Ivydiv Posted December 19, 2019 Share #51 Posted December 19, 2019 Also match box is WWI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 19, 2019 Share #52 Posted December 19, 2019 A great group, congrats. I enjoyed looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share #53 Posted December 20, 2019 Thanks! I think it might be parts of two groups. I havent been able to match up some of the items to the main guy, anything pre-1902 I havent been able to attribute to him so far. I can find no record of him in the Navy before then and not sure why he has a Spanish American War Medal as he was on the USS Constitution in 1902. The group cabinet card is from Hong Kong and Tintype seem to be before then and the KIA cabinet card is dated 1898. I also could find no record on him on the USS Iowa. There is a news article for a Comdr. Gaston D Johnstone "Who fired first shots at Manila Day , Dies" where it says he is his Brother In Law. So they might be for him, I havent researched him yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pip Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share #55 Posted December 20, 2019 Looking at the 2nd photo album I am 99% sure that it is of the USS Raleigh the ship that Johnstone was on during the Spanish American War which makes more sense with the older photos and medal. So most of the pre 1900 is actually for Johnstone and possibly his father who was also in the Navy. The post 1900 stuff maybe a mix of Gardner and Johnstone. Flag TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share #56 Posted December 20, 2019 Better side view of Raleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted December 22, 2019 Share #57 Posted December 22, 2019 Fantastic group, but that news article that the first shot of the Battle of Manila Bay being fired by Raleigh is a good example of bad reporting. The very first shot fired at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, on the famous orders of Commodore Dewey to Captain Gridley, commanding the U.S. Flag Ship (USFS) Olympia of the Asiatic Fleet, were fired by Olympia's #1(forward) Main Battery 8 inch starboard guns. Specifically, Gridley's order was directed to the forward turret captain, who was literally standing on top of the turret during the entire battle (he was knocked down several times by the concussions), and who gave the firing order to Olympia's starboard gun captain who executed the order, thereby firing the first shot of the first major battle of the Spanish American War, which is generally regarded by historians as the point when the US gained global super power status. Pretty historic event and gunshot. From Admiral Dewey's autobiography- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted December 22, 2019 Share #58 Posted December 22, 2019 Commodore George Dewey standing on the bridge just behind #1 forward main battery, USFS Olympia, during the Battle of Manila Bay. Captain Gridley is on the conning tower behind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share #59 Posted December 24, 2019 That is a great painting ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted December 24, 2019 Share #60 Posted December 24, 2019 What a great group (or groups if the earlier photos and items were from his brother in law). I found it interesting that these old photos show the crew barefoot! Cheers and Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share #61 Posted December 24, 2019 I thought the same thing! I was wondering why no one but officers seemed to wear shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 26, 2019 Share #62 Posted December 26, 2019 I thought the same thing! I was wondering why no one but officers seemed to wear shoes. . Leather soles tended to not get traction on wet wooden decks. Enlisted Sailors trained regular barefoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted December 26, 2019 Share #63 Posted December 26, 2019 By god that fellow had been there, done that, and didnt need the damn Tshirt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted December 29, 2019 Share #64 Posted December 29, 2019 Is Gardner, Jr. wearing a Silver Star with gold star? I couldn't find any record from Home of Heroes, or anything else online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-40Warhawk Posted December 30, 2019 Share #65 Posted December 30, 2019 Is Gardner, Jr. wearing a Silver Star with gold star? I couldn't find any record from Home of Heroes, or anything else online. Sure looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted January 12, 2020 Share #66 Posted January 12, 2020 This one says Charles Francis Hill Died August 4th or 11th and I think 1898 Is this a postmortem I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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