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She settled the family into a residence on Berkshire Street and enrolled \r\nRalph in Mission Hills Junior High School. In 1932 Ralph entered Santa Cruz High School and took a general varied course but his special interest was the choir. After graduat- ing from high school in 1936, Ralph worked as a landscape gardener in Redwood City,\r\nCalifornia.\r\n \r\nIn December 1940 Thompson joined the US Navy and entered boot camp in San Diego. Throughout 1941 he attended additional navy schools and served as a Fireman Third Class. In October he received orders to report aboard the USS Helena berthed at Pearl Harbor.\r\n \r\nWhen the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941, Ralph was seriously wounded and hospitalized. 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