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| 86k | Randolph Mitchell Holder was born on 20 September 1918 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy on 10 April 1940, following flight training. Reporting to Torpedo Squadron Six aboard the USS Enterprise (CV 6), he took part in the early carrier operations in the critical months following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then fought in the pivotal Battle of Midway, first of the great American successes in the War in the Pacific. In the gallant attack of the torpedo planes early on 4 June 1942, Holder and his comrades attacked the Japanese Fleet without fighter cover. Though Holder and many others were shot down while pressing this attack, they forced radical maneuvers and diverted Japanese air cover, so as to make the later raids lethal to the enemy fleet. Lieutenant (j.g.) Holder was presumed dead the next day, 5 June 1942, and was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism. Photo Courtesy of the USS Holder Association thanks to Doug Dame. | Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo |
| 32k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 44k | Undated, USS Rich (DD-820), USS Holder (DD-819) and USS New (DD-818) of DesRon 36. | Edward H. Cleary |
| 39k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 52k | New York, NY October 15 1946. | Marc Piché |
| 55k | Circa 1953, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 129k | USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) steaming in formation with Destroyer Squadron 36, during anti-submarine exercises of the Atlantic Fleet's Task Group ALFA, 6 November 1958. The destroyers are ((from top): USS Basilone (DDE-824); USS Damato (DDE-871); USS Robert L. Wilson (DDE-847); USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864); USS Holder (DDE-819) and USS New (DDE-818). Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 127k | USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) steaming in formation with Destroyer Squadron 36, during anti-submarine exercises of the Atlantic Fleet's Task Group ALFA, 6 November 1958. The destroyers are ((from top): USS Basilone (DDE-824); USS Damato (DDE-871); USS Robert L. Wilson (DDE-847); USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864); USS Holder (DDE-819) and USS New (DDE-818). Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 70k | Chesapeke Bay, August 1964 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 35k | In a Philadelphia dry dock in 1975. | Frank F. Vosburgh III |
| 42k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
To Ecuador February 23 1977, renamed Presidente Elroy Alfaro.
