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Lloyd C. McKenzie, TM1 USN
a Graduate of Spritz's Navy
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Submarine Service Silver Dolphins
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Submarine Combat Pin with Three Gold Stars
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Received Five Unit
Commendations as part of the permanent record of
his Service to the
United States of America
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"Lloyd McKenzie was the Front Loader on the Deck Gun Crew which sank the first enemy ship, by gunfire from a U.S. Submarine, in World War II. I was very proud of that Gun Crew ."
CAPT. George H. Whiting, USN (Ret.), would become Executive Officer on USS GRENADIER, SS-210, and a Japanese POW after GRENADIER's loss to enemy aerial bombs in the Straits of Molocca, Malaya on April 22, 1943.
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Before TRITON's Sixth and final War Patrol, in a letter home, dated February, 1943, this battle-wise submariner would say...
"This war is a hard and dirty life, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again."
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World War II
Victory Medal
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National Defense
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Navy Good Conduct Medal with Two Bronze Stars
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