 | | The USS Meredith (DD-726) in World War II: Documents, Photographs, Recollections was privately published by E. Andrew Wilde, Jr. in 2002. With his permission, it is presented here in multiple PDF files.
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LINK | PAGES | CONTENTS | 739K | 1 | List of Pages | 1 | Quote, President John F. Kennedy, 1963 | 1 | Photo — Sponsor, Mrs. William Kopper, 12/21/43 | 2 | Photo — Sponsor’s party/Bip., Sgt. Jonathan Meredith | 1 | Photo — Christening, 12/21/43, Bath, Maine | 1 | Photo — Launching, 12/21/43, Bath Iron Works | 1 | Newspaper article, launching, 12/27/43 | 1 | Letter, Philip Kopper to E. A. Wilde, Jr., 8/19/97 | 1 | Photo — Port bow, Boston Harbor, 3/29/44 | 2 | History of USS Meredith (DD-726) | 1 | Obituary, Capt. George Knuepfer, USN (Ret.), 1904–1992 | 908K | 1 | Photo — Port beam, Boston Harbor, 3/29/44 | 1 | Twin 40-mm Bofors antiaircraft gun mount | 1 | Photo — 20-mm, Mark 4, Oerlikon machine gun | 2 | Article, “A Lovely Ship” | 1 | Photo — Aerial, starboard beam, under way, 4/16/44 | 1299K | 1 | Map — English Channel, D-Day, June 6, 1944 | 1 | Message, Gen. Eisenhower, 6/6/44 (Supreme Commander) | 1 | Photo — German torpedo boat (“E-boat”) | 4 | Deck logs, 6/6–9/44 (D-Day, mining, sinking) | 13 | Action report, 6/20/44 (mining on 6/8/44) | 1052K | 1 | Photo — Meredith breaking in two, 6/9/44 | 1 | Citation, Navy Cross, BRYAN, Brady L., CMM, USN | 1 | Citation, Bronze Star, Cdr. Donald B. Ramage, USN | 3 | Action report, 6/30/44, Jeffers (DD-621), rescue ship | 1 | Photo — USS Bates (DE-68), rescue ship | 4 | Action report 6/44, Bates (DE-68), rescue ship | 1 | Citation, Silver Star, LCDR H. A. Wilmerding, USNR | 2 | Action report, 6/30/44, USS PC-1232, rescue ship | 2 | Action report, 6/21/44, USS PC-1263, rescue ship | 1361K | 1 | Congratulatory message, General Eisenhower | 3 | Photos (3) — Survivors at receiving base in England | 1 | List of Officers, 6/8/44 | 7 | Muster roll of the crew, 6/8/44 | 2 | Cemeteries where casualties are memorialized/interred | 8 | Oral history transcript, Cdr. Knuepfer, 6/11/44 | 211K | 1 | Quote, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 1945 | 1 | Photograph Credits | 1 | Bibliography/Sources | 5 | Addendum |
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