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Special Orders No. 68, Headquarters American Volunteer Group, March 18, 1942. Issues appointments and directs the Group Board of Inquiry to meet for an investigation. One typed page.

Loving cup mounted on wood base with generic jet aircraft on top of cup cover. Engraved plate on side of base has the text: "Flying Tiger American Volunteer Group Memorial Trophy / Presented to William P. Lear / For outstanding aviation achievement /…

Photograph of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) in open water, circa 1941. The photograph was taken by AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert H. Neale while en route to the China-Burma-India Theater. Inscription on verso: "The Salt Lake City…

Photograph of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) deploying a boat to the Jagersfontein near Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1941. The photograph was taken by AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert H. Neale while en route to the China-Burma-India…

Photograph of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) and the USS Northampton (CA-26) in open water near Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1941. The photograph was taken by AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert H. Neale while en route to the…

Photograph of the USS Northampton (CA-26) in open water, circa 1941. The photograph was taken by AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert H. Neale while en route to the China-Burma-India Theater. Inscription on verso: "About the last view of…

Photograph of an unidentified island in the South Pacific, circa 1941. The photograph was taken by AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert H. Neale while en route to the China-Burma-India Theater. Inscription on verso: "Just a lot of water…

Photograph of two unidentified AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen, likely at a military base in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942. A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft is parked in the background.

Photograph of AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Thomas A. Jones using a bulldozer to fill bomb craters at Mingaladon Airport, Burma, circa 1941-1942. Inscription on verso: "Rangoon. Mingladon [Mingaladon] Airport. Ambitious T. A. Jones -…

Photograph of American servicemen, likely members of the American Volunteer Group or U.S. Navy, participating in a line-crossing ceremony onboard ship, circa 1941-1942. Inscription on verso: "Another picture of the ceremony crossing the line. You can…