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xAG1 Willard G. “Bill” Burris USNR REL died 8/04/06 in Napa, CA.  I've asked Marie Burris for date and place of birth for inclusion in my writeup.  > Last duty station - USS Suisun, AVP-53  Joined Navy Dec 1941.  A WWII AG, he flew combat missions from the western Aleutians with deployed squadrons assigned to Fleet Air Wing FOUR.  Discharged Mar 1953 NWSA Life Member. The class A4203 that Zane located agrees with Bill's reporting FWC Pearl for duty Oct 1942.  At that time, the newly-designated Fleet Weather Central was still on the top of the NAS Ford Island water tower.  On 02 Jan 43 it relocated to the building on Kamehameha Hwy, across from the fire station.  When we visit PH nowadays, that same building is used for Naval Personnel Support Center.  The cane fields and the small railroad are long gone.

Submitted by Don Cruse