U.S. Navy Victory Model…The Rest of the Story. - FOLLOW UP ADDED!

[shouldazagged]

Fascinating and moving story. The trouble you took to research it and document it so beautifully are greatly appreciated.

I wish I could have been an invisible observer when you spoke with his wife. It must have been very touching.

 

[Derry 1946]

Excellent post. Thank you very much. Folks looking for such stories will find them in abundance at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. In addition to the many artifacts, full scale planes and tanks, and interactive exhibits, they have screens set up where you can view videos of thousands of WWII vets telling their accounts of the war. Truly galvanizing.

 

[BillsCamino]

Having recently purchased a '43 Victory (no Gov marking) and doing research online, I came across this thread.

Amazing...thanks for sharing.

 

[richcory]

Awesome! Literally had goose bumps reading the story. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Donald Paul]

...very well done, Thank you.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Somehow I missed this thread when it was originally posted. A very good read! Matching a specific firearm with its service user is a tough task and very rarely done. Good show.

John

 

[skeetshooter]

Thanks to all who contributed,,, A magnificent tale.
God Bless AMM3 Morgan

 

[357Manglem]

This is quite possibly one of the coolest forum posts I have read in a long time.

Treasure that revolver as its previous owner did.

 

[2K7]

As a follow-up to my original post here from some time ago, here is just another excellent example of the tough job the Assistant Machinist Mates performed and sometime giving it all for their Country!

Loyce Edward Deen, an Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class, USNR, was a gunner on a TBM Avenger.
On November 5, 1944, Deen's squadron participated in a raid on Manila where his plane was hit multiple times by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a Japanese cruiser. Deen was killed. The Avenger's pilot, Lt.; Robert Cosgrove, managed to return to his carrier, the USS Essex. Both Deen and the plane had been shot up so badly that it was decided to leave him in the plane.

It is the only time in U.S. Navy history (and probably U.S. military history) that an aviator was buried at sea in his aircraft after being killed in action.
Go to this website to view the burial:

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