Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Coxswain Roy Franklin Lambertson, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for extraordinary heroism while serving as a member of the crew of boats sent out from the U.S.S. TRUXTON to the rescue of men from the S.S. FLORENCE "H", which vessel, loaded with explosives, was burned in the harbor of Quiberon on the night of the 17th of April, 1918. Almost immediately after the outbreak of fire the water in the vicinity of FLORENCE "H" was covered with burning powder boxes, many of which exploded, scattering flames throughout the wreckage. The crews of the TRUXTON's boats drove their boats into the burning mass without thought of danger to themselves and, assisted by boats from the other ships present in the harbor, succeeded in saving the lives of many men who, but for the help so promptly and heroically extended, must have perished in the wreckage.
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LAMBERTSON, THE REV. ROY FRANKLIN, 91. of Brandon, died Saturday (Sept. 12. 1987). Born in Dayton, Ohio, he came to Brandon in 1926. He was an electrician at MacDill Air Force Base. Locally, he was a member of Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God and the V.F.W., Seminole branch. Survivors include four sons, Donald Edward, Tampa, Paul James, Lakeview, Ore., Kenneth Lee, Baton Rouge, La., The Rev. Milton David, York, Pa.; a daughter, Francis Catherine Burke, Naples; a brother, Charles, Rose Hill, Canada; a sister, Ethyl Berg, Dayton, Ohio; 18 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Curry & Son Funeral Home, Tampa.
Tampa Bay Times , Monday, September 14, 1987, page 143
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Coxswain Roy Franklin Lambertson, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for extraordinary heroism while serving as a member of the crew of boats sent out from the U.S.S. TRUXTON to the rescue of men from the S.S. FLORENCE "H", which vessel, loaded with explosives, was burned in the harbor of Quiberon on the night of the 17th of April, 1918. Almost immediately after the outbreak of fire the water in the vicinity of FLORENCE "H" was covered with burning powder boxes, many of which exploded, scattering flames throughout the wreckage. The crews of the TRUXTON's boats drove their boats into the burning mass without thought of danger to themselves and, assisted by boats from the other ships present in the harbor, succeeded in saving the lives of many men who, but for the help so promptly and heroically extended, must have perished in the wreckage.
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LAMBERTSON, THE REV. ROY FRANKLIN, 91. of Brandon, died Saturday (Sept. 12. 1987). Born in Dayton, Ohio, he came to Brandon in 1926. He was an electrician at MacDill Air Force Base. Locally, he was a member of Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God and the V.F.W., Seminole branch. Survivors include four sons, Donald Edward, Tampa, Paul James, Lakeview, Ore., Kenneth Lee, Baton Rouge, La., The Rev. Milton David, York, Pa.; a daughter, Francis Catherine Burke, Naples; a brother, Charles, Rose Hill, Canada; a sister, Ethyl Berg, Dayton, Ohio; 18 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Curry & Son Funeral Home, Tampa.
Tampa Bay Times , Monday, September 14, 1987, page 143
Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Coxswain Roy Franklin Lambertson, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for extraordinary heroism while serving as a member of the crew of boats sent out from the U.S.S. TRUXTON to the rescue of men from the S.S. FLORENCE "H", which vessel, loaded with explosives, was burned in the harbor of Quiberon on the night of the 17th of April, 1918. Almost immediately after the outbreak of fire the water in the vicinity of FLORENCE "H" was covered with burning powder boxes, many of which exploded, scattering flames throughout the wreckage. The crews of the TRUXTON's boats drove their boats into the burning mass without thought of danger to themselves and, assisted by boats from the other ships present in the harbor, succeeded in saving the lives of many men who, but for the help so promptly and heroically extended, must have perished in the wreckage.
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LAMBERTSON, THE REV. ROY FRANKLIN, 91. of Brandon, died Saturday (Sept. 12. 1987). Born in Dayton, Ohio, he came to Brandon in 1926. He was an electrician at MacDill Air Force Base. Locally, he was a member of Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God and the V.F.W., Seminole branch. Survivors include four sons, Donald Edward, Tampa, Paul James, Lakeview, Ore., Kenneth Lee, Baton Rouge, La., The Rev. Milton David, York, Pa.; a daughter, Francis Catherine Burke, Naples; a brother, Charles, Rose Hill, Canada; a sister, Ethyl Berg, Dayton, Ohio; 18 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Curry & Son Funeral Home, Tampa.
Tampa Bay Times , Monday, September 14, 1987, page 143
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Coxswain Roy Franklin Lambertson, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for extraordinary heroism while serving as a member of the crew of boats sent out from the U.S.S. TRUXTON to the rescue of men from the S.S. FLORENCE "H", which vessel, loaded with explosives, was burned in the harbor of Quiberon on the night of the 17th of April, 1918. Almost immediately after the outbreak of fire the water in the vicinity of FLORENCE "H" was covered with burning powder boxes, many of which exploded, scattering flames throughout the wreckage. The crews of the TRUXTON's boats drove their boats into the burning mass without thought of danger to themselves and, assisted by boats from the other ships present in the harbor, succeeded in saving the lives of many men who, but for the help so promptly and heroically extended, must have perished in the wreckage.
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LAMBERTSON, THE REV. ROY FRANKLIN, 91. of Brandon, died Saturday (Sept. 12. 1987). Born in Dayton, Ohio, he came to Brandon in 1926. He was an electrician at MacDill Air Force Base. Locally, he was a member of Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God and the V.F.W., Seminole branch. Survivors include four sons, Donald Edward, Tampa, Paul James, Lakeview, Ore., Kenneth Lee, Baton Rouge, La., The Rev. Milton David, York, Pa.; a daughter, Francis Catherine Burke, Naples; a brother, Charles, Rose Hill, Canada; a sister, Ethyl Berg, Dayton, Ohio; 18 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Curry & Son Funeral Home, Tampa.
Tampa Bay Times , Monday, September 14, 1987, page 143
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