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![[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral John S. McCain, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/300a6304eb94918a0d855f786c0b65d0.jpg "[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral John S. McCain, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945]")
Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral John S. McCain, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945. Presents Lindsay with the Gold Star in lieu of a second Silver Star "for distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity against the enemy while serving as the leader of a fighter sweep of a carrier based fighter aircraft." One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the…
![[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/63594816e74c10d82715c530b4e0b479.jpg "[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945]")
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 of a carrier based fighter aircraft on 21 October 1944." One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin…
![[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/567cf6b6c7ac04b87530c878e99a1abd.jpg "[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy, circa 1944-1945]")
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 aircraft on 25 October 1944." One typed page.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947.
[Letter to Erwin, Doris, and family from "Little Remi" (Remi Charles O'Connor), July 23, 1944]
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![[Letter to Erwin, Doris, and family from "Little Remi" (Remi Charles O'Connor), July 23, 1944]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/05ced3285d0aae9afc589360b0bb1202.jpg "[Letter to Erwin, Doris, and family from \"Little Remi\" (Remi Charles O'Connor), July 23, 1944]")
Letter to Erwin, Doris, and family from "Little Remi" (Remi Charles O'Connor), July 23, 1944. Describes his tour of duty in the Pacific Theater, including the line-crossing ceremony aboard ship, his impression of the South Pacific, and leisure activities on an unspecified island when not on duty. Four handwritten pages with envelope.