[WORLD WAR II]. Detailed scrapbook of Lieutenant Commander Charles Mason Melhorn, Torpedo Squadron 50.
4to (10 x 13 1/14 in.) scrapbook. Original printed black cloth, string-bound (minor scuffing, wear to edges). 78 pages containing approximately 130 photographs and various ephemera including typed strike plans. Most items withby handwritten ink captions explaining the scene, subject, or item. Shows Pacific Theater action with much of the scrapbook dedicated to actions in Japan.
[With:] 8 x 10 in. press photograph signed and inscribed to Admiral Melhorn by Dick Bird, 2 September 1945.
[Also with:] 8 x 10 in. press photograph of the USS BB63 commissioning ceremony, 11 June 1944. Captioned in margin.
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