Howard J. Francis was born in Burlington Iowa, October 4th, 1922 the only child of Howard Homer Francis and Julia Long Francis.
He served in WWII from 1940 to 1945 as a MO,MM3/c in the US Navy and served most of his time in the Pacific theater. He participated in the battle for Midway and the battle of Pearl Harbor, and received a special citation for jumping overboard to rescue of a fellow soldier.
He married Helen Irene Wick in Jan 1946.
He worked at the Coast To Coast hardware store, the Iowa Ordinance Plant and was an upholsterer at several Burlington shops, before moving to the Loveland Colorado area in 1970 where he worked as a mechanic for the Eastman Kodak Company.
He served in WWII from 1940 to 1945 as a MO,MM3/c in the US Navy and served most of his time in the Pacific theater. He participated in the battle for Midway and the battle of Pearl Harbor, and received a special citation for jumping overboard to rescue of a fellow soldier.
He married Helen Irene Wick in Jan 1946.
He worked at the Coast To Coast hardware store, the Iowa Ordinance Plant and was an upholsterer at several Burlington shops, before moving to the Loveland Colorado area in 1970 where he worked as a mechanic for the Eastman Kodak Company.
Howard J. Francis was born in Burlington Iowa, October 4th, 1922 the only child of Howard Homer Francis and Julia Long Francis.
He served in WWII from 1940 to 1945 as a MO,MM3/c in the US Navy and served most of his time in the Pacific theater. He participated in the battle for Midway and the battle of Pearl Harbor, and received a special citation for jumping overboard to rescue of a fellow soldier.
He married Helen Irene Wick in Jan 1946.
He worked at the Coast To Coast hardware store, the Iowa Ordinance Plant and was an upholsterer at several Burlington shops, before moving to the Loveland Colorado area in 1970 where he worked as a mechanic for the Eastman Kodak Company.
He served in WWII from 1940 to 1945 as a MO,MM3/c in the US Navy and served most of his time in the Pacific theater. He participated in the battle for Midway and the battle of Pearl Harbor, and received a special citation for jumping overboard to rescue of a fellow soldier.
He married Helen Irene Wick in Jan 1946.
He worked at the Coast To Coast hardware store, the Iowa Ordinance Plant and was an upholsterer at several Burlington shops, before moving to the Loveland Colorado area in 1970 where he worked as a mechanic for the Eastman Kodak Company.
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