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| 50k | Herbert J. Thomas was born 8 February 1918 in Columbus, Ohio. From July to October 1941, he had enlisted service with the Army Air Corps. Sergeant Thomas enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 3 March 1942 at Charleston, W. Va., and after basic training was assigned to the 2d Marine Brigade. He was killed while serving with the 3d Marine Division during the battle at the Koromokina River, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 7 November 1943. Discovering a gun emplacement difficult to approach, he carefully placed his men around him in strategic positions from which they were to charge after he had thrown a grenade into the emplacement. When the grenade struck vines and fell back into the midst of his group, Sergeant Thomas deliberately flung himself upon it to smother the explosion, valiantly sacrificing his life for his comrades. For his heroic conduct he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History Division. | Bill Gonyo |
| 109k | Navy Photo 19841-1-54, forward plan view of USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD 833) at Mare Island on 13 January 1954. She was in overhaul at the yard from 14 September 1953 to 3 March 1954. | Darryl Baker |
| 111k | San Francisco June 13 1957. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 52k | 1965 off Point Loma, San Diego, CA. Official USN photo. | Butch Hinton |
| | USS Herbert J, Thomas (DD-833), USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649) and USS Henry A Wiley (DM-29) moored together at the San Diego inactive ship maintenance facility in 1971. The Thomas was sold to Taiwan three years after this photograph was taken and renamed Han Yang. The others were broken up the following year (Courtesy L.Cote). | Robert Hurst |
| 68k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |