— Garnet Porter --the son of Joseph Emmett Porter and Golda Lawson Porter, was killed in
action on 21 January 1945 aboard the USS Ticonderoga, Ralph Markham, a best friend of Garnet was aboard USS Yorktown and
witnessed the attacks on Garnet's carrier as other attacks that same day came within feet of the Yorktown. Mr. Markham did
not know until months later his good friend Garnet had been killed that day. Garnet had six brothers all who served in the armed forces covering World War Two, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.
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