Dick Gilmore, S 1-c,
On Carrier Bunker Hill
It can be told now that Dick Gilmore, S 1-c, home on leave, was on the USS carrier Bunker Hill, featured today in daily press releases. Dick is home visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Gilmore, while the carrier is undergoing repairs on the west coast.
Source: The Milford Mail, Milford, Iowa, Thursday, June 28, 1945, Pages 1 & 8
***Further Research:
Richard Lewis “Dick” Gilmore was born Jan. 26, 1926 to Lewis Lucian and Norene Sarah Carpenter Gilmore. He died Jan. 1, 1982 and is buried in Milford Cemetery, Milford, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
