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[James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection, Box Four, Folder 6 - World War II combat records, 1943-1945]
Items from Box Four, Folder Six of The James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection, circa 1943-1945. Folder contains military combat records related to Stewart's service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Includes 73 documents.
[James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection, Box Four, Folder 5 - World War II combat records, 1943-1945]
Items from Box Four, Folder 5 of The James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection, circa 1943-1945. Folder contains military combat records related to Stewart's service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Includes 34 documents.
[James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection, Box Five, Folder 19 - Operations reports, circa 1940s]
Items from Box Five, Folder 19 of The James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection, circa 1940s. Folder contains U.S. Army Air Forces operations reports from World War II. Includes five documents.
Ding How [Booklet of illustrations and poems]
Booklet titled "Ding How," by A. L. Crouch and S. G. Reinhardt, printed by The Mercury Press, circa 1946. Contains illustrations and poems related to American military life in China. 29 pages, with envelope addressed to Mrs. William Orthman in Seattle, Washington.Please note that this item contains derogatory depictions and/or offensive language.
[Appointment certificate issued by United States Army to Norman Stromer and Special Orders No. 215, August 1942]
Appointment certificate issued by the United States Army to Norman Stromer and Special Orders No. 215, West Coast Army Air Forces Training Center, Santa Ana, California, August 1942. The certificate appoints Stromer to the rank of staff sergeant. The orders list assignments and appointments for various service members, including Stromer. Five total typed pages.
[Letter to Clara Stromer from Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, August 12, 1944]
Letter to Clara Stromer, mother of Norman G. Stromer, from Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, U.S. Army Air Forces, August 12, 1944. Discusses Norman G. Stromer being awarded the Air Medal for "meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights in the Southwest Pacific Area." One typed page.
[Letter from Major C. Vernon Ekstrand regarding Pictorial Record, circa 1944]
Letter from Major C. Vernon Ekstrand of the 400th Bombardment Squadron, 90th Bombardment Group, circa 1944. Forwards copy of the unit's Pictorial Record. One typed page.
[Letter from Colonel E. W. Scott Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces, regarding 90th Bombardment Group yearbook, circa 1944]
Letter from Colonel E. W. Scott Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces, circa 1944. Forwards a copy of the 90th Bombardment Group yearbook. One typed page.
[Report about bombing mission incident on March 9, 1945]
Report prepared by Robert K. Mason, pilot with the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1985. Describes an incident that took place during a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany on March 9, 1945. After the wing of Mason's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress was severely damaged by flak, the crew made an emergency landing at an RAF base in Belgium. Mason notes…
[Letter from William Orthman to his wife, written while stationed in Shanghai, China, January 30, 1946]
Letter from William Orthman to his wife, written while stationed in Shanghai, China, January 30, 1946. Discusses a cocktail party that he and two other officers attended at his stenographer's house and presents some of the awkward interactions that occurred as a comedic "playlette." Also discusses his thoughts on the decline of colonialism and notes that he is mailing a package containing a…