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| 56k | Harold C. Agerholm was born on 29 January 1925 in Racine, Wisconsin and enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 1942 at Milwaukee, Wis. Following training at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego and at Camp Elliott also in that city, Agerholm was shipped overseas and arrived in the Pacific theater on 23 November. He was assigned to the 2d Marine Division and saw action in the assault on the Gilbert Islands at Tarawa. Agerholm was promoted to private first class (PFC) on 26 January 1943 and, while serving with the Fourth Battalion, 10th Marines, 2d Division, participated in the assault and occupation of Saipan, Marianas Islands. In action against a determined Japanese counterattack on 7 July 1944, PFC Agerholm volunteered to assist in the defense and evacuation of the wounded. Locating and appropriating an abandoned ambulance jeep, he repeatedly made dangerous trips under heavy rifle and mortar fire to single-handedly recover approximately 45 casualties. Working tirelessly for over three hours, Agerholm continually ignored his own safety and was mortally wounded by Japanese rifle fire as he ran to aid two men whom he believed to be wounded marines. For his heroism and service to his country, PFC Agerholm was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Agerholm as she appeared after FRAM I overhaul by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 71k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 58k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 53k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 86k | Navy Photo 7748-12-50, bow on view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950. | Darryl Baker | |
| 88k | Navy Photo 7750-12-50, broadside view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950. She was in overhaul at the yard from 21 Oct to 28 Dec 1950. | Darryl Baker | |
| 97k | Navy Photo 7751-12-50, stern view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950. | Darryl Baker | |
| 67k | USS Baussell (DD-845), USS Rogers (DD-876) and USS Agerholm (DD-826) in San Diego July 1956. | Everett Ellestad | |
| 109k | San Francisco 1957. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 129k | May 11, 1962 photo of the Agerholm firing an ASW ASROC rocket equipped with a nuclear depth charge. This weapon was the hope for the U.S. Navy fighting the Russian submarine menace, but two items thwarted its deployment; (1) the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and (2) the fragility of the destroyers' hulls when in the vicinity of a nuclear explosion. WW2 era hulls weren't built to withstand such stresses and shocks. This may be the only actual firing of the ASROC fitted with a nuclear depth charge as the test ban treaty went into effect shortly after this firing | - | |
| 28k | As above. | - | |
| 98k | As above. | Robert Hurst | |
| 56k | Kaohsuing Taiwan, February 28 1966 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 85k | USS Intrepid CVS-11 refueling the Agerholm July 1967. | Larry Backus | |
| 63k | Sydney, Australia circa 1970's. | Marc Piché | |
| 202k | From October 1971 ALL HANDS magazine. Alonside the USS Piedmont (AD-17) during a Seventh Fleet deployment. | Stanley Svec | |
| 30k | San Francisco July 1974. | Marc Piché | |
| 90k | Fremantle, Australia 1978 | Graeme D. Fuller | |
| 77k | Vancouver July 25 1978. | Marc Piché | |
| 58k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 57k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 34k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 165k | Destroyer Division 12 patch. | Ed Velasquez | |
| 20k | Navy Task Group JTF -8 (Joint Task Force Eight) from the Nuclear Atmospheric Test Force in the Pacific, 1962. | Chet Morris | |
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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