ITINERARIES OF THE GEORGE E. DAVIS Newsletter
| You know, it’s not much more than a ratty looking, acid paper yellowed, long forgotten manuscript not numbering much more than two hundred copies. Just 20 pages long. 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. |
ITINERARIES OF THE GEORGE E. DAVIS
A Peek and Glimpse Into The World Of A War II Destroyer Escort
The ITINERARIES OF THE GEORGE E. DAVIS was 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…
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Commentary page by page |
Cover |
Find mentioned: Happy First Anniversary George. August 11, 1944 to August 11, 1945. Cover artist, Guerra, Basile J. |
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. |
Page 1 |
Find mentioned: Lionel Lewbart, Lt. Modest, Orange, Texas, Galveston, Bermuda |
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 |
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 |
Page 4 |
Find mentioned: Leyte, Garbage Run, Convoy Duty, Manus Island, Kossol Roads, Palaus, Japs, Phillipine Port, Mindoro, Subic Bay, Manila, Liberty |
Page 5 |
Find mentioned: Club Temtation, Buy Bonds |
Page 6 |
Find mentioned: Fredrick I. Lincoln, Fred Vance |
Page 7 |
Find mentioned: Globe Trotter Theatre, George E….Truely a Queen Of The Seas |
Page 8 |
Find mentioned: Electricians, G.A. Pfister, Allen, Kaste, Torgersen, Sisco, Chilcote |
Page 9 |
Find mentioned: Laubach, Morrison, Crawford, A.J. Barry, Radar Girls, Cohen, Little Abe |
Page 10 |
Find mentioned: Watertenders, Scott Brazell, Comissary (Galley Crew), Walter Gabrys |
Page 11 |
Find mentioned: “Doc”Bowers, Lt. (JG) Hanawalt |
Page 12 |
Find mentioned: Max Evans, Guerra, Johnson, Radio Girls, Jim Pendleton, Schriver |
Page 13 |
Find mentioned: John R. Triplett Ed Pratt, Evans, Joe Latway, Lionel Lewbart, Jersey Bounce, Lenny French, New Joisy, Henry Treller |
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 |
Page 15 |
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 |
Page 17 |
Find mentioned: First Atomic Bomb…60% of Iwo Shima wiped out, Moscow…Russians enter war against Japanese. End |