[dainbramaged]

My great grandmother's second husband (she outlived three) was a Fireman First Class aboard the U.S.S. Boston at the Battle of Manila Bay.
He is buried about 25 miles from where I'm sitting and the VFW plants a flag on his grave every year. His name was Otto Alexander Borst.
I used to have his tin cup marked "USN" but donated it to a museum years ago - my mother kept clothespins in it for 50 years.

[Antoninus]

His name was Otto Alexander Borst. I used to have his tin cup marked "USN" but donated it to a museum years ago - my mother kept clothespins in it for 50 years.

That is a very cool story.