Daren Easter USS Birmingham (CL-62) Scrapbook, 1942-1956
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Authors
Easter, Daren Harrison
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USS Birmingham (CL-62)
Okinawa
Suicide Plane
Kamikaze
Enewetok
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Ie Shima
USS Newcombe
USS Indianapolis
Kerma Retto
USS Antietam
USS Tennessee|Ulithi
Catapult Plane Launch
USS Frisco
J.B. Strunk
H.E. Bohrer
S.E. Gillespie
Capt. Powers
Adm. Rogers
Adm. Deyd
N.J. Rose
Lt. (jg) Folge
Order of the Golden Shellback
H.L. Collins
Ens. Steward
R.H. Cruzen
R.R. Hay
Melbourne
A.C Groues-Jean
Groves
Camp Andrews
Parris
Mitz-Ward
Roth
Fritchen
Kirksey-Hamilton
The Birmingham Broadside
Robert Mitchell
Lester W. Fritchen
Okinawa
Suicide Plane
Kamikaze
Enewetok
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Ie Shima
USS Newcombe
USS Indianapolis
Kerma Retto
USS Antietam
USS Tennessee|Ulithi
Catapult Plane Launch
USS Frisco
J.B. Strunk
H.E. Bohrer
S.E. Gillespie
Capt. Powers
Adm. Rogers
Adm. Deyd
N.J. Rose
Lt. (jg) Folge
Order of the Golden Shellback
H.L. Collins
Ens. Steward
R.H. Cruzen
R.R. Hay
Melbourne
A.C Groues-Jean
Groves
Camp Andrews
Parris
Mitz-Ward
Roth
Fritchen
Kirksey-Hamilton
The Birmingham Broadside
Robert Mitchell
Lester W. Fritchen
Advisors
Date of Issue
1946
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1942-46
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Language
en_US
Abstract
A scrapbook maintained by Daren Harrison Easter during his service aboard the USS Birmingham (CL-62), 1942-1956. It contains daily photographs, ephemera and shipboard newspaper clippings, and ephemera from the Birmingham's service in locations from Okinawa to Australia.
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Please note that the Dudley Knox Library presents this unique item in digital format courtesy of an NPS alumnus, who retains the original item.
Daren Harrison Easter was born April 15, 1923 in Homer, Louisiana and enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 4, 1942 in Birmingham, Alabama. He served as an Aircraft Machinist's Mate on the U.S.S. Birmingham (CL-62) and was honorably discharged from service on March 17, 1946. He then attended Alabama College at Montevallo and Howard College (now Samford) in Birmingham, Alabama. He moved to Decatur, Alabama in 1948 and married Frances Milton West Easter (1926-2012). In Decatur, he started a general insurance and real estate business that was later named the Easter Agency, Inc. In addition to his business, he was an active volunteer and community leader throughout his adult life. He served at various times as president of the local Jaycees, Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, the Morgan County Tuberculosis Association, chairman of the Red Cross of Morgan County, director of the Decatur Boys Club, and Commodore of Flotilla II of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He also served in his church, Westminster Presbyterian, as an elder and Sunday school superintendent for many years. He spoke very seldom of the war, but would occasionally show this photo journal of his life on the Birmingham to his children and grandchildren. He died on March 5, 2003 in his home in Decatur, Alabama. He is survived by his children, Robert Daren Easter and Carlin Aileen Easter McQuiddy, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. His grandson, Jonathan Easter (Major, USA), is an alumnus of Naval Postgraduate School.
Daren Harrison Easter was born April 15, 1923 in Homer, Louisiana and enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 4, 1942 in Birmingham, Alabama. He served as an Aircraft Machinist's Mate on the U.S.S. Birmingham (CL-62) and was honorably discharged from service on March 17, 1946. He then attended Alabama College at Montevallo and Howard College (now Samford) in Birmingham, Alabama. He moved to Decatur, Alabama in 1948 and married Frances Milton West Easter (1926-2012). In Decatur, he started a general insurance and real estate business that was later named the Easter Agency, Inc. In addition to his business, he was an active volunteer and community leader throughout his adult life. He served at various times as president of the local Jaycees, Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, the Morgan County Tuberculosis Association, chairman of the Red Cross of Morgan County, director of the Decatur Boys Club, and Commodore of Flotilla II of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He also served in his church, Westminster Presbyterian, as an elder and Sunday school superintendent for many years. He spoke very seldom of the war, but would occasionally show this photo journal of his life on the Birmingham to his children and grandchildren. He died on March 5, 2003 in his home in Decatur, Alabama. He is survived by his children, Robert Daren Easter and Carlin Aileen Easter McQuiddy, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. His grandson, Jonathan Easter (Major, USA), is an alumnus of Naval Postgraduate School.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.