Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....McARTHUR, ROBERT T. 1945 IN THE IWO JIMA
WWII U.S.NAVY
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ORDELE BOY ON USS PITTSBURG
 CHIEF FIRE CONTROLMAN ROBERT T McARTHUR,OF CORDELE IS SERVING ON THE USS
PITTSBURGWHICH WAS DAMAGED IN A RECENT TYPHOON IN THE PACIFIC. HIS PARENTS MR AND
MRS J.T. McARTHUR,HAS HEARD FROM HIM SIBCE THAT TIME , STATING THAT HE WAS WELL AND
ALL RIGHT.HE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS SHIP SINCE IT WAS COMMISSIONED.
 LAST CHRISTMAS CHIEF McARTHUR SPENT SEVERAL DAYS IN NEW YORK AND SINCE RETURNING TO
THE PACIFIC EARLY IN JANUARY, HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE IWO JIMA CAMPAIGN ,NUMEROUS
BOMBARDMENTS OF THE JAPANESE COAST,OKINAWA AND TOWED THE FRANKLIN UNTIL SHE WAS ABLE
TO NAVIGATE UNDER HER OWN POWER.
 CHIEF McARTHUR HAS SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY EIGHT YEARS.

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