WONDERFUL, HISTORIC WWII, MASSIVE SHIP’S LOG/SCRAPBOOK OF REAR ADMIRAL MORTON L. DEYO.

This massive album measures 25″ x 17-1/2″ is mostly dis-bound between two boards with rope hinges. There are over 70 pages with many inserted photographs, maps, notes and miscellaneous ephemera. Pages consist of reused various US & German WWII military naval charts with hundreds of photographs tipped in, many with captions, some loose. Photographs of Deyo and other officers and men are part of archive. There is a list inset on two long pieces of paper listing of over 60 photographs obviously taken during battle. A few samples of list are as follows: Bombardment of Wake Island, October 5 & 6, Direct hit on Bougainville, November 8 & 9, Splash One Zeke during air attack off Philippines, September 21 & 22, 1944, Bombardment of Iwo Jima, July 4 & 5, 1944, Aerial view of Okinawa, October 10, 1944, Houston survivors on USS Mobile October 14, 1944, Bombardment and seizure of Iwo Jima, February 18-22, 1945, Naval bombardment of invasion beaches, 0900-H-Hour, The first wave lands Iwo Jima, Shellholes and trenches on high ground overlooking the landing beaches. Military photographs are almost exclusively 8″ x 10″ and 5″ x 7″‘s and smallest format photographs are 4-1/2″ x 3-1/2″. This is an interesting and unique album showing Deyo’s time upon the Santa Fe, 1944-1945 including photos of him at the surrender table at Sasebo. PROVENANCE: A most historical and important collection from the estate of Maria Decatur Mayo Deyo (Lila) Garnett of Kittery Point, Maine. CONDITION: Fair to good overall. Many pages show water staining and photographs are all tipped in with yellowing scotch tape. no doubt, however, quite an interesting archive of photographs that may have never been seen before. 52714-169 (1,000-2,000) – Lot 2092