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Chester native assumes command of Pearl Harbor base
Chester born Capt Allen L Shapero takes command of Pearl Harbor Naval Station in a formal ceremony. He rose from enlisted rating to captain with service across the Pacific, the Navy and on 6th Fleet duty. He and his wife Lenore and four children have ties to Delaware County and Chester relatives.
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Harry Maitland
Daily Times
Chester
Allen L. Shapero
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
U.S. Navy
Shapero
Honolulu
Oahu Island
Delaware County
United States
Central Unified Command
U.S
Pacific Ocean
David Shapero
3Rd St
Franklin Grammar School
Baltimore
Navy
Loyola College
Loyola University
Naval War College
Newport
R.C
George Washington University
Washington
D.C
Adm
D.L. Kauffman
Pentagon
6Th Fleet Command
Gaeta
Italy
Pearl Harbor
Lenore
Connecticut
Craig
Hawaii
Harold
Washington, D.C
Beth
Ellen
Naval Station
Hale Alli Bandstand
Peter C. Conrad