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[Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection, Box One, Folder 7 - Naval Reserve service record, 1940-1946] (Item)

Items from Box One, Folder 7 of the Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection, circa 1941-1944. Folder contains 35 military documents from Henry B. Christensen's service with the United States Navy during World War II. Includes professional qualifications, beneficiary slips, and other documents related to his service record.

[Pilot certification card issued by United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, March 13, 1943] (Item)

Pilot certification card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, March 13, 1943. Certifies Christensen's qualification as a naval aviation pilot for heavier-than-air craft.

[Membership card issued by Naval Air Station Alameda (California) to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1946] (Item)

Membership card issued by Naval Air Station Alameda (California) to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1946. Grants Christensen access to the commissioned officers mess.

[Permit card issued by commissary store at Naval Air Station Alameda (California) to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1940s] (Item)

Permit card issued by the commissary store at Naval Air Station Alameda (California) to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1940s.

[Leave card issued by Naval Air Station Bermuda to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1940s] (Item)

Leave card issued by Naval Air Station Bermuda to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1940s.

[Instrument rating card issued by United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, April 4, 1945] (Item)

Instrument rating card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, April 4, 1945. Certifies that Christensen has completed the link instrument flying and radio for pilots of multi-engine aircraft.

[Leave card issued by United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1930s-1940s] (Item)

Leave card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen during his service with Patrol Squadron 52 (VP-52), circa 1930s-1940s.

[Ribbon authorization card issued by United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, February 22, 1946] (Item)

Ribbon authorization card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, February 22, 1946. Authorizes Christensen to wear the listed military ribbons.

[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…