Fredrick Montour was born in Penrose, Fremont County, Colorado on October 25, 1912 to Louis Montour and Placidia "Pearl" Moya . He married Jennie Atencio on April 25, 1934 in Longmont Colorado. They had four children: Robert, James Fredrick, Victor Louis and Shirley Ann.
Responding to the call of his county, Fredrick enlisted in the Navy in Boulder, Colorado and served on the USS BUSH DD 529 as a Seaman 1st Class.
Jennie was very proud of her husband's and his children adored him. His son's were so inspired by their hero father that each one of them entered military service in his honor: Robert and James enlisted the Navy and Victor enlisted in the Army. Robert served on the USS Hailey DD 556: the 27th destroyer to be launched after his father's ship; James served aboard the aircraft carrier the USS RANGER (CV-61); and Victor served in Germany.
The USS BUSH fought in one of the final battles near the end of WWII. From 1944 through 1945, the USS BUSH courageously battled assault after assault among others, from New Guinea, to Leyte through the Philippines, and ultimately Japan. The start of the end occurred on the days of April 3-5, 1945 while posted 51 miles off the coast of Okinawa and assigned to picket duty ahead of the Okinawa invasion forces when three Japanese kamikaze suicide planes crashed into the destroyer causing extreme damage. The crew fearlessly fought its attackers while simultaneously repairing the overwhelming destruction and struggled to keep the ship afloat.
In the early hours on April 6, the "BUSH took four different targets under fire, shooting down one, but by midday, the attacks appeared in increasing numbers." A little after 3 o'clock, a solitary kamikaze completed his own death mission in a strategic calculated crash straight into the deck on the starboard side between number 1 and 2 stacks. The kamikaze had on his aircraft enough munitions to explode the forward engine room "with such force that a 6-foot section of engine room blower, weighing about 4,000 pounds was blown into the air high enough to knock off the radar antenna and land on the port wing of the bridge." With damage control crews in full swing, at 5 o'clock 10 -15 Japanese planes with a single purpose: to down the BUSH, ferociously attacked the already crippled destroyer, and a third and final kamikaze plunged into her blazing decks. Eighty-seven men were killed and 42 wounded.
Fredrick Montour S-1 was one of the men killed in action on April 6, 1945 and his body was never recovered. The news devastated his family, friends and neighbors on Reed Avenue, Longmont, Colorado.
Jennie would never again see the love in her husband's eyes. His children would no more feel his love, hand or know the lessons he had yet to teach them, nor experience the memories they had yet to create. And a mother would mourn her son's death until her own, and a brother and uncle and friend would be missed at gatherings.
The Navy issued a Purple Heart posthumously, but to those that knew and loved him his heart will always be golden and he will always be missed.
Responding to the call of his county, Fredrick enlisted in the Navy in Boulder, Colorado and served on the USS BUSH DD 529 as a Seaman 1st Class.
Jennie was very proud of her husband's and his children adored him. His son's were so inspired by their hero father that each one of them entered military service in his honor: Robert and James enlisted the Navy and Victor enlisted in the Army. Robert served on the USS Hailey DD 556: the 27th destroyer to be launched after his father's ship; James served aboard the aircraft carrier the USS RANGER (CV-61); and Victor served in Germany.
The USS BUSH fought in one of the final battles near the end of WWII. From 1944 through 1945, the USS BUSH courageously battled assault after assault among others, from New Guinea, to Leyte through the Philippines, and ultimately Japan. The start of the end occurred on the days of April 3-5, 1945 while posted 51 miles off the coast of Okinawa and assigned to picket duty ahead of the Okinawa invasion forces when three Japanese kamikaze suicide planes crashed into the destroyer causing extreme damage. The crew fearlessly fought its attackers while simultaneously repairing the overwhelming destruction and struggled to keep the ship afloat.
In the early hours on April 6, the "BUSH took four different targets under fire, shooting down one, but by midday, the attacks appeared in increasing numbers." A little after 3 o'clock, a solitary kamikaze completed his own death mission in a strategic calculated crash straight into the deck on the starboard side between number 1 and 2 stacks. The kamikaze had on his aircraft enough munitions to explode the forward engine room "with such force that a 6-foot section of engine room blower, weighing about 4,000 pounds was blown into the air high enough to knock off the radar antenna and land on the port wing of the bridge." With damage control crews in full swing, at 5 o'clock 10 -15 Japanese planes with a single purpose: to down the BUSH, ferociously attacked the already crippled destroyer, and a third and final kamikaze plunged into her blazing decks. Eighty-seven men were killed and 42 wounded.
Fredrick Montour S-1 was one of the men killed in action on April 6, 1945 and his body was never recovered. The news devastated his family, friends and neighbors on Reed Avenue, Longmont, Colorado.
Jennie would never again see the love in her husband's eyes. His children would no more feel his love, hand or know the lessons he had yet to teach them, nor experience the memories they had yet to create. And a mother would mourn her son's death until her own, and a brother and uncle and friend would be missed at gatherings.
The Navy issued a Purple Heart posthumously, but to those that knew and loved him his heart will always be golden and he will always be missed.
Fredrick Montour was born in Penrose, Fremont County, Colorado on October 25, 1912 to Louis Montour and Placidia "Pearl" Moya . He married Jennie Atencio on April 25, 1934 in Longmont Colorado. They had four children: Robert, James Fredrick, Victor Louis and Shirley Ann.
Responding to the call of his county, Fredrick enlisted in the Navy in Boulder, Colorado and served on the USS BUSH DD 529 as a Seaman 1st Class.
Jennie was very proud of her husband's and his children adored him. His son's were so inspired by their hero father that each one of them entered military service in his honor: Robert and James enlisted the Navy and Victor enlisted in the Army. Robert served on the USS Hailey DD 556: the 27th destroyer to be launched after his father's ship; James served aboard the aircraft carrier the USS RANGER (CV-61); and Victor served in Germany.
The USS BUSH fought in one of the final battles near the end of WWII. From 1944 through 1945, the USS BUSH courageously battled assault after assault among others, from New Guinea, to Leyte through the Philippines, and ultimately Japan. The start of the end occurred on the days of April 3-5, 1945 while posted 51 miles off the coast of Okinawa and assigned to picket duty ahead of the Okinawa invasion forces when three Japanese kamikaze suicide planes crashed into the destroyer causing extreme damage. The crew fearlessly fought its attackers while simultaneously repairing the overwhelming destruction and struggled to keep the ship afloat.
In the early hours on April 6, the "BUSH took four different targets under fire, shooting down one, but by midday, the attacks appeared in increasing numbers." A little after 3 o'clock, a solitary kamikaze completed his own death mission in a strategic calculated crash straight into the deck on the starboard side between number 1 and 2 stacks. The kamikaze had on his aircraft enough munitions to explode the forward engine room "with such force that a 6-foot section of engine room blower, weighing about 4,000 pounds was blown into the air high enough to knock off the radar antenna and land on the port wing of the bridge." With damage control crews in full swing, at 5 o'clock 10 -15 Japanese planes with a single purpose: to down the BUSH, ferociously attacked the already crippled destroyer, and a third and final kamikaze plunged into her blazing decks. Eighty-seven men were killed and 42 wounded.
Fredrick Montour S-1 was one of the men killed in action on April 6, 1945 and his body was never recovered. The news devastated his family, friends and neighbors on Reed Avenue, Longmont, Colorado.
Jennie would never again see the love in her husband's eyes. His children would no more feel his love, hand or know the lessons he had yet to teach them, nor experience the memories they had yet to create. And a mother would mourn her son's death until her own, and a brother and uncle and friend would be missed at gatherings.
The Navy issued a Purple Heart posthumously, but to those that knew and loved him his heart will always be golden and he will always be missed.
Responding to the call of his county, Fredrick enlisted in the Navy in Boulder, Colorado and served on the USS BUSH DD 529 as a Seaman 1st Class.
Jennie was very proud of her husband's and his children adored him. His son's were so inspired by their hero father that each one of them entered military service in his honor: Robert and James enlisted the Navy and Victor enlisted in the Army. Robert served on the USS Hailey DD 556: the 27th destroyer to be launched after his father's ship; James served aboard the aircraft carrier the USS RANGER (CV-61); and Victor served in Germany.
The USS BUSH fought in one of the final battles near the end of WWII. From 1944 through 1945, the USS BUSH courageously battled assault after assault among others, from New Guinea, to Leyte through the Philippines, and ultimately Japan. The start of the end occurred on the days of April 3-5, 1945 while posted 51 miles off the coast of Okinawa and assigned to picket duty ahead of the Okinawa invasion forces when three Japanese kamikaze suicide planes crashed into the destroyer causing extreme damage. The crew fearlessly fought its attackers while simultaneously repairing the overwhelming destruction and struggled to keep the ship afloat.
In the early hours on April 6, the "BUSH took four different targets under fire, shooting down one, but by midday, the attacks appeared in increasing numbers." A little after 3 o'clock, a solitary kamikaze completed his own death mission in a strategic calculated crash straight into the deck on the starboard side between number 1 and 2 stacks. The kamikaze had on his aircraft enough munitions to explode the forward engine room "with such force that a 6-foot section of engine room blower, weighing about 4,000 pounds was blown into the air high enough to knock off the radar antenna and land on the port wing of the bridge." With damage control crews in full swing, at 5 o'clock 10 -15 Japanese planes with a single purpose: to down the BUSH, ferociously attacked the already crippled destroyer, and a third and final kamikaze plunged into her blazing decks. Eighty-seven men were killed and 42 wounded.
Fredrick Montour S-1 was one of the men killed in action on April 6, 1945 and his body was never recovered. The news devastated his family, friends and neighbors on Reed Avenue, Longmont, Colorado.
Jennie would never again see the love in her husband's eyes. His children would no more feel his love, hand or know the lessons he had yet to teach them, nor experience the memories they had yet to create. And a mother would mourn her son's death until her own, and a brother and uncle and friend would be missed at gatherings.
The Navy issued a Purple Heart posthumously, but to those that knew and loved him his heart will always be golden and he will always be missed.
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