Tag: USS Paul H. Carr

USS Paul H. Carr, USS Samuel B. Roberts

USS Samuel B. Roberts shipwreck found

This is a huge deal for my family.  As readers of my blog may know this is the ship, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), that my Uncle Paul died on during WW II.  He was the gunnery captain on aft 5 inch gun that blew up after the ship lost power and they were firing and loading manually.  For his bravery in this action he received the Silver Star and for 30 years there was a missile frigate, the USS Paul Henry Carr (FFG-52) floating around the seas on various naval missions. Quite an honor for my uncle and for our family.

Here are some links to the stories on the finding of the shipwreck:

Explorers find USS Samuel B. Roberts shipwreck

World’s deepest shipwreck, the Sammy B, is discovered by explorers

Explorers found the USS Samuel B. Roberts, which sunk 78 years ago holding off an overwhelming Japanese battle group

BBC article: USS Samuel B Roberts: World’s deepest shipwreck discovered

In 2018 my Uncle Paul was inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame.  At the time I wrote a blog article about that experience:

Paul H. Carr inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame

I am sure there will be more coming out on this discovery as the story just broke a few days ago.

And so it goes.

Paul H. Carr

A couple of links to Articles about Uncle Paul

Paul Henry Carr

This is an article on some website “The American Culture” – this is an article written about Paul Carr and The Battle of Leyte Gulf; the article was written by S. T. Karnick and dated November 7, 2009.

Lest We Forget Paul Henry Carr VMA-322

This is from an article for the November, 2004 issue Proceedings magazine.  The article was titled:  Lest we Forget:Paul Henry Carr, VMA-322.  The VMA-322 I’m not sure about – VMA-322 was a Marine Attack Squadron.

Family

Discount on Carr Family Heritage Storybook

David,

Can you post an announcement with a link to my website that during the month of January, all Storybooks are 20% off? www.mycmsite.com/melissamcclure They can contact me if they want to order the Carr Family Heritage Storybook by sending me an E-mail.  Thanks so much!!!

Melissa McClure, Creative Memories Consultant

918-408-8414

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Helping you CelebrateYour Memories through Custom Framing, Digital Storybooks, and Traditional Albums

Lisa Boswell Lakotish

Small World

Lisa Boswell Lakotish meets former USS Carr crew member.

I was waiting at a favorite restaurant in Bernalillo, NM Sunday when I saw a man warring a USS CARR hat.

I spoke with him and found out he was on the ship a few years ago.  He knew the history of the ship. I told him how I was related to Paul Carr. It was a nice conversation.

Lisa Boswell Lakotish