ELLIS W. DIGGS SR.

UNITED STATES NAVY HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

SOUTH PACIFIC DUTY

Tell me who this reminds you of...could it be them?

I FOUND THIS PICTURE IN THE NAVAL VAULTS...REMIND YOU OF ANYBODY?

 

Sammy Diggs In Navy Uniform...World War II

 

 

Dad standing on some island with friend in background.Dad standing in front of a jeep on an island somewhere. Dad standing on the right with a shipmate friend on some island. Dads Navy Discharge papers. Dads certificate on crossing the equator somewhere in the South Pacific. Dad got in trouble...imagine that! Wonder what he did????  Navy Funeral on some South Pacific Island... A military cemetery on some island dad was on... Dad and Mom's War Ration Books...A bombed out church possibly in the Phillipines... Navy Funeral on some island in the South Pacific... Navy Funeral on some island in the South Pacific... Navy Funeral on some island in the South Pacific... Navy Funeral on some island in the South Pacific...

These photos were contributed by Kenny D. Diggs...Thank You Kenny!

The Last four pictures are from my collection!

I Found Some Pictures of one of the Ships Dad was on...The "MV Day Star"!

These pictures were taken by a pharmacist...Stanley R. Lauborough who served onboard the MS Day Star from 1942 - 1946. I found them while researching the ships history. I am sure he knew dad. You will notice that on Dad's Equator crossover certificate it calls it both the MV Day Star and the MS Day Star...so both must be correct. MV meaning Merchant Vessel and MS meaning Merchant Ship. This was a Troopship that was a Danish Ship called the "Laura maersk" but the name was changed and taken over to be used by the Armed Guards during the war to transport soldiers all over the South Pacific.

The "MS Day Star" dad crossed over the Equator on in 1944... MS Day Star on right sitting at dock somewhere... MS Day Star sitting at dock somewhere... On Board the MS Day Star... On board the MS Day Star... A shipmate on board the MS Day Star... Shipmates on board the MS Day Star... A shipmate on board the MS Day Star... Shipmates relaxing on board the MS Day Star... Shipmates loading or unloading supplies on the MS Day Star... Rear Admirals aboard some ship in Hollandia...1944 General MacArthur with the solideirs in South Pacific...1944 Stanley Lauborough in front of Royal Hawian Hotel... Stanley Lauborough on right aboard the MS Day Star... Stanley Lauborough...I am sure he knew dad. A couple of higher ranks on some island in the South Pacific...

 

 

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