This Day in History: 1943-06-01
Signalman 3rd Class Jesse Beers Jr. arrived at his parents’ home on Oweno Rd. for the three day pass. The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Beers had been on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. He had enlisted in the Navy on September 4, 1942 and had taken visual communication training at the Navy Signal School in Butler, MO after boot camp training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He was a graduate of Lehigh University. His brother, Demarest was at medical school at Columbia University and had been accepted for the service, as well as another brother who was scheduled to enter the service on July 1st after V-12 training. (Bristow)