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[Letter from Curtiss Aviation School, June 5, 1917] (Item)

Letter from Curtiss Aviation School, June 5, 1917. The school certifies that Sergeant Hamilton Coolidge received 1206 minutes of flying instruction, passed the Preliminary Flying Test and is ready to take the Reserve Military Aviators Test.

[Letter to Commanding Officer, 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, from 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, March 28, 1918] (Item)

Letter to Commanding Officer, 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, from 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, March 28, 1918. Letter was written in an effort to retain Corporal Louis Dardenne, a French mechanic working at the Instruction Center. One typed page.

[Letter from the Depot of the Quartermaster to Hamilton Coolidge, November 7, 1917] (Item)

Letter from the Depot of the Quartermaster for the American Expeditionary Forces to Hamilton Coolidge, November 7, 1917. References Hamilton Coolidge's Final Statement, which was incorrect and needed to be amended. The amended Final Statement is not part of this collection. One typed page.

[Letter to Adjutant General, American Expeditionary Forces, from Captain Hamilton Coolidge, October 12, 1918] (Item)

Letter to Adjutant General, American Expeditionary Forces, from Captain Hamilton Coolidge, October 12, 1918. Writes to accept his commission as Captain in the Air Service. One typed page.

[Letter to Mrs. Mary M. Grimshaw from Second Lieutenant Alfred M. Joyce, March 15, 1919] (Item)

Letter to Mrs. Mary M. Grimshaw from Second Lieutenant Alfred M. Joyce, Commanding Officer, 95th Aero Squadron, March 15, 1919. Advises that "in a few days your soldier will receive his honorable discharge and start for home" and that his travel is paid for by the government. Also offers praise for her support and for Ray Grimshaw's duty as a soldier. One typed page and envelope.

[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, circa 1944-1945] (Item)

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 against enemy Japanese forces during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, October 25, 1944." One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S.…

[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945] (Item)

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 a carrier based fighter aircraft assigned to a strike against enemy installations on an island of the Bonin Group on 5 August 1944." One typed…

[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Bureau of Naval Personnel, December 19, 1946] (Item)

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. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947.

[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from John L. Sullivan, Acting Secretary of the Navy, circa 1945-1947] (Item)

Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from John L. Sullivan, Acting Secretary of the Navy, circa 1945-1947. Presents Lindsay with the Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Pilot of a Fighter Aircraft in Fighting Squadron Nineteen, attached to the U.S.S. Lexington, during action against the enemy Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands Area, from October 21 to 24, 1944." One typed…

[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, circa 1944-1945] (Item)

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 Squadron Nineteen, attached to the U.S.S. Lexington, during operations against enemy Japanese forces on an island in the Bonin Group, August 5, 1944." One…