USS Chicago CA-29 - Personnel
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Courtesy of Tom Pirtle

Robert H. Pirtle
Aboard as a Hospital Corpsman
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Courtesy of Greg Nelson

Aboard as a enlisted Marine, operating a .50 cal.
machine gun, before becoming a Marine Aviator
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Courtesy of James Carriere

2nd Class Petty Officer James G. Carriere
Stepped off the USS Chicago into the water
on 30 Jan 1943 at 1629 hrs.
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