Collection/Donor: Doris B. Simpson/Barbara Hukill

In-House Location: main building

Description: Navy uniform worn by Edwin Forren Simpson (1921-2018) who served in WWII as a pharmacist mate second class. He served on the USS Block Island CVE 21 and CVE 106. Ship was sunk by German submarine 5/29/1944 in Atlantic Ocean.

.100 badge top

.101 book US Navy: A complete history

.1001 uniform pants

.1002 discharge shirt

.200 Keith’s Mens Shop garment bag (red and blue vinyl, white lettering)

Time Period: 1940s

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