Nov 1 1936

"Campaign Likened to Lincoln's in '64" Sub-head "Ellsberg
Sees War Signs"
The New York Times, II, 5:6

 
Oct 1939

"Reflected Glory"
Wellesley Magazine, 21

 
Oct 7 1939

"Salvage and Rescue on the Ocean Floor" by William Beebe (book review)
The Saturday Review, 6

 
Oct 8 1939

"Undersea Victories" by Richard F. Armknecht (book review)
New York Herald Tribune Books, IX, 6

 
1940

Hovgaard, Structural Design of Warships, 67-69
(quotes Ellsberg on damage to S.S. Majestic)

 
Nov 2 1940

"Naval Reserve Commander Charges Administration Is
Employing Smoke Screen"
Wilkes-Barre Record, 1

 
Date?

Profile in Junior Book of Authors, Stanley J. Kunitz, Ed.
(copy has no date or page no.)

 
Mar 29 1941

"Portrait"
Publishers' Weekly 139:1366

 
May 17 1941

Current Biography 1942, 244-46 mentions article
The New York Times, 13

 
May 22 1941

Current Biography 1942, 244-46 mentions article
New York Sun, 19

 
Jun 1 1941

"A Talk With Commander Edward Ellsberg" by Robert van Gelder
The New York Times (Book Review section)

 
Dec 3 1941

"Child Book Critics Prove Opinionated"
The New York Times

 
Aug 7 1942

"Ellsberg Raises Drydock Called Total Loss by Italy"
The New York Times, 1:6

 
Aug 9 1942

More about drydock
The New York Times, IV, 2:7

 
Aug 17 1942

"Battle of Egypt, Service Entrance"
Time, 24

 
Sep 20 1942

"Master Diver Directs One of Greatest Feats of Salvage in Naval History" A. H. Alexander
Philadelphia Inquirer, Everybody's Weekly, 6

 
Dec 1942

"Nine-day Miracle in Eritrea"
Cosmopolitan, 62
(Includes quotes and photo of Ellsberg)

 
Feb 12 1943

International News Service item says Americans raised $2000 to bet against British on raising the big Italian dock at Massawa
Special to the Journal (NY?)

 
Feb 25 1943

"Ellsberg in Town: Did 'Impossible'"
The Westfield Leader, 1

 
Jun 1943

"Italian Ships to Fight the Axis"
Popular Science, 127
(Includes photos of Ellsberg)

 
Jul 20 1943

"Capt. Ellsberg Honored"
The New York Times, 13:6

 
Aug 28 1943

"Ellsberg Honored for Salvage Work"
The New York Times, 4:6

 
Nov 13 1943

Dorcy & Kiesling. "Massawa Miracle"
Collier's, 11-12, 76-77
(Claimed Intent and crew cleared entrance to Massawa; printed correction by Ellsberg ltr Nov 16 1943)

 
Mar 4 1944

"Yankee Magic at Massawa" (subhead "Ellsberg the Ingenious"
Liberty Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 10, 22-23, 56-58

 
Mar 1944

"Yankee Magic at Massawa" (reprinted)
Reader's Digest, Vol. 44, No. 263, 49-52

 
Jun 20 1944

"Capt. Ellsberg Escapes as Jeep Hits Mine"
Plainfield Courier News

 
Jan 1945

"Navy Rescue Tugs"
Motorship, 44
(Includes misinformation on Intent from Collier's article)

 
Dec 1946

Review of Under the Red Sea Sun by William McFee
The Atlantic Monthly

 
Nov 23 1956

"South of Suez" (Describes British destruction of Massawa when turned over to Ethiopia)
Collier's, 38-42

 
Mar 31 1957

"Sea and Writing Mix Well for Famed Author-Admiral"
St. Petersburg Times, 14-E

 
Feb 18 1971

"Rear Admiral Edward Ellsberg (USN Ret.)…
Contemporary History Maker and Legend" by Percy Meeker
Gulf Beach Journal, 2

 
Dec 11 1979

"Meet Admiral Ellsberg" by Hazel Geissler (3 part series)
Evening Independent
"Looking Back" (part 1), 1B

 
Dec 12 1979

"Ellsberg: The Path to Normandy" (part 2), 1B

 
Dec 13 1979

"'The Far Shore': On to Normandy" (part 3)

 
 

 

 



 

 

 

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