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USS Dayton (WWII) and USS Los Angeles (Korea) group


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Late last week a gent dropped off his father's artifacts. The donor served in the Navy (like his father before him) during Vietnam aboard USS Sumter (he was a plank owner). His father was a plank owner aboard USS Dayton in WWII, as demobbed in 1945, then reentered the Navy in 1950 and was a plank owner aboard USS Los Angeles. I'll post a few photos from this group, but it's pretty sizeable - no uniform though. The majority are souvenirs he sent home, as well as dozens of photos he took aboard ship in Korea. He was a Gunner's Mate on a quad-40mm gun tub in Korea. Here's probably the neatest piece of the group. matching trench art lamps made from 40mm shells mounted on 5inch MKV shell bases. I haven't tried them but am pretty confident they'll work...while the metal is dark, the cords are supple and unfrayed.

 

 

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