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| *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | |
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  Basil Pratt USN *Signature Value : £20 | Served on the USS Nevada from 1938 through the attack at Pearl Harbor to 1942. In 1943 after sub training, he served on board the USS 259 Jack submarine, completing 9 combat tours in the Pacific and South China Sea. |
  Melvin Ellis USN *Signature Value : £15 | Melvin Ellis joined the USS Nevada on March 11, 1939, and served with her throughout the war from Pearl Harbor to the Aleutians, from the D-Day invasion of Normandy of 1944, through Iwo Jima and Okinawa to the Marshall Islands in 1945. He retired the service in 1955. |
  Paul Adams USMC *Signature Value : £15 | Paul was in the Marine detachment on the USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor. Afterwards he served with the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific - participating in the battles for the Aleutians, and after a short trip on convoy escort in the Atlantic in 1943, he returned to the Pacific for the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945. |
  Woodrow Wilson Derby USN (deceased) *Signature Value : £15 | Joining the navy in 1938, Woody was posted direct to USS Nevada, and was aboard at Pearl Harbor. He served throughout the war on the Nevada; at the D-Day bombardment of Utah beach where Nevada was the only US ship from Pearl Harbor at Normandy - and later in the Pacific. He died on 25th January 2020. |
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