Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....MIXON, WILLIAM EMMETT 1943
WWII MERCHANT SEAMAN
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CORDELE BOY NOE U.S. SHIP ENGINER
CORDELE FEIENDS WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT WILLIAM EMMETT MIXON, SON OF MR AND
MRS W.E. MIXON, OF THIS CITY, WHO HAS SERVED AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN IN THE SERVICE OF
HIS COUNTRY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, RECENTLY PASSED EXAMINATION AND WAS ISSUED HIS
LICENSE AS THIRD CLASS ENGINEER. WHEN HE HAS SERVED ANOTHER REQUIRED PERIOD HE WILL
STAND FOR FIRST CLASS.
 MIXON HAS PLOWED THE SEVEN SEAS, TRANSPORTING FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO OUR ALLIES,
SINCE WE HAVE BEEN AT WAR, HEHAS EXPERIENCED THE HORRORS OF HAVING HIS SHIP
TORPEDOED AND SUNK. HE WITH OTHER SEAMEN, WERE ADRIFT SEVEN DAYS IN A LIFE BOAT IN
SHARK INFESTED WATERS BEFORE BEING RESCUED.
 WHEN HE BECAME A MERCHANT SEAMAN, YOUNG MIXON'S AMBITION WAS TO BECOME AN ENGINEER
ON A SHIP, AND HE HAS NOW REALIZED THIS.HE WAS HERE ON LEAVE RECENTLY VISITING HIS
PARENTS, MR AND MRS W.E. MIXON, AND HAS NOW RETURNED TO PORT.

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