The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
USS GANTNER IN PORT FOR BRIEF
 STAY IN JUNEAU
High Speed Transport Made Record During Re-
 tenfWar as lucky Lady

The USS Gantner APO 42, higI speed transport from the Kodia area arrived in Juneau at PAP pm yesterday at the Northland dock an she will remain in the Capital Cit. for two days.
 The Gantner was commissioned ol July 2e, le43 and was named afte Samuel M. Gantner, BM2. Whil serving aboard the USS Nevada, dur ing the attack at Pearl Harbor Gantner was seriously wounded il the leg, he was taken to sick hay and while unobserved made his wa, back to his gun, where he died short time later as a result of hi wounds.
 This mans brother is now serving aboard the ship, and has been aboard since commissioning.
 From the first of September, l943 to November, this ship trained of Bermuda After completion of her training period, she made nine trips escorting troops to Londonderry, through the sub-infested waters ot the North Atlantic, without the loss of 8 single transport.
 Among the other jobs assigned was that of escorting the French battleship Riechlieu from Algeria to Gran.
 She was known as the Lady Luck throughout the war, due to the fact that only one man was lost, and her apparent ability to bring good luck to other ships in her division. When ever the division departed without her, one of the ships always suf- fered some casualty. The USS Can't rier was one of the first, if not the first ship to enter the Sea of Japan after the surrender
 Commander Braune
 Biographical sketch of Captain: who is Commander H. Braune.
 Graduate of the University of Southern California, class of 1930 with degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering.
 Commissioned in U. S. Naval Re- serve June l9, 1889. Reported for active duty March l94l Attended Mine Warfare School, Yorktown. Virginia and was engaged in mine sweeping duty in the North Atlantic Amphihicus Forces, Pacific At the end of the war was on the staff of Commander Transport Division Eleven as Squadron Beachmaster.
 Commissioned in the regular ser- vice es of July l, i946.
 The officers aboard the USS Can't rer are as follows:
 Captain of the ship, Commander H. Braune.
 Lieut. William R. Loomis, Exc cutive Officer. Lieut.. Jg) James D. O'Shaughnessy, Communications Of- ficer Lieut.. tjg) Alex Cazessus, Ist. Lieut.; Engineering Officer, Lieut.. tjg) Thomas J. Kelly; Navigator, En- sign David Metz; Supply Officer, En- sign Joseph Ryan; Assistant Engin- eering Officer, Ensign Arthur An- derson; Medical Officer, Lieut.. (jg) Martin Sidell.
 Also aboard the Gantner are II Marine officers and 63 enlisted men of the Marine Corps. The officers are Major c. A. Rigaud, "a former New York stage actor Major Ram dall Stallings; Capt. Mortimer Burt" Lewis, working with the po- lice Chief; Capt. Nels Anderson, First Lieut.. Frank Anderson, First Lieut.. Joseph N. Trick, First Lieut.. John Alexander. First Lieut.. John Mcdonald, pr, V. A Gould, USN; Warrant Officer John Arthur.
 Commander E. L. Foster who is the Commander of the Transport Division III says the Gantner is the Flag Ship of this division and that the Diachenko, here last week, is also in the Task Group. The other four ships that make up the complete division are in the Far East and San Diego area.
 Commander Foster
 Commander Foster is graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland. He has spent 2l years ir the regular Navy. During the wal be had command of the USS Mccall destroyer, for year and a half and command of 2200 ton mint layer known as the USS Shannon which supported the Marines at Two Jima and Okinawa.
 Commander Glenn Whaley. i; known to many Juneauites. For Il years he was with the Alaska Steam ship Company, therefore, due to hii familiarity of the Inside Passage ht was assigned to Commander Fosters staff to insure the safe passage ol