1.0Florida-France Soldier Storieshttps://cah.ucf.edu/fl-francesoldierstoriesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aKyYTHzaNM"><a href="https://cah.ucf.edu/fl-francesoldierstories/2025/05/23/stripling-charles/">Stripling, Charles</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cah.ucf.edu/fl-francesoldierstories/2025/05/23/stripling-charles/embed/#?secret=aKyYTHzaNM" width="600" height="338" title="“Stripling, Charles” — Florida-France Soldier Stories" data-secret="aKyYTHzaNM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://cah.ucf.edu/fl-francesoldierstories/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> http://cah.ucf.edu/fl-francesoldierstories/wp-content/uploads/sites/73/2025/05/Stripling-Charles-1-scaled.jpg25601920Charles Stripling (1927 – June 12, 1945) Steward’s Mate Second Class USNR by Levi Berry and Michael Richardson Early Life Charles (Charlie) Stripling was born in early 1927 in Beards Creek, GA, to Willie and Isam Stripling.1 Both his mother, Willie (1895), and his father, Isam (1900), grew up in Georgia.2 Isam came from Odum,…