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Elyria Family's Six Sons Serve in Navy During World War II
A memorial piece recalls six Elyria area brothers in the Navy 1943–45 with ranks from fireman to seaman first class. Several earned campaign stars on Iwo Jima and Okinawa while their mother, Esther Johnson, raised 11 children. The piece also notes 1944–55 Red Cross production efforts and local officials pictured in a police department photo.
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Normandy
Services
Navy
Elyrian Donald M. Johnson
Oberlin
Chronicle-Telegram
Donald
Staten Island
N.Y
Charles
New Hebrides
Solomon Islands
Elyria High School
William
Great Lakes, Ill
James
Seaton
Gregory
Iwo Juna
Okinawa
Richard
Chicago
Theodore
Ahrens
William M
Esther Dean Johnson
Esther Cole
Pittsfield
Richard Johnson
Ashland
Budd Co
P.C. Bunn
C.J.W. Attrell
Amy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Red Cross
A.W. Thurston
A.K. Hibbard
David Thomas
Arctic Base
Gates Hospital
Max Sigel
Robert Moller
Robert Curtis
Lew Lesnick