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0619801	65k	Donald Alexander Lovelace, born in Scottsburgh, Va., 20 June 1906, entered the Naval Academy 08 July 1924 and was commissioned ensign upon graduation in 1928. After duty in Wyoming, he learned to fly at Pensacola, Fla., during 1930 and subsequently was active in developing naval aviation. At the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, Lovelace was assigned to Yorktown (CV 5). He soon won the Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroic conduct in aerial combat, as division leader and pilot, when on 20 February 1942, in enemy waters, he led his division in a vigorous and determined attack, in the face of combined machine-gun and cannon fire, against a formation of enemy bombers, and he, with the assistance of his teammate, caused the destruction of one enemy bomber." Lieutenant Commander Lovelace was killed in a plane crash northeast of Midway Island 02 June 1942 while searching for the Japanese naval force which was defeated in the Battle of Midway 2 days later. USS Lovelace (DE 198) (1943-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from the U.S. Naval Academy Yearbook; The Lucky Bag, Class of 1928.)		Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0619802	16k	04 July 1943: Portsmouth, Va. - USS Lovelace (DE 198) launching at Norfolk Navy Yard.		-
0619805	56k	February 1944: Noumea, New Calendonia - The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Lovelace (DE 198) anchored in the harbour of Nouméa, New Caledonia, from 10 to 19 February 1944. While anchored she took the opportunity to clean both her boilers, fire and watersides. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 13D. Note the HF/DF antenna in place of the SA radar at the masthead. Photo by U.S. Navy SeaBee Detachment 1019. (U.S. Navy photo #19-LCM-DE198-1 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md., courtesy of C. Lee Johnson, Ships of the U.S. Navy in WWII “Dazzle” Camouflage)		Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0619803	294k	Feb. / March 1944: Noumea, New Calendonia - USS Lovelace (DE 198) wearing Measure 31/13D camouflage scheme, refueling from an unidentified station tanker outside of the harbor at Noumea. This photo is attributed to SeaBee Detachment 1019 and was probably taken early in 1944 in February or March since Lovelace arrived at Noumea on 08 February 1944. Based at Noumea, she conducted escort and screening duties in the Solomon Islands prior to her 19 April departure to the New Guinea battle zone The submarine net enclosing the inner harbor is visible in the background. (U.S. Navy photo #19-LCM-DE198-4 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md., courtesy of C. Lee Johnson, Ships of the U.S. Navy in WWII “Dazzle” Camouflage)		Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0619804	409k	13 March 1944: Espiritu Santo - USS Coolbaugh (DE 217), USS Lovelace, and USS Darby (DE 218) are nested with USS Ingersoll (DE 652) at the fleet anchorage. Photo taken by Milt Volkens aboard USS Langley (CVL 27). (From the Langley/Volkens Photo Collection at Eastern Carolina Univ.)		John Chiquoine West Chester, Pa.

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