Ronald Everett Hannah

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  • Name: Ronald Everett Hannah
  • Location of Birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: April 13, 1939
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  • Parents: Everett and Ione Hannah
  • High School and Class: 1957 - Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
  • College: Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Highest Rank: EN 2 (Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class)
  • Branch: Navy
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  • Date Sworn In: September 24, 1957
  • Place Sworn In: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Date of Discharge: September 22, 1961
  • Place of Discharge: Newport, Rhode Island
  • Units and Locations:
    Start Date End Date Unit(s) and Location(s) Served
    September, 1957 Great Lake, Illinois - boot camp
    December, 1957 Diesel Class A School
    1958 Newport, Rhode Island to board USS Purdy, DD734
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  • Military Highlights:
    While aboard the USS Purdy, Ronald was sent to a refrigeration school and then a fire-fighting school.


    A tour of the Mediterranean countries and a chance to see some of the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy.


    One of the things I did NOT like was going through the eye of a hurricane in the Atlantic.


    I had some very good friends while on the USS Purdy.

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