USS Fletcher Miscellaneous Photos
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WWII censor stamp on the back of a photograph
WWII Censor Stamp

Japanese shrapnel from the shell that struck Fletcher on February 14, 1945 killing several men. Ironically this shell was a left over American shell fired from an American gun on Corregidor that was not destroyed when the American Army surrendered that island in May 1945.
Japanese shrapnel

1988 Memorial Day Cruise patch. Courtesy of Karen Heath
1988 Memorial Cruise

Image courtesy of David Lesher
Neptunus Rex

Image courtesy of Joe Davis Golden Dragon

Image courtesy of Richard Chambers
DesRon 21

DesRon 25

Image courtesy of Dick Reutiman
DesRon 11

Ship’s seal

Vietnam patch

Image courtesy of David McComb
25th birthday

Art by Frank Love
1969 drawing
by Frank Love

Courtesy of Bob McCurley
Japtan Island scrip 1952

Sale of Ex-DD445

Sale of Ex-DD445

Meal pass

This hand carved model of a Japanese submarine was made from deck wood from the sub Fletcher sank on February 11, 1943. It is displayed at annual reunions.
Japanese sub model

This hand carved model of a Japanese submarine was made from deck wood from the sub Fletcher sank on February 11, 1943. It is displayed at annual reunions.
Japanese sub model

1968 postmark from Vietnam combat zone
Postmark 1968

Courtesy of Al Nathe Christmas Dinner Menu 1949

Courtesy of Muriel Reeves
Operation Ivy Certificate

1967 Zippo

1967 Zippo

Photo courtesy of David McComb
Plague at National Museum - Pacific War

Article 12/30/66

Launch Cover 1942

1st Day Cover 1949

Postmark 1963

Envelope commemorating Fletcher's participation in the Mercury-Atlas 9 recovery in May 1963. Courtesy of Karl Bonn
MA-9, May 1963

Postmark 1967

 

4-page PDF document
Change of Command 11-12-66 (PDF)

Rocker

 

 


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