JOHNSON, ALBERT JR, Steward's Mate First Class (no. 7219937), USS Brownson, US Navy Reserve, †26/12/1943
Mother, Mrs. Lorinne Speight, 2359 Prosperity St., Jackson, Miss.
MIA/KIA when USS Brownson was sunk off Cape Gloucester, New Britain
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USS BROWNSON (DD-518)
The destroyer BROWNSON was commissioned in February, 1942, and was a unit of the American force operating in the South-West Pacific. On December 26th, 1943 the Americans subjected the Japanese positions at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, to a heavy naval bombardment followed by an air bombardment of great intensity. The attack from the sea commenced at 6 a.m. and after the warships and aircraft had performed their allotted tasks, U.S. marines made landings on either side of Cape Gloucester and overcame all Japanese resistance in the immediate vicinity. During the fighting, the BROWNSON was hit and sunk by Japanese bombers. She was the only American ship lost. Survivors numbered 208. Thirty-six Japanese bombers and 25 fighters were shot down for a loss of seven American aircraft.
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Mother, Mrs. Lorinne Speight, 2359 Prosperity St., Jackson, Miss.
MIA/KIA when USS Brownson was sunk off Cape Gloucester, New Britain
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USS BROWNSON (DD-518)
The destroyer BROWNSON was commissioned in February, 1942, and was a unit of the American force operating in the South-West Pacific. On December 26th, 1943 the Americans subjected the Japanese positions at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, to a heavy naval bombardment followed by an air bombardment of great intensity. The attack from the sea commenced at 6 a.m. and after the warships and aircraft had performed their allotted tasks, U.S. marines made landings on either side of Cape Gloucester and overcame all Japanese resistance in the immediate vicinity. During the fighting, the BROWNSON was hit and sunk by Japanese bombers. She was the only American ship lost. Survivors numbered 208. Thirty-six Japanese bombers and 25 fighters were shot down for a loss of seven American aircraft.
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JOHNSON, ALBERT JR, Steward's Mate First Class (no. 7219937), USS Brownson, US Navy Reserve, †26/12/1943
Mother, Mrs. Lorinne Speight, 2359 Prosperity St., Jackson, Miss.
MIA/KIA when USS Brownson was sunk off Cape Gloucester, New Britain
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USS BROWNSON (DD-518)
The destroyer BROWNSON was commissioned in February, 1942, and was a unit of the American force operating in the South-West Pacific. On December 26th, 1943 the Americans subjected the Japanese positions at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, to a heavy naval bombardment followed by an air bombardment of great intensity. The attack from the sea commenced at 6 a.m. and after the warships and aircraft had performed their allotted tasks, U.S. marines made landings on either side of Cape Gloucester and overcame all Japanese resistance in the immediate vicinity. During the fighting, the BROWNSON was hit and sunk by Japanese bombers. She was the only American ship lost. Survivors numbered 208. Thirty-six Japanese bombers and 25 fighters were shot down for a loss of seven American aircraft.
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Mother, Mrs. Lorinne Speight, 2359 Prosperity St., Jackson, Miss.
MIA/KIA when USS Brownson was sunk off Cape Gloucester, New Britain
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USS BROWNSON (DD-518)
The destroyer BROWNSON was commissioned in February, 1942, and was a unit of the American force operating in the South-West Pacific. On December 26th, 1943 the Americans subjected the Japanese positions at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, to a heavy naval bombardment followed by an air bombardment of great intensity. The attack from the sea commenced at 6 a.m. and after the warships and aircraft had performed their allotted tasks, U.S. marines made landings on either side of Cape Gloucester and overcame all Japanese resistance in the immediate vicinity. During the fighting, the BROWNSON was hit and sunk by Japanese bombers. She was the only American ship lost. Survivors numbered 208. Thirty-six Japanese bombers and 25 fighters were shot down for a loss of seven American aircraft.
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JOHNSON ALBERT JR - STEWARD'S MATE 1C - USNR - MISSISSIPPI
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