John H. Clagett

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After graduation, John reported to LEXINGTON in Hawaii. In February, 1941, he was unexpectedly ordered to a PT Boat Squadron, Brooklyn Navy Yard. His two years in various PT Boat Squadrons ended on February Ist at Guadalcanal during the Japanese evacuation of the you-know-what island when his PT 111 was sunk by shellfire during an attack, and he spent the night in the water making friends with the sharks, supported by two of his crew. Six months in San Diego Naval Hospital, where he married Marjorie, his Navy nurse, then a year at PG School in Annapolis. Back to the hospital for more skin grafts; then to USS FARGO. Retired for wounds in 1946. Entered the Foreign Service, spent three years in Oslo, Norway, then got "riffed" in 1949. Received PhD from Yale in 1954. Started teaching at Middlebury College in 1955. Having settled in Vermont, John continued teaching Writing and English at Middlebury College until he retired as a Professor of English in 1978. Their two daughters grew up and got married. Marjorie continued her passion for gardening and flower arranging, and is now a top gardener with a beautiful and extensive garden, and a Life Judge in the National Council of State Garden Clubs. She judges flower shows and participates in seminars over much of the eastern half of the country. She collects Chinese art, having extended her knowledge of, and interest in it, during a tour to China in 1981, when such trips were a pioneering experience. John has continued to write and has

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