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WILLIAM  FRANCIS  WHITEMORE

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SAN DIEGO, CA 1971
Rate/Rank
LT (SS)
Service Branch
USN 2/1941 - 4/1971
Born
08/31/1919
MORRISON, IL
PRISONER OF WAR - JAPAN, 07/10/1943 - 09/1945
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS S-44 SS-155 - SUNK BY SURFACE FIRE, IJN DESTROYER, KURILS
PRISONER OF WAR - POW CAMP PARAMUSHIRO KURILS
PRISONER OF WAR - NAVAL POW INTERROGATION CENTER, OFUNA, JAPAN
PRISONER OF WAR - ASHIO COPPER MINE, JAPAN
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART 
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL 
SUBMARINE COMBAT PATROL INSIGNIA