JEFF DAVIS HASELDEN

Jeff Davis Haselden was born to Herbert and Vallie Haselden December 15, 1923, at Socastee, South Carolina. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on January l5, 1942, and was stationed at Little Creek, Virginia. He then was sent to the Armed Guard Center in Brooklyn, New York.

His first assignment was to the gun crew aboard an Army Transport, USAT ERNEST J. HINES in New York March 1942. The ship took on troops at Charleston, South Carolina, and sailed for the Galapagos Islands by way of the Panama Canal. The ship then followed the Central American coastline, picked up Japanese merchant seamen and transported them to San Francisco. More troops boarded the transport and were taken to Alaska. After returning to San Francisco, a fourth group of troops boarded and the transport traveled to Honolulu, New Caladonia, New Hebrides, Fiji Islands to Honolulu and back to San Francisco.

Jeff was next assigned to the SS ALEXANDER GRA- HAM BELL, November 1942. The ship traveled to New Zealand, Suez and Egypt, stopping in Adan, Arabia and West Coast Africa. The BELL then sailed for Anglo- Egyptian Sudan to Capetown and on to South Africa, Bahaia, Brazil, Dutch Guiana, San Juan, Puerto Rico and New York. The trip lasted from November 1942 to May 1943.

The SS JOFlN RUTLEDGE was his next assignment in the Mediterranean Sea, shuttling between Italy and North Africa from May until December 1943. The ship went through a hurricane while in the Atlantic.

Jeff served aboard the SS JOHN HOLMES from February to July 1944. His next ship was the SS CHARLES G. COUTANT from January to October 1945. The ships served in the areas of England, Ireland, North Africa, Per- sian Gulf and the Suez Canal.

He was on general duty in Charleston, South Carolina, from October to December 1945, then was transferred to the receiving station in Norfolk, Virginia and assigned to FFT USS ATR 22 for duty. Cuba was the designation.

From the ATR 22,Jeffwas transferred to the USS LEYTE, an aircraft carrier, his last ship. He was discharged August 5, 1946.

Jeff married Mabel Ream January 3, 1944. Their chil- dren are Jeff, Jr., Carol, Edward, Henry, Teresa and Robin. They have 12 grandchildren.

Jeff retired from Dupont in Lugoff, South Carolina, February 1983. He now lives at 120 Richardson Boulevard, Lugoff, South Carolina 29178.