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Note N3627
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Mentioned in father's death notice.
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Note N3628
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Mentioned in father's death notice.
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Note N3629
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Mentioned in brother WH Leebrick's death notice
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Note N3630
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Mentioned in step-brother WH Leebrick's death notice. Mentioned in mother's death notice in Richmond Times Dispatch.
"LEEBRICK, RICHARD W. --Masonic Service for Mr. Richard W. Leebrick, 72, who passed away Saturday will be Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the Winter Park Funeral Home Chapel. Interment to follow in Glen Haven Cemetery. Visitation for friends will be Sunday 7 to 9 p.m."--10 Feb 1980, Orlando (FL) Sentinel
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Note N3631
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Mentioned in step-brother WH Leebrick's death notice. Mentioned in mother's death notice in Richmond Times Dispatch.
WW II Draft registration card gives birthdate as 13 Aug 1900, as does his death certificate.
Headstone records that he was a corporal in Company H, 12th Cavalry in World War 1.
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Note N3632
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"Jean Paul Leebrick Jr., 81, of Naples, died Sunday, Jan., 1999, after a brief illness.
Mr. Leebrick was born July 1, 1917 in Santa Ana, Calif., and moved to Hawaii at an early age. He graduated from Punahou School in 1935 and graduated from Stanford University in 1939 with a business degree.
Mr. Leebrick managed the Hawaii branch of IBM. He married Doris Adams in 1944. He moved to the mainland in 1951 and joined Burroughs Corporation. His exceptional managerial and sales skills enabled his rise through the company ranks to Executive Vice President of Defense, Space and Special Systems before he retired in 1979.
After Doris Adams Leebrick passed away, Mr. Leebrick married Sarah Donovan in 1991 and relocated from Annapolis, Md. to Naples where they have resided. He was a member of Annapolis Yacht Club. He was an avid sailor and raced "Kahuna II" on the Chesapeake Bay for 15 years and competed in several Newport to Bermuda races out of Annapolis.
Mr. Leebrick is survived by his wife, Sarah Donovan Leebrick; his sister, Shirley Robinson of Kealakekua, Hawaii; daughters, Lynn Siegel and Leigh Leebrick of Washington, D.C. and Leslie Maybeeof Charlotte, N.C.; a son, Jean Paul Leebrick III of Charlotte, N.C.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
There was a memorial Mass at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Naples on Friday, Jan. 8, 1999." -- The (Bonita Springs, FL) Banner, January 9, 1999
"Burroughs Promotes Two -- J. Paul Leebrick, Jr. has been promoted to manager of Burroughs Corp.'s federal government activities office in Washington. He has been manager of Burroughs' Equipment and Systems Marketing Division in Pasadena, Calif. Leebrick has been with Burroughs since 1956. He joined the firm as San Francisco district sales manager. He is a 1939 graduate of Stanford University." 15 jan 1965 Evening Star (Washington, DC)
"Burroughs Corp. appointed J. Paul Leebrick Jr. to vice president and general manager of the Standard Products division, Federal and Special Systems Group...."--26 May 1977, Detroit (MI) Free Press
"Pearl Harbor Raid 'Fantastic as Orson Welles Production'--So J. Paul Leebrick, Who Watched It from Top of Hill, Tells Endicott Kiwanians--Describes Attack, Aftermath--'We thought it was another Orson Welles production'. This was the reaction of the civilian population described by J. Paul Leebrick, representative of Watson Business Machine Co. of Hawaii, who witnessed the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor from a hilltop above the harbor.
'I awoke Sunday morning to the crash and rumble of heavy gun fire.' Mr. Leebrick told members of Endicott Kiwanis Club yesterday. 'The radio announcer was warning everyone to take cover, that Oahu was being attacked by enemy forces.
'It was rather amusing.' Mr. Leebrick said, 'to hear announcers trying to be calm and collected, at the same time trying to warn the civilian population. One announcer, talking behind the microphone, was saying, 'I think we should do something. I think we should play The Star Spangled Banner--where is it? Does anyone know where the Start Spangled Banner is?'
Mr. Leebrick told how he left his home and rushed to the top of a hill overlooking the harbor, and for the first time realized that the raid was 'the real thing.' As Japanese planes roared 500 feet overhead, and the Rising Sun could be plainly discerned under their wings.
'To the east of us was Diamond Head.' Mr. Leebrick continued, 'directly below was Waikiki, and to the west, approximately eight miles, one could see the enemy planes diving, bombing and strafing Pearl Harbor. Smoke was pouring from the burning hangars and bombed ships anchored in the bay.
'It was terrifying to see these ships zigging and zagging,, attempting to avoid bombs that the Japanese planes were raining down on them.'
Mr. Leebrick described the geysers of water thrown by exploding bombs, often higher than the superstructure of the boats, which appeared all around the ships as the Japanese apparently tried to bottle up the entrance to the harbor.
'The amazing part of the entire picture,' Mr. Leebrick emphasized, 'was that the Japanese had evidently assigned each pilot to an objective and knew absolutely where it was, what his job was and how he was to accomplish his end.
'Their planes circled each of the airports and shot down any of our defending planes that attempted to engage them, before they even had a chance to take off. Only a very few of out planes were able to evade the Japanese and attack them in the air.'
Describing the confusion which accompanied the raid, Mr. Leebrick told how rumors spread that strong Japanese forces were attempting to force a landing off Barber's Point, and that parachute troops were supposed to have landed.
The radio issued a call for blood donors, he said, and many spent the entire afternoon at the Queen's Hospital awaiting their turn to donate a pint of blood.
'The supply of blood plasma had been exhausted within two hours after the attack,' he said. The next few months following the raid constituted a period of readjustment. Mr. Leebrick said. Blackouts were put in effect the first night, and every two nights the regulations concerning the painting of headlights and use of cars were altered.
'The first plan,' he dais, 'was that headlights were to be used only for signaling at intersections, then we were told that if they were painted with dark blue paint they could be used all the time. 'finally, standard regulations called for a two-inch circle in the center of the headlight painted dark blue, the rest of the lens entirely coated with non-luminous black paint'.
Mr. Leebrick, who came to the United States by convoyed transport three months after the raid, expects to return to Hawaii within two months."--20 May 1942, (Binghamton, NY) Press and Sun-Bulletin