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THE COURin.KXNKM M O ’ T) A TLt. Gaffney Aboard Ill-Fated Spence• Continued from page one*Gaffney, a physician and dental 1 ;»urgt*m, one at lew medical menH * of unusual qualification* and abtl-\ it, was aboard the Ill-fated de-■ mi oyer Spence, listed In the UnitedillsandPress story.The p;tf* dispatch revnaied that a mammoth typiaxm swallowed .1 im* '; American destroyer* and damaged t*on, Jin undlscllt;xs«d number of iessei fr,il!s craft with apparent heavy i j*« of reek. j||,, during recent combat opera*: . tiom in the weateni Pacific. A total only fH crewmen were rescued reek ; jfnmi the three destroyer* which inter, tire Spence, the Hull and tiie I the Monaghan The United Pr*. ‘ai f H ej,proximal ely ;»00 men were be-1 P • ; U**ved tostCan-1 T)u» Navy had already noUfwdWf- i i,ixt of kin of the seamen attached ! to the Hull and Monaghan but an-ld at I nouticed Information concerning 3nen* j nurvirort and thoe • kart on the eon- Spence would be forthcoming an The ! M/fjn as available, iesig- When tire new* that the Spence if wed w«* loot, almost immediate consternation arose In this city, by the ! iiunfiy of U Gaffney, and by many fi lends, who knew that the well known and popular DuBgm manwas file only medical officer aboard the destroyer But, there was rvAhllkg to vub-fctanUaie the United PTeaa report until yewterduy morning when the I Navy Department tekycntin ar-rived,*ur*' Lt lt;)« » John Charles Gaffney guar- wJm) hi* 29th birthday, I* atmun 1nation’* outstanding medical men.IM*i i ig one of few jiructloners, both «in-! qualified in dentistry, medical n-~at I and dental surgery■veral eleven years tn collegeit Ion* v*dy. following graduation from ar‘d yj Catherine** Higli school In 1932 res to v prrt ne was a diligent scholar and athlete It 1* recalled that he m of ViM A m«lt;nber of the champkm-15*130 gt Catherines High basket-« h»r j piaii team that won Dlocaean hon-onth-1 at.in * In 1933 lie entered the University J*e In ,,t Pittsburgh where he received hLi hlng- credential* as a dentist and alao, tract- the Bachelor of Science degree in l and :lt;m A year later, at Northwest -gtnlng i rn University, Evanston, 111., he «1 fcrt , hud completed studies leading to i**opie | tlu MaMers Degree In Dental ftur-PUllet- gery, and upon acquiring this scrip of gical knowledge, dev ided to enroll ipart- ul ImyoD University Chicago, for estab- a Doctor* Decree Ul MrdVlne ■ been which lie was !iwanted in 194,1..11 »c- lie completed the required rnedl-ploy** * t.l internship at the Key West a* to Ha., Naval Hospital, and almost i, fur* i immediately upon having tfu id fa-1 physicum* honor* bestowed upot , him. he v is commissioned in tht un on Nuval Medical Corps. In April 194: test ion I*** entered act ive service.N*vy Fallowing recruiting duties auc isk It. other assignment*, he was orderet Is to the Pacific Coast where wlthU latlon “ *hort period lie was assigned de t fast- i*troyer duty.street- While the Navy reports hin Navy missing in action, his Wife, am ►s * members of hi* family, his welelr of- known father being one of tiu , yOU • city'* leading dentists; a shite ,e oth- 5lra John Sharkey, ami bmthen about Cgptidn Paul, and Sgt. James, am lf ! countk'S* friend* and relative:; ard over tenMbl that some further wor thetr i lt;tHnr in an*rwer to imiycn fo nogra- W*uId see wlfl' ts the former Misinnlov- McIntosh, a well known localfith t*rl. who reside* with their child for - r**li‘ Cluirka III, aged 4 year®* and Susan Muri. I. at East Par serviceavenue.A NtJART I fi , 13 4 5
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DuBois Courier Express
DuBois, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jan 15, 1945
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