A Letter Home from New London by Jim Potter Thanks to a McPherson, Kansas, newspaper article published in June 1918, researchers can read a personal letter from Robert Parks. The correspondence gives the viewer an exceptional glimpse at a moment in Robert’s life while he was training in the United States Navy, at New London, Connecticut. Prior to Parks' arrival at the United States Receiving Barracks, State Pier, New London, he had already attained a rating of Electrician Third … [Read more...] about Researching Robert
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Researching Robert
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
