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[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…

[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 Gold Star in lieue of a second Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Acting Commanding Officer of Fighting Squadron Nineteen, attached to the U.S.S. Lexington, in action against enemy Japanese forces on November 6, 1944." One typed page.Item from a disassembled…

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

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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.