Commander Charles Willis was the commanding office of USS Wilhoite during the Deep Freeze deployment of 1960 – 61. His son David sent along the following items.
Lt Pete Schoenberg & Lcdr Charles Willis
Aloha Pearl Harbor
USS Wilhoite DER-397
The DERs of Cortron 5
Ens John Fleming, OOD
Somewhere in NZ. (probably Otago Harbour, Dunedin)
Arriving Pearl Harbor
Campbell Island
Arriving Dunedin Sept, 1960
Christmas 1960
Press Releases and other documents from
USS Wilhoite