Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945. Presents Lindsay with the Navy Cross "for distinguishing himself by extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while leading carried based fighter…
Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945. Presents Lindsay with the Silver Star "for distinguishing himself comspicuously [conspicuously] by gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a pilot…
Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945. Presents Lindsay with the Distinguished Flying Cross "for distinguishing himself by meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight as pilot of…
Memorandum to the Commanding Officer, Fighting Squadron 19 (VF-19), from Captain H. G. Patrick, Navy Department Board of Decorations and Medals, December 7, 1944. Recommends that an entry for Lieutenant Elvin L. Lindsay's actions in searching for and…
Navy Cross certificate issued by the U.S. Navy to Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1940s.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947.
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy pilots in front of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1943-1946.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage number 35) and a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft (tail number 3842, tail code NL), circa 1978.
Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting…
Student pilot log book (advanced training) for Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1940. Notes that Lindsay's advanced fight instruction began on August 6, 1940 at Boise Municipal Airport. 60 pages.
Student pilot log book for Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1939-1941. Notes that Lindsay's flight instruction began on November 27, 1939 at Pullman-Moscow Airport. 84 pages.