Veteran US Navy, World War II
USS Morrison DD-560 - survived its wartime sinking on 4 May 1945 **
Son of Mary Duvak and Andrew Basarab (aka Boras) of Tower City PA. Andy became the second husband of Theresa Rita Del Corio of Philadelphia PA in 1949. In December 1950, he adopted her two sons and their surname was changed from Miller to Boras. Andy and Theresa's two children were both stillborn.
** History of the USS Morrison DD-560
https://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussmorrison/#:~:text=The%20original%20%E2%80%9CMighty%20Mo%E2%80%9D%20was%20not
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Surname "Boras" in this family is not the original spelling. It was "Basarab", as is seen in an early family tombstone in Lykens, Pennsylvania. Andrew Basarab simplified it soon after he emigrated from Hungary in the early 20th century.
USS Morrison DD-560 - survived its wartime sinking on 4 May 1945 **
Son of Mary Duvak and Andrew Basarab (aka Boras) of Tower City PA. Andy became the second husband of Theresa Rita Del Corio of Philadelphia PA in 1949. In December 1950, he adopted her two sons and their surname was changed from Miller to Boras. Andy and Theresa's two children were both stillborn.
** History of the USS Morrison DD-560
https://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussmorrison/#:~:text=The%20original%20%E2%80%9CMighty%20Mo%E2%80%9D%20was%20not
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Surname "Boras" in this family is not the original spelling. It was "Basarab", as is seen in an early family tombstone in Lykens, Pennsylvania. Andrew Basarab simplified it soon after he emigrated from Hungary in the early 20th century.
Veteran US Navy, World War II
USS Morrison DD-560 - survived its wartime sinking on 4 May 1945 **
Son of Mary Duvak and Andrew Basarab (aka Boras) of Tower City PA. Andy became the second husband of Theresa Rita Del Corio of Philadelphia PA in 1949. In December 1950, he adopted her two sons and their surname was changed from Miller to Boras. Andy and Theresa's two children were both stillborn.
** History of the USS Morrison DD-560
https://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussmorrison/#:~:text=The%20original%20%E2%80%9CMighty%20Mo%E2%80%9D%20was%20not
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Surname "Boras" in this family is not the original spelling. It was "Basarab", as is seen in an early family tombstone in Lykens, Pennsylvania. Andrew Basarab simplified it soon after he emigrated from Hungary in the early 20th century.
USS Morrison DD-560 - survived its wartime sinking on 4 May 1945 **
Son of Mary Duvak and Andrew Basarab (aka Boras) of Tower City PA. Andy became the second husband of Theresa Rita Del Corio of Philadelphia PA in 1949. In December 1950, he adopted her two sons and their surname was changed from Miller to Boras. Andy and Theresa's two children were both stillborn.
** History of the USS Morrison DD-560
https://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussmorrison/#:~:text=The%20original%20%E2%80%9CMighty%20Mo%E2%80%9D%20was%20not
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Surname "Boras" in this family is not the original spelling. It was "Basarab", as is seen in an early family tombstone in Lykens, Pennsylvania. Andrew Basarab simplified it soon after he emigrated from Hungary in the early 20th century.
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