Townsend wasn't above pulling strings for his friends...
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 2:15 am
Some very interesting items have turned up in my trawl through the Zanesville newspaper files.
Future USN Commander Jack Erven met Townsend Brown while working as a lifeguard at the Hawethornce club pool. He later credited Townsend with influencing him to choose the Navy over the Army when he went to enlist during WWII. But, even better, with Townsend vouching for him, he went straight to work in radio intelligence, skipping over boot camp and all the rest of that onerous new recruit stuff.
Snipped from Erven's account:
Future USN Commander Jack Erven met Townsend Brown while working as a lifeguard at the Hawethornce club pool. He later credited Townsend with influencing him to choose the Navy over the Army when he went to enlist during WWII. But, even better, with Townsend vouching for him, he went straight to work in radio intelligence, skipping over boot camp and all the rest of that onerous new recruit stuff.
Snipped from Erven's account: