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UNIQUE HISTORY OF PENSACOLA
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Dec 6, 20203 min read
366. Pensacola's First WWII Casualty
Today is known as "Pearl Harbor Day," an honor set aside for the men and women killed or wounded during the attack there by Japanese...
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Jan 24, 20192 min read
187. Pensacolian's Husband Killed in South Pacific 1944
As so often happened during WWII, one of our Tate High School students met and married a young aviator that caught her eye in his spiffy...
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Jan 11, 20192 min read
176. Pensacola Captain of USS Suwanee Killed in Crash 1945
Charles Clarke McDonald was born on November 15, 1901 in Illinois and after his preliminary education he decided to make the Navy his...
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Dec 17, 20182 min read
165. Pensacolian Goes Down on USS Indianapolis 1945
Seaman 1st Class Burnice Rufus Silcox was born on April 27, 1922 in Bratt, Florida. He was the son of Rumley "Rummie" David and Katie...
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