Michael N Guiro
Richard D. Lovejoy served on the SS Stephen C. Foster, the USAT Admiral Koontz (AP-122), the SS Lehigh Victory, the SS Waterville Victory, and the SS Bernard J. Ray Victory. Richard made North Atlantic runs as well as other voyages all over the world. He presently lives in Gardena, California with his lovely wife, Dolly. He can be contacted via the email address of his son, Tom, at tom_lovejoy@hotmail.com.
Picture Below: This is a picture of one of Richard's ships, showing how it iced up in the North Atlantic.
Picture Below: This is a picture of some of the crew practicing on the bow 3"50
Picture Below: This is a picture of some of the Armed Guard crew on one ship. The man under the X is Richard Lovejoy, the man under the XX is remembered by 'Blimp' and the man under the XXX is a great friend named Staneonis. The others are not identified.
Picture Below: This is a picture of the stern gun crew on one ship.
Picture Below: This is a picture of the entire gun crew on the SS Bernard J Ray. The arrow points to Richard Lovejoy.
Picture Below: This is a picture of three Armed Guards in the stern gun tub. The one under the X is Richard Lovejoy.
Picture Below: This is a picture of part of one of the convoys.
Picture Below: This is a picture of a sunken vessel in Marseilles, Southern France
Picture Below: This is a picture of Staneonis doing his laundry the old fashioned way.
Picture Below: This is a copy of post card 1 of 3 picked up in Italy shortly after the surrender
Picture Below: This is a copy of post card 2 of 3 picked up in Italy shortly after the surrender
Picture Below: This is a copy of post card 3 of 3 picked up in Italy shortly after the surrender
