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A notable individual in this photo is Everett Farrar. Farrar was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 19, 1920. Completing high school around 1940, Farrar worked as a grocery clerk during the Great Depression and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942, after Pearl Harbor. Farrar was assigned to the 62nd Naval Construction Battalion. He provided vital construction and infrastructure repair after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and eventually airfield construction at Iwo Jima in 1945. Farrar later moved to Florida with his wife, Neva, whom he married in 1945. By 1957, Farrar worked for a large realtor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He passed away on  May 20, 1996, and is buried in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                <text>This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. copyright laws:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 
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This resource is provided here by &lt;a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/"&gt;RICHES&lt;/a&gt; for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to &lt;a href="https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#105"&gt;Section 5&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html"&gt;Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code&lt;/a&gt;.</text>
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