Korean War, 1950-1953
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Walter F. Wescott Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00225
Scope and Contents
Contains the diary of Walter F. Wescott while stationed on board the USS Comstock (LSD-19) during the Korean War. In the diary, Wescott give a day-by-day account of a deployment during the Korean war (198 days total). Wescott gave detailed accounts of significant events during the Korean War to include, but not limited to: LSD-19's entrance into mine squadron 3, USS Chief shelling on the USS Grapple, Typhoon Karen (1952), sinking of the USS Sarsi, enemy fire at LSD-19 and other naval...
Dates:
1952-1954
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center