Individual WW2 stories

INDIVIDUAL STORIES
OF CHELSEA'S WW2 RESIDENTS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.

Herbert Louis Dennis (1920-1944)

June 29 - The coastal minesweeper USS Valaor (AMC-108) is sunk in a collision off Newport, Rhode Island.

At the time of her loss on 29 June 1944, late that day, she was patrolling the southern approaches to the Cape Cod Canal, alert to the possible presence of enemy intruders on this highly traveled coastal route. Minutes before 2200, as she patrolled north of Cuttyhunk Island in Buzzard's Bay, Valor was struck by the USS Richard W. Suesens (DE-342). Within three minutes, the small ship sank in the shallow waters off Mishaum Point at the western entrance of Buzzard's Bay. The destroyer escort rescued seven survivors; but, although five other vessels joined in the search which continued until sunrise, the seven remaining men on board were never found. The following day, the survivors were transferred to facilities at the Naval Operating Base, Newport, Rhode Island.

His remains were found and he was buried on July 31, 1944 in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA.

INDIVIDUAL STORIES OF CHELSEA'S WW2 RESIDENTS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.



Herbert Louis Dennis (1920-1944)
June 29 - The coastal minesweeper USS Valaor (AMC-108) is sunk in a collision off Newport, Rhode Island. At the time of her loss on 29 June 1944, late that day, she was patrolling the southern approaches to the Cape Cod Canal, alert to the possible presence of enemy intruders on this highly traveled coastal route. Minutes before 2200, as she patrolled north of Cuttyhunk Island in Buzzard's Bay, Valor was struck by the USS Richard W. Suesens (DE-342). Within three minutes, the small ship sank in the shallow waters off Mishaum Point at the western entrance of Buzzard's Bay. The destroyer escort rescued seven survivors; but, although five other vessels joined in the search which continued until sunrise, the seven remaining men on board were never found. The following day, the survivors were transferred to facilities at the Naval Operating Base, Newport, Rhode Island. His remains were found and he was buried on July 31, 1944 in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA.