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| John F. Sullivan WWII US Navy Armed Guard Convoy to Murmansk |
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This photo includes my father-in-law, John F. Sullivan, a disabled WWII veteran, who was born in South Boston, MA, and raised in Quincy, MA. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 as a teenager just a few months before Pearl Harbor was attacked. He served for the duration in the Navy. After WWII, John lived in Quincy, MA, until his passing in January 2007.
John F. Sullivan was assigned to the U.S. Navy Armed Guard as gunners, onboard merchant ships loaded with gasoline, weapons and ammunition, ships which sailed in huge convoys from the East Coast of the U.S. to Murmansk, Russia. These convoys were devastated often by Nazi U-Boat attacks and by Luftwaffe attacks. The U.S. Naval Armed Guard suffered very heavy casualties.
John F. Sullivan in this photo is shown posing with his shipmates next to one of their gun mounts during a lull in the action. This photo was taken onboard ship in 1944 in the Mediterranean where his ship assisted in the "soft-underbelly" invasions of Italy.
John F. Sullivan is the sailor on the extreme left, front row.
John was seriously wounded, but he served for the duration. After WWII, he continued to serve as a patrolman, then a lieutenant in the Metropolitan District Commission Police Force (now the MA State Police). |
Contributor: |
Ronald Adams |
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1944 |
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Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea |
Who: |
John F. Sullivan (front row, left) |
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28.600.1.jpg |
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