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United States. A Purple Heart, To Seaman 1St Class Kyrklund, Usnr, Kia During Japanese Attack On Uss Franklin, 1945
United States. A Purple Heart, To Seaman 1St Class Kyrklund, Usnr, Kia During Japanese Attack On Uss Franklin, 1945
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In bronze gilt with purple, red, white and green enamels, engraved "FRANKLIN G. KYRKLUND S1C USNR" on the reverse, measuring 34.8 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), intact enamels, light contact, near extremely fine. In its hardshelled "coffin-style" case of issue, wear evident on the exterior corners, case also near extremely fine. Accompanied by assorted research papers.
Footnote: Franklin Graham Kyrklund was born on September 29, 1924 in San Diego, California and graduated from Hoover High School in San Diego. His picture in the high school yearbook was accompanied by a tagline inscribed "Hopes to join Navy Air Corps...plays tennis well...will miss the sports." Kyrklund enlisted for service ( 8793708) with the United States Naval Reserve at Los Angeles, California, on October 11, 1943, declaring his status as Single. He is credited with having served with the St. Louis-class light cruiser USS St. Louis (CL-49), having taken part in combat at Saipan, Guam, Tinian and Mokotai. The USS St. Louis was very active during its service in the Pacific during the war. After completing his service with USS Franklin, he was transferred to the Bogue-class escort carrier USS Breton (CVE-23, previously AVG-23 then ACV-23). Her sailings carried her throughout the Pacific supplying men, materiel, and aircraft to units of the fleet engaged in making strikes on the enemy. While engaged in these duties, USS Breton had taken part in the capture and occupation of Saipan, from June 11 to August 10, 1944. After a brief stint with USS Breton, he was transferred again, this time to the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) in the rank of Seaman First Class and is confirmed on the Navy muster rolls as having been with the USS Franklin. Seaman First Class Kyrklund was aboard USS Franklin just before dawn on March 19, 1945, the ship having maneuvered to within fifty miles of the Japanese mainland, closer than any other U.S. carrier during the war, and launched a fighter sweep against Honshū and later a strike against shipping in Kobe Harbor. The USS Franklin crew had been called to battle stations twelve times within six hours that night and Captain Gehres downgraded the alert status to Condition III, allowing his men freedom to eat or sleep, although gunnery crews remained at their stations. Suddenly, a single aircraft, possibly a Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber, though other accounts suggest an Aichi D3A "Val", also a dive bomber, pierced the cloud cover and made a low level run on the ship to drop two semi-armor-piercing bombs. The damage analysis came to the conclusion that the bombs were 550 pounds. Accounts differ as to whether the attacking aircraft escaped or was shot down. One bomb struck the flight deck centerline, penetrating to the hangar deck, causing destruction and igniting fires through the second and third decks, and knocking out the Combat Information Center and air plot. The second hit aft, tearing through two decks. At the time she was struck, Franklin had thirty-one armed and fueled aircraft warming up on her flight deck. The hangar deck contained planes, of which sixteen were fueled and five were armed. The forward gasoline system had been secured, but the aft system was operating. The explosion on the hangar deck ignited the fuel tanks on the aircraft, and gasoline vapor explosion devastated the deck. Only two crewmen survived the fire. The explosion also jumbled aircraft together on the flight deck above, causing further fires and explosions and detonating twelve "Tiny Tim" air-to-surface rockets. USS Franklin was dead in the water, without radio communications, and broiling in the heat from enveloping fires.
In bronze gilt with purple, red, white and green enamels, engraved "FRANKLIN G. KYRKLUND S1C USNR" on the reverse, measuring 34.8 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), intact enamels, light contact, near extremely fine. In its hardshelled "coffin-style" case of issue, wear evident on the exterior corners, case also near extremely fine. Accompanied by assorted research papers.
Footnote: Franklin Graham Kyrklund was born on September 29, 1924 in San Diego, California and graduated from Hoover High School in San Diego. His picture in the high school yearbook was accompanied by a tagline inscribed "Hopes to join Navy Air Corps...plays tennis well...will miss the sports." Kyrklund enlisted for service ( 8793708) with the United States Naval Reserve at Los Angeles, California, on October 11, 1943, declaring his status as Single. He is credited with having served with the St. Louis-class light cruiser USS St. Louis (CL-49), having taken part in combat at Saipan, Guam, Tinian and Mokotai. The USS St. Louis was very active during its service in the Pacific during the war. After completing his service with USS Franklin, he was transferred to the Bogue-class escort carrier USS Breton (CVE-23, previously AVG-23 then ACV-23). Her sailings carried her throughout the Pacific supplying men, materiel, and aircraft to units of the fleet engaged in making strikes on the enemy. While engaged in these duties, USS Breton had taken part in the capture and occupation of Saipan, from June 11 to August 10, 1944. After a brief stint with USS Breton, he was transferred again, this time to the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) in the rank of Seaman First Class and is confirmed on the Navy muster rolls as having been with the USS Franklin. Seaman First Class Kyrklund was aboard USS Franklin just before dawn on March 19, 1945, the ship having maneuvered to within fifty miles of the Japanese mainland, closer than any other U.S. carrier during the war, and launched a fighter sweep against Honshū and later a strike against shipping in Kobe Harbor. The USS Franklin crew had been called to battle stations twelve times within six hours that night and Captain Gehres downgraded the alert status to Condition III, allowing his men freedom to eat or sleep, although gunnery crews remained at their stations. Suddenly, a single aircraft, possibly a Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber, though other accounts suggest an Aichi D3A "Val", also a dive bomber, pierced the cloud cover and made a low level run on the ship to drop two semi-armor-piercing bombs. The damage analysis came to the conclusion that the bombs were 550 pounds. Accounts differ as to whether the attacking aircraft escaped or was shot down. One bomb struck the flight deck centerline, penetrating to the hangar deck, causing destruction and igniting fires through the second and third decks, and knocking out the Combat Information Center and air plot. The second hit aft, tearing through two decks. At the time she was struck, Franklin had thirty-one armed and fueled aircraft warming up on her flight deck. The hangar deck contained planes, of which sixteen were fueled and five were armed. The forward gasoline system had been secured, but the aft system was operating. The explosion on the hangar deck ignited the fuel tanks on the aircraft, and gasoline vapor explosion devastated the deck. Only two crewmen survived the fire. The explosion also jumbled aircraft together on the flight deck above, causing further fires and explosions and detonating twelve "Tiny Tim" air-to-surface rockets. USS Franklin was dead in the water, without radio communications, and broiling in the heat from enveloping fires.
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