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Twice Torpedoed Cox Fisher Returns From Navy Furlough
Twenty year old coxswain E John Fisher Jr son of Mr and Mrs E John Fisher of 241 North Market Street returns home on a 30 day furlough after nineteen months at sea. He saw action in Casablanca Sicily Salerno and Anzio and was torpedoed twice and sunk once in the Atlantic and Mediterrenean. He reenlisted after a stay at Frederick High School and worked for American Stores and M J Grove Lime Company before joining the Navy in June 1942. He reports back to duty at Bassin on September 4.
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Cox
E. John Fisher
Mira
North Market Street
Navy
Coxswain
Cox, Fisher
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Little Creek
Casablanca
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Fisher
Frederick
American Stores
M. J. Grove Lime Company