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Part of a sequence of photos entitled "Shellback Initiation" www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8662834225/

"Eldonna Raye" was apparently her stage name. See from Find-A-Grave Marcella Aldona Zubavich DeFord (1922-1990)

Born in the United States to Marcella & Adomas Zubavichius, who immigrated from Lithuania around 1910. Performed jobs in musicals, burlesque, vaudeville and straight plays. Traveling though out major cities such as Chicago, California, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, NY, New Orleans, all across the USA & Canada. Was an acrobatic stage dancer, Chorus line, Show Girl and a Model, working with some of the great performers on show stage like The Three Stooges among others. In later professional years worked Burlesque shows, using many stage names for her marques. Some of her descriptions that described her in Billboard & Playbill magazines were an Eiffel Tower of a girl, did walk- on's, some of them with bit talk. Her marque names were Eldona Raye, Aldona Zuber and Sherry Williams. . . .

Raymond C. Bales (1912-1945) (Missing in Action since April 1, 1945 - Presumed Dead) See: www.findagrave.com/memorial/56764549/raymond-c-bales www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/596022

A VIRTUAL CEMETERY CREATED BY DAVE DEATHERAGE VPB-119, Crew #1 Crew #1 of US Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-119 is Missing in Action to this day. Their aircraft, a PB4Y-2 "Privateer" patrol bomber (bureau # 59452), was commanded by Squadron Commander, LtCdr Raymond C. Bales. They were on patrol in the vicinity of Hangchou Harbor (near Shanghai), China on 1 April 1945 when last heard from. They failed to return to their base at Clark Airfield, Luzon, Philippines.The 13 men aboard this plane are memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.