Deck Logs etc
Posted by J.P. Green on April 16, 2022, 11:33 pm
Ron: I’ve spent the spring perusing the Deck Logs and Ship Logs of granddad’s 3 Liberty Ships. You weren’t joking about their frequently-unremarkable nature, but it’s still fantastic to hold tangible copies of my grandfather’s war record. I admit I’m surprised to see how little “personal” info is in the Logs. That is to say, I thought there might be brief mention of what each USN personnel was there to do. Gramps was a Seaman First Class, but that’s all I know. My dad always thought his father had been an anti-aircraft gunner, but wouldn’t that put the word Gunner in his rank? Were most Armed Guard personnel simply cross-trained to do multiple duties? Curious here, as always. --JP
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