Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WARDLOW, LT BENJAMIN F 
WWII U.S. NAVY
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NOW IN PACIFIC
 LT BENJAMIN F, WARDLOW,USNR,SON OF MR AND MRS G.C. WARDLOW OF BAY SPRINGS
COMMUNITY,CRISP COUNTY, REMEMBERED AS ''FRANK'' IN THE CHS CLASS OF 1930, SOON WILL
BEGIN HIS FOURTH YEAR IN A U.S. NAVY UNIFORM.
 COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AUGUST OF 1942 FROM CIVILIAN LIFE,WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED BY
THE U S DEPT OF AGRICULTURE,RECEIVED INDOCTRINATION AND TRAINING AND WAS
SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNED SEA DUTY IN THE EUROPEAN- AFRICAN THEATRES OF OPERATION. THIS
DUTY CARRIED HIM AMONG OTHER PLACES TO NOVA SCOTIA,IRELAND,WALES,ENGLAND,NORTH
AFRICA,SICILY AND ITALY. AFTER COMPLETING THIS TOUR OF DUTY LT WARDLOW WAS ASSIGNED
AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE OFFICER'S TRAINING DEPARTMENT AMPHIBIOUS FORCES,
CORONADA,CALIFORNIA WHERE HE SERVED FOR TEN MONTHS, THEN FURTHER ASSIGNED TO THE
ADMIRAL'S STAFF, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMAND, AMPHIBOUS FORCES U.S PACIFIC SOMEWHERE IN
THE PACIFIC.
 FRANK SAYS THAT WHILE EVERYONE KEEPS QUITE BUSY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR EFFORTS TO
TEACH THE LITTLE SON OF HEAVEN THAT PEARL HARBOUR WAS A VERY BAD MISTAKE THERE IS
ALWAYS TIME TO EXCHANGE LETTERS WITH THE FELLOWS BACK HOME, WHO HAVE TIME TO DROP A
LINE.

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