Recent Signatures
Wilbur S. Bryans
Wilbur Showell Bryans was born April 3, 1922 in Sullivan Township, Ontario. Assigned to the Royal Canadian Medical Corps and stationed in Basingstoke, UK, he witnessed many horrific injuries sustained through combat. Growing up on [Read more]
Ray C. Cameron
When war broke out Ray Cameron was living on a farm in Lindsay, Ontario. As a 16 year old he was already working on the Great Lakes as a seaman. When Norway was pulled into [Read more]
George Markow
George Markow was born April 14, 1921 in Russia, just outside the city of Leningrad. He was born just four years after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and George remembers the impacts it had on [Read more]
Recent articles
On this day in history – 17 January – CHOCKS AWAY!
Today’s date has come to hold a special meaning for the project as it was on 17 January 1944 that Cyril Devaux made his first flight entry in his log book. He records his first [Read more]
Cpl. Barney Sterling and Pfc. Arthur Atwood
Arthur Pendleton of Co H, 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division honoured The Log Book with his signature in 2017. While project founder Nick Devaux was accommodated for several effortless hours in their [Read more]
St1c Conrad F. Castillo
Like an iceberg the majority story of Conrad F. Castillo was mostly hidden out of sight. I met Jeff Mossinghoff in one of the numerous WWII orientated groups available on Facebook. His post with a [Read more]
Ray C. Cameron
When war broke out Ray Cameron was living on a farm in Lindsay, Ontario. As a 16 year old he was already working on the Great Lakes as a seaman. When Norway was pulled into [Read more]
Cyril Devaux
With TAG63 to Guantanamo
With the United States formally entering WWII because of the attack on Pearl Harbour by Japan, and Germany declaring war in December 1941, Caribbean waters becomes a frontline. The unrestricted submarine warfare waged by Axis [Read more]
The journey started 29 May 1943
Cyril Devaux‘s journey to join the war effort started in 1943, like many others, eager to do his part, and surely impacted by the war going on in the Caribbean. There is a common misconception [Read more]
Cuban convergence
As Nick embarked on his journey towards Japan, escorting The Log Book to its next appointment, it was via a detour to Jamaica. The itinerary took them from St Lucia to Montego Bay via Fort [Read more]