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==Military service==

==Military service==

On November 3, 1942, Bayliss entered the [[United States Navy]] and became an ensign<ref name=militarymen>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasties.com/WhatsNew/2012/04/desha-county-military-men-1945-mcgehee/|title=Desha County Military Men – 1945 – McGehee|date=April 23, 2012|publisher=arkansasties.com|accessdate=June 27, 2015}}</ref> through the completion of the United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, which opened in 1940 at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. After initial service at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the [[borough]] of [[Brooklyn]], he was assigned during [[World War II]] for two years until 1945 on the ''USS General J. H. McRae'' naval transport ship in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] theater of operations.<ref name=bio/><ref name=militarymen/>​

On November 3, 1942, Bayliss entered the [[United States Navy]] and became an ensign<ref name=militarymen>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasties.com/WhatsNew/2012/04/desha-county-military-men-1945-mcgehee/|title=Desha County Military Men – 1945 – McGehee|date=April 23, 2012|publisher=arkansasties.com|accessdate=June 27, 2015; material no longer on-line}}</ref> through the completion of the United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, which opened in 1940 at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. After initial service at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the [[borough]] of [[Brooklyn]], he was assigned during [[World War II]] for two years until 1945 on the ''USS General J. H. McRae'' naval transport ship in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] theater of operations.<ref name=bio/><ref name=militarymen/>​

Two of Bayliss' brothers also served in the war, James Eldred Bayliss (1916–1989),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46100560|title=James Eldred Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> an [[United States Army|Army]] staff sergeant in [[Iran]], and Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss (1919-2004) of Warren, Arkansas, an Army sergeant in the [[Europe]]an theater of operations]],<ref name=militarymen/> who received eight [[Bronze Star]]s in combat.<ref>McGehee Veterans Memorial, accessed June 26, 2010, no longer on line.</ref> He was subsequently like his father a railroad conductor.<ref name=meb>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88126901|title=Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Mercer Bayliss' widow, the former Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister (1922-2015), a [[telephone]] operator, died in 2015 in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], Arkansas, less than three months before the passing of her brother-in-law, Garland Bayliss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143616144|title=Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Two other Bayliss brothers, Fred, Jr. (1909-1975) and Dixon E. Bayliss (1913-1981), are interred alongside their parents at McGehee Cemetery.<ref name=meb/>​

Two of Bayliss' brothers also served in the war, James Eldred Bayliss (1916–1989),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46100560|title=James Eldred Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> an [[United States Army|Army]] staff sergeant in [[Iran]], and Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss (1919-2004) of Warren, Arkansas, an Army sergeant in the [[Europe]]an theater of operations]],<ref name=militarymen/> who received eight [[Bronze Star]]s in combat.<ref>McGehee Veterans Memorial, accessed June 26, 2010, no longer on line.</ref> He was subsequently like his father a railroad conductor.<ref name=meb>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88126901|title=Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Mercer Bayliss' widow, the former Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister (1922-2015), a [[telephone]] operator, died in 2015 in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], Arkansas, less than three months before the passing of her brother-in-law, Garland Bayliss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143616144|title=Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Two other Bayliss brothers, Fred, Jr. (1909-1975) and Dixon E. Bayliss (1913-1981), are interred alongside their parents at McGehee Cemetery.<ref name=meb/>​