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Items from Box One, Folder 4 of the Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, circa 1942. Folder contains correspondence and military documents related to Jackson's time stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Includes 19 letters written by Jackson to his wife Helen Jackson, a loose envelope, and five military documents.
Items from Box One, Folder 5 of the Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, circa 1942-1946. Folder contains 14 letters written to Jackson's wife, Helen Jackson, regarding Jackson's death in an aircraft collision. Includes letters of condolence, military correspondence regarding his personal effects and back pay, and a letter about his posthumous receipt of the Purple Heart.
Press release sent to the Riverside Daily Enterprise in Riverside, California, regarding fighter ace James. C. Stewart receiving an oak leaf cluster to his Distinguished Flying Cross, circa 1940s. One typed page.
Part of a disassembled scrapbook containing World War II and post-war materials, circa 1943-1956.
Items from Box 50, Folder 20 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, 1947-1966. Contains a clipping, photographs, and correspondence related to Bill Odom's around-the-world flight using a Lear automatic direct finder. Five total items.
[V-mail letter to the adjutant of No. 308 Squadron, Royal Air Force, from Marion Orr, circa 1945]
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V-mail letter to the adjutant of No. 308 Squadron, Royal Air Force, from Marion Orr, circa 1945. Enquires about Leon Swietlikowski, who has not responded to her recent letters. One handwritten page and envelope.
V-mail letter to Leon Swietlikowski from Marion Orr, circa 1945. Discusses Swietlikowski's lack of correspondence and mentions the end of the war. One handwritten page.
Letter to Michael T. Russo from Mikiel Brower, Radio Station WJW (Cleveland, Ohio), July 24, 1945. Thanks Russo for appearing on his radio program "Jobs for G.I.s." One typed page on Radio Station WJW stationery.
Letter to Nancy (Nordhoff) Dunnam from Owen B. Baker Jr., Department of the Air Force, November 21, 1983. Discusses her discharge paperwork and veterans benefits for her service with the WASPs (Women's Airforce Service Pilots). One typed page.
Letter from George L. Paxton, Treasurer of the American Volunteer Group Memorial Fund, to AVG veterans, June 10, 1943. Discusses financial details and sends news related to General Claire Lee Chennault's plans in China-Burma-India Theater. Includes a quoted message from Chennault, extending an invitation to former AVG service members to rejoin the service. One typed page.
[Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Ed O. Leigh from their son, Frank C. Leigh, postmarked September 13, 1944]
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Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Ed O. Leigh from their son, Frank C. Leigh, postmarked September 13, 1944. Notes that he flew to Pensacola from Naval Air Station Sanford to escape a hurricane. Includes an illustration of a duck wearing a flight helmet and the text "Greetings from Pensacola, Florida, home of the U.S. Air Naval Training Center."