Guide to the Vernon Keith Davisson Diary MSS.1467
Davisson, Vernon Keith
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Vernon Keith Davisson Diary
- Unit ID:
MSS.1467
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 diary)
- Dates:
1943-1945
- Abstract:
Diary kept by Vernon Keith Davisson of West Manchester, Ohio, while he was aboard the U.S.S. George A. Johnson, DE-583.
- creator
Davisson, Vernon Keith, 1926-
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of one diary kept by Vernon Keith Davisson of West Manchester, Preble County, Ohio, while he was on the U.S.S. George A. Johnson during World War II. In the main, the diary relates the various ports of call of the U.S.S. George A. Johnson, DE-583, made in the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The entry on February 20, 1945 describes a surprise attack during a broadcast from the States. The ship was hit by a torpedo that killed 46 and wounded 16. The following day he movingly describes the burial of 49 “buddies.”
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Vernon Keith Davisson Diary, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
Vernon Keith Davisson was born in Ohio circa1926 and lived in West Manchester, Preble County, Ohio in the 1940s.
Diary Box SC0010 Folder 1467.01