by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
The Korean War was between the Republic of Korea (South Korea, supported by the United Nations), and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea, supported by the Chinese and the Soviet Union Communists or Reds). The North Koreans invaded South Korea...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
Aboard the ship for the first time It was April or early may 1955. After boot camp leave, I enjoyed temporary quarters at Terminal Island. I was finally told by the duty officer the Saint Paul was anchored out and that I could get aboard by taking the Saint Paul’s...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
Arthur Beaumont’s paintings After watching the Arthur Beaumont Sketches in the USS SAINT PAUL’S Associations web site, a cherished memory came to my mind: Arthur Beaumont’s wife, Mrs. Beaumont, was the girl’s vice-principal of Stevenson Jr....
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
All I can remember about the training cruise from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor was that we worked the Midshipmen hard. I remember in particular a tall, young midshipman who was ready to do anything he was told to do; running here, there and everywhere. After a while...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
When the heavy cruiser St. Paul slid into Inchon harbor the night of Sept. 15 the coast line and shore emplacements had already tasted the lethal power of its guns. From dawn until late morning of Sept. 15, St. Paul, its sister ship the Rochester and the big Mo had...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
Houstonian Escaped In Ship Explosion Seamen Tony Esquivel of Houston was on the cruiser St. Paul when an 8-inch gun turrent(sic) explosion killed 30 of his shipmates on April 21. But death was very close for Esquivel… only a moment or two away. Now that the censors...