A LETTER TO LOUIS TOMCZAK FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS RADFORD DATED JUNE 1, 1955:

THE USS RADFORD CHOOSES THE OUTSTANDING NONRATED MAN ON BOARD DURING THE MONTH AS "SEAMAN OF THE MONTH." THIS MAN IS PICKED FOR HIS ABILITY TO GET A JOB DONE, GENERAL ATTITUDE, CONDUCT, APPEARANCE AT INSPECTIONS, NEATNESS AT ALL TIMES, AND HIS EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO BENEFIT THE NAVY. MEETING ALL THESE QUALIFICATIONS, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS "SEAMAN OF THE MONTH" FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 1955.