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CHARLES  ACKERS

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1943
Deceased 03/01/1967
Rate/Rank
BMC
Service Branch
USN 6/1923 - 6/1948
Born 04/27/1905
TRENTON, NJ
EDIT THIS LOG PRINT LOG PRINT MEMORIES BLUE SCREEN
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RI
USS COLORADO BB-45
DEEPSEA DIVING SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, DC
USS MALLARD ASR-4
NAVAL BASE, PEARL HARBOR, HI
USS FALCON asr-2
USS MARYLAND BB-46
USS CONSTITUTION
NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, CT
NAVAL BASE, NORFOLK, VA
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NAVY CROSS
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
SERVICE MEMORIES

Charles Ackers suited up.

Charels Ackers' Navy Cross medal, a copy of the citation for it, several postal covers, and a series of photographs of the salvage of the USS Squalus (SS-192) are amongst the items recently donated to the United States Navy Memorial by his daughter Mary Jo Kubota-Arcarese.  These items are part of the Chief Charles Ackers Collection at the Memorial.