Imogene "Jean" (Hill) McCammon Glass, "Smithville Memories of Christmas Past," Monroe County (IN) Historian, Bloomington, Indiana, p. 8. The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a larger article. This item was accompanied by a photograph of Jim. Jean Glass recalled the Christmas when her brother, James "Jim" Levi Hill, age 18, left for the United States Navy in 1943 and the family's tearful farewell. Jim served as an expert radio operator on the U. S. Lenawee, a Navy transport ship involved in several battles. Upon his discharge, he returned to his home in Smithville, Indiana.