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| Address: Oberlin, Kansas.
Entered Service: Mach 13, 1942. Branch of Service: U.S. Navy. Trained at Great Lakes, Ill(Mar., 1942), U.S. Naval Hospital, Quantico, Va.(Sep., 1942), Camp Elliott, San Diego, Ca.(Jan., 1943), Camp Lejeuene, NC.(1944). Overseas: Sept. 11, 1942 - Atlantic; Feb.3, 1943 - Pacific. Theatre of Operations: Atlantic and Pacific. Engagements: North African, Casablanca, New Britian, Cape Gloucester. Decorations: Legion of Merit. Discharged: April 24, 1946 at Jacksonville, Florida. Rating: Chief Pharmacist's Mate. Total Time Served: Fifty months. Present Occupation: Farming. Remarks: Had my ship, the US.S. Edward Rutledge, torpedoed near Casablanca in November, 1942. Was in water about 20 minutes before rescued. |
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