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| | Obituary for J.J. Terhune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | His parents would not give their permission as he was underage, so after graduating from Guthrie High School, Guthrie, Okla., in 1942, he immediately joined the Navy; swayed, he said, by the lucrative pay of $21 per month. |
 | | During World War II, he served on destroyer escorts: (USS Bremerton DE-13 and USS Decker DE-47) in the Atlantic, and submarines: (USS Redfish SS-395, USS Hake SS-256, USS Entemador SS340 and USS Skipjack SS-184) in the Pacific. |
 | | During the Korean War he served on the cruiser USS Bremerton (CA-130) and was a military adviser aboard Korean ships. |
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