American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Beaufort’s Jack McNamara, 88, who joined the U.S. Navy in New York City in 1955. After Boot Camp in Bainbridge, Md., he trained as a Sonarman at the Fleet Sonar School in Key West. He was then assigned to USS Damato (DD-871) homeported in Norfolk. He made a number of deployments to the Caribbean, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, including the eastern Mediterranean during the Israeli-Egypt war in 1956 and off Lebanon during the crisis in 1958. He next served on USS Norfolk (DL-1), also based in Norfolk. He separated in 1959 as a Third Class Petty Officer and returned to Queens, N.Y., where he worked as a salesman in the garment industry for 35 years. He moved to Beaufort County in 2006.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
