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	50k	Harold Glenn Epperson, born 14 July 1923 in Akron, Ohio, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 12 December 1942. Private Epperson served with distinction in the assaults on Tarawa and Saipan, sharing in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded his organization for its service at Tarawa. He was killed in action on Saipan 25 June 1944, and received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his great courage and self-sacrifice in throwing himself on an enemy hand grenade to save his comrades from the effect of its explosion. Photo from the USMC History Division.		Bill Gonyo
	38k	Undated, location unknown.		Harold Lind
	43k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	91k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Photographed when first completed, probably during her delivery voyage from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 18 March 1949. Her Weapon "Able" anti-submarine rocket launcher has not yet been installed. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	67k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Delivery photograph, taken by the Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, 18 March 1949. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	148k	USS Epperson (DDE-719), in the foreground and USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Taking part in anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has fired a dual Hedgehoge pattern, and is over-running the impact area. Note that she carries only one twin 5"/38 gun mount forward. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	30k	USS Epperson (DDE-719), in the foreground and USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Taking part in anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has fired a dual Hedgehoge pattern.		Fred Weiss
	121k	USS Epperson (DDE-719), center and USS Sarsfield (DD-837), at right Dropping depth charges during anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has also fired her "K-Gun" depth charge projectors, making vertical smoke trails (aft of the ship) and impact splashes to port and starboard. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	151k	Key West on June 15 1950.		Robert Hurst
	118k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Undergoes an inclining experiment at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, 8 July 1957. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	190k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Underway at sea, 23 March 1958 Photographed by Pierce. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	131k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in May 1958. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	112k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) underway in the Pearl Harbour Channel, Oahu, 22 January 1962. Photographed by PHCS Robert A. Carlisle (USN Photo No NH 98870).		Robert Hurst
	152k	USS Epperson (DD-719) In drydock at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, undergoing her FRAM I modernization, 14 April 1964. Photographed by Joseph Demattos. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	60k	Taken in 1967 on R&R visit to Sydney prior to return to Gunline off Vietnam.		Don Searle, Royal Australian Navy 63-72
	95k	USS Epperson (DD-719) underway off Oahu, Hawaii, circa the late 1960's (USN Photo No NH 98873).		Robert Hurst
	141k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 12 February 1968. Photographed by PHCM/AC Louis P. Bodine. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	126k	USS Eppersone (DD-719) operating off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 29 August 1968. Photographed by PHCM/AC Louis P. Bodine of Squadron VC-1 (USN Photo No NH 98875).		Robert Hurst
	77k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Underway off the coast of Hawaii, 18 December 1969. Photographed by PH2 D.L. Fry. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	137k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Jacket patch of the ship's insignia, as used prior to 1962. Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	142k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Jacket patch of the Engineering Department's insignia, as used in 1967. The design's background is the Destroyer Squadron 25 insignia, overlaid with a "confident lion" and the motto "We Can Handle It". Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	102k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Emblem adopted in 1974. Its design alludes to her duty as Naval Reserve Training ship at Seattle, Washington. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss

CDR Terrell H. W. Connor    Mar 19 1949 - Jun 14 1950
CDR Philip K. Sherman    Jun 14 1950 - Jan 1952
CDR Charles H. Mead Jr.    Jan 1952 - Nov 1953
CDR N. Burt Davis Jr.    Nov 1953 - Nov 1955
CDR Donald C. Kirk    Nov 1955 - Jul 1957
CDR Brian McCauley    Jul 1957 - Aug 1959 (Later RADM)
CDR Gail J. Ellerbe    Aug 1959 - Sep 1961
CDR Thomas Arthur Bush Jr.    Sep 1961 - Feb 1964
LCDR Charles Culberson Denman Jr.    Feb 1964 - Sep 1964
CDR Paul Kenneth Clausen    Sep 1964 - Aug 1966
CDR Ralph Ensign Wilson Jr.    Aug 1966 - Jul 1967
CDR Cedric Sterling Wallace    Jul 1967 - May 1969
CDR Leighton Dale Smith    May 1969 - Oct 1970
CDR Robert Wade Freeman    Oct 1970 - Apr 1972
CDR George M. Elliot    Apr 1972 - Aug 1973
CDR Joe Don Camp    Aug 1973 - Oct 1 1975
LCDR Daniel P. Richardson    Oct 1 1975 - Dec 1 1975