Stephen Bakran came to be aboard the Ranger after enlisting in the Navy on June 27. 1941. only weeks after his graduation from high school. The eldest son in a Catholic family of 11 children. Stephen is remembered by family. friends. teachers. and others as an honest. hard working. caring individual. The son of Croatian immigrants. Stephen is recalled in his role as a money earner for the family on his paper route. a dutiful son working in the family garden or tending the farm animals. and a responsible sibling changing and washing diapers of his younger brothers and sisters. Airman Bakran is part of the first U.S. carrier based mission launch against Naziheld Norway.
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