1941 sept. to feb. 1947 great lakes all of pacific pluss armed gaurd aboard ss edward bates.sunk feb. 1st i944 Mediteranean sea.by junker 88. aboard uss Talladega apa 208 at iwo jima and okinawa tokyo bay sept. 2nd i945.
signalman second class usn robert j. reynolds
Manito , Il USA - Saturday, December 18, 1999 at 14:51:40 (CST)
The site is called "The Goat Locker," which is a Navy term for chief petty officers' quarters. Whether the writer, Robert Reynolds, is still alive, I don't know, but it appears that he was aboard the Bates (S.S. Edward Bates) when she went down. Good luck.
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