Story written in 1981 tells of former Malta resident's time in the US Navy during WWII

Editor's Note: This story was written by Paul Dunscomb in 1981 when he was a senior in high school. Dunscomb interviewed Harry Carpenter (a former Malta resident) when Carpenter worked as a janitor at Ossining High School in New York.

The story was brought to our attention by Harry’s son, also Harry, who still lives on Malta. Carpenter passed in 1996 after moving to the area in 1988 and Dunscomb is now a professor in Anchorage, Alaska. The story is reprinted here with Dunscomb’s permission.

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