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412. Pensacola's January Loss 1-9-1945 WWII
US Navy Ltjg Joseph Albert LeDew was born June 13, 1895 in Kent County, Rhode Island, the son of William Joseph LeDew (1872) and Rosanna...
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411. Pensacola's January Loss 1-5-1945 WWII
PFC Alfred Joseph "Joe" Caprara Sr. was born in Pensacola on December 10, 1913, the son of Nazzarrana Caprara (1886-1925) and Michelina...
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410. Pensacola's January Loss 1-8-1945 WWII
Sgt. Thomas Winchester Hendrick was born on September 5, 1924 in Montgomery, AL, son of Julius Leonard Hendrick (1886-1961) and Agnes...
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Jan 9, 20212 min read
409. Pensacola's January Loss 1-8-1945 WWII
PFC Archie Glass was born in Gateswood, Alabama on October 29, 1919, the son of Charley Rubin Glass (1880) and Lottie B. Cobb...
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408. Pensacola's January Loss 1-4-1945 WWII
US Navy Ensign Edward Barrows "Teddy" Bibb was born in New Brunswick, NJ on November 6, 1922, the son of Carlisle Hurst Bibb (1894-1951)...
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407. Escambia County Sheriff Murdered 1923
As the newspapers hit the streets on September 26, 1923, everyone was shocked when they saw the broad black headlines announcing that...
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Jan 8, 20212 min read
406. Pensacola's January Loss 1-3-1945 WWII
Master Sergeant Aron Mathis was born in Florida on April 15, 1911 the son of Warren M. Mathis (1883-1958) and Nancy Charity Pittman...
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Jan 7, 20213 min read
405. A Pensacola Deputy's Call to Duty 1905
A law enforcement officer's life can change in a split second and can range from getting a little girl's cat out of a tree to a deadly...
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404. Pensacola's January Loss 1-3-1944 WWII
US Navy Signalman 2class James Herman Stroud was born in 1921 in Louisiana, the son of Joseph Archer Stroud (1883-1938) and Lou Emma...
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Jan 6, 20212 min read
403. Pensacola's January Loss 1-2-1945 WWII
Electrician's Mate 1class William Archie Music Jr. was born on October 21, 1920 in Shreveport, LA, the son of William Archie Sr....
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Jan 5, 20212 min read
402. Pensacola's January Loss New Years Day WWII
1Lt. Donald Manley was born in Louisiana on October 15, 1920 to the union of Miss Celestine Angela Brent (1880-1983) of Pensacola and...
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Jan 5, 20213 min read
401. Pensacola's Last December Loss 12-29-1944 WWII
Private Edward Lee Pierce was born in Molino, Escambia County, Florida on May 10, 1925, the son of George W. Pierce (born 1865) and...
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Dec 27, 20202 min read
400. Pensacola's December Loss 12-31-1944 WWII
Corporal Archie L. Massey was born in State Line, MS on December 20, 1910, the son of John Joseph Massey (1863-1925) and Virginia...
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Dec 27, 20202 min read
399. Milton's December Loss 12-30-1944 WWII
Private O. D. Harris was born on March 19, 1925 in Santa Rosa County, Florida, the son of Earnest Phillip "Phil" Harris (1886-1967) and...
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Dec 26, 20202 min read
398. Pensacola's December Loss 12-26-1944 WWII
Sgt. John Roland Dunaway was born in Muscogee, Escambia County, Florida on March 23, 1905, the son of Joseph "Joe" Rogers Dunaway (1882-)...
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Dec 26, 20202 min read
397. Pensacola's December Loss 12-26-1944 WWII
PFC Patrick Harold Bruce was born on August 29, 1914, however much of his early life and family is unknown. We do know that Patrick...
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Dec 26, 20201 min read
396. Pensacola's December Xmas Loss 12-25-1944 WWII
Private William Henry Crawford Jr. was born on October 28, 1908 in Brewton, Alabama, the son of William Henry Sr. (1865-1950) and...
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Dec 25, 20202 min read
395. Pensacola's December Loss 12-24-1952 Korea
FC James Edward Skipper was born in Pensacola on June 5, 1933, the son of Walter L. Skipper (1907-1990) and Bernice Pittman (1912-1969)....
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Dec 24, 20202 min read
394. Pensacola's December Loss 12-22-1944 WWII
Staff Sergeant Julius Cornelius Nord Jr. was born in Huntingburg, Indiana on October 1, 1923 to Julius C. (Sr.) and Beatrice Reeves....
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393. Pensacola's December Loss 12-19-1942 WWII
Staff Sergeant Leland E. Evers was born in 1920 in Alabama, the son of James Edward Evers (1883-1967) and Georgia Parilee Pugh...
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