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[Instrument rating card issued by United States Navy and Marine Corps to Henry B. Christensen, July 8, 1946] (Item)

Instrument rating card issued by the United States Navy and Marine Corps to Henry B. Christensen, July 8, 1946. Certifies that Christensen has passed the instrument flying test and has a standard instrument clearance rating.

[Identification card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1939-1945] (Item)

Identification card issued by the United States Navy to Henry B. Christensen, circa 1939-1945. The card includes his photograph but is not filled out.

[Envelope for U.S. Navy identification photographs of Henry B. Christensen] (Item)

Envelope for U.S. Navy identification photographs of Henry B. Christensen, circa 1939-1945. Text printed on the envelope lists Christensen's name, rate, service number, and unit.

[Comedic advertisement for SO-WOT Airlines, circa 1945-1946] (Item)

Comedic advertisement created by servicemen on the USS Pine Island (AV-12), advertising for SO-WOT Airlines, circa 1945-1946. The ad notes that SO-WOT Airlines serves Sasebo, Okinawa, Wakayama, Ominato, and Tokyo and provides services such as evacuations, transportation "when weather permits (damned seldom)," and searches for lost aircraft and lost admirals.

[Certificate issued by U.S. Navy to Jerry Michaud, August 30, 1945] (Item)

Certificate issued by the U.S. Navy to Jerry Michaud, August 30, 1945. Certifies that Michaud was a part of Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VPB-26) when the squadron entered Tokyo Bay to accept the surrender of the Imperial Japanese government. VPB-26 subsequently became the first squadron to operate from Tokyo Bay during the occupation of Japan.

[Ticket booklet issued by Aviation Commissioned Officers Mess Navy 720 to Jerry Michaud, June 28, 1945] (Item)

Ticket booklet issued by the Aviation Commissioned Officers Mess Navy 720 to Jerry Michaud, June 28, 1945. Includes two wine mess tickets.

[Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from John L. Sullivan, Acting Secretary of the Navy, circa 1945-1947] (Item)

Letter to Elvin L. Lindsay from John L. Sullivan, Acting Secretary of the Navy, circa 1945-1947. Presents Lindsay with the Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Pilot of a Fighter Aircraft in Fighting Squadron Nineteen, attached to the U.S.S. Lexington, during action against the enemy Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands Area, from October 21 to 24, 1944." One typed…

[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…