| The USS Preston (DD-379) in World War II: Documents, Recollections and Photographs was privately published by E. Andrew Wilde, Jr. in 1997 and revised in 2001. With his permission, it is presented here in multiple PDF files.
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LINK | PAGES | CONTENTS | 629K | 1 | Photo — Historical plate | 1 | List of Pages | 1 | Quote — President John F. Kennedy, 1963 | 1 | Photo — Fitting out, Mare Island, 1936 | 1 | Photo — Aerial, stbd. bow, u/way, April 1938 | 949K | 4 | History, Ships’ Data Section, 1947 | 2 | Wartime deployment (Deck Log/War Diary entries) | 1 | Photo — Port beam, anchored, prewar | 2 | Article, “A Lovely Ship” | 1 | Photo — Lt. Max C. Stormes, USN (1938?) | 1179K | 1 | Photo — Port bow, at pier, Mare Island, 8/42 | 1 | Photo — USS Cushing (DD-376) at pier, Mare Is., 7/42 | 1 | Photo — Cushing at pier, Mare Is., 7/42, after half | 1 | Photo — 20-mm Oerlikon mount | 968K | 1 | Map — Southwest Pacific | 1 | Photo — USS Enterprise/TF 16 u/attack, 10/26/42 | 5 | Action Report (War Diary), 10/31/42 (air attack) | 1 | Photo — USS Enterprise (CV-6), near miss, 10/26/42 | 972K | 1 | Photo — Japanese light cruiser Nagara, port bow, 1938 | 4 | Action Report, 11/30/42 (sinking on 11/15/42) | 1 | Photo — USS Meade (DD-602), stbd. bow, u/way | 2 | Action Report (Meade), 11/18/42 (rescue of survivors) | 1 | Recollect ion, William J. Cusick, SMlc, 12/96 | 1 | Messages, congratulatory, from higher commands | 926K | 3 | Article, “The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal” | 1 | Photo — USS South Dakota (BB-57). stbd. bow, 8/44 | 2 | Recollection, Cdr. Theodore F. Marx, USN (Ret.), 1985 | 3 | Ltr. by pilot, discovery of Preston/Walke survivors | 1 | Photo — Medal presentation, O. V. Dufour, TM1c, 1944 | 1 | Citation, Navy and Marine Corps Medal to O. V. Dufour | 2 | Medal Citations (4) | 702K | 1 | Photo — USS Stormes (DD-780), aerial, port bow | 1 | Biography, Cdr. Max C. Stormes, USN | 3 | Recollection, Robert G. Gibson, 3/4/97 | 1 | List of Officers, 11/13/42 | 5 | Muster Roll of Crew, 11/15/42 | 815K | 10 | Recollection, Robert S. Reed, 1995 | 1 | Photo — Monument, Purvis Bay, Florida Island, 1944 | 2 | News Re1ease, Monument dedication | 1 | Photo — Monument plaque, Purvis Bay | 1 | Photo — Purvis Bay Monument, August 1993 | 1143K | 8 | Photo — 50th Anniversary Monument, Guadalcanal/panels | 1 | Quote — Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 1945 | 1 | Photograph Credits | 1 | Bibliography |
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