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Ill*' * •--- —0- *Fred Martin Serving Aboard USS AlabamaAboard The USS Alabama In The Pacific - Fred Martin. F 1-c. husband of Mrs. Mary Martin of 801 Fast Pryor Street. Athens, is one of fifteen from Alabama who are serving aboard this Navy battleship which has carried the name of their home state through some of the roughest operations of the war against Japan.In a single month the ship raided the Japanese mainland twice, bombarded a Jap-held island N. of Okinawa and rode unscathed through a During onethe Jap homeland the ‘ Mighty A as the man-o- war is known to her crewmen, met four Kamikaze planes and aided in knocking them all out of the air. During a later bombardment assignment the Alabama pulverized Jap shore installations.F.lkmont Soldier PromotedWith The Fifth Army ItalyCharles E. Hughes of Elkmont,. . » Alabama, now with the Fifth Armyviolent typhoon. ~operation against | in Italy, recently was promoted
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Athens Alabama Courier
Athens, Alabama, US
Thu, Aug 30, 1945
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