Clay Morgan

Mostly stamps. Usually US Coast Guard Postal History. Occasional pontificating.

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The Coast Guard at 230. Doesn’t look a day over… |

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Norman Rockwell, the Boy Scouts, and Liberia |

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The USS Wilkes

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 Clay

There are three Navy ships that had the name USS Wilkes, after Commodore Charles Wilkes. This USS Wilkes, DD-67, was the second ship to bear the name. It was a Sampson-Class destroy and helped conduct ....