Lewis Combs

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title: Lewis Combs
text: Lewis Barton Combs was a United States Navy admiral who helped found and direct the famed "Seabees" construction battalions in World War II. Born in 1895 to Louis D. and Stella Burgess Combs, at age 10 he became a golf caddy at the local course in Manchester, Vermont. On occasion he caddied for Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the 16th president. His family moved to Rensselaer, New York in 1907, where he attended the prestigious Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, having earned a bachelor's degree in c
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description: American admiral
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date created: 2007-10-23T00:08:51Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T06:02:51Z
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