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Photograph of a kamikaze aircraft on a collision course with the USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944.Inscription on verso: "12:56 pm Nov. 25, 1944 / 100 miles E. of Luzon. / Jap Kamakazi [sic] one second before he hit Essex / Photographer -- C. S.…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen extinguishing fires from a kamikaze strike, USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944. Inscription on verso: "Nov. 25, 1944 / Flight deck scene after kamakazi [sic] hit." Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photographic holiday greeting card from servicemen at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida, 1918.Text: "The commanding officer, officers, and men at the United States Naval Air Station Key West, Fla. Extend their respect and the season greetings,…

Leave pass for U.S. Navy serviceman C. E. Roy, 6th Regiment, U.S. Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois, April 24, 1918.Part of a photograph album related to C. E. Roy's service with the U.S. Navy at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida, circa…

Souvenir album from the U.S. Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Washington, circa 1919. The album features numerous individual and group portraits of the commander, department heads, officers, women "yeomanettes," medical staff, various detachments and…

Poster of U.S. Navy aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier, circa 1927-1930. Art by J. W. Burbank.

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen playing Chinese checkers, Naval Air Station Squantum, Massachusetts, circa 1930s. Inscription on verso: "Squantum / 1930's."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen at Naval Air Station Squantum, Massachusetts, circa 1930s. One of the men is reading "Commence Shooting," a manual on war photography.Inscription on verso: "Squantum / 1930's."

Leave card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen during his service with Patrol Squadron 52 (VP-52), circa 1930s-1940s.

Identification card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1930s-1940s.