Jake Aimwood

Jake Aimwood was born on 29 July 1912 in Managua, Nicaragua to John Aimwood and Natalia Aimwood.
Aimwood was born while his father was fighting in the Occupation of Nicaragua. In 1931, he and his mother moved to Tampa, Florida, USA where he joined the US Navy in 1934. He fought in World War II from 1941 to 1944 in the Pacific Theater against Japan. He was present during the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Leyte Landings and many others.
In 1944, he quit the navy and went back to Florida where his wife, Maria Aimwood (Carson) gave birth to his son, Jack Aimwood II , in 1945.