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050512_0002_1 McCabe.jpg
Ensign Lillian T. McCabe of the naval nurses corps has been transferred to Bremerton, Washington from Mare Island.

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Type: NEWS

050512_0002_2 Maj Bill Sault up for promotion.jpg
We hear that Bill Sault, now Major W. E. Sault of the army air forces in England, is well on his way toward another promotion - lieutenant colonel. Pretty good for a 25-year-old...

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Type: NEWS

050512_0002_3 Svend Hansen Sr home.jpg
S.A. Hansen Sr. is back in the San Lorenzo valley for an indefinite stay...

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Type: NEWS

050512_0002_4 B L Boys wins navy promotion.jpg
Johnny Moore is still at Norman, Oklahoma, learning to be a good sailor.

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Type: NEWS

050512_0002_5 candy a hit with B L boy in England.jpg
Some time has passed since the Henflings have heard from the son of the family, Lt. Frank Henfling Jr....but here is a letter that came this week.

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Type: NEWS

050512_0002_6 Frank Henfling loses furlough.jpg
Frank and Mary Henfling of Ben Lomond are feeling pretty low these days.

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Type: NEWS

050512_0002_7 Lt Com Sault letter to mother 001.jpg
This is the first time we have had the pleasure of hearing anything at all directly from Lt. Com. J.H. Sault, U.S.N. - Jack to those of us who have known him from boyhood...

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Type: NEWS

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The first Santa Cruz County World War II casualty to be listed in Watsonville's Roll of Honor was a thirty-one year- old army nurse.

Opal Fern Chilcote was born in Hanley, Iowa, on July 21, 1909, to Thomas and Estelle Chilcote. Also included in…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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The first recorded death at Camp McQuaide, near Watsonville, California, was of a local youth.

Richard P. Kirby was born in Watsonville to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirby on November 22, 1922. Included in the Kirby family with Richard were sons…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Dade's date with destiny ended in a car in a garage before he could live out his Navy role.

Dade Oliver Youngs Jr. was born to Dade and Christina Youngs on January 29, 1924, in Lemoore, California. When he was still young, the family moved to…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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