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M. P. Hubert
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Mathew Philip Hubert was born on Dec 1, 1916 in Chicago, Ill. He was
the second of four children born to Josepfine and Mathias Hubert. Catherine
Hicks, Theresa Pack and Josephine Holden, Phil's sisters, still live in Louisiana
where the family moved from Chicago in 1923.
Phil and his sisters grew-up on a small farm in Bush, Louisiana. His
father was a barber and his mother and Uncle Nick worked the family
farm.
Matthias G. Hubert's Family
Seated: Josephine, nee Hummel, Hubert, "Doll" Hubert (Holden), Matthias Hubert
Standing" Theresa Hubert, Catherine, nee Hubert, Hicks, Nick Hummel [brother
to Josephine], Charles Hicks and Mathew [Matthias] P. Hubert
Larger Photograph
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Phil graduated from high school in 1934. At that time he had two
interests: to be a Mississippi riverboat captain or join the U.S. Navy.
A captain from the Mississippi was ready to sponsor and tutor Phil,
but he wanted to give the Navy one more week to act on his application,
which it finally did. .Phil enlisted on August 13, 1935. To pass
the Navy physical, he had to eat a poorboy sandwich, drink several glasses
of water,, and polish off 6 bananas to meet the Navy's minimum weight
requirements of 136 pounds for his height. Phil first reported to a
training station in Norfolk, Virginia. On April 1, 1936 he reported to his
first and favorite ship, the U.S.S. Colorado, a battleship stationed in Long
Beach, California. Phil served on the Colorado for eight years. He
arrived as a Seaman 2nd Class and left as a Warrant Officer in 1944.
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M. P. Hubert - 1933
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The Colorado arrived in Seattle in November, 1940, where Phil met Pat
Johansen.
Almost a year later they were married at the Denny Park Lutheran Church
on _______, 1941. Exactly two months later, Pearl Harbour was attacked and
world War II started. The Colorado reported to the South Pacific and remained
there for the duration.
U.S.S. Colorado going under the Golden Gate Bridge
- San Fransisco, California, USA
See larger photograph.
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