LOST AT SEA FROM THE
USS SPENCE DD-512 FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER. SERVED WITH DESTROYER
SQUADRON 23 'LITTLE BEAVER' OFF THE COAST OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
ON 18 DECEMBER 1944. DURING TYPHOON COBRA THE SHIP CAPSIZED AND
SANK. THE SPENCE WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR
HEROISM IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. HE WAS A FIREMAN FIRST CLASS.
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