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Gene A. SponslerOf NederlandServing In NavyAboard the radar picket destroyer USS Kenneth D. Bailey which was reeommissioned at the U. S. Naval shipyard at Boston, Mass., on August 29, is Gene A. Sponslor. enginemnn third class, USX, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Sponsler of 1303 : Nederland avenue, and husband of the former Miss Mary E. Bell, also of Nederland.After her fitting out and readiness for sea trials, the Bailey will rejoin the Atlantic fleet at Newport, R. I., as the flagship of the commander of Destroyer Division 82.The ship is named in honor ofMarine Maj. Kenneth D. Bailey, who was killed during the Japanese attack on Henderson field on Guadalcanal. For his extraordinary courage and heroic conduct during the engagement. Major Bailey was1 posthumously awarded the Con-| gressional Medal of Honor.
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Port Neches Chronicle
Port Neches, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 24, 1953
Page 7
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