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Note: took him as her own son and named him Bert Leeson. Later, Aunt Josie & Uncle Elza Swain took him as their own and drew up adoption papers to adopt him as Bertram Swain. Instead, when he learned that he was an illegitimate child he ran away and was found by a Canadian mounty, who took him to Grandpa Leeson. He later hitchhiked with friend Casey Macnisci to the US. Corporal Charles Cleveland of Seattle (in charge of recruiting) befriended him, drawing up adoption papers to get him into the Army.
1935 Entered Army
Nov 1936 - Private - Company "A" Sixth Engineers - Fort Lawton, WA
Dec 1937 - Private First Class - Company "A" Sixth Engineers
1938 Discharged
Drafted 15 months WWII - Seattle shipyards as welding instructor
1946 - Smitty's Welding Shop
1949 - Moved to Bothell
Note: BIOGRAPHY: After his father died, moved in with his Aunt Winnie, Winnie
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