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571. Pensacola's June Loss 6-3-1944 WWII
Navy AOM 3rd Class Thomas Edward McMillan was born in 1923, the son of Edward "Eddie" McMillan (1892-1937) and Georgie Bellah Moton...
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May 26, 20212 min read
570. Pensacola's June Loss 6-1-1944 WWII
Army PFC Francis "Frank" Harry Davis was born in Pensacola, Florida on November 22, 1922, the youngest of six children of Leonard Samuel...
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May 26, 20213 min read
569. Pensacola Loses Police Officer John G. Yelverton 1899
In June 1899, information was received from Georgia concerning a black suspect, Rueben Harris who was wanted for murder and thought to be...
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May 26, 20213 min read
568. Pensacola's May Loss 5-28-1942 WWII
US Merchant Mariner Able Seaman William Guy Hester was born in Pinckneyville, Illinois on January 7, 1910, the son of William Riley...
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May 25, 20212 min read
567. Pensacola's Polar Ice Cream Company 1919
For most of us old timers of the 1950's and 60's we remember so well the Polar Ice Cream Company being on West Gregory Street at "A"...
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May 24, 20213 min read
566. Pensacola's May Loss 5-27-1945 WWII
Army Tech 5 Ralph "Rosie or Red" Edwin Scholl Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York on December 14, 1920, the son of Ralph Edwin Sr....
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May 22, 20212 min read
565. Pensacola's May Loss 5-24-1945 WWII
USAAC Corporal Ernest Walter Holman Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 2, 1924, the son of Ernest Walter Sr. (1888-1975) and...
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May 22, 20212 min read
564. Pensacola's May Loss 5-23-1944 WWII
Army Private Hanniton Watts was born on December 28, 1919, however very little is known about his family or upbringing. We do know that...
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May 22, 20212 min read
563. Pensacola's May Loss 5-23-1945 WWII
Army Tech 4 Floyd Arnold Kittrell was born in Muscogee, Escambia County, Florida on April 23, 1923, the son of Floyd Weston Kittrell...
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May 18, 20211 min read
562. Pensacola's May Loss 5-20-1944 WWII
Navy Chief AMM Thomas Wilson Miller was born in Missouri in 1917, the son of Mrs. Mae Kahn. There is little information about his...
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May 18, 20212 min read
561. Pensacola's May Loss 5-20-1951 Korea
USAF Lt. Harold Shelton Forster was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 25, 1921 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the son of Justice of the...
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May 18, 20213 min read
560. Pensacola's May Loss 5-20-1951 WWII
Army Sergeant First Class Lenton L. (NMN) "Bookie" Mack was born in Opp, Alabama on July 24, 1921, the son of Alto Lee Mack (1886-1953)...
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May 17, 20214 min read
559. President Roosevelt's Love for Pensacola
In 1938, the President stated "I am keen about this place (Pensacola). I am keen about its people, and I am keen about its future!" And...
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May 16, 20213 min read
558. Father Ends Daughter's Marriage in Jay, Florida
Once upon a time, two young people fell in love and decided to get married after having "kept company" for the last year of their...
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May 15, 20213 min read
557. Pensacola's May Loss 5-20-1945 WWII
USAAC Lt. Ronald Hixon "Hardtack" Eddins was born in Pensacola, Florida on September 29, 1923, the son of George Martin Eddins Jr....
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May 14, 20212 min read
556. Pensacola's Loss 5-18-1951 Korea
Army Sergeant Lewis Carlyle Clark Jr. was born on August 18, 1928, the son of Lewis C. Sr. (1898-1947) and Loretta Young who were married...
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May 13, 20212 min read
555. Pensacola's Loss 5-14-1942 WWII
Navy AMM 2nd Class Henry Edward Wolff was born in St. Louis County, Missouri in 1912, the son of Edward Henry Wolff (1880-1958) and...
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May 12, 20211 min read
554. Pensacola's Loss 5-14-1945 WWII
Navy Ensign Gerald Earl Mergon was born in Becker, Minnesota on March 9, 1923, the son of Frank Edward Mergon (1886-1958) and Ida Krenz...
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May 12, 20212 min read
553. Pensacola's Loss 5-13-1945 WWII
Army PFC John Taylor Dale was born in Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama on December 18, 1922, the son of Willie Dale (1882-) and his...
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552. Pensacola's Loss 4-25-1942 WWII
Navy Ensign Frederick Andrew Smith was born in Egerton, Wisconsin in 1913, the son of Frederick G. Smith (1870-1959) and Stella Lee Ogden...
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