Carroll Daily Herald Carroll, February 18, 1937
Francis McEnany of the U.S. Navy is home on furlough. Mr. McEnany expects to return to San Diego, California, February 25, 1937. He graduated from Manning High School in 1936 and was a member of the Bulldog squad.
He reports that he likes the Navy and has not been lonesome because so many Manning boys have located at San Diego or near the base, and applied for a berth on the heavy cruisers "Portland" or "North Hampton." He hopes to make one because both will be sent to England and the crew will act as honor guard at the coronation of King George.
Some of the Manning sailors are Paul Curtis at San Diego, John Hass, Naval Hospital, San Diego, Donald Danielson and Bill Woods on the USS San Francisco, Arthur Schrum on the USS Sam Houston, Willis Martens at Los Angeles, Judson and Ruel Whitcher, and Wilson and William Stangl.
James Vollmer of Manning is in San Diego in the employ of Ben Torgerson, a WWI Veteran, also from Manning.

Chief Yeoman Francis McEnany will arrive the first of the week to visit his mother, Mrs. Caroline McEnany and his grandfather, Adolph Hansen, and other relatives. McEnany has been in the navy for eight and a half years and has not been home for the past four and a half years. He came to Long Beach from Saipan. He and his wife visited her brother in Nebraska before coming here.
Carroll Times Herald, March 16, 1945

Francis McEnany Writes From Sea
The Monitor is in receipt of a letter from Francis McEnanay, son of Mrs. Lena McEnany, who has been in the U.S. Navy for several years. He writes from Sea as follows: "Don't know when this will reach you, but am enclosing money for a year's subscription to the Monitor. I have always read and enjoyed this, the best small town weekly in the state, as long as I can remember, and would like to keep up with the current happenings around home. It is one of the best that I have seen in the last six years in the navy, and I have read a lot of them that my shipmates get from home.

I imagine Manning is very busy like the rest of the people today. The war effort is great, but we all have to put everything we have in it, because there can be only one winner, and every full-blooded American knows who that is - AMERICA! of course.

I haven't seen or ran across any of the boys from Manning since I last shipped over in 1940, but I know that wherever they are, they feel just like I do, and that they are and will if they get the chance be in there batting a thousand when it comes to fighting. I imagine that most of the fellows that are in the navy have been right in it since the start, and they know that it is going to be a tough battle, but they also know that they are serving in the best navy in the world, one that can't be licked. I hope that when the showdown comes, that every man from Manning is right in the front line, and you can bet your last dime that they won't let the town of Manning down nor the people of America. So if you see any of them or hear from any of them give them my address, and hope to meet up with them soon.

As you know there is a very rigid censorship on writing now, so can't say very much, but will have plenty to talk about I guess when it is all over, just like the boys from the last war.

There is one thing that I would like to add. I hope that the fellows from Manning are getting more mail from here than I am, because I have not heard from a single person around there in the last year or so, and it is just like being completely forgotten. My mother writes me often, but I sure would like to hear from some of my old friends around there, and also from anyone else who would care to take time out and drop me a line. I know that I don't write very much, and right now have even a hard time writing home.

We are really busy, you know that, and we have to take the time when we can get it to set down and write a lot of letters, but I promise that I will answer any and all letters received from Manning. I have written to several of the fellows around there, but have never received an answer from any of them. Come on all of my class maters of 1936; Don, Bob, Emil, Irish, and the rest of you. I still think of you as my friends and call Manning my home and will probably retire there when I am finished with the Navy, so sit down and drop a card, that would help a lot.

Well that is about all I can think of to write before going on another four-hour watch, so will close, and will be looking for the Monitor every week.

Keep them happy and let them know that the people of Manning are in back of them 100 percent, that is all of the boys from the best little town in the world."
Sincerely,
Patrick Francis McEnany,
U.S.S. Dunlap (384),
Postmaster, San Francisco, California
June 25, 1942, Manning Monitor

October 24, 1940, Manning Monitor

Manning Monitor article ------ 1943 Francis McEnany Receives Mention In Sea Battle Yeoman First Class Francis Patrick McEnany, son of Mrs. Lena McEnany of Manning, received special mention in a report of a battle in Vella Gulf in the Solomons, when one enemy cruiser and three destroyers were destroyed. The report was sent to Manning by Kenneth Dethlefs, and appeared in the Los Angeles Herald Express. A prize of $25 was given to the first man who sighted the enemy. Yeoman McEnany, called the "Captains Talker", received news of the enemy's maneuvers over the ships intercommunication system and transmitted it to the captain. The battle lasted from midnight until 1:25 a. m. The four ships were destroyed without loss to our fleet. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Receives Seasons Greetings Manning Post 3517, V.F.W. have received several greetings and remembrances from boys now in the service Patrick McEnany of the U.S.S. Dunlap; Chester Kuhl in New Guinea and Sgt. Earl Niehaus. Pfc. Kuhl states that he likes New Guinea fine and that he has seen Paul Grimm of Manning and hopes to find others from here. All send best wishes and season's greetings. Manning Monitor article ------ 1944 McEnany Promoted to Chief Yeoman Mrs. Wm. McEnany is in receipt of a letter from her son, Pat, written April 28, 1944. He states that they haven't been able to send or receive mail for quite some time, almost three months, but sends his regards to his friends here at home. McEnany, after seven and a half years in the Navy, had been advanced to the rating of Chief Yeoman, and recommended for flight training which he expects to get in the next six months. He states that he has been doing the usual routine duties and is in the best of health. Manning Monitor article ------ 1945 Chief Yeoman Francis McEnany will arrive the first of the week to visit his mother, Mrs. Caroline McEnany and his grandfather, Adolph Hansen and other relatives. He has been in the navy for eight and a half years and has not been home for the past four and a half years. He came to Long Beach from Saipan. He and his wife visited her brother in Nebraska before coming here.