USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Poupore, Bill “poups”

Service Dates: 1957 - 1961

Rank/Duty Assigned: Signalman 2/C-P1

I joined theLexingtonseveral months after i turned 17, went aboard inBremertonWashingtonwhile the Lex was in the yard for overhaul. I was discharged off theLexingtonwhen I was two weeks away from my 21st birthday, in September 1961.