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28. Pensacola High Grad of 1937 Trains Actor Clark Gable
Following Pearl Harbor James Woodrow Ward reenlisted as a private in the US Army on August 19, 1942 and eventually wound up in the air...
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27. The World War II "Pro Stations" for the Marines
When not in training during World War II, the Marines would obtain their liberty passes and head to the nearest town for whatever...
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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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25. Pensacola High Grad Fools the Marines on Guadalcanal
One Pensacola High School graduate in the Class of 1943 was Cary Carlson Ward. He enlisted in the US Navy on his 17th birthday of March...
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20. Pensacola's WWII Air Raid Warnings
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, America was thrust into a war that it was totally unprepared. The military had to create a navy,...
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17. Florida State College for Women First WWII Casualty
Florida State College for Women contributed to the war effort of WWII in many ways to include those killed in the performance of their...
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16. Florida State College for Women Pin-Up
As America's young men were shipped off with the military during World War II, they were forced to leave their sweethearts behind. They...
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9. WWII Hero Brother of Iconic PHS English Teacher
For so many years everyone who graduated from Pensacola High School remembered the iconic English teacher by the name of Miss Marianne...
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8. Pensacola Newspaper Headlines from WWII
Here are a few of the headlines from the Pensacola News Journal from 1937-1945: Above: News Journal of 6-1-1937 Above: News Journal of...
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5. Cary Carlson Ward Sr., PHS Class of 1943
Cary Carlson Ward Sr., US Navy Hospital Corpsman (known as Pharmacist Mate in WWII) stationed with the 3rd Marine Division, 12th Marines...
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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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