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392. Pensacola's December Loss 12-18-1944 WWII
US Navy Fireman 2c Siver Criss Varazo was born on July 26, 1921 in Lula, Mississippi, the son of Cress J. Varazo (1893-1987) and Mahi S....
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Dec 23, 20203 min read
391. Pensacola's December Loss 12-18-1944 WWII
US Navy Coxswain Joe Earl Purvis was born in Flomaton in 1923, the son of Joel Guy Purvis (1887-1951 Bayview) and Frances Capers (1894)....
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Dec 23, 20202 min read
390. Milton's December Loss 12-18-1944 WWII
Private Donald Lee Simpson was born on March 18, 1921 in Bagdad, Florida, the son of the widow Anna Fitzgerald (1887-1978) and her late...
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Dec 22, 20203 min read
389. Pensacola's December Loss 12-18-1944 WWII
PFC Vaden Alexander Stewart was born on November 10, 1922 in Pineville, Escambia County, Florida, the son of Alexander Renshaw Stewart...
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Dec 22, 20202 min read
388. Pensacola's December Loss 12-17-1944 WWII
Private Raymond Eugene Jordan was born on June 12, 1922, the son of Dalton Dewey Jordan (1898-1975) and Nettie Beatrice Worrell...
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Dec 21, 20202 min read
387. Pensacola's December Loss 12-17-1944 WWII
Tech 5 Philip Louis Dagen was born in Twin Lakes, Michigan on October 18, 1909, the son of Hubert Douglas Dagen (1870-1931) and Anna...
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Dec 20, 20201 min read
386. Bagdad Soldier Wounded on Peleliu 1944
US Army Private John "Johnnie" Jasper Bolton, the son of Sarah Catherine Bolton was wounded in action during the Battle of Peleliu in the...
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Dec 20, 20203 min read
385. Pensacola's December Loss 12-15-1944 WWII
. Colonel Eugene Terry Yarbrough was born on December 21, 1913 in Ozark, AL, the son of Samuel Knox Yarbrough (1883-19654) and Maddie...
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Dec 20, 20203 min read
384. Milton's December Loss 12-15-1944 WWII
Private Roy Cecil Aaron was born in Jay, Florida on 10-25-1915, the son of James Harrison Aaron (1889-1933) and Sarah Elizabeth Bonds...
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Dec 18, 20203 min read
383. Pensacola's December Loss 12-12-1944 WWII
Lt. Conrad Thomas Mitchell Goertz was born on June 27, 1919 in New York, the son of Conrad Thomas Goertz (1883-1958) and Georgia Mitchell...
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Dec 17, 20202 min read
382. Pensacolian Killed Aboard USS Louisiana 1918
US Navy 3rd Class Fireman Moses Leonard "Dick" Morgan was born on February 7, 1897 in Pensacola, the son of DeLaney M. Morgan (1855–1924)...
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Dec 16, 20201 min read
381. Pensacola's Hyer Family 1906
This is a series written by Professor I. E. Allen in 1906 in reference to some of Pensacola's old family in the area. This one was...
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Dec 16, 20203 min read
380. Pensacola's December Loss 12-12-1950 Korea
John Wiley Eddins Jr. was born on May 2, 1932, the son of Chief John Wiley Eddins Sr. (1897-1949), a US Navy veteran of WWI & WWII, and...
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Dec 16, 20203 min read
379. Pensacola's December Loss 12-12-1943 WWII
Private Philip Silverman was born in Charleston, SC on December 7, 1920, the son of Ike Silverman (1880-1947) and Annie Bonnett...
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Dec 16, 20203 min read
378. Pensacola's December Loss 12-1-1950 Korea
Sergeant First Class Frank Sims was born in Pensacola on February 23, 1922, the son of Allen Sims of 6098 North 10th Avenue. His father...
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Dec 15, 20202 min read
377. Pensacola's December Loss 12-9-1944 WWII
Private Bernard Ralph Douglas was born in Pensacola on June 4, 1923, the son of Anderson M. Jr. (1894) and Clara Douglas (1899). His...
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Dec 15, 20201 min read
376. Pensacola's December Loss 12-8-1945 WWII
Tech 5 Virgil Smith Covington was born in Shubuta, Mississippi on January 16, 1918. Little is known about his background except that he...
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Dec 15, 20203 min read
375. Pensacola's December Loss 12-7- 1943 WWII
Emmett Elbert "Wally" Simpson was born in Pensacola on June 8, 1920. However, little is known about his early life here. He attended the...
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Dec 13, 20204 min read
374. Pensacola's Santa Claus Letters December 1907
It is so interesting to see what children thought and what they wanted from Santa Claus in the year 1907. Previously posted were some...
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Dec 12, 20203 min read
373. Pensacola December Loss 12-1-1943 WWII
Willie Terrell Little was born in Cottage Hill on October 18, 1919, the son of Ira Hillary Little (1884-1973) and Emma Frances Jones...
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