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I think you will find that the description above is not for the CL 81 but an earlier Houston the CA 30

Oh how embarassing - people have been fixing details and overlooking the giant mistake for months. Fixed now, anyway. Stan 04:35, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Leadership Learning Legacy

Re*Cycling USS Cimarron (AO-22) Lesons Learned

BEHRENS, WILLIAM WOHLSEN [1]

Captain, U.S. Navy ...Commanding Officer, USS Houston (CL-81)
Date of Action: October 14, 1944

Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William Wohlsen Behrens, Captain, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy off Formosa while commanding a cruiser during enemy air attacks on the evening of 14 October 1944. When his ship was torpedoed, dead in the water and dangerously stricken, Captain Behrens cooly supervised the evacuation of excess personnel, directed effective damage control measures and supervised the ship's being placed in tow by another cruiser.

Subsequently his ship was again torpedoed in enemy air attacks on 16 October 1944. Again his cool action and unflagging determination were an inspiration to his officers and men, contributing in a large part to his ship's continued retirement to safety.

His courage and skill were at all times in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

2ndCarTaskForPac File P15, Serial 0301 (November 30, 1944) Birth: 6/6/1898 - Lancaster, PA Home Town: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
RJBurkhart 13:26, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Future Thought Leadership

Also see: VADM W.W. Behrens, Jr. ... EarthSea Keeping ... Leadership Legacy
RADM William W. Behrens @ http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wbehrens.htm
RJBurkhart 14:05, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's got extraneous redirect rather than disambiguation page:

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wbehrens.htm

199.167.204.250 (talk) 20:27, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]