Re: Ship - S. S. Fort Jupiter
Thank you so much Ron for the information! My great uncle, Frank Dumas, was on board the Fort Jupiter from Aug. 1945 to Nov. 1945. Something happened to my uncle in the military that affected his lungs and he died in Aug. 1946. He got off the Fort Jupiter on Nov. 21 and was sent home on leave on Nov. 24 for rehabilitation. Family legend has it that his ship was bombed or something and he was in cold water for such a long period of time that it affected his lungs and this is what eventually caused his death. I have researched the first two ships he was on and nothing happened on either of these ships. So it must have been something on the Fort Jupiter. Someone suggested that maybe he contracted some kind of tropical disease or malaria. I have gotten all his military records and medical records but nothing shows up in them. My aunt (his sister) says he did not want the navy to know just how sick he was. It is a puzzle that I am trying to solve. Especially for his sister.
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