Bridgers, Henry Clark, 1913-1981.
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Bridgers, Henry Clark, 1913-1981.
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Henry Clark Bridgers, Jr., (1913-1981), son of Henry Clark Bridgers, Sr., (1876-1951) and great nephew of Robert Rufus Bridgers (1819-1888), graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1935, after which he joined the Navy as an aviator. During World War II, he served in the South Pacific as operations officer of Fleet Air Wing One. He achieved the rank of captain in 1963 and took command of the Naval Station at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. After retiring from the Navy, he returned to his native Edgecombe County, N.C., and became a local historian who wrote on railroading, banking, and steam boating in eastern North Carolina.
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Banks and banking
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Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (P.R.)
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North Carolina--Tarboro
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Tarboro (N.C.)
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