Following on to our earlier successful auctions of US Naval Ship Commissioning Programs, we have now listed one from the USS Comte De Grasse (DD-974).

The 44 page program was given to guests at the commissioning ceremony held at the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

The Guest Speaker at the event was the Honorable Francois de Laboulaye, the French Ambassador to the United States. The pamphlet gives the complete program of the day and information on the man that the ship was named after – Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse -who led a French Fleet that agreed to support the American Colonies in their struggle for independence against Great Britain.

This is a wonderful, unique and rare pamphlet that will be an important addition to any US Navy collection.

Take a look.. 1978 USS COMTE DE GRASSE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY PROGRAM

I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the Encore it deserves.

We recently uncovered a few military documents and pamphlets dating back to the Vietnam era. Each of these are in excellent condition and will fit in nicely with any Vietnam Military collection one might have.

Specifically we have listed:

• 1967 VIETNAM ERA VETERANS PAMPHLET LBJ LYNDON JOHNSON
• 1965 VIETNAM ERA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN BOOKLET
• 1961 VIETNAM ERA WAR DEPARTMENT BOOKLET DA PAM 21-8
• 1963 VIETNAM ERA DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PAMPHLET
• 1967 VIETNAM ERA VETERANS ADMINISTRATION BENEFITS
• 1967 VIETNAM ERA DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY RESERVE OPTION

Have a look at these documents and add them to your growing collection of Vietnam era articles.

I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the Encore it deserves.