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Andrew Kenneth Waterman
Andrew Kenneth Waterman (born 20 December 1913 in Lewis County, Kentucky), enlisted in the United States Navy on 21 November 1932 at Buffalo, New York.
==Navy career==
After instruction at the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, he served successive tours of sea duty in USS Nitro (AE-2), USS New Mexico (BB-40), and USS Relief (AH-2) before he underwent aviation training at the Fleet Air Base, Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone. After he attained the rate of aviation machinist's mate 3d class in December 1935 and extended his enlistment in November 1936, ''Waterman'' served with Utility Squadron 1 into mid-1939.
Transferred to Patrol Squadron (VP) 21 in August 1939, ''Waterman'' joined that unit in time to make the transpacific flight from Hawaii to the Philippines of VP-21's PBY-4's to reinforce the Asiatic Fleet's patrols out of Cavite and Olongapo. For his role in that movement, ''Waterman'' received a commendation from Commander, Patrol Wing (PatWing) 2, Rear Admiral Arthur L. Bristol, Jr., on 2 October 1939. The admiral praised ''Waterman's'' "through planning, attention to detail, and exceptional ability" that indicated a "high degree of efficiency" instrumental in the success of that important mission.
Transferred to VP-1 in September ''1940''—three months before the establishment of PatWing 10 on 16 December 1940 -- ''Waterman'' remained with the Asiatic Fleet's air arm for the rest of his life. PatWing 10 flew reconnaissance and patrol missions from Cavite's Sangley Point seaplane base or from tender-supported Olongapo up to the outbreak of war with Japan on 8 December 1941. After that day—with the Asiatic Fleet on the defensive against the relentless pressure applied by the invading Japanese—PatWing 10's lumbering PBY's conducted their reconnoitering and patrol missions in the face of increasingly heavy antiaircraft fire and fighter opposition.
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