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Veteran's History Project - William L. Tooley

William L. Tooley

Seaman

U.S. Navy

1948-1953

Editor's Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.

William L. "Bill" Tooley had worked for his father during his high school years. He had traveled eastern Nebraska and western Iowa as a member of the construction crew. After leaving school, he wanted to get into the military and remembered an uncle who was a recruiter for the U.S. Navy. The uncle – "Chief" (a revered N...

 

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