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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, 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 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 the Bureau of Naval Personnel, November 13, 1946. Forwards permanent citation for Lindsay's Silver Star. One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa…

Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from the Bureau of Naval Personnel, May 1, 1947. Forwards permanent citation for Lindsay's Gold Star. One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947.

Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from the Bureau of Naval Personnel, December 6, 1946. Forwards permanent citation for Lindsay's Navy Cross. One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa…

Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from the Bureau of Naval Personnel, December 19, 1946. Forwards permanent citation for Lindsay's Distinguished Flying Cross. One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L.…

Invitation to the Disestablishment Ceremony for Fighter Squadron 191 (VF-191) at Naval Air Station Miramar, California, March 1, 1978. Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat (tail code Z-28) in flight, circa 1944-1945.

Photographic group portrait of Fighting Squadron 19 (VF-19) fighter aces with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1944-1945. The men are identified in the verso inscription. Inscription on verso: "10 out of 12 VF-19 Aces. Sitting reading right:…