USS Helena CL-50
Seaman First Class
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Posted 8 March 2009.
Charlie and Agnes will celebrate their 65th Wedding Anniversary
on 9 March 2009.
Congratulations!!
Posted 29 December 2008.
Three CL 50 shipmates. Taken in 1972 in Bessemer, Alabama during our visit there.
L to R. Charles McClelland F Div., in center forgotten his name & Lewis "Buddy" Cox, F Div.
We've lost track of Cox after is wife died. Charlie
Posted 9 November 2008.
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This picture was found on the net by Charlie.
It is a Range Keeper, later called a computer. Charlie used this equipment while at Battle Stations
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Posted 23 October 2008
Old Dad on his 85th Birthday. 16 October 2008.
Posted 10 August 2008 Here I am in Oklahoma City in 1943.
I was on my way home after the sinking of the USS Helena.
My older brother, John was in the Army Medical Corps,
13 May 2008.
In early May 2008, Shipmate Charlie McClelland told his story to students at Warsaw Community High School in Warsaw, IN.
The "Thank You" letter he received from David Hoffert, U.S. and World History Teacher, follows with a picture of Student Robert Moore.
Charlie's story is now on display in the History Department of the school.
To visit the school's web page, please click HERE. 16 February 2008.
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Charles McClelland, USS Helena CL 50, and Lee Goldfarb, USS Oglala, at the Florida PHSA Convention August 17, 2001.
Lee died February 22, 2008.
The USS Oglala was docked next to the USS Helena on December 7, 1941 and was sunk when the Helena was torpedoed.
Lee had many friends on the Helena. Charlie
and was stationed in Oklahoma.
Charlie
Student Moore requested Charlie's story be presented to his class.
Robert Moore
Agnes and Charlie getting an early start on their 64th Anniversary.
Just returned from the club house where they honored all the couples married 60 years or more.