USS SLC...Enlisted Navy...Woodrow W. "Holly" Hollingsworth, BM1c

"Holly" passed away on April 23rd, 2008 at the age of 86. Information from his daughter, Jan.

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Oct. 11th, 2003

"Holly" was a single 17 year old, attending school in Sweetwater, TX. when he entered in the service. He boarded the USS SLC in March of 1942. Commanding Officer was Ellis M. Zacharias, Sr.

He was on board the SLC during the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April of 1942 and the Battle of the Komandorski Islands in March of 1943.

Grandson of James E. Drawhorn, GM2c looking for information
#3 in Picture from Drawhorn Collection
#10 in picture with Shipmates
Remembered by Robert M. Storey
#41 in 6th Division, 1944
SLC Deck Logs Mar. 1942  Dec. 1942
1979 SLC Reunion