Paul L. Edwards

Paul L. Edwards graduated from Smith-Cotton High School, Sedalia, MO, in 1932. He completed a 5 year apprentice as a blacksmith at Missouri Pacific Railroad. Then he worked in the Boston Shipyards and the Panama Shipyards but returned to Sedalia and married Catherine Orr on November 27, 1941. Within 10 days the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Paul enlisted in the U.S. Navy Construction Battalion ("Seabees") in December, 1942, started Boot Camp in January, 1943, and served until August, 1945. Paul …