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651. Pensacola Phone Restrictions During WWII
During WWII the general public was asked to please refrain from using the telephone any longer than five minutes, if at all. The public...
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Aug 28, 20212 min read
650. Pensacola's August Loss 8-30-1942 WWII
US Merchant Marine Engineer Michael Joseph Byrnes Jr. was born in Pensacola, Florida on January 25, 1889, the son of Michael Joseph...
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649. McDavid's August Loss 8-23-1944 WWII
US Army Sergeant German R. "Slim" Chancery was born in Owen, Escambia County, Alabama on August 30, 1911, the son of William "Will" Allen...
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648. Pensacola's August Loss 8-26-1944 WWII
US Army Corporal Clarence John Wallenfelsz was born in Marietta, Ohio on January 21. 1909, the son of Carl C. Wallenfelsz (1874-1971) and...
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647. Pensacola's August Loss 8-26-1944 WWII
US Navy 2nd Class Electricians Mate Mason Coley Poston was born in Brewton, Alabama on May 7, 1916, the son of Coleman Harrison "Colie"...
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Aug 23, 20214 min read
646. Pensacola's August Loss 8-24-1944 WWII
US Navy 1st Class Radioman William Vernon Diamond was born in Pensacola, Florida on June 17, 1919, the son of Hubert Adiniron Diamond...
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Aug 21, 20212 min read
645. Bagdad's August Loss 8-23-1944 WWII
US Army Tech4 Frank James Pendleton Jr. was born in Bagdad, Florida on December 3, 1922, the son of Frank James Pendleton Sr. (1885-1955)...
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Aug 21, 20212 min read
644. Pensacola's August Loss 8-22-1942 WWII
US Navy Seaman 1st Class Raymond Lee Dungan was born in Escambia County, Alabama on November 5, 1921, the son of Ernest Edward Dungan...
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Aug 21, 20213 min read
643. Pensacola's August Loss 8-22-1943 WWII
US Army Air Corps 2Lt. Robert Minns Robertson was born in Pensacola, Florida on November 15, 1924, the son of Maurice Archer (1882-1926)...
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Aug 20, 20213 min read
642. Pensacola's August Loss 8-21-1942 WWII
USMC Private Leo John Carvalis Jr. was born in Pensacola, Florida on December 21, 1921, the son of Leo John Carvalis Sr. (1894-1968) and...
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Aug 17, 20211 min read
641. Pensacola's August Loss 8-21-1945
Walter Hugh Cook was born in Delhi, Ontario, Canada on August 23, 1881, the son of Henry Wilkinson Cook (1846-1937 and Eliza Sarah Jane...
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Aug 17, 20213 min read
640. Pensacola's August Loss 8-17-1944 WWII
US Army Air Corps Captain James Frank Folmar was born in Blountstown, Florida on February 21, 1920, the son of Jesse Frank Folmar...
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Aug 15, 20212 min read
639. Molino's August Loss 8-16-1942 WWII
US Army Private Peter Herman Perry was born on October 13, 1922, the son of Allen Clayton Perry (1866-1940) and Anne M. Bowman...
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638. Milton's August Loss 8-15-1944 WWII
US Army Private Ralph Paul Moore was born in Suscockaway, Oklahoma on May 29, 1921, the son of Rufus Perry Moore (1894-1980) and Ida...
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Aug 13, 20212 min read
637. Pensacola's August Loss 8-15-1942 WWII
Stanley Edward Racine was born in Robertsdale, Alabama on May 15, 1920, the son of Frank Freeman Racine (1894-1935) Flora Emily Gideons...
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Aug 12, 20212 min read
636. Milton's Most Horrific Plane Crash 1953
At 11:13 PM on June 19, 1953, five Navy C-119 (R4Q-1) aircraft were taxing down the runway about to take off from Whiting Field, Milton,...
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Aug 10, 20213 min read
635. Pensacola's August Loss 8-9-1942 WWII
US Navy 2nd Class Messmate Arthur Pete was born in Marianna, Florida on March 26, 1890, believed to be the son of Henry Pete (1866-1920)...
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Aug 9, 20213 min read
634. Pensacola's August Loss 8-9-1942 WWII
US Navy 3rd Class Fireman Thomas Louis Richards has little written information available as to his parentage or upbringing. His records...
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633. Pensacola's August Loss 8-9-1942 WWII
US Navy Radioman 1st Class James Otis Caraway was born in Pike County, Alabama in c1920, the son of George Henry Caraway and Sallie Ann...
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632. Pensacola's August Loss 8-9-1942 WWII
US Navy Gunners Mate 3rd Class Ernest Cory Harris Jr. was born in Pensacola, Florida in 1912, the son of Ernest Cory "Edward" Harris Sr....
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