O’Neil, Blake

QM3 BLAKE L. O’NEIL – 14 July 54 to 55

I Blake O’Neil was born 23 March 1929 at Roosevelt, Utah. I had reddish blond hair, now gray, and hazel eyes. I enlisted in the Navy at Dallas, Texas on 26 March 1954. Because I had prior military service, four years U. S. Army, I did not attend the navy boot camp. I served aboard USS FRANK E. EVANS (DD 754)in the OC Division as a Quartermaster third class. I came on board 14 July 1954 and made the Westpac cruise, which included Formosa patrol, shelling of the Tae Chin Islands, observance of typhoon Pamela, Midway Island and the gooney birds. I broke my leg on the bridge in February 1955 and was transferred to Corona Naval Hospital, California. That was the last I saw of USS FRANK E. EVANS.