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Lt. Comdr. M arvin Hurt; Capf. /ves Killed in ActionCapt. Norman S. Ives, USN, whose appointment as director of the port of Cherbourg in France was an-' nounced recently, has been; ; killed in action it was announced today in Washington by the navy department.The announcement gave noindication Of how the 47-year-old officer met his death.Wm.mtsm.wmm-MII■mim.*-v:WCAPT. NORM AX IVESCaptain Ives’ wife. Mrs. Florence E. Ives, and. daughter. Mrs. Sig- . .mund A. Bobcynski*. live at 30 ,\Continued on Page TwoLt. Comdr. Robert Marvin, USNR, former mayor of Portsmouth, has been wounded in action in the European theater of war according to word received by his mother* Mrs. William E. Marvin* 152 Middle street, last evening* .Lieutenant Commander Marvin was stationed at the Portsmouth navy yard from April 8, 1941 ‘until Dec. 31, 1943 when he was detached and sent overseas for special duty. He was called to active duty in April 1941 after serving several months with Brig. Gen. Charles F. Bowen, director of Selective service In New Hampshire.A year ago last month he was transferred :o the third naval district for temporary duty but returned to Portsmouth Sept. 24.Mrs. Marvin, mother of the wounded naval officer, said this morning that she had no further word concerning the seriousness of her son's wounds but that the navy stated that word would be sent to her later.Lieutenant Commander Marvin Is a descendant of Abner Greenleaf, Portsmouth’s first mayor. An uncle, the late Thomas 0. E. Marvin, also served a,s mayor cf Portsmouth in 1873.He was graduated from Harvard college and the Boston university law- school.. He is a member of the New Hampshire Bar association and was formerly commodore of the Portsmouth Yacht club . and president of. the; James DeNormandle chapter. Unitarian Laymen’s league;While he was stationed''in Portsmouth. Lieutenant Commander Marvin resided with his mother at the family home on Middle street.
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Wed, Aug 09, 1944
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