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Tech Sergeant Paul W. DeVore

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Brick Location Number
H-2-2
Branch of service
Army
Dates of service
1939-1945
Location(s) of service and/or conflicts
Hawaii
Medals earned
Not known

Reflections on this veteran's military service

Submitted by Faye DeVore
He was in Hawaii on the Big Island at the time the Japanese attacked and had been told to shut down the radio station because nothing was going on--it was Sunday Morning. So he didn't know they had been attacked until about 11AM and was told to get back on the air immediately! Then all messages were sent in code.

For nearly all of his years he remembered the Morse Code!

He lived in Lakewood for 58 years.

(Posted 2017)
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