"My father, Frank "Red" Hart, enlisted in the Navy in 1943 just after his 18th birthday, and was stationed in Norfolk VA where he was
assigned to the DE-701. The ship sailed south through the Panama Canal
and continued west to the south Pacific. The Osmus faced heavy (Hot) action in the spring of 1945 during the battle for Okinowa where I believe she earned a battle star. After
the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Osmus, which was on it's way to Australia for liberty, had to turn around to take on Japanese prisoners. At Truk atoll, Japanese
officers came aboard and surrendered the Island. My father was Honorably Discharged in 1946 with the rank of Seaman First Class. He died in 1992 at the age of 66."
