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Ancestry/Genealogy

csziggy

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5. Oh, I found when and where the awards ceremony was

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 16, 2015, 11:55 PM

Feb 2015

From my Dad's account:
"We were surprised when all seven members of the boarding party were awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. It happened that we were at Guam for a refit and Admiral Nimitz himself made the award of the medals. He was always going to honor submarine sailors! We never found out why, but the rumor was that the logs and charts that we recovered showed important data and routes through mine fields."

I'll have to go through the logs and check the date of that refit to get a date, but that is possible!

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Looking for World War II submariners [View all] csziggy Feb 2015 OP

There was a FCS2C Leonard Masters Small, Jr on SS394 Razorback... Thor_MN Feb 2015 #1

I'd looked on Ancestry and didn't find him - thank you! csziggy Feb 2015 #2

Your welcome, I love finding links. Thor_MN Feb 2015 #3

I got a call back from the one family I have good phone numbers for! csziggy Feb 2015 #4

Oh, I found when and where the awards ceremony was csziggy Feb 2015 #5