Hanson, Dilbert

YN3 DELBERT JAMES HANSON – 3 February 1945 to 1946

I Delbert James Hanson “Del” or “Hans,” was born 3 October 1925 in Minnesota. I had brown hair and blue eyes. I enlisted in the U. S. Navy at St. Paul, Minnesota on 4 June 1944, and attended boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois.

I was aboard USS FRANK E EVANS DD -754 on 3 February 1945, the day she was commissioned. I’m what is known as a Plank Owner, being one of the crew on board the first time she was taken to sea. The highlights of my time on the ship, I think, would be of all the places I got to see: Bermuda, Cuba, the Panama Canal, Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, Okinawa, China, and Korea. I was lucky enough to be aboard FRANK E. EVANS to celebrate her first Christmas at Tsingtao, China, and first anniversary on 3 February 1946 at Shanghai, China. The best place of all was back home!