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North High School Wall of Honor
Edwin Francis Hays
Received diploma for June, 1946 graduation

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Research done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS

Edwin Francis Hays

Edwin enlisted in the US Navy in 1943. His service number was 3220184. Edwin's next of kin was listed as _______ Hays, XXX Ascension Street, Des Moines, IA. The entries below will be substituted for the correct information, when received, for Edwin Francis Hays.

Edwin Francis Hays

Year		Rank		Status

1943	x	Enlisted in US Navy	x	Received diploma for June, 1946 graduation
1943	x	Boot camp	x	Camp Farragut, ID. Twelve weeks.
date	x	Training	x	Indianapolia Naval Trade School; Radioman.
1944	x	Enroute	x	To NY. Via USS Robert E. Peary, DE-132 to England, France, Ireland, Scotland.
1945	x	Enroute	x	Left USS Robert E. Peary, DE-132. To Boston. To San Francisco via Panama Canal. To Tubabao Island, Philippines via unidentified vessel. At Tubabao, as radioman in jungles.
Christmas, 1945	x	Enroute	x	Philadelphia to San Francisco, CA (Treasure Island). San Francisco to Minneapolis.
January, 1946	x	Discharged/ 3rdc Petty Officer	x	Minneapolis, MN
January, 1946	x	US Navy Reserves	x	Joined US Navy Reserves in Des Moines, IA.
August, 1947	x	US Navy	x	Re-enlisted in regular US Navy.
August, 1947	x	US Navy	x	SFO to Japan, Guam via Panama Canal. Then to Rhode Island, Bering Sea (Brivaloff Island, north of Aleutians) via USS Thuban, AKA-19
1949	x	US Navy	x	USS Gantner, APD-42 to Shanghai. Security ship to Nanking, China on Yantze patrol. Ship was decommissioned in San Diego August 2, 1949.
April/May, 1949	x	US Navy	x	In San Diego, CA.
June, 1950	x	US Navy	x	Boarded USS Mount McKinley, AGC-7 to Korea.
June, 1951	xx	US Navyx	x	Back at Mare Island, CA
Nov., 1951	x	US Navyx	x	In dry dock in November, 1951.
Dec., 1951	x	US Navy	x	On USS Orca, AVP-49, stationed out of Mare Island, CA.
July, 1952	x	US Navy/ 2ndc Petty Officer	x	Discharged as RM-2 (radioman); San Diego, CA
1952-1979	x	US Navy Reserves	x	Rejoined the US Navy Reserves from 1952-1979
July, 1952	x	Civilian	x	US Post Office. 18 years.
early 1970	x	Schooling	x	In Illinois. Also employed in Illinois. Lived in Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
date	x	Education/Ph.D	x	Attained doctorate in psychology.
1985	x	Retired	x	Retired while living in MO.
1987	x	Relocated	x	Relocated from MO to CA.
1987-Present	x	Civilian	x	Retired in CA.

Edwin Francis Hays		Edwin Francis Hays
Correct photos of Edwin Francis Hays coming

Served aboard these vessels
1	1944	New York to Europe: USS Robert E. Peary, DE-132
2	1945	SFO to Tubabao Island, Philippines via unidentified vessel
3	12/45	Philippines to Treasure Island, SFO, CA via unidentified vessel
4	8/47	SFO to Japan, Guam via Panama Canal. Then to Rhode Island, Bering Sea (Brivaloff Island, north of Aleutians) via USS Thuban, AKA-19
5	1949	USS Gantner, APD-42 to Shanghai. Security ship to Nanking, China on Yantze patrol.
6	4/49- 6/50	Boarded USS Mount McKinley, AGC-7
7	6/50	USS Mount McKinley, AGC-7 to Korea
8	12/51	USS Orca, AVP-49 at Mare Island, CA

USS Robert E. Peary; DE-132; Destroyer Escort

	Flat Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N - G - C - B

USS Robert E. Peary; DE-132 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Combat Action Ribbon; American Campaign Mdl; European-Africa-Middle East Campaign w/1 star; WWII Victory Mdl

USS Robert E. Peary, DE-132, Destroyer Escort
WWII:
Following shakedown off Bermuda, Robert E. Peary made her first run as a convoy escort to North Africa, arriving at Casablanca 13 August. By the end of the year, she had made two more runs to Casablanca, and was returning to New York with her third westbound convoy.

Early in 1944, Robert E. Peary crossed the Atlantic with a "hunter-killer" group, and upon returning to the United States shifted to the northern sealanes. Between 28 March 1944 and 7 June 1945, she escorted 10 convoys to the United Kingdom and, after June 1944, to France.

Rescuing Survivors in the Water
While returning to New York on 2 March 1945, Robert E. Peary and Hammann were diverted to aid two merchant ships which had collided. After the destroyer escorts rescued survivors, Hammann stood by SS Lone Jack, while Robert E. Peary escorted SS Frontenac Victory to New York, arriving on the 6th.

USS Thuban; AKA-19; Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

USS Thuban; AKA-19 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp); National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row: Korean Service Medal (3); Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (5-Vietnam, 1-Cuba); Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
Fourth Row: United Nations Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; Republic of Korea War Service Medal

USS Thuban; AKA-19 (Andromeda-class attack cargo ship)
USS Thuban (AKA-19/LKA-19) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship of the United States Navy. Named after Thuban, the brightest star in the constellation Draco, at one time the pole star and was important in ancient Egyptian religion. USS Thuban served as a commissioned ship for 21 years and 3 months.
Pacific, 1946–1950
Transferred to the Naval Transportation Service early in 1946, she operated between the west coast of the United States and various Pacific island groups, including the Marianas and Japan, participating in occupation duties until the outbreak of the Korean War in the summer of 1950.

USS Gantner; APD-42; Destroyer Escort

	USS Gantner; APD-42 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbon

	Precedence of awards is from left to right American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal

USS Gantner; APD-42; Buckley-class Destroyer Escort
1946–1949
For the next three years she was based at San Diego, largely employed as an amphibious warfare training ship for Marines. From 26 January to 6 March 1946 she made a cruise from San Diego with the 1st Marine Division Reconnaissance Detachment for cold weather maneuvers that took her to Kodiak, Juneau, Tolstoi Bay and Clarence Strait, Alaska. Her amphibious schedule on the California coast was again interrupted on 28 October–18 November 1948 by a cruise northward to act as guard ship on weather and air-sea rescue patrol station for Navy patrol planes scouting north to Seattle, and thence back to San Francisco.

Gantner resumed her amphibious training out of San Diego until 19 January 1949 when she sailed for Shanghai, China. She reached her destination on 14 February and served on station at the Chinese ports of Shanghai, Nanking and Tsingtao. Departing the last named port on 7 April, she accompanied the escort carrier Rendova (CVE-114) to Yokosuka, Japan, then sailed via Guam and Pearl Harbor for the west coast, arriving at San Diego on 4 May 1949.

Gantner was decommissioned on 2 August 1949, and was assigned to the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet.

USS Mount McKinley; AGC-7 (amphibious force command ship)

USS Mount McKinley; AGC-7 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation; Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba); American Campaign Medal
Third Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4); World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
Fourth Row: National Defense Service Medal (2); Korean Service Medal (8); Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Cuba, 6-Vietnam)
Fifth Row: Vietnam Service Medal (3); Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (6); United Nations Service Medal
Sixth Row: Philippine Liberation Medal; Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive); Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USS Mount McKinley; AGC-7
USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7/LCC-7) was the lead ship of the Mount McKinley-class of amphibious force command ships. She was named after the highest mountain in North America. She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations.

Korean War
.On 20 May 1950, Mount McKinley was underway for WesPac to conduct training operations with the 8th Army. On 26 June, the ship proceeded from Japan to direct the landing of American reinforcements at Po Han at the beginning of the Korean War. In early September 1950, General Douglas MacArthur was on board, directing the amphibious assault at Inchon which forced the Communists to retreat north. The next assault was against the heavily mined port of Wonsan.

USS Orca; AVP-49 (seaplane tender)

USS Orca; AVP-49 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (3-27 August 1944, 26 November 1944, 2 January 1945)
Second Row: Presidential Unit Citation; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Third Row: World War II Victory Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

USS Orca; AVP-49
The second USS Orca (AVP-49) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1960.

Peacetime service 1945-1947
On 26 September 1945, Orca arrived at Okinawa to assist in the occupation of Japan. She was soon detached to proceed to the United States.

Orca's next big assignment was furnishing services for the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests. Orca then decommissioned on 31 October 1947 and joined the reserve fleet in San Francisco, California.

Edwin Francis Hays Radioman 2nd Class Navy Group United States Navy
	Edwin Francis Hays Coming; 08/15/11: Been waiting one year to receive correct picture of Edwin Francis Hays in uniform
Examples: American Campaign; Victory Medal; Navy Expeditionary Medal; United Nations Service Medal/Korea; Korean War Medal; National Defense with Star; Korea Service Medal with Star; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Marine Corps Occupation Medal; Korean Defense Service Medal

References

(1) Information was obtained from the Records on Military Personnel Who Died, were Missing in Action, or Prisoners of War as a result of the Vietnam War. This document can be found online at the National Archives and Records Administration at http://www.archives.gov/.

(2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines High School website. The names of North High School graduates can be found online at: http://ndmhs.com/. Edwin Francis Hays's 1946 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1946(2006.60).html.

09/22/10. Resides in CA.

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