Caption by the Flickr poster David Wayne Bailey.....
"This is my Grandfather on my Mom's side. He was born in 1899 and died in 1977, the year I graduated from High School.
His son my Uncle Norman was in the Navy on a Destroyer in the Pacific. Uncle Norman was wounded twice and survived the sinking of his first ship the USS Strong in the Kula Gulf."
Ralph G. Carpenter had the distinction of registering for military service in both World Wars....
Sept. 12 1918....
Feb. 15 1942....
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