Further to my message dated November 4, 2016, I have found additional information about your father.
I found him aboard EDMUND F. DICKINS on her departure from Portland, Oregon, on or about September 24, 1943. (The construction of EDMUND F. DICKINS was completed in Portland on September 24 so this was her maiden voyage.) The ship stopped briefly in San Francisco for additional crew members and probably cargo. The ship proceeded to Antofagasta, Chile, arriving on an unspecified date. She departed Antofagasta on or about December 17, 1943, transited the Panama Canal and departed Christobal, Panama Canal Zone, on January 9, 1944, and arrived New York January 21, 1944. The record for this voyage lists him as "Pasquele Parlelle" so both names were misspelled.
I can also confirm that he was NOT aboard EDMUND F. DICKINS on her voyages after May 30, 1944, but I have been unable to locate him until he joined GEORGE E. BADGER in October 1944. His records may be out there but I'm unable to guess other creative spellings of his name for which to search.
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