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Continued from page A14 17), which was hit by kamikazes forward and aft and a bomb amidship during the invasion of Okinawa. After the war, he served on occupation duty in Japan. During the Korean War, he served on the USS Bairoko (CVE-115), providing close air support for the Army and Marines. During the Vietnam War, he served aboard the USS Vega (AF-59), which carried stores, refrigerated items and equipment to ships in the fleet. Petty Officer Waller — who was first a boatswain’s mate and then an air controllman — retired from the Navy in 1965. In the ensuing years, he worked as a warehouseman in San Leandro, Calif., a train brakeman at the Bangor Navy base, a ship painter at the Bremerton Navy yard, and as a cook aboard fishing
“[He] was the epitome of the ‘salty sailor’ ... having served in four wars.”
Above, a speaker shares memories of James Berl Waller, June 7 at Waller’s memorial service on Thompson Road. Right, Waller’s ashes are consigned to the depths of his pond — a variation of burial at sea. Luke Wesson / www.byluke.com his language is, he vessels. is certainly experiDuring the Gulf enced having served War in 1990-91, he in four wars.” worked as a civilHe is survived by ian cook on the his wife, Mary; sons, USNS Kawishiwi Bill (Charlotte) and (T-AO-146), an Fred (Annette); oiler assigned to daughter, Janis the Military Sealift James B. (Cliff); eight grandCommand. Waller as a children and eight In an interview Navy sailor great-grandchildren; in 2013, Hospice of nieces, Pat, Julie, Kitsap County’s Jen Nancy, Joan and Cleverdon described Waller Rhoda; nephews, Fred and as “the epitome of the ‘salty James; and sister-in-law, sailor.’ While Jim may not Odelia. be literally ‘salty,’ although
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