Jack - Merchant Marines

Merchant Marines

Entry of Active Duty: 26 Jan 1943

Merchant Marine Training: Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn, NY)

Military Occupational Specialty: Merchant Marine, Messmen to Able-Bodied Seaman

Battles and Campaigns: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean

Decorations: Atlantic War Zone, Pacific War Zone, Merchant Marine Emblem, WWII Merchant Marine Victory Medal. 

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Ships Serverd On: 

1. S. S. Annibal - 13 May 1943 to 5 Aug 1943 (Messman)

2. S. S. Balls Bluff - 8 Sept 1943 to 26 Sept 1943 (Messman)

3. S. S. G. Harrison Smith - 2 Oct 1943 to 8 Jul 1944 (Utilityman)

4. Esso Augusta - 13 Aug 1944 to 15 May 1945 (Crew Messman to Ordinary Seaman to Able-Bodied Seaman)

5. S. S. Dartmouth - 18 Jun 1945 to 20 Dec 1945 (Able-Bodied Seaman)

Date of relief from Active Duty: 20 Dec 1945, Honorable