VON ALLMEN-ROBERT

WHILE SERVING AS A STSC:

HIS MOVING PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE MINING OF HIS SHIP, THE USS ERNEST G. SMALL DD-838, AT HUNGNAM KOREA IN 1950 HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY MEMORIAL BY HIS DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW ROBIN AND TERRY PRECHTER.  IT IS PART OF THE "VOICES" COLLECTION MAINTAINED BY THE MEMORIAL.

VON ALLMEN WAS DOING DUTY ON THE BRIDGE WHEN THE DESTROYER STRUCK THE MINE KILLING ALL SIX OF HIS FELLOW SONAR MEN AS WELL AS THREE OTHERS.  HE WROTE AND REWROTE THIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS A WAY OF DEALING WITH THIS AND AS A WAY TO HONOR THOSE FELLOW SONARMEN AND FRIENDS.  THEY ARE:

FRANK CLARK GRUBB, SOSN, USN; EDWARD KARVETZ, SO3, USN; ELIJA KEITH MANNING, SO3, USN; REX "B" MIDDLETON, SOG-1, V-6, USNR; RONALD JOHN PORTER, S03, USN; MELVIN DALE CLEE, S02, USN