Title
"9-Star Sailor Recounts How Laffey Fought" Newspaper Article by George Scofield
Description
Newspaper article "9-Star Sailor Recounts How Laffey Fought" by George Scofield, newspaper unknown. Recounts story of Laffey plankowner, David H. Williams, Storekeeper (First Class) and the attack on April 15, 1945.
Collection
Wilbert Gauding Collection
Context
Both a plank owner and serving on board the USS Laffey (DD-724) throughout the war, Machinist’s Mate 2/c, Wilbert C. Gauding was aboard the destroyer at D-Day and the Battle of Okinawa.
Accession #
2022.0009
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Secondary Object Name
Clipping, Newspaper
Primary Object Name
Clipping
Sub-Class Name
Other Documents
Class Name
Documentary Objects
Category Name
Category 08: Communication Objects
