Manuscript/Mixed Material [Spark, The Mighty Man]
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Image 1 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 7F7 V44erwiteArt SPARKS THE MIGHTY MAN January 4 1921 My 19th birthday went to the recruiting station on Bast 23rd St and wenlisted in the United States Marine Corps for a period...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 2 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 2 igamkiamiganiftgaimemgoodspia Cheerio Corporal James Gordon Brown 1 I Its Sparks the Mighty Manny eat last0 Sparks a mighty man is he All he does is pound a key And listen to...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 3 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 3 many years ago she had a sailor sweetheart and one day the guy went to sea on a long trip It was agreed between them that when he returned she would...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 4 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 4 January 22 Bugle routed us out of bed this morning and we lined up outside the barracks One recruit failed to snap out of his bunk at the first call and...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 5 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 5 May 15 1921 In four months time I managed to make the grade as marksman and sharpshooter and finished a course in the Marine Corps Training School for Radio Telegraphers and...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 6 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 6 snapped to attention though When I heard the shrill note of a transmitter from some ship on the distress frequency 600 meters That SOS seemed to form a picture in my...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 7 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 7 duty we either hang out at Johns Place a cafe owned by an ex marine or at the Little Red Shanty which is within a stones throw of the wreck of...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 8 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 8 After long practice I find Im able to put away my Awk this full share of lid4uor and beginning to like Ifilimmt brawling a little too well Most every evening I...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 9 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 9 Jerry Frenchy and myself were assigned to Headquarters Company Fourth Regiment and are now on detached duty at the station up on Radio Hill December 26 For Christmas day we had...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 10 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 10 stoppinE off to see Mother at Nyack Ive only been back three weeks but I feel restless and undecided Beginning to think of joining the Coast Guard 0 0 February 12...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 11 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 11 March 1 Rum row is indeed a busy place The large ships with cargos of contraband are anchored just outside the 12 wile limit all along the Atlantic coast Schooners of...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 12 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 12 deck at my feet It was a flying fish Who had been attracted by the light in the shack Sunday May 10 A thick pea soup fog enveloped both sides of...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 13 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 13 The rum ships also move about without lights and the danger of collision is imminent On the bridge the officers listen for the purr of the high powered motor on the...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 14 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 14 quivers and there is too much vibration from the excessive speed The wind screams by the operator manning the light but the chase goes on and on with the rum ship...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 15 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 15 While all the other ships of the squadron are seekin shelter the Diligence is tossing and pitching in the teeth of the gale riding it out Mien walls of green water...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 16 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 16 to be turned about As the wheel was put overthe ship slipped into the trough of the sea and keeled over on one side Every loose object rolled or slid across...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 17 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 17 weak signals At 1105 the air became tense as the SS Commonwealth sent out a CQ stating the ship was disabled 40 miles off Point Judith One of the side propellers...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 18 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 18 asking if they cared to lower a boat The master replied No not in this sea Our vessal then attempted to shoot a line to the distressed ship by means of...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 19 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 19 by hand The job was long and tedious so that it was late in the afternoon before the Diligence received the signal to go ahead The Diligence had to proceed at...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 20 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 20 a deep orange and the sea dark blue as the shadows began to rolls creep over it The ship NUMINK from side to side in a gentle swell The floodlights are...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04
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Image 21 of [Spark, The Mighty Man] 2 Bidding the radio gang goodbye I stepped down the gang plank patted the steel hull of the ship that now seems to have become a part of me row that I...- Contributor: Swenson, May
- Date: 1921-01-04