Newly promoted Frank Hayward, on USS Sarsi,ATF 111 in 1945

Chiefs Brant(L) & Hayward pose in this October 1945 photo taken at Attu, AK

This photo of the Sasebo CPO Club interior believed to be taken by Frank Hayward in 1948 after he left the USS Sarsi, ATF 111.Chief Hayward was Boss of the Sasebo Base Boat Shop.

USS Sarsi, ATF 111, 3"50 gun covered with ice on return trip to U S from Petropovlovsk, Russia in December 1945.

VJ Day at ATTU, Aleutian Islands

USS Sarsi ATF 111 celebrates VJ Day at Attu, 14 Aug 1945

USS Sarsi ATF 111 crew celebrates VJ Day(14 Aug 45) on Dock 3 at Attu, in the Aleutians

USS Sarsi, ATF 111 at dock # 3, Attu Island on VJ Day 14 August 1945

Unidentified Sailor from the USS Sarsi, ATF 100, reads the news bulletin announcing the Japanese Surrender on 14 May 1945, at dock # 3, Attu Island in the Aleutians.

Unidentified Sarsi ATF 111 Sailor shows VJ Day message on dock #3 at Attu in the Aleutians.

USS Sarsi Sailors celebrate VJ Day, 14 Aug 1945 on dock #3 at Attu. Sarsi is in background.

USS Sarsi, ATF 111 shipmates , with not much clothing, celebrate VJ Day at Attu Dock #3 on 14 August 1945. There was no shortage of beer that day!

This photo found in photo album of Frank Hayward, dated 1945 while he was aboard USS Sarsi, ATF 111.

MM3 Claude, the ATF 111 duty mailman, poses in the Sarsi ships office, at Attu, Aleutians, 1945.

ATF 111 Chiefs Quarters Pinups, at Attu, Aleutians October 1945

ATF 111 shipmate SK2 Herbert Henry Jaefka(sp?), USS Sarsi in background, 1945

USS Sarsi PHM2 Clingman enjoys a Captain Marvel Comic book in his sleeping berth, at Attu, Aleutians, October 1945

PM2 "Doc" Czerniel poses with USS Sarsi ATF 111 at Attu, in the Aleutians, Dec. 1945

Chiefs "Duzzy" Duzenberry(L) and Bowman in ATF 111 Chiefs Quarters at Attu, Aleutians, October 1945.

MOMM1 Frank Hayward poses with unknown shipmate on fantail of USS Sarsi ATF 111 in July 1945.

ATF 111 USS Sarsi shipmates with Sarsi in background at Dutch Harbor, Aleutians July 1945. Man on left believed to be MOMM1 Frank Hayward.Other man unidentified.

ATF 111 underway after being commissioned at Alameda, CA at 11:30 hours, 24 June 1944

The ATF 111 Crew assembles for the commissioning ceremony at Alameda, CA 24 June 1944

Skipper H.J. Perry, center, waits as the Chaplain takes the microphone at the ATF 111 commissioning ceremony at Alameda, CA 24 June 1944

LT Perry, Skipper, salutes colors at commissioning of ATF 111 June 24th 1944.

LT. H. J. Perry, Jr. assumes command of USS Sarsi, ATF 111 at Alameda CA 24 June 1944.

ATF 111 was en-route from Petro, in the Aleutians, in this 1945 photo.

EN1 G. M. Ballard; "Pappy", Interpreter; Boss ENC Francis S. Hayward (previously on ATF 111); EN2 K. R. Miller; FN O'Connor. Photo date is September 1949.

Shipmates pose aboard the USS Sarsi, ATF 111, at Attu AK in this June 1945 photo.Two are identified, MOMM F.Hayward (2nd fm left, back row) and BM Alexander(Right in back row).

BMC F. Brant sits in the USS Sarsi,ATF 111 Chiefs Quarters, October 1945 at Attu, AK

MOMM1 Frank "Frankie" Hayward poses on fantail of USS Sarsi, ATF 111at Attu, AK , June 1945.

Shipmates MOMM1 "Frankie" Hayward & BM? "Shorty" Alexander pose on the USS Sarsi, ATF 111 at Dutch Harbor, AK, in June 1945.

Twenty-eight year old MOMM1 Francis "Frankie" Hayward poses with a 7lb codfish he caught from the stern of USS Sarsi, ATF 111, in June 1945 at Attu, AK.

"Herb", also called "Stores", "Switch" & "Baldy" was the ships Storekeeper in this 1945 photo taken in the Aleutians.