Seaman Fred Hayes Potter (1911-1981) served 2 enlistments in the US Navy and numerous deployments in the US Merchant Marine service during WWII. During one cruise on the ship Nicholiner, his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Gulf of Mexico. Swimming through burning oil, he was rescued and survived the war.

Fred H. Potter enlisted in the USN in 1927, at age 16. He enlisted again in July 1940, attended 'boot camp' at San Diego NTC and was assigned as an instructor to the USN Signal School in Los Angeles, CA. He enlisted in the U.S. Maritime Service for periodic service from 1938 through 1945.
His awards and decorations included the Atlantic War Zone Medal, Merchant Marine Emblem, Merchant Marine Combat Bar, Pacific War Zone Medal, Mediterranean-Middle East War Zone Medal and World War II Victory Medal.
Thanks be to men like Seaman Fred Hayes Potter. We do live in the land of the free and the home of the brave. God Bless America

This page was requested by Colonel Joseph V. Potter, USAF (ret)
Colonel Joseph V. Potter is the son of Seaman Fred Hayes Potter.
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