Willard Wilford Potter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Memory Of :  Willard  Wilford  Potter

Date Of Birth:  1927                                                         

Place Of Birth:  Milford, Delaware

Willard was a life time Milfordian and a great neighbor you could all ways find him working on the Shockley farm witch is the same Shockley family that the Fort Saulsbury property was purchased from. I my self didn't know him that well but he was a long time naybor and friend of my grandparents I was in the Memorial Volunteer Fire Co of Slauthers Beach De just out side Milford De for about two years from 1989 to 1990. I do remember him talking about Fort Saulsbury now and then when I was in the fire Co with him. I have been told by many people that his father Benjamin Potter was a care taker for a few years at Fort Saulsbury I wanted to talk to him but just as I started this project for Fort Saulsbury he got sick and was to weak to talk he was a great man and a great person. Willard we will miss you and I hope I can keep your memory alive as long as I can along with Fort Saulsbury.

 

 

 

AP-130 USS General G.O. Squier

  • General class Transport:
  • Displacement: 17,250 tons
  • Length: 523'
  • Beam: 72'
  • Draft: 30'
  • Speed: 18 knots
  • Armament: 4 5"/38 DP, 2x2 40mm, 15x2 20mm
  • Complement: 356 + 3,600-4,050 troops (approx.)
  • Geared turbine engines, single screw, 8,500 hp
  • Built at Kaiser, Richmond, Calif., and commissioned 2 October 1943

 

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