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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Honor Flight DFW profiles and interviews


Merle enlisted in the US Navy on September 18, 1945 at the age of 18.
After basic training Merle was assigned as a mechanic on the battleship, USS Alabama BB-60.
Merle was on the Alabama’s final cruise from San Diego to Long Beach, then San Francisco and finally to Seattle Washington.
The USS Alabama is docked at Mobile Alabama as a permanent memorial to the famous battleship.
Merle attained the rank of Seaman 1st Class, and was discharged from the Navy on September 8, 1946.


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