Louis Poisson Davis Papers, 1897-1972

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Louis Poisson Davis Papers, 1897-1972

1897-1972

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0309

Papers (1897-1972, undated) of a U. S. Naval officer, a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, 1905, who commanded the destroyer USS JARVIS during World War I, and as ordnance inspector at the U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot during World War II, consisting of correspondence, a war diary, orders, proceedings, reports, thesis, albums, photographs, postal cards, financial records, citations, certificates, biographies and miscellaneous.

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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