Author: COMMANDANT OF THE US NAVY’S SIXTH DISTRICT
Title: 1957 Us Navy Correspondence About Naval Reserve Officer’S Deficient Request
Description: United States Naval Reserve Atlanta, Georgia, 1957. Ephemera. On offer is a US Navy internal document regarding an officer’s transfer and posting. The document, dated in 1957, concerns a Lieutenant (JG) Charles M. Davis . Davis served in the United States Naval Reserve. The letter is written by the Commandant of the US Navy’s Sixth District to the Commanding Officer of the US Navy Reserve unit based in Atlanta GA. It concerns the request for a billet or assignment. The letter clearly outlines how the Commanding Officer’s request is deficient in a number of ways. It is a classic example of the bureaucratic insistence on absolute correctness on forms and filings. Both of these documents contain the names of other US Navy officers. Our informal research was not able to find additional biographical information on Cdr Armstrong. For a genealogist, these records offer opportunities to fill in the gaps particular biographies. For a historian, especially a naval historian, these help locate specific personnel in particular units. The document measures 10.5 inches by 8.0 inches. It is a carbon copy of a letter. The paper is in good condition and the text is quite legible. ; Letters; 10" x 8"; 1 pages. Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Armed Forces