1943 - 1946 UNUSUAL ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK AND 'SCORE CARD' OF A NAVAL SEAMAN ABOARD THE USS BILOXI

On offer is an unusual offbeat relic of World War II Americana being the personal diary - and in some ways the personal 'score card' - of Navy seaman James Palmer 1st Div. BM 2/c. Terrible spelling aside, in 31 or so pages, Seaman Palmer, aboard the USS Biloxi, a light cruiser assigned to screen the Carrier groups during the Pacific campaign writes a great deal of interesting detail and milestones noted: Ports of Call, number of battle attacks, ship mates with autographs, air attacks, island attacks, planes shot down, ships lost+++ Some interesting notes include: 'March 6th 1943 My people will never know for 14 days I did not sleep I was on g.q with my ribbs broke. I am in bad shap I know but I can't let the gun crew down now.' And then, thankfully 'March 14th I feel better now.' Some interesting poems and a few pages of addresses back home make for an interesting yet different relic of World War II. Overall Fair.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; USS BILOXI, PALMER, CL 80, CLEVELAND CLASS, SOUTH PACIFIC, PACIFIC THEATER, NAVAL, NAVY, USN, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, BATTLESHIPS, CRUISERS, MIDWAY, RISING SUN, JAPAN, OKINAWA, PHILIPPINES, World War Two, WWII, Personal, Memoir, Handwritten, hand written, autograph, autographs, signed, letters, document, documents, manuscript, manuscripts, writers, writer, author, holograph, personal, Americana, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT,