Hornet Marines Gun Positions
As Recalled by Marines at the
Dayton Reunion in 1991

 

STARBOARD
1.1 Mount – Just Aft of Island			1.1 Mount – Near 20mm Battery
* Dunnegan			Cardell
Stoklosa			Kokotovich
Cummings			Midkiff
			Carnaghi
			Griffin
			Bjork
			Maglio
20mm Gun Battery – Battery Captain George Royce
	Gunner		Loader		Trunion Operator
Gun 1	Shipley		Cammarata		Gaito
Gun 2	Burke		Knoll
Gun 3	* Rector		Bogart
Gun 4	Buckley		Kindmark
Gun 5	Delong		Peplinski		Plantz
20mm Gun on Fantail
Hartley, Wilhem, Kennerly, Melvin
PORT SIDE
20mm Gun Battery – Battery Captain O'Conner
	Gunner		Loader		Trunion Operator
Gun 1	* Dooren		Mieskoski
Gun 2	Huff		* Steinbrecher		* Donovan
Gun 3	* Eldridge		* Squillante		Hartshorne
Gun 4	Kelber		Harrison		McFadden
Gun 5	* Max		* Dewey		* Lockwood
Observer on Superstructure – Charles Gumina
Captain's Orderly – Rush
* Killed in Action

 

Thanks to John Gaito for supplying the above information.