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This obituary ran in the Atlanta paper today. It, and the related ebook, might be of interest.

Franklyn Edward Dailey Jr., Captain USNR (Ret), aged 104, died at hishome in Milton, GA on March 19, 2025
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Franklyn earned a B.S. with distinction at the US Naval academy in 1942. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (B.S.E.E.) and the University of California (MS-Applied Physics).
Franklyn served in the Navy during three periods of armed conflict, including Operation Torch 1942-1944 in the Mediterranean, serving on the USS Edison as gunnery officer, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander. Franklyn served in the battles of Casablanca, Sicily, Salerno and Anzio as well as the battle of Southern France.
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The ebook mentioned is at https://www.daileyint.com/seawar/seatoc.htm under "Collision at sea", near the bottom, is a hand drawn chart of the search pattern for Amelia Earhart conducted by the U.S.S. Lexington, 4 July-13 July 1937. Earhart is also mentioned in his work on Air Navigation at https://www.daileyint.com/ The ebook is not a novel but it's loaded with dates, events, and ship names. It might be a future resource for someone.

Regards, Noell