Exhibit Gallery
Photograph of the USS YMS-247 taken by Mrs. Walter Wallace while in transit from New Orleans, LA, to Southport, N.C. 1945.
Photograph of Walter L. Wallace, Sr., Dan Logan, and Frank Mason (from left to right) aboard the USS YMS 247, Norfolk, VA. ca. 1940s.
Handwritten reminiscence about D-Day composed by Walter L. Wallace, Sr. undated.
Clock from USS YMS-247 set to the time marking the start of Operation Neptune on June 6, 1945. undated.
Photograph of Walter L. Wallace, Sr., appearing in the Reveille, MSU’s yearbook. 1939.
Photograph of Kenny Wise appearing in the Reveille, MSU’s yearbook. 1939.
Photograph of George Hammer appearing in the Reveille, MSU’s yearbook. 1938.
European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal belonging to Walter Wallace. undated.
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal belonging to Walter Wallace. undated.
Band Letter from the Famous Maroon Band belonging to Walter L. Wallace, Sr. 1938.
Commissioning pennant of USS YSM-247 and Dog Tags belonging to Walter L. Wallace, Sr. ca. 1940s.
Photograph of (then) Midshipman Walter L. Wallace, Sr. at Naval Officer Candidate School. 1942.
Photograph of Sailors Nate Martin (Nashville, TN), Frank Mason (Columbus, OH), Commanding Officer Walter L. Wallace, Sr. (Kosciusko, MS), and Walsh (first name unknown; New York, NY) on board the USS YMS-247 off the coast of Normandy. The swastikas on the smokestack behind them record the number of German mines that the ship had successfully swept out of the way. 1945.
Appointment of Walter L. Wallace, Sr., to rank of Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. 1954.
Official United States Navy orders for USS YMS-247 for Operation Neptune, or D-Day, housed within a scrapbook also containing images of Walter Wallace, Sr., and others. 1945.