USS Case DD370

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="050285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>USS GREENWOOD  DE679</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS GREENWOOD DE679"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>USS Case DD370</B>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Dale W. Peterson DE337"><U>USS Dale W. Peterson  DE337</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Loeser DE680"><U>USS Loeser DE680</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Strickland DE333"><U>USS Strickland DE333</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Reynolds"><U>USS Reynolds</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Robert L. Wilson DD847"><U>USS Robert L. 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Shipping over to the <B>USS Greenwood</B> from the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>USS Case DD370. </B></FONT> Below are some memories of <B>Gerald Busz</B> and his first Ship the USS Case, graciously submitted by his son David Busz.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="072d10b0.png" border=0 width="721" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="583" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 259 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="47137fd0.jpg" border=0 width="567" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> USS Case, Mahan class Destroyer right before the War. Picture from the National Archives.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="724" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 430 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="473b5a80.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="424" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="472f73c0.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="316" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="475f2ea0.jpg" border=0 width="242" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="195"><div> Fresh out of the Great Lakes training center 1939. He is just a kid here.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> After 4 years of war. A grizzled old vet.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="255"><div> Gerald Busz, (stuffing the mans head in the bucked) being only one of the few veterans aboard the Greenwood  already a Shell back. He  got to initiate the rest of the crew! Most said he enjoyed it to much!!!</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="720" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 446 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="47643b80.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="440" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="47a79fd0.jpg" border=0 width="377" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="324"><div> Taken from the deck of the USS Case.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="377"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="377" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="344" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 445 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4782db70.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="439" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Looks like number three  5"38cal  DP gun platform.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> .</div> </td> </tr></table></body>