>From scrapbook in possession of the Pierce County Historical Association (please note, I am just posting this obituary, I have NO further info on this family) Newspaper is possibly the Spring Valley Sun, date unknown. JOHN S. FOLLANSBEE HOME FROM PACIFIC John S. (Jack) Follansbee returned from the Pacifric area last week after an absence of more than two years. Jack joined the Navy in March of 1942, when he was 17 years old and was assigned duty aboard the new U.S.S. Indiana in May of the same year. Jack came home once on a short leave after a short cruise aboard his ship and has been in continuous service ever since. Jack first served in the Atlantic theater and moved to the Pacific after about a year of service. He says he can tell now that his ship was part of the now famous task force 58. Everyone (including the Japs) is acquainted with the exploits of that famous force in the early battles of the Philippine Islands. But that isn't all that task force 58 did in the Pacific. Much of where it has been and what it has done will have to wait to the end of the war to be told. John, nearing the beginning of his third year in service, is no longer the youngster you see in the photo reproduced above, but a poised young man, a credit to the country he serves. He has 20 days leave and, needless to say, his family and he will use it to the best advantage.