Curlee and his brother, Brooks (at left), in Pasadena, CA on 1JAN46, just before they went to the Rose Bowl. Curlee had just returned from the South Pacific, and was in San Francisco, preparing to assist in the decommissioning of LST-78. His brother, who had been wounded and MIA with the 70th Infantry Division (Trailblazers) in Europe, was stationed at Camp Ross in Wilmington, CA. What are the chances that brothers stationed in opposite parts of the world could end up so near each other and go to a football game together! The University of Alabama beat the University of Southern California 34-10. More irony? Both graduated from Auburn!
1JAN46 was the effective date of Curlee's promotion to LTJG.
