Stater Bros. Markets Proudly Salutes ''Hometown Hero'' Vice Admiral Kenneth M. Carr

 
San Bernardino, California (June 16, 2016) – On June 20, 2016, Mayor R. Carey Davis and the Common Council will name June 16^th as Vice Admiral Kenneth M. Carr Day in honor of San Bernardino’s legendary “Hometown Hero”. 
 
Vice Admiral Carr and his wife Molly of sixty-three (63) years will be buried together today at Arlington National Cemetery by order of the President of the United States.
 
As a small boy, Vice Admiral Kenneth M. Carr lived at 776 West 4^th Street near the corner of “F” Street.  He attended Lincoln Elementary School, Sturges Junior High School, San Bernardino High School as well as San Bernardino Valley College.  Vice Admiral Carr visited his mother and family each year and made contact with the community that he grew up in.
 
When Vice Admiral Carr was old enough, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and quickly became a Landing Craft Driver.   He landed under enemy fire with Combat Marines and the Army in the bloodiest battles of WWII in Guam, Okinawa and the Mariana Islands and evacuated the wounded.  He was the Navy’s Senior Submarine Officer and the highest ranking Military Officer from the Inland Empire.
 
After WWII, Vice Admiral Carr sailed into World History as the Gunnery Officer aboard the World’s First Nuclear Submarine (SS 571) Nautilus.  He then set World History as the Engineering Officer aboard the Nautilus (SS 571) as the first ever under the Ice Cap at the North Pole.  Any mishap aboard the Nautilus (SS 571) would entomb the crew under more than 60 feet of ice for eternity…what a Brave Crew of Heroes.
 
Vice Admiral Carr’s forty-two (42) years of Naval Service memorabilia will be distributed to local schools and libraries as well as Naval Museums under the direction of his boyhood neighbor and personal friend, Navy Veteran Jack H. Brown.
 
“We love you and we will never forget you.  Your proud ‘Hometown’ of San Bernardino and a grateful nation salutes you…‘Our Very Own Hometown Hero,’ stated Jack H. Brown, Executive Chairman of Stater Bros. Markets.  “Sailor, rest your oar,” Brown concluded. 
 
Stater Bros. was founded in 1936 in Yucaipa, California, and has grown steadily through the years to become the largest privately owned supermarket chain in Southern California and the largest private employer in both San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. The company currently operates 168 supermarkets, and there are approximately 18,000 members of the Stater Bros. Supermarket Family. For more information, visit staterbros.com