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BERRY, JOHN G.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Lydonia and USS Yamacraw
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to John G. Berry, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard,
for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commanding
officer of the U.S.S. Lydonia and the U.S.S. Yamacraw, engaged in the
important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting
troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and
mines.
Home Town: Missouri
 BILLARD,
FREDERICK C.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Aphrodite
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Frederick C. Billard, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Aphrodite, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
Birth: 9/22/1873 - Washington, DC
Home Town: Maryland
CARMINE, GEORGE C.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Algonquin
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to George C. Carmine, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Algonquin, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
CHISWELL, BENJAMIN M.
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Algonquin
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Benjamin M. Chiswell, Commander, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Algonquin, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
HENDERSON, ANDREW J.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Manning
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Andrew J. Henderson, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Manning, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
HOWELL, CHARLES F.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Arcturus
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Charles F. Howell, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Arcturus, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
HUTSON, JOHN J.
Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Wanderer
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to John J. Hutson, Lieutenant, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Wanderer, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
JACK, RAYMOND L.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Cythera
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Raymond L. Jack, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Cythera, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
 JACOBS,
WILLIAM V. E.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Niagara
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William V. E. Jacobs, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Niagara, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
MOLLOY, THOMAS M.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Rambler
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Thomas M. Molloy, First Lieutenant, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Rambler, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
MUELLER, LEE C.
Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Emmeline
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Lee C. Mueller, Lieutenant, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Emmeline, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
MUNTER, WILLIAM H.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Ossippee
Date of Action: September 3, 1917 - November 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William H. Munter, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Ossippee, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
REINBERG, LEROY
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Druid
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Leroy Reinberg, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Druid, escorting mercantile convoys in
the Mediterranean Sea in waters infested with enemy submarines.
RIDGELEY, RANDOLPH, JR.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Yamacraw & USS Castine
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Randolph Ridgeley, Jr., Captain, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Yamacraw and the U.S.S. Castine,
engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting
and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy
submarines and mines.
 ROACH,
PHILIP F.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Manning
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Philip F. Roach, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Manning and the U.S.S. Lydonia, engaged
in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and
escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy
submarines and mines.
ROSE, EARL G.
Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Rambler
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Earl G. Rose, Lieutenant, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Rambler, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
WHEELER, WILLIAM J.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: April 25 & June 28, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William J. Wheeler, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Seneca, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, and
especially for his prompt and judicious action upon two occasions of
encounters with submarines, on April 25 and June 28, 1918.
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 Of
37 World War I awards of the Navy Cross to members of the US Coast
Guard, nineteen were awarded for action on September 16, 1918 when
members of the crew of the USS Seneca went to the aid of
the Wellington, which had been badly damaged by a torpedo
attack. First Lieutenant
Fletcher W. Brown was sent from Seneca to survey the damage
and then he and eighteen volunteers boarded Wellington and
took charge of the ship. Most of Wellington's crew refused
to stay and the Coast Guardsmen were left to man the pumps and the
guns. Brown's crew and the remaining merchant seamen kept the
flooding under control until a storm developed and the seas became
extremely rough. Lieutenant Brown mustered all the men at the
remaining lifeboat except for the radio operator and three men on
the pumps. He decided to launch the lifeboat and have it ready in
case the ship suddenly began to sink. The boat into the rough seas
but the water the heavy weather carried it away from Wellington
against all the efforts of those in the boat.
Brown remained on
board with eleven Coast Guardsmen and five merchant sailors. They
had no lifeboat on a sinking ship in stormy seas. The radio
operator began signaling for help while others in the crew
signaled with flares from the deck. The remaining men began to
construct rafts as the bow settled . The destroyer Warrington
answered the rockets as Wellington began to list rapidly.
Lieutenant Brown ordered the ship to be abandoned. Shortly
thereafter the boilers exploded and Wellington quickly sank before
Warrington arrived. Ten of Seneca's men died. All of the
Coast Guardsmen living and dead were awarded the Navy Cross.
British Rear Admiral Grant remarked that "Lt. Brown and
the gallant volunteers set an example worthy of the highest
traditions of any Service or any Nation." |
*BEST, WILLIAM H.
Watertender, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William H. Best, Watertender, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
BROWN, FLETCHER W.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Fletcher W. Brown, First Lieutenant, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished and heroic service in the line of his
profession as officer of the U.S.S. Seneca in volunteering to lead a
party of men to board the British steamer Wellington, following the
torpedoing of that vessel on September 16, 1918, and her abandonment by
her crew. Lieutenant Brown and the men form Seneca's crew, with a few of
the original crew of the Wellington, persisted heroically in their
attempt to save the Wellington, and finally abandoned the ship only when
she was on the point of sinking in a heavy sea.
CHRISTY, GEORGE M.
Oiler Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to George M. Christy, Oiler Second Class,
U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
*ELAM, RUSSELL
Cook, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Russell Elam, Cook, U.S. Coast Guard, for
extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S. Seneca in an
attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after that vessel had
been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after the ship was
torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were called from the
Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered although there was a
high sea running and it was known she was in danger also of further
submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some hours but finally
sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight men who
volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Maryland
GORMAN, RAYMOND J.
Seaman, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Raymond J. Gorman, Seaman, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
GRIMSHAW, DANIEL E.
Machinist First Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Daniel E. Grimshaw, Machinist First
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew.
Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
*MARVELLE, PAUL LEB
Gunner's Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Paul Leb Marvelle, Gunner's Mate Second
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew.
Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
Home Town: Massachusetts
MASON, MORRILL C.
Electrician Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Morrill C. Mason, Electrician Second
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew.
Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
*NEVENS, JAMES J.
Gunner's Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to James J. Nevens, Gunner's Mate Second
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew.
Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
Home Town: Connecticut
*NEWBURY, CARL S.
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Carl S. Newbury, Coxswain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: CT
OHRLEIN, ANTHONY
Seaman, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Anthony Ohrlein, Seaman, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
OSBORN, JAMES C.
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to James C. Osborn, Coxswain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
*OVESEN, MARTIN M.
Watertender, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Martin M. Ovesen, Watertender, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Denmark
PEDERSEN, JORGE A.
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Jorge A. Pedersen, Coxswain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
*PRIME, WILLIAM HEERMANCE
Seaman, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William Heermance Prime, Seaman, U.S.
Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: New York
RYAN, MICHAEL J.
Machinist First Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Michael J. Ryan, Machinist First Class,
U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
*STELLENWERF, MERTON
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Merton Stellenwerf, Coxswain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: New York
*TINGARD, RAYMOND H.
Watertender, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Raymond H. Tingard, Watertender, U.S.
Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Connecticut
*ZULEGER, AUGUST
Assistant Master At Arms, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to August Zuleger, Assistant Master At Arms,
U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger
also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some
hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight
men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Wisconsin |
STIKA,
JOSEPH E.
STONE,
ELMER FOWLER
EVANS,
RAYMOND J.
HIRSHFIELD,
JAMES A.
ESTER,
MAURICE D.
WALSH,
QUENTIN R.
