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In October, 1943, Walter joined the Navy; attended boot camp at Bainbridge, Maryland, and ended up drawing straws to see if he would go to the Navy or the Marine Corps. He must have gotten the long straw as he was assigned to serve on the U.S.S. Florence Nightingale (AP70), a landing ship. He was employed as a deck hand, serving as a seaman first class and seeing duty in the Atlantic and Pacific where he was when the peace treaty was signed. (photo about 1944)
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