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Show SMITHFIELD, UTAH BLUEJACKET PROMOTED ABOARD THE USS PENNSYLVANIA PENN-SYLVANIA . Odell Manfred Smith, Jr., Seaman First Class, USN, 18, of Route 1, Smithfield, Utah, has been promoted to that rate from seaman second class. Seaman Smith, who enlisted in the Navy on January 26, 194 5, I ,ontori fnr rhit.v a'board the USS PENNSYLVANIA on. May 24, 1945. The ' PENNSY, until recently, served as Flagship of the Pacific, and more recently, was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for its exploits against the Japs in the Pacific, the only one of the 23 battleships battle-ships of the United States Fleet to receive the award. Seaman Smith is the son of Mr- and Mrs. Odell M. Smith, of Route 1, Smithfield, Utah. |