George E Davis DE-357 Memorial Website Contents Page
Destroyer Escort DE-357. A fighting ship of WWII. For a really large version click this photo.
1. Home Page
4. How You Can Share Your Information and Help Preserve This Important Website… Purchase a CD, DVD, thumb drive, or SD card! EVERYTHING on here…on there for your family.
5. Official DE-357 log book of visitors. Read of those who have gone before and leave your mark!
6. Official Ship’s Log of the Destroyer Escort, DE-357. This is a PDF file. August 1944 -August 1946.
A. The Morrison Collection
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The officers and crew of the George E. Davis DE-357 August 1944. Picture and text list of the crew.
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The complete officers and crew of the George E. Davis DE-357 August 1944. Complete list from log book. Picture.
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The full crew assembled of the George E. Davis DE-357 August 1944. Picture.
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Christening Ceremony in 1944. Picture
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War Cruise Of the George E Davis DE-357 Booklet. Picture Pages.
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The Itineraries of the George E. Davis ship’s newsletter from 1945. Picture Pages with commentary.
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Aboard Ship. Pictures of ship life.
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The Electrical Crew of the George E. Davis. Pictures.
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Manila. Pictures and Commentary in two pages.
- The ceremony of Good King Neptune. Crossing the Equator. Pictures in two pages. Subic Bay. One picture.
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The Morrison Audio Collection. Audio memories of WWII by EM/2c Norman Edgar Morrison. 16 MP3’s!
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News broadcasts in mp3 format spanning 1939-1944. You can hear what the shipmates heard prior to the war cruise of the George E. Davis DE357. 16 news shows.
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The George E. Davis DE357 Video! Thrilling 15 minute video of the Mighty George E! Features photos and a Superb script with music. Guaranteed to raise goose bumps of pride on any shipmate!
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Official Destroyer Escort war time film demo and the 2013 website update. Thoughts. Ten years later…
B. The Cohen Collection
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The Official Booklet of the George E. Davis DE-357. Presented in 21 pages, this booklet has many pictures of the war time crew as well as contemporary pictures from past reunions through 1999.
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The Davis Story. The story of the George E. Davis DE-357 in audio! Approximately 14 thrilling minutes!
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The Medals and Battle Ribbons. Illustration and pictures.
C. The Davis Collection
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The George E. Davis DE357 was named for George Elliott Davis Jr., Lieutenant, U.S.N. who was killed in action in 1942 while serving aboard the U.S.S. Houston off the coast of Madura, near Java. Picture and bio.
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You are invited to the Christening Ceremony of the George E. Davis DE357. Pictures. Background info.
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Ship Christening Ceremony in Orange Texas. Saturday, April 8, 1944… Pictures.
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Ship Christening Ceremony in Orange Texas. The Mighty George E. Davis DE357 goes to war! Pictures.
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Navy Day 1945 for the mighty George E. Davis DE357. Description and Navy Day Program pictures.
D. The Mitchell Collection
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The Clifton “Cip” Mitchell Collection adds great photos to the DE357 website. Featured are Mitchell and several other shipmates.
E. The Downing Collection
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The Carroll Jennings Downing Collection brings more than 40 photos to the DE357.com website. Some are duplicated…Many are one of a kind! All photos were commented by Mr. Downing. This means we know who everyone is!!! This is a wonderful collection!
- The Carroll Jennings Downing Collection Page of Links to ALL the great pages in this huge collection!
- The DE357 Muster Roll from March 31, 1945. (Shipmates who served aboard the proud ship!) Via shipmate Margaret Acquarulo (Daughter)
Added Jan 1, 2020. From the Carroll Jennings Downing Collection. Please help us keep the site going. Donate.
F. The Gifford Collection
- The W.R. Gifford Collection adds several more unique photos to the collection.
G. The USS Arctic AF-7
Editor Note: While it is not about the DE-357, it was brought to our attention, and we were only too happy to include it on this website. The USS Arctic AF-7 was a really strange fighting ship of WWII, and we have the exclusive story!
Click here to visit the USS Arctic AF-7 Collection.
