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Mr. Brown enlisted in the service and was sent for basic
training to Geneva, New York. He went for his service training in Fort
Lauderdale and then went to Cardiff, Wales. His ship, the
USS Brister DE 327,
then escorted convoys and acted as anti-submarine escorts. He was then
sent to the South Pacific and the ship was changed over to anti-aircraft
duty for light carriers. One of the duties of the men on his ship was to
transport
POWs
from Formosa from land to the aircraft carriers. Many of them were
half-starved and very ill from their stay in the POW Camp. He achieved
the rank of Firecontrolman 3rd class.
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