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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Profiles Spring-Summer 2013 HFDFW


 

Lawrence was attending a lecture while in high school one day when a Navy recruiting officer spoke of the variety of training that was available in the Navy. Lawrence thought that this would be a good choice as he was about to graduate high school. The recruiter’s message must have worked because on May 20, 1945 Lawrence enlisted in the U.S.Navy.   

After basic training Lawrence was assigned as an Aviations Machinists Mate.  His job was that of being part of an aircrew. There is a picture of a PBY Catalina flying boat that also shows two pretty girls with the caption “My favorite crew!”

Lawrence says that he saw too much of Kansas during his time in the Navy training for the invasion of Japan. He then saw duty in the Caribbean and South Atlantic, commenting on the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean!

He was awarded the American Theater of Operations medal, the WWII Victory medal and the Good Conduct ribbon.

Lawrence was discharged on July 17, 1946.  

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