Bert Jimmy Watts

Bert Watts was a Seabee stationed on the island of Leyte. Bert wrangled a two-day pass to visit his younger brother, who was a pilot aboard an aircraft carrier. Bert's brother Jimmy was a Navy F6F Hellcat pilot, fighting against the Japanese. Bert was allowed to board the aircraft carrier, but he discovered that Jimmy had gone on a combat mission two days before and had not returned. Lieutenant Watts was declared missing in action and later declared dead.

The Watts brothers grew up in the Third Ward area of Eau Claire