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Oscar M. Jacobson, GM2c
"Jake"

USS Salt Lake City CA25
1941-1944
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USS SLC..."Enlisted Navy"...Oscar M. "Jake" Jacobson, GM2c

US FLAG Oscar passed away on Nov. 4th, 2008. Information from nephew, Mike Mullins - Obituary
Florence Jacobson, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 31st, 2009. Information from dau., Nancy Williams
Mar. 4th, 2000
Greetings,

My uncle Oscar "Jake" Jacobson served aboard the Salt Lake City during WWII. He boarded the SLC on Dec. 18th, 1941 and was in the 5th Division Gunner's Mates. He was a Pearl Harbor Survivor aboard the Battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48)

His story is on the USS WEST VIRGINIA website is
http://www.usswestvirginia.org/veterans/j/jacobson.htm

There are links to Newspaper Articles about "what happened" to him on DEC. 7TH, 1941.

Oscar M. Jacobson Seaman 1c
Enlisted into the Navy Oct. 21, 1940
Reported aboard the SLC Dec. 18, 1941 from the USS West Virginia, Battleship
Promoted to Gunnersmate 3c Mar 6, 1943
Promoted to Gunnersmate 2c Mar 1, 1944
Transfered to Advanced Gunnersmate Fleet School, San Diego, CA. July 7, 1944

Regards,

Mike Mullins


#2 in 5th Division Gunner's Mates Feb., 1944
Honoring Vernard E. Bivin, S1c
SLC Deck Logs Dec. 1941  Feb. 1943  Jul. 1944
Attended the following SLC Reunions:   1991  1993

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Oscar M. Jacobson, age 89, formerly of 9 Dudley Hill Road, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008, at Sterling Health Care Center, Sterling, MA.

He leaves his wife of 63 years, Florence S. (Piekarczyk) Jacobson of Sterling, formerly of Dudley; two daughters: Cindy J. Jacobson of Boylston, Nancy M. Williams and her husband David of Amherst, NH; a sister, Laura Bryda of Missouri. He was predeceased by a son, Roy M. Jacobson, and by a brother, Carl Jacobson of Webster.

Oscar was born in Lowell, MA, son of the late Sigurd and Mary (Englebretsen) Jacobson and lived in Dudley most of his life. He was a retired inspector having worked many years at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.

Oscar was a United States Navy Veteran, and was a Pearl Harbor survivor of World War II. He was a member of the U.S.S Salt Lake City Association and the Zion Lutheran Church in Oxford. He enjoyed woodworking.

The funeral for Oscar was held on Friday, November 7, 2008.

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