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CAPT John A. Romano, USN (Ret)

CAPT John A. Romano, USN (Ret) is a retired Navy Captain and long-time East Greenwich resident. John Romano’s role in RI aviation history is broader than his service and accomplishments as a Naval Aviator. With war clouds on the horizon in the late 1930s, the Navy appropriated the Romano family’s 400-acre Davisville farm, vineyards and […]

October 23, 20102010, Administrators & Educators, Korea, Special Recognition Award, US NavyQuonset Point, USS Essex, USS Oriskany

Robert J. Yarnall Sr.

Robert (Bob) J. Yarnall Sr., USN, Ret. (1924-2015) graduated from boot camp at Norfolk Naval Station in 1941 and was an aerial gunner in WWII and an aviation machinist at Quonset.

November 21, 20152015, Special Recognition Award, US Navy, WWIIBattle of Santa Cruz, Quonset, USS Essex, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Midway

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