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Christmas greeting card from service members of the USS Pine Island (AV-12), circa 1945. The front features an illustration of a Japanese boat and the Pine Island with Mount Fuji in the background. The card interior features photographs of people and…

Certificate of Plank Ownership issued to U.S. Navy serviceman Jerry Michaud, April 26, 1945. Certifies that Michaud was a member of the original crew commissioned on the USS Pine Island (AV-12) and "therefore entitled to all rights and privileges of…

Ticket booklet issued by the Aviation Commissioned Officers Mess Navy 720 to Jerry Michaud, June 28, 1945. Includes two wine mess tickets.

Photograph of a U.S. Army serviceman, Guam, July 1945.Inscription on verso: "Guam. July 1945.

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen with a Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) aircraft (serial number 42-65284, designation "Destiny's 'Tot'"), July 6, 1945. The aircraft's nose art depicts a man holding a bomb.…

Composite photograph featuring images of "Green Cross" Mitsubishi G4M Betty aircraft and Japanese officials boarding a Douglas C-54 Skymaster, circa August 1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman standing outside a stone building, August 14, 1945.Inscription on verso: "8-14-45. V.J. Day."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman standing outside a stone building, August 14, 1945.Inscription: "1945."

Certificate issued by the U.S. Navy to Jerry Michaud, August 30, 1945. Certifies that Michaud was a part of Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VPB-26) when the squadron entered Tokyo Bay to accept the surrender of the Imperial Japanese government. VPB-26…

Menu, "Pine Grove To-day's Suggestions," Park Hotel (China), December 17, 1945. The names of several U.S. Navy servicemen are written on the back.Inscription on verso: "Whang Poo Liberty. P. E. Nowell, James [S?] Graves, James L. Eymann, Mathew G.…