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USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Mertes, Theodore nmi

Email: [email protected]

Service Dates: 1945

Rank/Duty Assigned: Ensign

My father, Theodore Mertes served as a hellcat pilot at the tail end of WWII. He made the 25,000th landing on the Lexington. I donated the pictures to the museum commemorating the event, but his name is not on the roster. He was on deck in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered.