US WWII Navy Dogtag, D-Day Veteran, USS Quincy CA-71
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $145.00

Original era manufacture. Single tag issued to Peter Wesley Olsen, Tetanus inoculation in September 1943, blood type A SN 814-18-18. Ancestry records show Peter Wesley Olsen, as serving aboard the Baltimore class heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) from 31 March 1944 until 1 April 1946. On the 6th of June 1944, the USS Quincy participated in shore bombardment operations in support of the landings on Utah Beach. During the period of June 6-17, she engaged German shore batteries and troop concentrations, engaging enemy batteries which were firing on the crews of the US Navy destroyers USS Corey and Glennon as they were abandoning their ships after striking German mines off the Normandy coast. on 24 June 1944 she participated in the bombardment of the German gun positions around Cherbourg, with 19 of the 21 targets given to the task force Quincy was assigned to, being neutralized or destroyed.  August 13 1944 she provided fire support for the Invasion of Southern France. On the 23rd of January 1945, she provided transport for President Roosevelt to Malta to attend the Yalta Conference in Crimea. Roosevelt returned to Quincy after the conference and was joined aboard the warship by King Farouk of Egypt and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia which resulted in the Quincy Agreement. On the 11th of April 1945 Quincy joined the US 5th Fleet in the Pacific. She participated in supporting carrier strikes on the Japanese Island of Kyushu, and safely rode out the terrible typhoon of June 5 1945.