Photo Shared by Military Road Historical Museum at Lavaca, Ar. Warren Clifford Martin was born September 12, 1922 in Riverdale, Sebastian County, Ar to Fred W. & Rebecca Roseanne Hobbs Martin. August 15, 1942 Warren married Bettie Maye Eubanks of Cecil, Franklin Co., Ar. in her county of residence. Warren served as a Seaman 2C in the US Navy. I found no enlistment records or draft cards for him. He served on the USS Bivins and the USS Smartt. Muster records for both of them are below and a description about their movements when Seaman 2c Martin was aboard. Warren Clifford Martin passed away February 8, 2003 and is buried in theh Cecil Cemetery, Franklin Co., Ar. find a grave Warren C. Martin, 80, of Cecil died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, in Ozark. He was born Sept. 23, 1922, in the Riverdale community. He was a retired civil servant, a Navy veteran of World War II and attended the Riverdale Freewill Baptist Church. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Riverdale Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Cecil Cemetery under the direction of Smith Mortuary of Charleston. He is survived by his wife, Brittie; a son, Mark Martin of Cecil; three sisters, Freddie Arnold of Michigan, Jymmye Bercher of Fort Smith and Sherrie Trotter of Lavaca; and two grandsons. Pallbearers will be Claude Hobbs, Bobby Jim Martin, Teddy Martin, Eugene Mainard, W.C. Hutchins and Tommy White. The family will visit with friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Times Record Online 1944 USS Smartt Convoy Under German Air Attack On 23 April, Smartt sailed from Norfolk with Escort Division 5 as escort for convoy UGS-40 en route to the Mediterranean. The convoy was attacked near Algiers on 11 May by German dive-bombers. The escorts laid a smoke screen, and Smartt took three Ju 88's under fire, observing hits on all three. A second wave of three came in on the port quarter, near the water. One of these was splashed approximately 2,000 yards from the escort. In the third wave of the attack, two planes came along the ship's starboard side, and she picked them up out of the smoke at approximately 1,500 yards. Her gunners splashed one, and the other was smoking profusely as it passed out of range. The convoy continued to Bizerte, Tunisia, and arrived on 13 May. Smartt joined convoy. GUS-40, consisting of 65 ships, the following week and returned to New York. USS Bivin Assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Bivin departed Boston, Massachusetts, 1 February 1945 and arrived at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 20 March. After escorting a convoy from Kossol Roads, Palau Islands, to Leyte during late March and early April, she patrolled and escorted convoys in the Philippines. Between late August and early November she escorted convoys from the Philippines to Okinawa, patrolled in the Philippines, and made a trip to Hong Kong