I’m looking for more information about Mr. Devries. So far I’ve found a Marine Lt. Marvin H. DeVries who won the Navy Cross in Vietnam. In spite of the name, Lt. Devries cannot be the son of Petty Officer Devries.
There’s also a mention of this gentleman in “They Were Expendable.”
Serial Number = 2233318 http://www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow/MTB-3.htm
Was awarded a silver starhttp://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/CloseQuarters/PT-C.html
Appears to have been from Passaic, NJ.
May have gone to college under GI bill and received a degree (Jan 1951) in electrical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54209038/
He may still be alive but his wife appears to have died in 2012 http://www.colonialchapel.com/book-of-memories/1145298/DeVries-Mildred-S-Millie/obituary.php