of most FRAM-I destroyers in this 20 July 1964 photo: twin 5"/38 gun mounts fore and aft; triple torpedo tubes on the 01 level just before the redesigned bridge; a tripod foremast to support newer and heavier surface- and air-search radar antennas; an ASROC launcher and control cabin between the heightened stacks; a DASH hangar and landing pad; and a short mast, carrying the electronic warfare antennas, atop the hangar. Official US Navy photo.		Fabio Peña/.Robert Hurst
	101k	Circa 1972, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	122k	Bordelon (DD-881) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin, 23-25 February 1973, as seen from Oriskany (CVA-34). Decatur (DDG-31) is behind Bordelon, and Turner Joy (DD-951) is at far right. Photo from Michael Corsi, RM3, USN (Ret.), via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.), USS Oriskany (CVA 34), 1971-73.		Bob Canchola
	22k	Taken in the fall of 1976 after Bordelon and John F. Kennedy were involved in a collision during refueling. Note nearly everything higher then the top of the stack is knocked flat, Forward gun mount knocked askew and riding low in the water		Walter Bengtson Jr. on board Brumby FF-1044 at the time
	10k	Taken in the fall of 1976 after Bordelon and John F. Kennedy were involved in a collision during refueling. Note nearly everything higher then the top of the stack is knocked flat, Forward gun mount knocked askew and riding low in the water		Walter Bengtson Jr. on board Brumby FF-1044 at the time
	62k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	84k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	94k	Ship's patch.		Russ Moody
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
	76k	Ship's Zippo circa 1960.		John A. Altfeltis
	81k	DesRon 4 plaque, USS Gearing (DD-710), USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822), USS Vogelgesang (DD-862), USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864), USS Dyess (DD-880), USS Bordelon (DD-881) and USS Furse (DD-882). Courtesy of Foro 11a Escuadrilla de Escoltas (http://www.destructorchurruca.es.vg/).		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez

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