Groot, Thomas, BM1c

Deceased
 
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Last Rate
Boatswain's Mate 1st Class
Last Primary NEC
BM-0000-Boatswain's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Boatswain's Mate
Primary Unit
1943-1944, BM-0000, USS Corry (DD-463)
Service Years
1939 - 1945
Voice Edition
BM-Boatswain's Mate
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Home State
Ohio
Ohio
Year of Birth
1919
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Toledo OH
Last Address
Thomas L. Groot
1965 Ashmere Drive
Charlottesville VA 22902
Date of Passing
Mar 22, 2019
 

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin


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  1939, Recruit Training (Newport, RI), 14
School
Recruit Training (Newport, RI)

Company, Class or Division
14

Start Date 
Sep, 1939
 

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Last Updated:Sep 13, 2016
   
Personal Memories

Best Moment
Firing the 30-06 Rifle-first time 5 bull's eye's at 300 yds. (A young squirl huntrer with a 22)

Worst Moment
Having my bayonet in backwords at inspectionand didn't get caught but was alled for a bad salulte for coverng it with my elbow.

   

Instructors
That was too long ago,75 years

Other Memories
seeing the 'House of Seven Gables' in Newport RI on my first Liberty from boot camp. too young to drink bozebut I had my times later on. Yeah, one ˆn every port ?

   
   
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  19 Also There at This Training:
Name Co Ptn Start Date
Little, Raymond Joseph, PO1, (1939-1950) 14 Sep, 1939
Smith, Walter William, PO1, (1939-1949) 14 Sep, 1939
Adams, Gerald Joseph, PO2, (1939-1943) Sep, 1939
Edgar, Maynard Harley, PO2, (1939-1942) Sep, 1939
Lucas, Joseph Benjamin, PO2, (1939-1943) Sep, 1939
Maurais, Germain Joseph, CPO, (1939-1946) Sep, 1939
Stephenson, Hugh Donald, S1c, (1939-1941) Sep, 1939
Tolan, John Kenneth, CPO, (1939-1945) Sep, 1939
Allen, Don Earl, PO1, (1939-1943) Aug, 1939
Arnold, Robert Victor, S2c, (1939-1943) Aug, 1939
Beaumont, William Howard, S1c, (1939-1942) Oct, 1939
Dolan, Arthur James, PO3, (1939-1942) Oct, 1939
Ehrle, Elwood, PO3, (1939-1942) Oct, 1939
Featherston, Harold Joseph, PO2, (1939-1943) Aug, 1939
Geissler, Albert, CPO, (1939-1948) Aug, 1939
Kearns, Francis, CWO3, (1939-1961) Oct, 1939
Laakmann, Henry Fredrick, PO2, (1939-1943) Oct, 1939
Markham, Jack Phillip, PO3, (1939-1945) Oct, 1939
Powell, William Thomas, PO2, (1939-1942) Oct, 1939
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