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<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="crew_dropdown">
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="saufley_crew_photos.xml">WWII Photographs</a></li>
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<h3>Robert Edgar Rettgers (1923-2014)</h3>
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<h4>Timeline</h4>
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<tr><td>28 Jul 1923</td><td>Born to Ithamar Benedict Rettgers and Laura Tyson Hartenstine</td></tr>
<tr><td>9 Sep 1923</td><td>Baptised at Central United Methodist Church, Reading, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>1930 Census</td><td>128 West Pike St, Reading, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>24 Feb 1937</td><td>Father passes away from complications of chemical warfare exposure in WWI</td></tr>
<tr><td>1940 Census</td><td>128 West Pike St, Reading, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>13 Jun 1941</td><td>Graduates from Reading Senior High School</td></tr>
<tr><td>27 Aug 1941</td><td>Enlisted in the Navy at Philadelphia, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>28 Dec 1945</td><td>Married to Marjorie Ethel Fett in Berks County, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>28 Aug 1946</td><td>Honorable Discharge from the US Navy</td></tr>
<tr><td>1947</td><td>Started at Metropolitan Edison as a meter tester, laboratory tester, field tester</td></tr>
<tr><td>1950 Census</td><td>606 Kutztown Rd, Laureldale, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>1948-1967</td><td>Three Daughters were born to Robert and Marjorie</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jun 1954</td><td>Graduated from Pennsylvania State University Extension School with a degree in Industrial Electricity</td></tr>
<tr><td>1969-1994</td><td>Seven Grandchildren were born</td></tr>
<tr><td>1985</td><td>Retired from Metropolitan Edison (GPU) as District Manager for Dillsburg</td></tr>
<tr><td>9 Jul 2014</td><td>Died in Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>15 Jul 2014</td><td>Buried in Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg, PA</td></tr>
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<h4>Service</h4>
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<tr><td>27 Aug 1941</td><td>Enlisted in the Navy at Philadelphia, PA</td></tr>
<tr><td>28 Aug 1941</td><td>Arrived at Boot Camp, NTS Newport</td></tr>
<tr><td>23 Oct 1941</td><td>Graduated from Boot Camp, NTS Newport, 40th Co</td></tr>
<tr><td>28 Oct 1941</td><td>Report to US NTS San Diego, CA</td></tr>
<tr><td>7 Dec 1941</td><td>Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy</td></tr>
<tr><td>19 Feb 1942</td><td>Completed Group I (A) School, NTS San Diego, CA</td></tr>
<tr><td>3 Mar 1942</td><td>Seaman 2nd class (Sea2c) Rettgers arrives onboard USS Helena (CL-50) a St. Louis class light cruiser which was an upgraded Brooklyn class cruiser</td></tr>
<tr><td>1 May 1942</td><td>Sea2c Rettgers promoted to Seaman 1st class (Sea1c)</td></tr>
<tr><td>23 May 1942</td><td>Sea1c Rettgers transferred to US Naval Hospital Mare Island, CA for treatment. Sea2c Rettgers had fallen down a hatch and damaged his kidney. On his 1946 Draft Registration paperwork, the scar is noted as "Incision mark on right abdomen."</td></tr>
<tr><td>12 Aug 1942</td><td>Reports to R.S. San Francisco</td></tr>
<tr><td>25 Aug 1942</td><td>Reports to R.S. New York, New York</td></tr>
<tr><td>1 Sep 1942</td><td>Sea1c Rettgers reports on board USS Saufley (DD-465)</td></tr>
<tr><td>1 Nov 1942</td><td>Sea1c Rettgers promoted to Fire Controlman Third Class (FC3c)</td></tr>
<tr><td>1 May 1943</td><td>FC3c Rettgers promoted to Fire Controlman Second Class (FC2c)</td></tr>
<tr><td>1 Apr 1944</td><td>FC2c Rettgers promoted to Fire Controlman First Class (FC1c)</td></tr>
<tr><td>6 Jun 1944</td><td>D-Day landings at Normandy, France</td></tr>
<tr><td>8 May 1945</td><td>VE Day (victory in Europe) and formal surrender of Germany</td></tr>
<tr><td>22 Jun 1945</td><td>FC1c Rettgers is released from the Saufley to Advanced Fire Control School, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.</td></tr>
<tr><td>6 Aug 1945</td><td>Little Boy Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima</td></tr>
<tr><td>9 Aug 1945</td><td>Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki</td></tr>
<tr><td>9 Aug 1945</td><td>Reports to Advanced Fire Control School, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.</td></tr>
<tr><td>14 Aug 1945</td><td>VJ Day (victory over Japan)</td></tr>
<tr><td>15 Aug 1945</td><td>Promoted to Warrant Gunner</td></tr>
<tr><td>2 Sep 1945</td><td>Japan formally surrenders</td></tr>
<tr><td>31 Jan 1946</td><td>Completed NTS Fire Control - Advanced, Washington, D.C.</td></tr>
<tr><td>19 Feb 1946</td><td>Arrives on USS Boston (CA-69)</td></tr>
<tr><td>28 Aug 1946</td><td>Honorable Discharge from the US Navy</td></tr>
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<h4>Awards</h4>
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/124px-Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" height="20">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal">Navy Commendation Medal</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Conduct_Medal_(United_States)">Good Conduct Medal</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Defense_Service_Medal">American Defense Service Medal</a>
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/200px-American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" height="20">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal">American Area Campaign Ribbon</a>
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/1600px-Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" height="20/">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic%E2%80%93Pacific_Campaign_Medal">Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal</a> (5 Stars: 2 silver, and 3 Gold for 13 total campaigns)
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/100px-World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" height="20">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal">World War II Victory Medal</a>
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Phliber_rib.svg/106px-Phliber_rib.svg.png" height="20">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Liberation_Medal">Philippine Liberation Ribbon (1 Star)</a>
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<p>For the Asiatic-Pacific Area Ribbon, Robert was onboard for the following engagements:</p>
<ul>
<li>P9 - Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal - 10 Aug 42 - 8 Feb 43</li>
<li>P19 - Consolidation of Solomon Islands - 8 Feb 43 - 15 Mar 45</li>
<li>P21 - New Georgia Group operation - 20 Jun - 16 Oct 43</li>
<li>P22 - P22 - Bismarck Archipelago operation - 25 Jun 43 - 1 May 44</li>
<li>P001 - Anti-Submarine Warfare - 15 Sep 43</li>
<li>P24 - Treasury-Bougainville operation - 27 Oct - 15 Dec 43</li>
<li>P29 - Marianas operation - 10 Jun - 27 Aug 44</li>
<li>P32 - Luzon operation - 12 Dec 44 - 1 Apr 45</li>
<li>P003 - Anti-Submarine Warfare - 6 Apr 44</li>
<li>P38 - Tinian capture and occupation - 24 Jul - 1 Aug 44</li>
<li>P002 - Anti-Submarine Warfare - 27 Nov 44</li>
<li>P39 - Consolidation of the Southern Philippines - 28 Feb - 20 Jul 45</li>
<li>P41 - Manila Bay-Bicol operations - 29 Jan - 16 Apr 45</li>
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<h4>Reunions</h4>
<p>Robert ("Bob") attended many Saufley reunions, and hosted one. He "learned about the SAUFLEY Reunions from a shipmate and first attended a meeting in 1965. He found it was a great experience to get together with shipmates and their families." (Uncommon Crew pg 286)</p>
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<li>1965 Alton Bay, NH</li>
<li>1970 Bethlehem, PA</li>
<li>1971 Wolcott, CT</li>
<li>1973 Newport, RI</li>
<li>1974 Chester, PA</li>
<li>1977 Fleetwood, PA</li>
<li>1979 Rumford, RI</li>
<li>1981 Dallas, TX</li>
<li>1985 Independence, MO</li>
<li>1986 Lynchburg, VA</li>
<li>1987 Struthers, OH</li>
<li>1988 Daytona Shores, FL</li>
<li>1989 Philadelphia, PA</li>
<li>1990 New London, CT</li>
<li>1991 Bloomington, MN</li>
<li>1992 Fairfax City, VA</li>
<li>1993 Daytona Shores, FL</li>
<li>1994 Harrisburg, PA (Hosted by Robert and Marjorie Rettgers)</li>
<li>1995 Daytona Shores, FL</li>
<li>1996 Colorado Spring, CO</li>
<li>1999 Reno, NE</li>
<li>2000 Minneapolis, MN</li>
<li>2001 Middletown, RI</li>
<li>2002 Daytona Shores, FL</li>
<li>2004 Pittsburg, PA</li>
<li>2005 Virginia Beach, VA</li>
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<text>On leave either in Sydney 1943, or San Francisco/San Diego in 1944</text>
<source>Robert Rettgers Personal Photos</source>
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<title>Sydney 1943</title>
<text>John Larned, Marshall Treat, Robert Rettgers</text>
<source>Robert Rettgers Personal Photos, Uncommon Crew pg 258</source>
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<title>USS Saufley Battle Record</title>
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<source>Robert Rettgers Personal Photos</source>
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<pictured>(L to R) (Back) Cromie, Larned, Melia, Dalland, Rogers, Einhorn, Burger (Center) Hillman, Fagan, Polesak, CAPT Brown, Frank Devine, Ed Duffy, Wilson, DePalma, (Front) DeGuiseppi, Curtin, ??, ??, ??, Dorian, Cyr, Czechowski, Condon, Braddick, (Bottom) Heyne</pictured>
<source>USS Saufley Reunions CD - Maggie Downie, Uncommon Crew pg 95</source>
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<date>1965</date>
<location>Alton Bay, NH</location>
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<date>1970s</date>
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<date>1971</date>
<location>Wolcott, CT</location>
<pictured>(Third above sign) Robert Rettgers, (standing right) John Larned</pictured>
<source>USS Saufley Reunions CD - Maggie Downie</source>
<source>Robert Rettgers Personal Photos, USS Saufley Reunions CD - Maggie Downie</source>
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<pictured>(Third above sign) Robert Rettgers, (standing right) John Larned</pictured>
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<date>1970s</date>
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<pictured>(Standing Navy Blue shirt) Robert Rettgers</pictured>
<source>USS Saufley Reunions CD - Maggie Downie</source>
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<pictured>(Standing Navy Blue shirt) Robert Rettgers</pictured>
<source>USS Saufley Reunions CD - Maggie Downie</source>
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<date>circa 1978</date>
<date>1970, 1973, 1974, or 1977</date>
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<pictured>(L to R) Robert Rettgers, John Larned</pictured>
<source>Robert Rettgers Personal Photos</source>
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<date>circa 1978</date>
<date>1970, 1973, 1974, or 1977</date>
<location></location>
<pictured>(L to R) Robert Rettgers, John Larned</pictured>
<source>Robert Rettgers Personal Photos</source>
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