USS Atherton DE 169
	DESTROYER ESCORT - CANNON CLASS

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Sailor Stories

TALES OF THE SEA - Tin Can Sailors Recall Life On Board

Life Aboard by Lee Shepherd

Life Aboard by Carl Barth

Life Aboard by Ken Homberger

Life Aboard by Dick Huntsberger

Life Aboard by Henry Rutkowski

Life Aboard by Ross Stevens

Christmas Aboard the Atherton - a poem

The Water Hour - a poem

History Remembered - by Tracy Bell, Stafford County Sun

Stories of War - by Betty Booker, Times-Dispatch Staff Writer

Another Proud Chapter in DE History - by Patricia R. Perrella, Volunteer Curator, USS Slater DE-766 Museum

A Letter from Franz Krones