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Great Lakes Naval Training Station by Jim Potter When Robert "Bob" Parks, eighteen, left his home unannounced in McPherson County, Kansas, in October 1915, he may have been looking for adventure. A year-and-a-half later, in May 1918, when Robert was nineteen, he left on a much longer, more exciting journey. He enlisted in the United States Navy. I’ve been unable to locate any irrefutable evidence about Robert’s return home or contact with his adoptive parents after his unannounced … [Read more...] about Researching Robert