H74.193.4

Booklet. Description: The Amphibious Force (of the U.S. Navy). "Photographs and text, graphic cover. (David Blakeslee was a commander of a fleet of mine Sweepers of this force.). History: David Wolcott Blakeslee was in NROTC at Cal Berkeley and was called to summer duty aboard the U.S.S. Colorado, the search ship for Amelia Earhart, 1937. The Year after his training was aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma. During WWII he commanded a fleet of mine sweepers in the Pacific.