Lt. Commander N. Burt Davis, Jr., USN was commanding officer of Motor Torpedo
Boat Task Unit 70.1.4 that won a Navy Unit Commendation for its service at
Mindoro Island, Philippines, in 1944 and 1945. Davis was awarded a Silver Star
for bravery. Can you find a photograph of him and a brief biography?

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Request for Question Clarification by crabcakes-ga on 02 Oct 2003 08:39 PDT

Hello chasdave10,

I have located a picture and a little information about your Silver
Star recipient, but can find no biographical information. Can you tell
me a bit about  Lt. Commander N. Burt Davis, such as where he was
born, where he lived, or where he lived when he retired? Any clues
would help!

Thank you,
crabcakes-ga

Ahoy again chasdave10,

I have plowed through the waves  of military information online, and
while I found many sites that named Lt. Commander N. Burt Davis,
including one photo, there was scant biographical information.

Clicking on the link below will display a photo, taken  in November of
1953, at the Change of Command at Pearl Harbor, on the USS Epperson
(DE-719).

http://www.destroyers.org/DD719-Site/COC1953.htm


Commander N. Burt Davis commanded the  Epperson from Nov. 1953 - Nov.
1955

http://www.destroyers.org/DD719-Site/commanding_officers.htm


Davis won more than a Silver Star, he also won a Legion of Merit Award
and a Navy Marine Corps Medal:

http://www.ptboats.org/20-02-05-medals-006.html

http://www.ptboats.org/20-02-05-medals-007.html

Here are some of the military sites that include Davis' name
(occasionally spelling "Burt" as "Bert"), with no additional
information:

http://www.ptboats.org/20-02-05-medals-005.html

Lt. Commander N. "Bert" Davis, commanded MTB-RON 24, commissioned June
, 1943, decomissioned Nov. 1945

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/pt/squadron.htm

http://www.ptboats.org/20-04-05-squadrons-006.html

Other related information pertaining to Mindoro and the MTBRON-24 and
LSTs his MTB was attached to:
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Very interesting narrative of events in Mindano, 1945. (Beware the
author is not politically correct, using some less than favorable,
(but commonly used in that era) terminology to describe the enemy.)

http://www.metronet.com/~rlewisjr/html/chapter_10.html

One of the LSTs Davis was attached to in Mindoro was LST-472, which
was sunk by the Japanese on Dec. 21, 1944.
For this it earned the Navy Unit Commendation and 6 battle stars.

http://www.multieducator.com/Navy/patrol/21.html


"Two Coast Guard-manned LST's open their great jaws in the surf that
washes on Leyte Island beach, as soldiers strip down and build sandbag
piers out to the ramps to speed up unloading operations." 1944

http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/world_war_2_photos/images/ww2_151.jpg



About the USS Epperson
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A photo of the entire crew of the USS Epperson, names omitted:

http://www.destroyers.org/DD719-Site/Eppe-At-Pier-1953.htm


USS Epperson Marshall Islands, Bikini for thermonuvlear testing

http://www.ussjpkennedyjr.org/epperson719.html

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For $10, you can order a list of all Silver Star recipients here
http://foxfall.com/pub.htm

To locate buried vets (in case Commander Davis is no longer with us),
write to the following address:
http://www.militaryconnections.com/burial_find.cfm


The Navy Times has a locator service, which must be reached by regular
US Postal mail:
Navy Times
6883 Commercial Drive
Springfield, VA 22159-0170

chasdave10, I will be happy to investigate further if this answer does
not pass muster. Please supply me with any additional clues you may
have to enable me to find biographical information for  you.

Farewell for now, crabcakes-ga

I asked for a photo Lt. Cdr. N. Burt Davis, Jr. and biographical data.
I got a photo that did not even resember Lt. Cdr. N. Burt Davis, Jr.
and
no biographical information--date of birth, U. S. Navy career, date of
death, cause of death, if deceased.  Nothing.  Some information was
totally inaccurate.  There is only one N. Burt Davis, Jr.  I don't
want information about a Bert Davis.   Cdr. N. Burt Davis was never CO
of an LST, but
I was told he was.  Useless.  I was given information two awards
beyond the
Silver Star from the same PT Boat Web site I accessed to confirm he
was awarded a Silver Star.