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WILLIAM L. LYMAN JR.

              Cadet William L. Lyman Jr.., a deck major, served aboard the SS Timothy Pickering, a Liberty ship. German aircraft about 1040 GCT bombed the SS Timothy Pickering on July 14, 1943 while anchored at Avola, Sicily after a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt. She was carrying general cargo and British troops. Her complement was 43 merchant crew, 23 Naval Armed Guard, and 126 British troops. Twenty-two crew members, 8 Navy gun crew, and 100 soldiers were killed.