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Two Hudnall twins serve aboard Navy ships in long careers
Claude and Arthur Hudnall, born May 18 1900s era, served together on destroyers, battleships and submarines, including the U S S Percival. Their twin status sparked jokes and a San Diego twin contest result as they chased assignments and survived multiple shipwrecks and a powder keg era Atlantic Pacific patrol career. Richard Hudnall, 12, is their son.
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Hudnall
Navy
Claude Clay
Arthur Cliff Hudnall
Moravia
Claude
Arthur
Casper Wye
Universityo of Wyoming
Iowa
Baloney
Tuscarora
John D McDonald
Yates Sterling
Harrs EO Yarnell
Seve
Federal
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Panama
Claude Informed the Officer, Poltitely
P S Ue
States
Ripley
Navy Department
Washington
Arthur Kong
Twin
U. S. S. New Orleans
U.S. S. Percival
Watch
Percival
U. S. S. Young
Nicaragua
Cuba
John Downs
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Naval Reserve
Seattle
Wash
Hudnalls
Richard
Fourth Avenue SE
Des Moines
U. S. S. Nokomis
Balboa
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