John W. Cooper, Jr., GM3c

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John enlisted in Little Rock Arkansas on July 14, 1943.   He arrived on the Boston on May 30, 1944, while she was anchored in the Majuro (Marshall Islands) Lagoon. When the ship left the lagoon on June 6, it was “all-action” from then on, starting with the Marianas Campaign.   John left the ship on June 8, 1946, after mothballing the Mighty B in Bremerton, WA.

Photo sent to us by John’s son, Mike Cooper.

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