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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Profiles Fall 2013 Spring 2014 HFDFW


 

Wallace enlisted into the United States Naval Reserve on March 11, 1945 at the age of 17.

He was assigned to the newly launched U.S.S. Telamon (ARB-8) which was only one of twelve “Aristaeus Class” battle damage repair ships built during WWII. Wallace and the Telamon were then sent to the Pacific Theater and were part of the U.S. Navy’s Asiatic-Pacific 7th Fleet.

Wallace’s job on the Telamon was that of mailman. The mailman was an important and popular position since he was the link between the sailors on the ship and home!  

Some of Wallace’s most memorable memories were surviving storms and much feared Typhoon’s that plagued the fleet during the spring and summer of 1945. In the Spring of 1946 the Telamon participated in “Operation Crossroads.” This was the navy’s role in testing nuclear weapons at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific.

Wallace says that he is very proud of his service with the Navy and that he was able to take advantage of the G.I. Bill. He graduated from Baylor University in 1952.

 

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