Note for the archives: The obituary of Curtis Smith published March 5, 2015 in the Gaston Gazette mentions that he served during WWII in the US Navy Pacific Fleet as a torpedoman aboard the USS Lovelace. The ship was named after after aviator Donald Alexander Lovelace (1906-1943) See URL’s http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=55991 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lovelace_(DE-198) http://www.hullnumber.com/DE-198 for more info.