Brantman, Richard H.

Chief Communications Technician Richard Brantman was born in Rochester, Minnesota on 7 February 1924. After attending school in Eyota, Minnesota, he enlisted in the Navy in 1941. He received radio training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois and had duty on USS Lardner and Sierra and at the Navy Radio Stations in Washington, DC and Seattle, Washington. By the end of World War II, Brantman had achieved the rate of Radioman First Class. Named an Acting Chief Radioman in June 1949, his appointment was made permanent on 22 April 1952. Brantman's next assignment was the Naval Communication Station in Cheltenham, Maryland. He had duty at Naval Radio Stations in the Panama Canal Zone before reporting to USS Aldura and subsequently to the Naval Communications Station in Guam and the Naval Security Station, Washington, DC. His final posting was to the Naval Communications Station at Adak, Alaska. Redesignated a Chief Communications Technician during his last six year enlistment, Brantman was transferred to the Fleet Reserve on 27 February 1961.