USS Hornet Sinking

USS Hornet Sinking

Remembering Commander Richard Byron Varley II:

From the collection of Richard Byron Varley, Jr.


Richard Varley was in the water for 4 hours before he was rescued.


The news of the attack on the USS Hornet came across the radio one time and his mother heard the announcement and then there was no further information for several hours.

Tired Marine and His Dog Sleep on a Bed of Rocks--Okinawa

from US Navy War Photographs

from the collection of  Richard Byron Varley, Jr

USS Canberra: Change of Command Ceremony--Commander Cruiser Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet--November 2 1960

USS Canberra:  Change of Command Ceremony--Commander Cruiser Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet--November 2 1960

Admiral Robert L. Dennison, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantinc Fleet,
Commander in Chief Atlantic

Rear Admiral John McNay Taylor
United States Navy

Rear Admiral Robert W. Cavenagh
United States Navy

From the collection of Commander Richard Byron Varley, Jr.

Richard Varley, Annapolis 1942

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USS Canberra:  Change of Command Ceremony--Commander Cruiser Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet--November 2 1960, Richard Byron Varley Jr, Navy Memorabilia, Admiral L. Dennison, Rear Admiral John McNay Taylor, Rear Admiral Robert W. Cavanagh, 

Havana Memories: US Navy 1950's

Commander Richard Byron Varley, Jr.

from the collection of Richard Byron Varley, Jr.

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Richard Byron Varley Jr, USS Pennsylvania, Tasca Espanola, Herman's Store Havana Cuba, Armed Forces Day 1955 Keesler Air Force Base,