USS SLC...Enlisted Navy...Abraham Arthur Noar, S1c

Abraham A. Noar passed away in 1976 at the age of 58

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June 18th, 2005 Letter from Son, Richard A. Noar
From his service papers:
Enlisted in the Navy on Sept. 15th, 1937 and was discharges on Oct. 13th, 1941 with a rating of S1c.
Recalled to duty May 14th, 1945 to Nov. 29th, 1945 - Sent to Guam.
Inactive Reserves from Mar. 29th, 1947 to 1953

When he came home he was suffering from an over-active thyroid condition, which took the Navy doctors a while to figure out. He was in and out of the hospital for a couple of years. His weight would go up and down like crazy, and when he was skinny I learned really fast not to stay in his vicinity for any length of time because I was bound to do something to tick him off! Thankfully the Navy doctors solved the problem and he became a great dad and a fine person all around.

He was a really great guy, the kind of character John Wayne use to play. He was a simple man. Things were either black or white in his world...no room for gray. He could not abide a liar or a thief. He didn't care what a man's race, creed, or color was. Honesty was what counted with him.

When he died at the age of 58, his funeral was a real tribute to him. With less than four days before he was buried, (in keeping with the Jewish tradition), the word was spread and a large number of people showed up. There were so many people that I thought North American/Rockwell must have given everybody the day off....and they represented every race, creed and color.

Buck Pilof was Abraham's best friend for a long time. He told stories about times when he nor Buck had any money but there was still liberty left. Buck would do this magic trick when they were in a bar and had no money.

"Before" they would go into the bar, Buck would slice a cigarette lengthways and dump out the tobacco. Then he would cut the paper in two long strips and fold the strips into an accordion shape and stick one into each of his nostrils. Then they would go into the bar and offer to swallow a lighted cigarette if someone would buy a beer to put out the fire in buck's stomach after he swallowed the lighted cigarette. There was always someone who would buy a beer just to see this happen.