Akron native Harry Donovan steered the boat during World War II.

U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur , supreme commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific, was among the military personnel on board.

No pressure, right?

Donovan, 17, had dropped out of Kenmore High School as a junior to join the Navy in 1944. As a coxswain on the USS Leon , he was responsible for navigating a landing craft that carried troops to shore.

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