http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html My father was born in Keyport, New Jersey April 23rd, 1919. His father Jewell Williams was a traveling Electrician/Salesman/Inventor; ( Jewell Williams - inventor: http://www.stevenjohnson.com/supreme/jrwilliams.htm ) this gave him a nomadic boyhood until eventually settling in Little Rock, Arkansas. He attended Central High School where he was inspired to go to Annapolis by his English Teacher, Mrs. Huckaby. Mrs. Huckaby would later become well known for her de-segregation involvement at Central High. 

Joining the Navy in 1937 at the age of 17, he would eventually be accepted into the Navel Academy. At Annapolis he room mated with William H. McCaughey who would later become his brother in-law. They both would sign-up for PT's where they would eventually become PT boat instructors. While Instructing ROTC's from various universities, they remembered instructing a charismatic skinny guy with a big grin named "John F. Kennedy" on how to maneuver an 80ft. Elco. My father was retired from the navy at the age of 26, about a year after the incident for being 50% mentally disabled do to posttraumatic syndrome. He was able to raise a family of ten children working in the aerospace industry, and later becoming a teacher. I am the youngest, and my father passed away on my 30th birthday 11/16/91, he was 72. My mother Julia Anne (McCaughey) Williams and the rest of the family misses him very much. http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#0 eca3c7bf-de9b-4e04-8743-c7b20ffdb8b2 http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/billnbob.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/billnbob.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">My Uncle Lt. William "Bill" McCaughey <br/>and Lt. R.J. Williams<br/>Instruction - PT School, Annapolis<br/><br/><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_1">My Uncle "William H. McCauhey" would retire from the Navy a full Captain. Then go on to become a L.A. Port Pilot. He and his wife Blanche would have 8 children. He passed away at 72 in 1993.<br/></span></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#1 b5c0d7aa-1cb1-45d8-b304-c8facf4ca31d http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/original.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/original.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2">A young Lt. R.J. Williams <br/>when he was the Skipper of PT62 <br/>while assigned to Ron4 as an <br/>Instructor. &#x201C;Melville&#x201D; July 1942.<br/></span></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#2 bc556ff5-1e75-472b-9052-5a23a2ef3022 http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/fthrni.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/fthrni.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2"><br/>My father and I early 1991, shortly before his passing.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_4"><span style="line-height: 14px; " class="style_1"><br/>My brother James is seated.</span><span style="line-height: 18px; " class="style_2"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_4"><br/></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#3 933c17b5-2199-44ec-b11a-51a99d17c7b1 http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/williams%20family114.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/williams%20family114.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2"><br/>Our family - circa 1966.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4"><span style="line-height: 14px; " class="style_1"><br/> My Mother and Father would have 6 sons, and 4 daughters. (I&#x2019;m the little one)</span></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#4 3e0df36a-6943-471c-b6ff-c5d3251df91b http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/mom.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/mom.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2">Above is a picture of my Mother <br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2">that my father had with him.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_1"><br/>Damaged by South Pacific Seawater!</span></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#5 5acac9ca-f226-46f8-b770-a0c5a6d89fc2 http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/mom2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/mom2.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2"><br/>Another picture of my Mother <br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6">This photo is a recent picture that I colorized restored that was taken the<br/>same day.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2"><br/></span></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#6 ef35362c-1d36-4398-9b77-0a12633e484e http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/SanFranCrncl.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/SanFranCrncl.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2">These articles of the incident were published on the front pages of the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. </span><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_1"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_1"><br/>The size of the articles is probably relevant to any bad press coming just a month before the Normandy Invasion.</span><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_3"><br/></span></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#7 6d1e526e-31ce-4817-b3bc-0cce65bb32ae http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/NYT54.44.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/NYT54.44.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#8 d3fc142d-9056-4e31-8931-946e5e741c7f http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/new-pt347-1.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/new-pt347-1.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2"><br/>A photo published in the &#x201C;PT Boater&#x201D;<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2">First meeting in 47 years!<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4"><span style="line-height: 14px; " class="style_1"><br/>Orton McCotter&#x2019;s nickname after the sinking was &#x201C;Lucky&#x201D;. My father had him removed from the boat the day before because of malaria.</span></p></div></div> http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2.html#9 89decb2c-bb35-46be-8ebd-1155e5b43f32 http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/williams-colored.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.danwilliamsgraphics.com/PT347/PT347-2_files/Media/williams-colored.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_256_144"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_2">My father after boot camp home on leave in 1937 with his older brother &#x201C;Francis&#x201D; and his younger brother &#x201C;Don&#x201D;</span></p></div></div>