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WW II Souvenir NAVY BELT Buckle of the USS WILLARD KEITH with BELT. Size 36
$ 10.56
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WW II Souvenir NAVY BELT Buckle of the USS WILLARD KEITH with BELT. Size 36Circa1940's
Offered for sale is this vintage WW II Navy Belt Buckle and Brown Leather Belt. Oval Buckle which portrays the
USS
Willard Keith
(DD-775)
, an
Allen M. Sumner
-class
destroyer
, is currently the only completed ship of the
United States Navy
ever named for
Willard Keith
, a
United States Marine Corps
captain who died in combat during the
campaign for Guadalcanal
. He was awarded the
Navy Cross
for his actions.
Willard Keith
(DD-775) was
laid down
on 5 March 1944, at
San Pedro, California
, by the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
and
launched
on 29 August 1944; spon
sored by Mrs. Willard W. Keith, the mother of Capt. Keith. The ship was
commissioned
on 27 December 1944, Comdr.
Lewis L. Snyder
in command.
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