This area of the site is devoted to the crew members and people who corresponded throughout the cruise. Nothing makes a sailor happier than a letter from a friend or loved one. The information they shared expressed what they were experiencing and seeing, making this some of the most historic records of the cruise. In many ways they tell the "true" story of 16 battleships going around the world. I think I spend more time in these cards trying to read what's on the back than in any other area of my collection.
collections
- Frank Lesher, Chief Electrician, USS Virginia
- Orvil Foutch, Third Class Yeoman, USS Ohio
- MM2 Edwin M. Dahl, USS Kearsarge
- Miss May Phelps
- George F. Biller, Seaman, USS Missouri
- E. L. DeMoss, Third Class Electrician, USS Kansas
- Charles Stotz, Chief Electrician, USS Illinois
- Milton Willard, Third Class Electrician, USS Georgia
- William Burgess Boatswain's Mate Second Class, USS Kearsarge
- Ben & Nellie, USS Rhode Island
- Midshipman Emanuel Lofquist, USS Connecticut
- M. R. Battey, Seaman, USS Missouri
- Richard Konter, First Class Electrician, USS New Jersey
- Midshipman William Child, USS Georgia
- Chief Carpenter Charles Taylor, USS Connecticut
- J. H. Hawkins, Corporal, USS Ohio
- Harry Groswell, Ordinary Seaman, USS Alabama
- Ensign Harlow Trask Kays, USS Louisiana
- The Log and Scrapbook of Private Hadlick, USS Connecticut