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Morton recalls WWII service aboard USS Colorado in Pacific
Beecher Morton Jr., 82, recalls serving as a five inch anti aircraft gunner on the USS Colorado during World War II. He witnessed the Missouri surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay and the ship’s battles including Okinawa. Morton values his Navy days, education, and later work as a school administrator in South Carolina.
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Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Colorado
Beecher Morton Jr
Morton
Aiken County
Pacific
Okinawa
Great Falls
Chester County
Europe
Furman University
Pearl Harbor
Thad
Roosevelt
Navy
Furman
University of South Carolina
Norfolk
Chicago
Bob McNair
South Carolina
San Francisco
McNair
Josephine Robinson
Guam
Mariana Islands
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas
Japan
U.S
Harry Truman
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Earl
Greenville County
Mary Sue Millinax
Oconee County
Aiken
Anderson County
U.S. Navy
Ken Fowler
Wilmington
Del
Bob Novit
Movie
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