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Stanley Whitaker

Pacific Theater of Operations; United States Navy – 1942-1946Stanley Whitaker

  • Served on the U.S.S. Cotten
  • Enlisted on his 18th birthday
  • Sailed with the Fast Carrier Task Force
  • Survived two typhoons, several invasions
  • Supported the invasion force at Iwo Jima
  • Forced to bury several American pilots at sea

 

 

 

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