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Show incl "MAU S" Ntnvfc Veteran of the U. S. Navy is Chosen as One of the Organization's National Heads. Jolin Alexander McCormack. vice commander of the American Legion, lilted the looks of the navy a3 far back as 1904. He still thinks It is a good organization, organi-zation, although in recent years he has transferred trans-ferred his energies ener-gies to the Navy Tuberculosis hospital hos-pital at Fort Lyon, Colo. Mr. McCormack irslnpn" rhfl nnvv when, he was seventeen years old. In 1905 he was transferred from apprentice ap-prentice seaman to hospital apprentice, appren-tice, and the following year was one of those who administered aid to the survivors of the famous turret explosion explo-sion on board the U. S. S. Kearsarge, on Good Friday afternoon. He quit the navy In 1908, but heard the voice of the sea again In 1915. Within a year he was helping capture Vera Cruz with the landing party that went ashore from the Atlantic fleet. Before 1917 had ended he had established es-tablished a hospital at St. Angers, and Naval Base Hospital No. 1 at Brest One of the things he does not mention about his career Is the outbreak of a fire at Brest, during which he carried out several helpless patients and nearly near-ly ruined a couple of serviceable hands. During the Marne offensive he was on an operating team at Juilly. The Legion thought so much of his spirit and capabilities that they elected elect-ed him one of their national heads. |