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 Marion Francis Jordan, S1c "Dick" USS Salt Lake City 1942-1945 |
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Marion Francis Jordan, S1c "Dick" USS Salt Lake City 1942-1945 |
USS SLC...Enlisted Navy...Marion Francis Jordan, S1c
 Dick joined the merchant marines soon after getting home from the War. After his first round trip by ship to Europe he arrived back in the United States in February of 1946. He was killed in a commercial airline crash in Virginia while trying to get back home to Alabama. Dec. 3rd, 2000
I am a nephew of Marion Francis Jordan, S1c. He served on board the USS
Salt Lake City from November 26, 1942 until the end of the war. I have him listed as
being in Div. 2 and Div. 6. I have a lot of material that I would like to
donate to the web site. I have his day to day journal
he wrote from mid April 1945 to Sept. 1945. I have photo copies of his actual personnel
records. I have several photos of him, the ship and unidentified friends. I
have his honorable discharge in the original envelope. I also have items
that I might be able to photograph...like a complete set of blue jumpers that
he wore aboard ship.
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| Introduction to the "Journal" by David Upton |
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I am the Nephew of Marion Francis Jordan, known as "Dick" to friends and
family. I never knew him; he died eleven years before I was born. He was
my grandmother's youngest brother. His older two brothers also served in
World War II. Bernard "Boby" (pronounced Bobee) had been in the U. S.
Merchant Marines. Boby's ship was one of only a handful that made it
through the U-boat Wolf Packs and Luftwaffa torpedo bombings. Thinking
that this was to dangerous Boby enlisted in the Marine Corps and served
in the 4th Regiment in the 3rd and 6th Marines. Thomas Jordan was an
officer in the Merchant Marines and was involved in the Operation Torch
landings in North Africa.
When he came home to Mobile, Alabama in December of 1945 he brought home all of his personal effects from his service on board the U.S.S. Salt Lake City. Some of these items I saw every day as a child while visiting my grandparents. I remember his picture in his white uniform, the picture of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City and the wooden plaque with the shield and name of that great ship hanging in living room of my great grandmother's and grandmother's homes. About six years ago after the death of my uncle Boby, who lived in the home, my great grandmother's house was put up for sale. The items in the house were being divided between the family. In the old home was an old trunk in a corner behind a bedroom door. It was one of the last items found. In this trunk was the personal effects of Dick Jordan from his service in the Navy. The journal was discovered after nearly fifty years since it was placed there. He was only twenty-two when he wrote it. Before he left on his trip to Europe he had told a story to his parents of an accident on board the U.S.S. Salt Lake City. He had fallen over the safety line or railing and would have been killed if not for his ring on his finger catching on part of the ship. He hung in mid air and was pulled to safety. The ring was damage (I guess so was his finger) with a very visible dent. He kept wearing that ring as a good luck charm. After the accident, which cost him his life, his father identified his body by that ring. Journal by M. Jordan, Written Apr. 15, - to Sept. 1, 1945 #28 in 2nd Division, Jan. 1945 #8 in Gunner's Mates & Turret Crew, March, 1943 SLC Deck Log, Nov. 1942 Signed Autograph Book of shipmate Paul G. Welborn |
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