Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, circa 1944-1945. Presents Lindsay with the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism as Flight Leader in Fighting Squadron Ninteen, attached to the U.S.S. Lexington, in action…
Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, circa 1944-1945. Presents Lindsay with the Gold Star in lieue of a second Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Acting Commanding Officer of Fighting Squadron…
Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, circa 1944-1945. Presents Lindsay with the Distinguishing Flying Cross "for heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting…
Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, February 15, 1946. Thanks Lindsay for his military service.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947.
Photographic postcard of a U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver aircraft in flight, circa 1942-1945.Caption: "Curtiss Helldiver SB2C-1. 10180."Stamped on verso: "Post Card. Grogan Photo Company, Danville, Ill."
Newspaper clipping, "Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound," from The Honolulu Advertiser, December 3, 1944.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War…
Letter to George Conrad Westervelt from Jerome C. Hunsaker, September 22, 1916. States that the Navy Department will send "Jones" to Seattle, Washington to report on planes built by Boeing. Also mentions a Curtiss Pusher that "fell in the Potomac…
Photograph of Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopters of the United States Army, parked at a naval base in Nhà Bè, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Nha Be Naval Heli-port. When we operated in the Rung Sac area, Nha Be was our refueling…
Oblique aerial photograph of buildings and a landing pad at a United States Navy base in Nhà Bè, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Nha Be Naval Heli-port."