Sorry about that. I am attaching all the files as Adobe acrobats as those can be enlarged and then you should be able to read them clearly. That...
The first page is the description written by my dad. The second page is the actual autographs of Phylis Brooks, Gary Cooper, and Andy Arcarie....
Here is a clipping of the Aberdeen American News Dated December, 19, 1943 In this article he mentions the USO Show. I will Post the Autographs he...
Here is a letter That was in the Redfield Press Dated Thursday, August 27, 1942
The upper right picture is of the 147th on a train. I am guessing this is the train that took them to Ft. Ord but I could be wrong. The camp...
The following group of pictures is of various locations and subjects. The two small pictures were taken on the train to Ft. Ord. The pictures on...
Here are 2 pictures of Damaged Aircraft. The first one looks to be a B-17 that has seen better days. The 2nd picture is of a crashed Japanese...
This is the last of the Holbrook Pictures. Taken on Dec, 5th, 1941 on Shellback day. By the way I am also a card carrying Shellback.
This is the 2nd set from the Holbrook. The 2 bottom Pictures were taken on December 5, 1941. I know this because I also have my dads original...
The attached are a series of Pictures from the Willard A. Holbrook. This is the ship that the 147th was on while on the way to the Philipines....
The following picture were stamped by the Comonwealth of Austrailial, Department of Information. On the back of the first one is written Oro Bay...
This is a picture of the Band at Ft. Ord. My dad is standing 2nd over to the left of the Sousa phones. He played the French horn in the marching...
These are pictures on the train on the way to Ft. Ord. Some of these are contact prints and are pretty small. Sorry about that.
This is the newspaper picture of the band leaving for Ft. Ord. I do not know the town or the paper. However it says Millwauke depot in the write up.
Davis 2 I just found out there is a 147th museum at Mitchel SD. I am going to contact them to see if they would like the original documents that...
How my Dad got His nick name. I am not sure where or when this incident happened but my dad recounted this story to me many times. Being in the...
Well guys; I am going to have to take a break as my carpal tunnel is acting up and I need to get off this thing. I hope that you will enjoy...
These are letters written by my grandparents on Dec. 7th, 1941. I have included both sides of this envelope as this as you can see never made it...
This is a letter that my Dad wrote on the Holbrook during the transit from San Francisco to Honolulu. He gave this to his brother Charles and it...
The attached PDF File is copies of the ships news paper dated November 26 and 27 1941. Some interesting war news about Europe but not much about...