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Oswego Sailor Custodian of Vintage Battleship Texas
Oswego native Capt. Jack McKeown, 67, has custodian duty aboard the World War II battleship Texas since 1948 after the ship was placed out of commission. The veteran sailor, who lived aboard for 18 years, recounts Texas wartime service from Veracruz to Normandy and the invasion of North Africa, and notes the ship’s current role as a Houston tourist attraction and maritime landmark.
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Jack McKeown
Oswego
Texas
Houston
Tex
McKeown
Frank I. McKeown
West Sixth St
Edward
Rochester
W. Fourth St
Richard Stanley
The
Texas Magazine
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Lone Star State
Richmond
San Marcos
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
New York
Europe
Rhode Island
Scapa Flow
Grand Fleet
U. S
Norfolk Navy Yard
San Pedro
Cal
N. Y
Casco Bay
Maine
Pearl Harbor
Newfoundland
England
Iceland
Central America
Africa
North
Voice of Freedom
Dwight Eisenhower
Carleton F. Bryant
Battleship Division Five
Scotland
Belfast Lough
Ireland
Gen. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ike
Normandy
Cherbourg
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Norfolk
Hawkins Point
Baltimore
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Monument
Charles Maker
Secretary of the Navy
Mark Edwin Andrews
Beauford H. Jester
Chester W. Nrritz