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Navy Seaman Wesley Snyder Extends Enlistment in Navy
Letters from Fy Winburgh Scotland reveal Wesley Edwin Snyder, son of Walter Snyder of Fairfield, reenlisting for another year as his three year term ends in May. He notes a longing to be home yet prefers remaining aboard to finish duty, recounts meeting a Canadian army volunteer Ernest Brown from Kansas, and cites family fighting lineage from Pennsylvania. Snyder enlisted in May 1915 in New York City and trained at Newport RI aboard the same ship, once living at 374 State Street, Bridgeport, employed by Crane Valve Company.
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Wesley Edwin Snyder
North Sea
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Ernest Brown
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