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Submitted: 2/11/13 • Approved: 2/12/13 • Last Updated: 3/11/13 • R831063-G0-S3
BOATSWAIN'S MATE CHIEF US Navy
World War II
Korea
May 14, 1913 - July 25, 1990
*Section 12
NOTE: Joined the Navy at 15. Served six years on the USS Tutuila, a gunboat, on the China Station. Was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December, 1941. Was on the USS Blue when she was sunk at Guadalcanal. Awarded fourteen battle stars from World War II. Retired in 1949. Was Recalled for the Korean War. Retired as a Chief Boatswain Mate.
Contributed on 2/11/13 by TSLundberg
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