Curtis enlisted in the Navy in 1962--the same year he graduated from Ft. Lauderdale High School. He had initially decided to get his military service out of the way before college. After his discharge he enrolled in Broward Junior College, but he reenlisted in 1967 in response to the war in Vietnam. He was sent to Taiwan and later transfered to the USS Liberty. He died while serving as a communications research technician aboard the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967.
After his death his mother wrote that "Curtis really turned out to be a fine young man and everyone loved and admired him. He had high ideals and loved his country..The Navy gave him a big military funeral and I understand from others that it was the largest funeral procession ever seen before in Fort Lauderdale.
A 250-man dormitory at the Naval Communications Training Center at Pensacola was named "Graves Hall" in memory of Curtis, who had been a student at the training center in 1962.
During the Six Day War in 1967 the USS Liberty was in the Mediterranean about 15 miles off the Sinai Peninsula when it was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats. The ship received 321 hits during the combined attack. The Pentagon said it was on station to help relay communications about the evacuation of Americans from the Middle East. Other reports said, however, that the ship was in the area to gather intelligence on the Israeli-Arab fighting with its complex electronic equipment.
Curtis Alan Graves is the grandson of Charles E. Graves of Menlo Park, CA.
After his death his mother wrote that "Curtis really turned out to be a fine young man and everyone loved and admired him. He had high ideals and loved his country..The Navy gave him a big military funeral and I understand from others that it was the largest funeral procession ever seen before in Fort Lauderdale.
A 250-man dormitory at the Naval Communications Training Center at Pensacola was named "Graves Hall" in memory of Curtis, who had been a student at the training center in 1962.
During the Six Day War in 1967 the USS Liberty was in the Mediterranean about 15 miles off the Sinai Peninsula when it was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats. The ship received 321 hits during the combined attack. The Pentagon said it was on station to help relay communications about the evacuation of Americans from the Middle East. Other reports said, however, that the ship was in the area to gather intelligence on the Israeli-Arab fighting with its complex electronic equipment.
Curtis Alan Graves is the grandson of Charles E. Graves of Menlo Park, CA.
Curtis enlisted in the Navy in 1962--the same year he graduated from Ft. Lauderdale High School. He had initially decided to get his military service out of the way before college. After his discharge he enrolled in Broward Junior College, but he reenlisted in 1967 in response to the war in Vietnam. He was sent to Taiwan and later transfered to the USS Liberty. He died while serving as a communications research technician aboard the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967.
After his death his mother wrote that "Curtis really turned out to be a fine young man and everyone loved and admired him. He had high ideals and loved his country..The Navy gave him a big military funeral and I understand from others that it was the largest funeral procession ever seen before in Fort Lauderdale.
A 250-man dormitory at the Naval Communications Training Center at Pensacola was named "Graves Hall" in memory of Curtis, who had been a student at the training center in 1962.
During the Six Day War in 1967 the USS Liberty was in the Mediterranean about 15 miles off the Sinai Peninsula when it was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats. The ship received 321 hits during the combined attack. The Pentagon said it was on station to help relay communications about the evacuation of Americans from the Middle East. Other reports said, however, that the ship was in the area to gather intelligence on the Israeli-Arab fighting with its complex electronic equipment.
Curtis Alan Graves is the grandson of Charles E. Graves of Menlo Park, CA.
After his death his mother wrote that "Curtis really turned out to be a fine young man and everyone loved and admired him. He had high ideals and loved his country..The Navy gave him a big military funeral and I understand from others that it was the largest funeral procession ever seen before in Fort Lauderdale.
A 250-man dormitory at the Naval Communications Training Center at Pensacola was named "Graves Hall" in memory of Curtis, who had been a student at the training center in 1962.
During the Six Day War in 1967 the USS Liberty was in the Mediterranean about 15 miles off the Sinai Peninsula when it was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats. The ship received 321 hits during the combined attack. The Pentagon said it was on station to help relay communications about the evacuation of Americans from the Middle East. Other reports said, however, that the ship was in the area to gather intelligence on the Israeli-Arab fighting with its complex electronic equipment.
Curtis Alan Graves is the grandson of Charles E. Graves of Menlo Park, CA.
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