https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28007644/vernon-c.-collins#view-photo=17080196 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCCS-2XP https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6W2-XS8 Interview with Billy Collins (current Mayor of Grenada and related to Vernon C. Collins by Vernon’s Great Great Grandfather and the Mayors Great Great Great Grandfather being brothers.) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/timeline/KNSP-JSV https://www.familysearch.org/search/linker?pal=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM96D-LR1&id=K6W2-XS8&hinting=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Ftimeline%2FK6W2-XS8 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/timeline/KFGR-VVX https://www.familysearch.org/search/linker?pal=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXMBR-5M2&id=9WJW-ZDQ&hinting=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Ftimeline%2F9WJW-ZDQ Report of Changes of U.S.S. Mahan (364) the month ending thirtieth day of June, 1939 https://www.federalpay.org/military/navy/seaman-recruit Report of Changes of U.S.S PECOS for the 9th day of May, 1940, date of sailing from Shanghai, China, to Tsingtao, China https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/em.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petty_officer_third_class#:~:text=Petty%20officer%20third%20class%20is,U.S.%20Army%20and%20Marine%20Corps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mahan_(DDG-42)#:~:text=USS%20Mahan%20(DLG%2D11%2F,USN%20(1840%E2%80%931914). http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/364.htm http://destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/ussmahan/ https://military.wikia.org/wiki/USS_Pecos_(AO-6) Report of Changes of U.S.S PECOS for the 9th day of May, 1940, date of sailing from Shanghai, China, to Tsingtao, China. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pecos-i.html http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19006.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28007644/vernon-c.-collins#view-photo=17080196 Service Record Book of White Men and Women of Grenada County Mississippi https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/36672235:6224?indiv=1&tid=&pid=&queryId=9c5d9655ebc9f96c3f7294e7c3b980ac&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UZQ1&_phstart=successSource https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/36672236:6224?indiv=try&viewrecord=1&r=5542 https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/36672217:6224?indiv=try&viewrecord=1&r=5542 https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/collins%3Dvernon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Henderson_(AP-1)