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You know, it's not much more
than a ratty looking, yellowed, long forgotten manuscript not numbering
much more than two hundred copies. Further, it wasn't worth selling. They
had to give it away. Yet, today, the price of this little slice of life
aboard the George E Davis, DE-357 which was written at the close of
hostilities in the Pacific can't be measured. It's a window into the lives
of a group of men who were willingly placed in harm's way in defense of
their country.
The ITINERARIES OF THE GEORGE E. DAVIS, compiled
and written
by Lionel Lewbart RM3/C in the form of a ship's newsletter contains the
war history of the Mighty George E. It was produced,
evidently, about the same time the atomic bombs were flowering over Japan. Lewbart
saw to it that as many names of ship's
personnel as possible were incorporated. One can only wonder if he had a sense of history when he was busy
at his typewriter. And...what would he have thought if he had known that
one day his words would be made available to the world over the Internet?
Even Buck Rogers never thought of that... |
ITINERARIES OF THE GEORGE E. DAVIS
A Peek and Glimpse Into The World Of A War II
Destroyer Escort
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Cover |
Find mentioned: Happy First
Anniversary George. August 11, 1944 to August 11, 1945. Cover artist, Guerra,
Basile J. |
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Inside Cover |
Find mentioned: To the
wives, mothers, sweethearts who are waiting home patiently for their
fighting men on the George E. Davis to return, we so dedicate this yearbook
to them. Published and edited by BJ Guerra, Chief Radioman. Contributors:
Lionel Lewbart, FI Lincoln, F Vance, BJ Gurrea, GA Pfister, AJ Barry, S.
Brazell, WJ Gabrays, T Bowers, F Hanawalt, M Evans, ML Mitchell, J Hickey, E
Tieri. |
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Page 1 |
Find mentioned: Lionel
Lewbart, Lt. Modest, Orange, Texas, Galveston, Bermuda |
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Page 2 |
Find mentioned: Roger Slug,
Onion Isle, Anchor Chain Corigilano, Boston, Charleston, Norfolk, "Sailors
and Dogs Stay off grass" , Cristobal, Panama, Balboa, Galapagos, Equator,
Pollywogs and Shellbacks |
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Page 3 |
Find mentioned: Galapagos,
Shellbacks, Bora Bora, Society Islands, Bum Boat, New Herbides, Espirito
Santos, Seat Stories, Hollandia, New Guinea, rain, Mail call, Leyte Gulf |
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Page 4 |
Find mentioned: Leyte,
Garbage Run, Convoy Duty, Manus Island, Kossol Roads, Palaus, Japs,
Phillipine Port, Mindoro, Subic Bay, Manila, Liberty |
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Page 5 |
Find mentioned: Club
Temtation, Buy Bonds |
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Page 6 |
Find mentioned: Fredrick I.
Lincoln, Fred Vance |
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Page 7 |
Find mentioned: Globe
Trotter Theatre, George E....Truely a Queen Of The Seas |
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Page 8 |
Find mentioned:
Electricians, G.A. Pfister, Allen, Kaste, Torgersen, Sisco, Chilcote |
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Page 9 |
Find mentioned: Laubach,
Morrison, Crawford, A.J. Barry, Radar Girls, Cohen, Little Abe |
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Page 10 |
Find mentioned: Watertenders,
Scott Brazell, Comissary (Galley Crew), Walter Gabrys |
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Page 11 |
Find mentioned: "Doc"
Bowers, Lt. (JG) Hanawalt |
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Page 12 |
Find mentioned: Max Evans,
Guerra, Johnson, Radio Girls, Jim Pendleton, Schriver |
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Page 13 |
Find mentioned: John R.
Triplett Ed Pratt, Evans, Joe Latway, Lionel Lewbart, Jersey Bounce, Lenny
French, New Joisy, Henry Treller |
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Page 14 |
Find mentioned: Engineers,
Blackgang, M.L. Mitchell, Chief Robinson, Harry Hurd, Green, Steiner, Duff,
McGill, Sadie, Moe, Hill, Rudy, Walker, Harris, Robie, Higbie, Stephens,
Marinaro, Dunston, Swenson, Sisco, Petersen, Torpedo Gang, J. Hickey, Tin
Fish, R.C. Poppe |
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Find mentioned: A. L. Wyatt,
Ray Hebert, Murry Pell, Johnny (Freckles) Hickey, Henry E. Klug, H.L. Schoor,
P.M. Van Horn, D.J. Via, Soundmen, Ping Jockey, Tieri Som, |
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Find mentioned: The poem of
the Ping Jockey |
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Page 17 |
Find mentioned: First Atomic
Bomb...60% of Iwo Shima wiped out, Moscow...Russians enter war against
Japanese. End |
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