Signees Archives - The Log Book Project

Air Marshal Douglas King Lee

29 October 2020 Lars McKie 0

Douglas King-Lee was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF) in November 1944. During WWII, the Indian Air Force (IAF) played an instrumental role in halting the Japanese advance in Burma. [Read more]

Henry Parham

9 October 2020 Nick Devaux 0

One iconic image from D-day is one of beached LSTs on Omaha beach. Floating above the ships are silver oval shaped balloons as military vehicles drives off the LSTs. These balloons are known as “barrage [Read more]

Joseph “Joe” Joiner

9 September 2020 Nick Devaux 0

Joseph “Joe” Joiner amassed a staggering 10,000 hours in fighter planes over a 30 year US Air Force career. During WWII, Joiner flew 84 missions encompassing 374 combat hours over Europe, shooting down 4 Luftwaffe [Read more]

Jack Holder

29 August 2020 Nick Devaux 2

JACK HOLDER – US Navy, Pilot Mr. Jack Holder, veteran of Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal, as well as Europe signed the Log Book on 29 August 2020. Holder’s remarkable story is told in the book [Read more]

Madeline Shavalier

3 February 2020 Nick Devaux 0

MADELINE SHAVALIER – RCAMC, Nurse, Survivor of SS Santa Elena sinking In 1943 when Mrs Madeline Shavalier signed up with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps at the age of 25 she thought she would [Read more]

Mrs Merle Taylor

23 January 2020 Lars McKie 0

MERLE TAYLOR – RCAF, Wireless Operator Ground (WOG), No. 4 SFTS Saskatoon. I am excited to note that today, thanks to Mr. Gerry Madigan, Mrs. Merle Taylor has graciously signed The Log Book. Mrs. Taylor [Read more]

Louis Graziano

7 December 2019 Nick Devaux 0

LOUIS GRAZIANO – US Army, Master Sergeant, 3rd wave onto Omaha beach Mr. Louis Graziano joined the US Army in January 1943 and after months of training made the Atlantic crossing to UK on Queen [Read more]

Nikolai Imchuk

20 October 2019 Lars McKie 0

NIKOLAI IMCHUK – Soviet Army, 328th Katyusha Rocket Launcher Regiment As war broke out the 11 year old Nikolai Imchuk was at an orphanage in Uman, near Kiev, Ukraine, when it was bombed by the [Read more]

Nina Mikhailovna DANILKOVICH

20 October 2019 Lars McKie 0

NINA MIKHAILOVNA DANILKOVICH – Partisan resistance fighter in Western Belarus, Brest region Mrs Nina Mikhailovna Danilkovich was 12 years old when the Great Patriotic War started in June of 1941 when the region of Brest [Read more]

Sydney “Stevie” Stevens

12 October 2019 Lars McKie 0

SYDNEY “STEVIE” STEVENS – Fl. Lt., No. 57 Squadron RAF, Lancasters Sydney “Stevie” Stevens joined the RAF after his family’s home was bombed, parents surviving but everything he owned, down to a single pair of [Read more]