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531. Pensacola's 17-Year Old Goes to War 1942
Navy Gunner's Mate John "Johnny" Rosario Labrato Jr. (also spelled Liberato) was born in Pensacola, Florida on November 24, 1924, the son...
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Apr 17, 20213 min read
530. Pensacola's Flying Gator of WWII 1943
USMC Lt. Edwin "Ed" Hines Finlayson Jr. was born in Ashville, Jefferson County, Florida on August 15, 1922, the son of Edwin Hines Sr....
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529. Pensacolian Completes 50 Bombing Missions 1944
USAAC SSGT James "Jim" Nathaniel Blitch was born in Pensacola, Florida on August 17, 1922, the son of Leonard Kullman Blitch (1888-1939)...
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528. Jay's April Loss 4-12-1945 WWII
Army PFC Leonard Curtis Barlow was born in Castleberry, Alabama on May 12, 1920, the son of Loyd H. Barlow (1891-1973) and Frances...
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527. Pensacola's Frasier Franklin Bingham 1890
The Bingham family has long since been involved in the business and social life of Pensacola since 1890. The patriarch of the family was...
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526. Milton's April Loss 4-23-1951 Korea
Army SFC Jesse Lee Mims was born in Old Texas, Monroe County, Alabama on July 9, 1923, son of Robert Mims of Pineapple, Alabama and Mrs....
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525. Pensacola's April Loss 4-23-1945 WWII
Army 2nd Lieutenant James Glen Conner was born in Camden, Alabama on October 26, 1922, the son of James Cook Conner (1878-1926) and...
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524. Pensacola's April Loss 4-22-1945 WWII
Navy LCDR Billy Victor Gates was born in Henry County, Missouri on June 21, 1916, the son of Charles Parsons Gates (1883-1970) and Jessie...
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Apr 14, 20213 min read
523. Pensacola's April Loss 4-21-1945 WWII
Army Lieutenant John Angus Holm Jr. was born in Pensacola, Florida on March 19, 1920, the son of John Angus Sr. (1877-1937) and Annie...
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522. Citizen Defends Police Officers 1943
Claude Cleveland Corrigan was born in 1884 in Colorado and came to Pensacola in 1931. Before his arrival, he had been a clerk for the...
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521. Bagdad's April Loss 4-21-1943 WWII
US Army Air Corp 2nd Lieutenant Jesse John Moore Jr. was born in Holt in Okaloosa County, Florida on March 8, 1924, the son of Jesse John...
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520. Pensacola's April Loss 4-17-1945 WWII
US Army Air Corps Tech Sergeant Walter "Rick" Adell McClellan was born in St. Augustine, Florida on August 28, 1925, the son of Robert...
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519. Pensacola's Oldest Plumbing Company 1923
James Dudley Johnson (1893-1972) was born in Pensacola, Florida on June 15, 1892, the son of James M. Johnson (1866-1947) and Julia F....
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518. Pensacola's Guillemard & Devilliers Streets 1944
Farris Davis Bauer wrote in November 1944 about the origins of the Guillemard and Devilliers families that two of our historic street are...
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517. Pensacola's April Loss 4-16-1945 WWII
Army SSGT Edward L. Perry was born in Tampa, Florida on December 18, 1917 in Florida, the son of James S. Perry (1890-1955) and Beulah C....
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516. Pensacola's April Loss 4-14-1945 WWII
Army Private Earnest Lee Boyett was born in Pensacola, Florida on April 2, 1920, the son of Charles William Boyett (1886-1956) and...
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515. Bluff Spring's April Loss 4-9-1943 WWII
Army Private Thomas Maxine "Mutt" Warren was born in Canoe, Escambia County, Alabama on May 5, 1917, the son of Thomas Stevenson Warren...
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514. Pensacola's April Loss 4-7-1943 WWII
US Navy Chief Yeoman Cecil Thomas Sehler was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1907, the son of Charles Thomas Sehler (1875-1915) and Mary...
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513. Pensacola's April Loss 4-6-1945 WWII
Army 1Lt Ralph Erman Hall was born in McCullough, Alabama on April 1, 1922, the son of Lemuel Erman Hall (1898-1935) and Irena "Rena"...
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512. Pensacola's April Loss 4-5-945 WWII
Navy 3rd Class Gunner's Mate Freeman Wilton Baker was born in Davisville, Florida in North Escambia County on March 15, 1926. He was the...
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