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run**IN NAVYhiJiGalMCcThonvpsoff,Isevlt;01Mate 2-c, USN, of Olive Hill,IaSights In” — looks through the range-finder of his antiaircraft gun aboard an escort carrier in the Pacific. Thompson serves as a gunner during battle and at other times keeps the gun in good repair.As gunner's mate aboard this carrier, William Thompson, Jr., must keep the antiaircraft guns in repair and assist in their firing. That is what he did in the Lingayen operation. iBut guns are no novelty to T’nompson; he is from Olive Hill, Ky. There they can shoot out a squirrel's eye at 40 paces, so he says.His shipmates describe Thompson as “all (Navy” by which they mean that he has made a career of the service. A gunner's mate, second class, USN, he has completed nearly five years' duty. Before coming to this ship, he served aboard the USS Mexico and the UUSS Casablanca.He is the son of Mrs. William Thompson, Sr., of Olive Hill.(Official Photograph, U. S. Navy) VtlGF01irsct)o:Si01f:o0 tl 1( b1v0yb€J1]
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Olive Hill Carter County Herald
Olive Hill, Kentucky, US
Thu, Jul 05, 1945
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Ron B.
USA 12 Feb 2019
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