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RICHARD W. CARSON Entered service December 28, 1939….Trained at Newport, R.I.-N.T.S. Assigned to Pacific duty…Served at Destroyer Base, San Diego, Cal.; Hospital Ship U.S.S. Relief; U.S.S. Tippecanoe, Oil tanker; Radio Station Lualualei, Hawaii; Naval Hospital Pearl Harbor; Boston Navy Yard, U.S.S. St. Paul CA-73 Heavy Cruiser.. Served in battles of Pearl Harbor, Midway Isle; Bombardment of Japan…. Witnessed the surrender terms on September 2, 1945 – Tokyo Bay… Operated with 3rd fleet under Admiral Halsey…Places visited: Lahina Roads, Hawaii; Honolulu, T.H.; Midway Islands; Wake Islands; Markus; Eniwetok; Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Cuba; Brazil, South America; Panama;
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