Hi Dale,
You know, the "LEX" is moored as a museum down in Corpus Christi,
Texas, I'll bet the folks who run it would like to know about this
album. I wonder if we should contact them about it?
Norm
At 06:06 PM 1/11/2006, Dale Carmack wrote:
I found another eBay listing today that looks like the actual album
the
previous pictures were from. They are being sold by the same person
though???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6596014756&ssP...
E:B:SS:US:1
Here is the text description:
This is a great photo album from the WWII U.S.S. Lexington. It is in very
good condition. The major drawback is the pics are gone from inside. The
owner I J Carmack wrote below what the pictures were. They were all from
Pearl Harbor in the 1942 attack. There is some pages of where the Ship had
gone and on what dates, and a lot of signatures in the buddy section. There
is a few pics left, but according the captions the best ones are invisible.
-----Original Message-----
From: KCStadler [mailto:KCStadler@neo.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:08 PM
To: CARMACK-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARMACK] I.J. Carmack WW2 Photo Album on eBay
Looks like this might be Ira J. Carmack of Eastland, TX, born 1920 to R. J.
& Cora Carmack. Norm, one of your guys?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Carmack" <dcarmack(a)gmpexpress.net>
To: <CARMACK-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:36 PM
Subject: [CARMACK] I.J. Carmack WW2 Photo Album on eBay
>I can't believe some of the things that show up on eBay. I also can't
>believe there isn't a relative who wouldn't want this. Here is a link
>to a photo album which belonged to I.J. Carmack of Bombing Squadron
>202, aboard the U.S.S. Chandeleur. Here is the text description:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6595923939&ssP...
> E:B:SS:US:1
>
> I don't even know where to begin on this one. There is so much
> Historical value in this Photo Album I can hardly believe it. The
> album belonged to I.J. Carmack of Bombing Squadron 202, aboard the
> U.S.S. Chandeleur. Many of the photos are marked on the back,
> 'Confidential, not to be used for publication. With one or another
> Dept of Military under that. Many actual War Action photos, showing
> Kamikaze attacks, burning ships (named), Japanese
> Battlefield aftermaths (some gruesome), lots of signed Pilot Photos,
> Scenes
> from the Fighting Three's picnic for Survivor's of the Lexington (not many
> guys there), Saipan Invasion, Japanese Admiral signing Surrender in at
> Ominato, SIGNED Letter from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to
> Carmack, Iwo Jima Battlefields, and a picture that resembles the Most
> famous
> Iwo Jima Photo ever taken of the Soldiers raising the flag. There is some
> Japanese Head Bands and medals which he named what battle he took them
> from
> a fallen Japanese Soldier. I could go on and on. It goes on to the
> Phillipines, China, and finishes up in Honshu Japan.
>
>
>
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