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[Frank C. Leigh World War II Collection, Box One, Folder 5 - Military ephemera, 1942-1945] (Item)

Items from Box One, Folder 5 of the Frank C. Leigh World War II Collection, circa 1942-1945. Folder contains ephemera such as postcards, Christmas and Thanksgiving menus, certificates, landing signal instructions, and other items related to Leigh's service with the United States Navy during World War II. Two documents are written in Japanese. Includes 10 total items.

[Frank C. Leigh World War II Collection, Box One, Folder 4 - Military records, 1942-1945] (Item)

Items from Box One, Folder 4 of the Frank C. Leigh World War II Collection, circa 1942-1945. Folder contains documents such as memorandums, schedules, certificates, and correspondence related to Leigh's service with the United States Navy during World War II. Includes 70 total documents.

[Frank C. Leigh] (Item)

Photographic portrait of Frank C. Leigh in his United States Navy uniform, circa 1940s.

[Navy servicemen standing outside building] (Item)

Photographic group portrait of United States Navy servicemen standing outside a building, circa 1940s. Frank C. Leigh is in the back row on the far left. The other servicemen are identified by last name in the verso inscription.Inscription on verso: "Leigh, Osgood, Lange, Newport, Meyers, Long, Lee, Landers, McConnel, Miller, Osdean, O'Malley, McCall, Laird, Noetzelman, Long, Michaels, Milligan,…

[Frank C. Leigh directing an approaching aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Frank C. Leigh (standing) using signal paddles to direct an approaching aircraft (not pictured), circa 1940s. Another serviceman is seated behind Leigh and talking into a radio.

[Frank C. Leigh directing an approaching aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Frank C. Leigh (standing) using signal paddles to direct an approaching aircraft, circa 1940s. Another serviceman is seated behind Leigh and talking into a radio.

[Aircraft passing over Frank C. Leigh and over servicemen] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified aircraft passing over Frank C. Leigh (standing, with signal paddles) and other Navy servicemen, circa 1940s.

[Personal logbook for Frank C. Leigh, circa 1940s] (Item)

Personal logbook for Frank C. Leigh, used during his World War II service with the United States Navy aboard the USS Chenango (CVE-28), circa 1940s. Most of the book is blank; only the pages that contain writing have been digitized. Also included in the book is a piece of paper from Nagasaki Customs. 11 handwritten pages.

[Ancient Order of the Deep membership card issued by the United States Navy to Frank C. Leigh, March 2, 1945] (Item)

Ancient Order of the Deep membership card issued by the United States Navy to Frank C. Leigh, March 2, 1945. Certifies that Leigh has been initiated as a "trusty Shellback" after crossing the Equator while serving on the USS Chenango (CVE-28).

[Certificate of satisfactory service issued by United States Navy to Frank C. Leigh, January 15, 1946] (Item)

Certificate of satisfactory service issued by the United States Navy to Frank C. Leigh, January 15, 1946. This is a laminated, card-size copy of the document.