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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>John C. Butler Class Type WGT Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid January 21 1944 - Launched February 28 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LELAND E. THOMAS DE-420'''<br/>
Commissioned June 19 1944 - Decommissioned May 3 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register December 1 1972<br/>
Sold September 11 1973 for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS LELNAD E. THOMAS DE-420_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1946)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1946-01-17
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[[Image:JonBurdett lelendethomas de420 19460117 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett lelendethomas de420 19460117.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
LELAND E. THOMAS received one battle star for World War II service<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Leland Evan Thomas USMCR (September 20 1918 - September 18 1942)<br/>
Thomas enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve September 10 1941, was appointed Air Cadet October 15 1941 and commissioned 2d Lieutenant April 17 1942. While serving in the southwest Pacific Lieutenant Thomas contributed to the sinking of a Japanese cruiser and a destroyer and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross “for heroism and extraordinary achievement as a pilot....His indomitable fighting spirit was in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.” Lieutenant Thomas was killed in action at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, September 18 1942 while launching an aggressive attack on enemy warships



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