Too Late
I just discovered that following up with George Stoddard won’t be possible — he passed away on July 10.
More on George Stoddard and the U.S.S. Houston here:
http://usshouston.blogspot.com/
(this is in followup to my post a few days ago, about my grandfather’s World War II service, spent mostly as a prisoner of war: http://www.sheehanmiles.com/the-lost-battalion/ )