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Show r- . I IWILLARD D. THORNLEY ' RECEIVES DISCHARGE Willard D. Thornley has re-1 ceived an honorable discharge from the U. S. Navy after three I and a half years of service. Mr. j Thornley was assigned to sea 'duty aboard the U. S. S. West 'Point, after serving a year in 'the U. S. Navy hospital at San Diego. - it. ... He served eight months in the South Pacific and eleven months in the Mediteranean and Atlantic, Atlan-tic, after which he was stationed station-ed at the U. S. Naval air station in Jacksonville, Florida. . While aboard the West. Point, -which is, the largest passenger vessel ever, built in the U. S.-, jWilliard was pharmacist mate in I charge of .the hospital ward at sick bay. " ' Following his release from the service, he was' met in Florida by his sister'. Gwendella. They I returned to Smithfield after I touring throgh cities of historical and cultural interest in the South and along the Eastern coast, .visiting. St. Augustine, Florida. Richmond, Virginia, Washington D. C, New England, New York-City York-City and Chicago. |