Higgins, John Andrew.

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John Andrew Higgins served in the Seabees branch of the United States Navy during world War II. He was recruited in Boston, Massachusetts, and originally trained at Camp Endicott in Davisville, Rhode Island (70th Battalion, Company A, Fleet 3, Naval Construction Training Center), in 1942-1943. Higgins was a lighterman involved in the invasion of Sicily in 1943. He was working in the Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, supply center for construction of the Alaska Highway in 1945. Higgins then worked constructing naval facilities on the Bermuda Islands in 1945-1946.

From the description of World War II scrapbook, 1914-1950, 1942-1946. (UAA/APU Consortium Library). WorldCat record id: 60337903

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