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TAPS
Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night. |
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BORN:
July 27, 1913 at Richmond, VA
Entered Service in the US
Navy from Richmond, VA
Earned the Medal of Honor during World War II For heroism on
April 14, 1945 at Quelpart Island, off the coast of Korea
DIED: February
26, 2000 at the age of 86
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Lieutenant
Commander Street was C.O. of the submarine U.S.S. Tirante during
the first war patrol of that vessel against enemy Japanese
surface forces in the harbor of Quelpart Island, off the coast
of Korea. With the crew at surface battle stations, he
approached the hostile anchorage from the south within 1,200
yards of the coast to complete a reconnoitering circuit of the
island. Leaving the 10-fathom curve far behind he penetrated the
mined and shoal-obstructed waters despite numerous patrolling
vessels and in defiance of five shore-based radar stations and
menacing aircraft. Prepared to fight it out on the surface if
attacked, he went into action, sending two torpedoes with deadly
accuracy into a large Japanese ammunition ship and exploding the
target in a mountainous and blinding glare of white flames. With
the Tirante instantly spotted by the enemy as she stood out
plainly in the flare of light, he ordered the torpedo data
computer set up while retiring and fired his last two torpedoes
to disintegrate the leading frigate and a similar flanking
vessel. Clearing the harbor at emergency full speed ahead, he
slipped undetected along the shoreline, diving deep as a
pursuing patrol dropped a pattern of depth charges at the point
of submergence.
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