Henderson Lee Bert Duboise, Jr. was born in Oklahoma, according to the 1930 census records, on July 8, 1924. to Henderson Lee Bert Sr & Minnie Mary Farrar DuBoise. On February 22, 1948 in Sebastian County, Ar. H. B. married Wanda Dean Pittman, both residents of Hackett, Sebastian Co., Ar. The only records of H. B.'s military service are the US Navy muster rolls below. He was wounded in action and the muster rolls for him show he was on a medicial ship for a while. It appears his whole time in the US Navy he was assigned to the USS Colorado except for a period in September 1943 he was aboard the USS Yorktown, a transport ship and aboard the LST-464, "Special Medical Unit" January 1945 according to a muster record date from the month ending January 31, 1945. March 1945 he was listed as a passenger on the the USS Suamico, a transport ship. At the bottom of this page there is a summary of the records and movements of the USS Colorado while he served there. Henderson Lee Bert, Jr. passed away March 13, 2019 in Fayetteville, Washington Co., Akansas, residence being in Sebastian Co., Ar. He was buried in the Old Union Cemetery, Hackett, Sebastian Co., Ar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H B Duboise July 08, 1924 - March 13, 2019 H B Duboise, 94, of Hackett, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in a Fayetteville hospital. He was a retired rancher, member and past deacon of Amity Missionary Baptist Church, member of Amity Lodge #267 F&AM, member of the Sebastian County Sherriff's Office Mounted Patrol, member of the Board of Directors for the Farm Service Agency, U.S. Navy veteran of World War II serving on the USS Colorado and the recipient of the World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Campaign Ribbon with a star and the Purple Heart. Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Saturday, March 16 at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Old Union Cemetery in Hackett. Viewing will be Friday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home, where the family will visit with friends from 5-7 p.m. He is survived by two sons, Terry Duboise and wife, Judy of Hackett and Patrick Duboise and wife, Dana of Hackett, ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by Dean Duboise, Anna Lee Duboise and Glenn Duboise. Pallbearers will be Brent Cooper, Randy Duboise, Anthony Crouse, Chris Duboise, Kirk Duboise and Jonathan Cooper. Honorary pallbearers will be Ronnie Richardson, Jessie Moss, Buck Hamby and Josh Williams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ During World War II, in May 1942, soon after USA's entry into the war, USS Colorado undertook a defensive patrol near the Golden Gate Bridge to stop a possible Japanese invasion. She then sailed to Fiji, to stop any further Japanese advance into the Pacific. Next, she supported the landings on Tarawa, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Guam, and Tinian. On 24 July 1944, during the shelling of Tinian, Colorado received 22 shell hits from shore batteries, but continued to support the invading troops until 3 August. She later arrived in Leyte Gulf on 20 November 1944, to support American troops fighting ashore. On 27 November, she was hit by two kamikazes which caused moderate damage. After that, Colorado sailed to Luzon on 1 January 1945, where she participated in the preinvasion bombardments in Lingayen Gulf. She returned to Okinawa on 6 August and sailed from there to Japan for the occupation of the country, arriving in Tokyo on 27 August. Departing Tokyo Bay on 20 September, she arrived at San Francisco on 15 October. She was placed out of commission in reserve in Pearl Harbor on 7 January 1947. The USS Colorado on July 24, 1944 with hull damage, the result of 22 hits from shore battereis.