Vernon Eugene Martin, Obituary
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Commissioned by the United States Navy without a high school diploma, he was tendered a commission under the US Code provision defining a Limited Duty Officer. As an enlisted serviceman, Vernon Eugene Martin achieved the position of Chief Yeoman (Ship's Writer")
After his participation in the Battle of Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Tarawa, Vernion Eugene Martin was forwarded by his chain of command, to the commissioning board. He was thus commissioned in the rank of Ensign, USN, as a US Naval Adminitration Officer. He was promoted upwards to the rank of Lieutenant, (0-3) by the time he chose to retire from active Naval Service on 30 June 1956.
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