I do not have contact information for the family of lost at sea sailor Sidney Spencer. However, if you would like to contact the museum personnel, please contact me off the board at BullardMBullard@aol.com and I will put you in touch with them. That would most likely be the best place to entrust the items.

Hello,

I did not donate the items. I was hoping a relative would sometime contact me through this website. I would be glad to send the items to you. Please contact me at my home email address so that I can get your contact/address info.

My email is pparml@sbcglobal.net

Regards,

Larry Rapp 

Hello,

There would be no charge to you. I would be glad to ship to you if you are truely a family member of Sidney. 

I just would like to give these items to you. I know you must be very proud of his service, My family members are all US Navy veterans. These items should go to his remaining family members, I just hated seeing someone try to make money selling items of this significance. I paid close to $100.00, but that is irelivant to me.

The items I have all seem to have come from the estate of Gertie Jensen, his sister.

What I have is the following; His full service record from the National Archives, A rather large document memorializing his service and signed by President Harry S. Truman, a small pin with the US Navy emblem and two blue stars attached, two stamps from letters he sent to Gertie from the USS indianapoilis and USS New Orleans, both ships he was stationed on, his Bank of America bank book from California showing his pay entries from 1944-1947, one blue star flag, and one photo of Sidney in uniform.

Secondly, he must have had a brother named Andrew in the service? I have a life insurance document from Andrew made out to Gertie as beneficiary, and another window flag with two blue stars, as you know flags were hung in windows to indicate and show support for family members serving.

Regards,

Larry Rapp