WWII Okinawa Shipfitter's Audels Mathematics And Calculations For Mechanics 1943

Description: A great book with a fun backstory too! Here we have a reference book that has stood the test of time. Endlessly useful, this copy has been WELL LOVED. This specific copy, printed in 1942, belonged to Sidney Dashevsky, Shipfitter First Class for the US Navy. It turns out that some of his correspondence has been kept and filed by the Center for American War Letters Archives, courtesy one of his descendants. His posting assignment in the letters matches the ship inscribed on the front jacket, which was on the USS South Carolina. He would later be posted to the USS Nawman which saw action in the Pacific Theater and, according to his letters, was involved in the invasion of Okinawa. If it was good enough to win WWII, it can solve whatever problem you're having! Summary of the letters: Shipfitter First Class Sidney Dashevsky, United States Navy (4/15/1918 - 4/22/1998) was born in New York but lived in Colchester, Connecticut until his enlistment in the Navy on November 18, 1941. Presumably while on leave, he met Emily Van Gelder and her roommate Erna and began writing them, especially Emily after having mistaken her at a party before the correspondence began, in January 1943. Their correspondence continued while he was deployed on the USS North Carolina and they began a relationship sometime in early 1944, denoted by his suddenly calling her "honey" and signing his letters "all my love." SF Dashevsky's brother Abraham was stationed with him for a short time but was then transferred to the USS Harding. SF Dashevsky then got a station in Norfolk, Virginia for a short time and he and Emily were able to see each other briefly before he left for welding school in Houston, Texas and then deployed on the USS Melvin R. Nawman in March 1944 shortly after its commissioning. He earned Shipfitter First Class in September 1944. The USS Nawman saw action throughout the Pacific Theater of the war, as denoted in an included itinerary from its commissioning in May 1944 up until January 1945, deploying periodically from Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands to aid the Pacific Fleet in rescues and battles. The ship also participated in the invasion of Okinawa, during which it shot down Japanese planes, according to SF Dashevsky. At some point during his deployment Sidney and Emily were engaged, though it is unclear from the letters, and she even gave him a ring, which he almost destroys in a tool in the shop on board his ship. Dashevsky returned in early 1946 and the two married. They lived in San Diego, California until Emily passed in 1993 and Sidney passed away in 1998 at the age of 80.

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