Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 The following article is fromThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia(1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. Seaman or sailor, the first (junior) military rank in the navy, corresponding to the rank of soldier in the...
just 11 days after his father and mother arrived in the Philippines. As the son of 1st Lt. A. Owen Seaman" (later a Brigadier General) "Jack grew up around the world: Tientsin, China; Ft. Douglas, UT; Ft. Bliss, TX; Washington, DC; San Francisco, and Brooklyn, NY, where Jack at...