While not officially a "veteran", Denis Leo Long worked as a civilian at the Portsmouth, N. H., U.S. Naval Base for 45-1/2 years, starting in 1908 as a messenger boy and working there continuously until one month prior to his death. He was the administrative assistant to the Portsmouth Base Commander for 20 years. He served his country in a way that very few do and that has earned him some special recognition. He registered for both WW1 and WW2 and yet it must have been that his services were more needed in the role he was filling and the knowledge that he had at the navy base that he was granted an exemption during WW1 versus the need to have him become an enlisted member.
While not officially a "veteran", Denis Leo Long worked as a civilian at the Portsmouth, N. H., U.S. Naval Base for 45-1/2 years, starting in 1908 as a messenger boy and working there continuously until one month prior to his death. He was the administrative assistant to the Portsmouth Base Commander for 20 years. He served his country in a way that very few do and that has earned him some special recognition. He registered for both WW1 and WW2 and yet it must have been that his services were more needed in the role he was filling and the knowledge that he had at the navy base that he was granted an exemption during WW1 versus the need to have him become an enlisted member.
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