Clarence Arlington Lee served in the Navy during WWI. According to family lore, he was on a ship and an officer in charge ordered everyone to abandon it because it was believed to be sinking (apparently it wasn't).
He spent all night in the Atlantic before being rescued. The exposure caused lung problems and "a floating heart" (which was to plague him the rest of his life) and Clarence spent the rest of the war in a hospital in Brooklyn, NY, were he met his future wife, Angela, a nurse studying to become a nun. He spent the rest of his time in hospital convincing her not to be a nun and to get married to him instead.
Note: another family document lists his birthdate as Nov. 9, 1888 (not sure which date is correct)
He spent all night in the Atlantic before being rescued. The exposure caused lung problems and "a floating heart" (which was to plague him the rest of his life) and Clarence spent the rest of the war in a hospital in Brooklyn, NY, were he met his future wife, Angela, a nurse studying to become a nun. He spent the rest of his time in hospital convincing her not to be a nun and to get married to him instead.
Note: another family document lists his birthdate as Nov. 9, 1888 (not sure which date is correct)
Clarence Arlington Lee served in the Navy during WWI. According to family lore, he was on a ship and an officer in charge ordered everyone to abandon it because it was believed to be sinking (apparently it wasn't).
He spent all night in the Atlantic before being rescued. The exposure caused lung problems and "a floating heart" (which was to plague him the rest of his life) and Clarence spent the rest of the war in a hospital in Brooklyn, NY, were he met his future wife, Angela, a nurse studying to become a nun. He spent the rest of his time in hospital convincing her not to be a nun and to get married to him instead.
Note: another family document lists his birthdate as Nov. 9, 1888 (not sure which date is correct)
He spent all night in the Atlantic before being rescued. The exposure caused lung problems and "a floating heart" (which was to plague him the rest of his life) and Clarence spent the rest of the war in a hospital in Brooklyn, NY, were he met his future wife, Angela, a nurse studying to become a nun. He spent the rest of his time in hospital convincing her not to be a nun and to get married to him instead.
Note: another family document lists his birthdate as Nov. 9, 1888 (not sure which date is correct)
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Clarence Arlington Lee
New Jersey
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US Navy
World War I
November 9, 1889
February 22, 1961
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