Thank You for this info I find every thing about the Sacketts interesting. Thank You April Sackett --- Liesa Robarge <lrobarge@charter.net> wrote: > Just found this and thought some you might be > interested. The link for the page I found it on is > at the bottom. Liesa > > > > Sackett, Earl L. > Papers, 1897-1970 > > Sackett was a career naval officer who achieved the > rank of Rear Admiral. He graduated from the U.S. > Naval Academy in 1919 and received an M.S. in > engineering from the University of California in > 1934. He was commander of USS Canopus which was > stationed in Manila Harbor at the outbreak of World > War II. Canopus was involved in the battle for the > Bataan peninsula and was scuttled off the coast of > Corregidor Island when Bataan fell to the Japanese > on April 9, 1942. Sackett and his crew were taken > prisoner; he was released and transported away from > the Philippines aboard USS Spearfish in May, 1942. > > Collection contains several narrative accounts by > Sackett of the Bataan campaign and the role played > by Canopus; a transcription of a war diary of > Canopus, Dec. 8, 1941-April 9, 1942; a transcript of > the ship's log of USS Spearfish, April 30-May 3, > 1942; maps of Mariveles Harbor on the Bataan > peninsula; a scrapbook of photographs and newspaper > clippings on Sackett's life and career (1897-1970); > military medals; diplomas and certificates; > biographical information; and passports. > > > > http://www.history.navy.mil/sources/wy/ahj.htm > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > Visit the SACKETT-L Web Page at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus