rd12 Posted April 26, 2019 Share #26 Posted April 26, 2019 Love the artwork in #23 & #24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share #27 Posted April 26, 2019 Thanks WAHOOMAN , it is the best Diary I have ever found for sure. I was hoping for maybe a little detail but when I went through it , the content blew me away, I mean mentioning the flag on Suribachi and then some of the small details I had no idea about like Helicopters on IWO, I had no idea that was a thing! Thank rd12. I was kind of upset because I missed all the other auctions where most of the artwork was sold, looking at those I did notice it was all prewar and postwar art. To find the art he drew on Iwo Jima and mentions in the Diary laying in a random folder... when I said I almost passed out , it was close. I had to sit down because I did not really believe it. I do not collect Medals or Uniforms or anything like that so for a paper collector this lot is pretty much the holy grail for me. I am not sure I will ever find something like it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share #28 Posted October 3, 2019 I have been watching the auction house that auction the Grant Powers items off to see if anything else popped up and it did. A majority of it was non military and there was a bunch of artwork of his which I did not get. I tried to win the personal and military lots which I won all but one with some military artwork. I just got tired of the extended 1 dollar increases every 5 minutes in a never ending auction that went on for hours. There was not much military stuff but here it is. It relates to him , his wife who was a WAVES Commander, his FIL who was a LT Commander in the NAVY and her brother who died on the USS EDSALL. There are also a bunch of personal photos/papers I am not posting. Only handful of WWII items of his were in the auction. This water color of Iwo Jima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share #29 Posted October 3, 2019 WWII Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share #30 Posted October 3, 2019 He did something in Mexico in the 50s? Not really sure what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pip Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share #33 Posted October 3, 2019 He worked on something for the Naval Academy or maybe his wife did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pip Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share #38 Posted October 3, 2019 Only 1 item from Operations Crossroads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pip Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share #43 Posted October 3, 2019 Retirement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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