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UNIQUE HISTORY OF PENSACOLA
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May 25, 20182 min read
67. Milton High Grad Killed in Action in Bombing Raid 1944
James "Jake" Edwin Foxworth was born in Bagdad, Florida on August 28, 1923 to the union of George Oscar Foxworth and Sarah Elizabeth...
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May 20, 20181 min read
66. WWII Hollywood Influencing National Elections 1944
With all the political talk today about influencing national elections, most citizens don't realize we've been down this road before....
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May 13, 20181 min read
65. Getting to Work at Pensacola NAS during WWII
As Pensacola is planning on bringing in a new ferry system, few citizens realize we've had ferries here before. Once upon a time, a ferry...
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May 5, 20182 min read
62. Bagdad Marine Killed in Saipan Landing 1944
The 2nd Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment was reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division in March 1942. That Fall they sailed to...
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May 4, 20182 min read
61. Pensacola High's Ray Gilmore Wounded South Pacific
One of Pensacola High School's students (Class of 1943) took part in the World War II landing at Hollandia in the New Guinea Campaign on...
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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 21, 20182 min read
53. Tate High Grad Wins Two Distinctions in WWII
Tate High graduate John Earnest Gannon from the class of 1935 was born April 7, 1917, the son of William E. and Margaret “Maggie” M....
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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 17, 20185 min read
50. How did the “Greatest Generation” define “duty before family?”
How would today’s generation define the concept of duty to a higher cause? The story of one Pensacolian’s patriotic duty began with the...
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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 26, 20181 min read
41. Hollywood's First "Lone Ranger" Killed on Tinian July 1944
America’s first “Lone Ranger” was none other than Lee Berriam Powell in the popular Western series in 1937. Following the initial movie,...
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Mar 19, 201810 min read
35. WWII War Rationing in Pensacola
For the second time in the same century the world was at war. This time the magnitude of the global fighting had increased tenfold over...
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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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