OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Nov. 30, 2016) James Mulcahy prepares to pin collar devices on the uniform of his granddaughter, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kathryn Allard, at Fleet Readiness Center Northwest, during a ceremony frocking her to her new rank. Mulcahy served as a Radioman 3rd Class aboard the USS Appalachian (AGC-1) during World War II.

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