Robert Von Allman was a 20 year old Sonarman 3C on October 7, 1951, the day Ernest G. Small struck a mine in Hungnam harbor.
In 1994, Robert wrote a memoir to his shipmates, retelling his experience of the event that took the lives of nine close friends and left 51 other shipmates wounded. By way of a chance assignment to measure the water depth from the chart house, Robert narrowly missed being added to the list of casualties of the day. His poignant story follows.
"A
Night at the Bee Hive", by
Bert Royster.
In Olongapo at Subic Bay, Phillipines, was a
bar called the 'Bee Hive'. When in port, the
men of the E.G. Small basically took over
the joint.
"When Ernie Hit the Pier in
San Francisco" , by
Dan Stiffler.
It happened in the fall of 1961, during Fleet Week in San Francisco. The Ernest G. Small had been invited to participate in a Fleet Review.....
"Birdus Speedicus: Beep,
Beep!", by
Donald A. Wayman.
A brief story telling what every
NON-Roadrunner has always wanted to know.
Learn how the E.G. Small acquired its famous
nickname, 'The Roadrunner'. Beep, beep!
