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Betsy Brodie Roberts

Robert Stewart Brodie was born 1 December 1917 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the son of Agnes Morton and George Brodie. By 1925, Stewart had immigrated to the States with his family. He became a US Citizen in 1939. After high school graduation in Detroit, Stewart worked for the Norfolk Southern Railroad as a Freight Agent.

After Pearl Harbor, Stewart enlisted in the Navy. His basic training was at Bainbridge, MD. On 29 January 1944, while on weekend leave, Stewart married North Carolina native Helen Hunter, whom he had met in Sunday School at Edenton Street Methodist Church in Raleigh, N. C. After the wedding, Stewart was sent to Attu until the end of the war. In his first letter home he sent a note to Helen in code. The code was to the first letter of each paragraph spelled out where he was. It took Helen a long time to figure out why his paragraphs didn’t make sense. Stewart was a Yeoman. According to a Navy buddy on Attu, Stewart was called “Hook” because of the way he threw a curve ball.

After the war and a bit more time with the Railroad, he was Called into the Ministry. He went to Louisburg Junior College (NC) and University of Florida at Gainesville and Duke Divinity School. Stewart was ordained an Elder in the Methodist Church in 1957. Stewart served Methodist churches from 1948-until his death on 20 November 1983 six months after heart valve replacement surgery. He left behind his wife Helen of almost 40 years, two sons, a daughter and 4 grandchildren.
   
1. A postcard from Attu

2. Brodie on Attu
3. Brodie teaching a religious study class on Attu.
4. Brodie teaching a religious study class on Attu.
5. On Attu...
6. On Attu...
7. Reverse side of 6 above showing inspector's stamp.
8. On Attu by landing craft.
9. On Attu...
10. Reverse side of 9 above showing inspector's stamp.
11. On Attu...
12. On Attu...
13. On Attu in front of Hut.
14. Brown and Hughes on Attu.
15. Reverse side of 14 above.
16. On Attu...
17. Brodie in front of Hut.
18. Brodie by his Hut in the snow.
19. Reverse side of 18 above showing inspector's stamp.
20. Brodie on Attu.
21. On Attu...
22. Reverse of 21 above showing inspector's stamp.
23. Brodie by his Hut...
24. On Attu.
25. Reverse of 24 above showing inspector's stamp.
26. Nissing and Unk on Attu.
27. Attu, July 1945. Danny, Brown, Brodie, Parker, and Eaton (in front of Brown). The top of Nissing's head shows.
28. The reverse of 27 above showing inspector's stamp.
29. Brodie on Attu...
30. Brodie on Attu...
31. Howard Miles and George Brown on Attu. Sign reads: "Breakthrough Point. At 0330 hours 29 May 1943 as Company B 32nd Infantry Regiment withdrew to the vicinity of the Battalion kitchens. A force consisting of 1000 Japanese countered the American Forces and broke through at this point. The force of the attack carried to the vicinity of Engineer Hill."
32. Reverse of 31 above.
33. John Earp in Jeep on Attu.
34. Shorty Eaton and Nissing on Attu.
   
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38. Nissing on a dare
   
39. Brodie and Eaton
   
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45. USO Show on Attu
   
46. USO Show on Attu
   

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