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77. Pensacola High Grad Killed on Guadalcanal 1942
One of the first land battles in the Pacific was on the banks of Alligator Creek on Guadalcanal by the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine...
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Jun 21, 20182 min read
75. PHS Grad Killed on Tinian Bombing Mission 1945
After the islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were secured by the Marines, the US Navy Seabees went into a building frenzy to build their...
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May 26, 20182 min read
70. Adopted Pensacolian Killed Over Okinawa 1945
In 1938, a young man from Deer Lodge, Montana stepped off the train in Pensacola, Florida on his way to NAS Pensacola to enter the Navy's...
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Apr 26, 20182 min read
58. Pensacola's WWII "Work or Fight" Practices
During World War II, those registered for the draft in each local district were reviewed by their local draft board for eligibility. Each...
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Apr 19, 20182 min read
51. Milton Soldier Meets His Fate in Germany 1945
Adrian Thompson Enfinger was born in Milton, Florida on October 26, 1923 to the union of Lewis Thompson Enfinger and Jessie Ora Steadham....
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Apr 14, 20183 min read
49. Pensacola's Youngest WWII Casualty USS Vincennes 1942
After the 1st Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal, the Japanese struck back with a vengeance. This fear caused the U.S. high command to...
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Apr 10, 20181 min read
48. PHS Grad Killed in Germany Bombing Raid 1944
Charles Wesley Mankin Jr. was born on June 20, 1922 to the union of Charles W. Mankin Sr. and Elsie Letson. He was a graduate of...
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Apr 8, 20182 min read
47. Pensacolian Killed on First Day of Iwo Jima 1945
Born on March 29, 1921, John Henry Hendrix was the son of James A. Hendrix and Matilda Alice Boutwell of Molino, Florida. He was working...
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Apr 3, 20182 min read
45. PHS WWII Casualty Brought Home After 65 Years
Born in 1925 in St. Augustine, Florida, Walter Adell “Rick” McClellan moved to Pensacola with his parents in 1932. Upon graduation from...
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Mar 29, 20182 min read
43. PHS Grad Killed Aboard the Sub USS Trout 1944
Jack Gifford Ehlerding graduated from Pensacola High School in the Class of 1940. He was born in 1923 in Polk County, Minnesota, the son...
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Mar 28, 20181 min read
42. PHS Airman Killed in WWII Bombing Mission 1944
Staff Sergeant Julius Cornelius Nord was born in Indiana in October 1, 1923 to Mr. and Mrs. Richard "Dick" Sweetman. He spent two years...
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Mar 11, 20182 min read
33. Adopted Pensacolian Killed in Crash Off USS Essex 1944
Sadly, one adopted Pensacolian never made it to the battles of World War II. Flying at any time was a dangerous profession but during...
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Mar 10, 20181 min read
32. Pensacola's Attempt to Reduce "Husband Snatching" 1943
With most of the men away in the military service during World War II, there were fewer men at home to become eligible marriage partners....
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Mar 10, 20182 min read
29. Pensacola High Grad of 1943 Killed on Peleliu with USMC
When World War II erupted with Japan Pensacolian Jacque “Jack” Warren Eubanks (below) enlisted in the Marine Corps right after graduation...
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Mar 10, 20182 min read
26. Pensacola High Grad of 1928 Killed Aboard USS Meredith
As the battle for Guadalcanal became desperate, more and more troops, aviation fuel, and supplies were being funneled onto Guadalcanal....
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Mar 2, 20181 min read
3. Pensacolian KIA on USS Princeton 1944
At Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was was a 22-year veteran serving as a Navy machinist at the Naval base on Oahu. Chief Jessie Lee...
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