Jesse H. Davis
Jesse H. Davis enlisted in the U.S. Navy on May 5, 1917. After recruit training he was ordered to the battleship USS Nevada where Jesse served the remainder of the war. He was assigned to the engineering department. Jesse was never involved in any battle action. His highest rate attained
Rob Roy Davis
Rob Roy Davis enlisted in the U.S. Navy on November 1, 1940 and received his initial training at the Naval Training Station Norfolk, Virginia. He was assigned to the USS Helena (CL50). Rob Roy survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Helena was torpedoed with
John Gerald Cranford
John Gerald Cranford enlisted in U. S. Navy on January 31, 1945. His date of entry was February 22, 1945 from the Naval Recruiting Station, Nashville, Tennessee. His ratings held were seaman second class and seaman first class. John’s service included the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, and the
Ridley R. Clifton
Ridley Rogers Clifton was born February 13, 1948 in Mason, Tennessee. In November 1967, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted into the U.S. Navy in Memphis, Tennessee. From November 1967 through February 1968, Clifton attended bootcamp from Nov. 1967 to Feb. 1968 in San Diego, California, earning the rank
Bailey L. Clifton
Born in Mason, Tennessee March 2, 1923, Bailey Lee Clifton enlisted into the U.S. Navy in Nashville, Tennessee March 2, 1944, his 21st birthday. He trained in Syracuse, New York from March 1944 through April of 1944 at Camp Samson. Clifton was involved in patrolling the western end of the
William Finnie Cates
William Finnie Cates was born on April 30, 1916 to William E. and Ruby E. Wiseman Cates of Drummonds. He married Juanita Tate on June 14, 1940 in Tipton County and on Jan. 21, 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves. A seaman second class, he was killed on
John N. Bringle
John Norris Bringle enlisted as an Apprentice Seaman in the U.S. Naval Reserve on January 26, 1944. The rating he held at separation was MOMM third class. He served satisfactorily on active duty until December 11, 1944 at the following assignments: Navy Recruiting Station, Nashville, Tennessee; Naval Training Station Bainbridge,
William F. Bringle
William Floyd “Bush” Bringle was born in Covington, TN, on April 23, 1913. He attended Byars Hall High School, the Columbia Military Academy and entered the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1933. As a midshipman, he was a member of the Naval Academy football team. He graduated and
Thomas K. Burgess
Thomas K. Burgess enlisted in the u. S. Navy on November 2, 1942. He was honorably discharged on November 16, 1945. His highest rating held was sp(m) 2/c (mail man second class). The ships & stations he served on were: naval air technical training center, naval air station, Memphis, Tennessee;
Charles E. Butler
Charles Eugene Butler enlisted in the U.S. Navy on July 18, 1945 via the v-6 program. His training was at the naval training station, San Diego, California. Gene reenlisted for two years on November 30, 1945. He attended mailman school at the fleet post office San Francisco, California. Gene served