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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.

[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.

[Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection, Box One, Folder 5 - Military personnel documents, 1941-1944] (Item)

Items from Box One, Folder 5 of the Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection, circa 1941-1944. Folder contains 27 military documents from Henry B. Christensen's service with the United States Navy during World War II. Includes memorandums, orders, course and qualification documents, and travel vouchers.

[Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection, Box One, Folder 6 - Military personnel documents, 1941-1944] (Item)

Items from Box One, Folder 6 of the Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection, circa 1941-1944. Folder contains 13 military documents from Henry B. Christensen's service with the United States Navy during World War II. Includes transfer orders, memorandums, and correspondence cards.

Divine wind over Okinawa [report] (Item)

Report about kamikaze attacks during World War II, originally written as a term paper and featured in the June 1957 issue of the U.S. Naval Institute's "Proceedings". Nine typed pages.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

Thirteen carriers cited (chart) (Item)

Chart of Presidential Unit Citations and Navy Unit Commendations issued to U.S. Navy aircraft carriers for their actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II, circa 1946. Includes statistics related to each carrier's actions, including total flights, sorties, ordnance used, enemy aircraft destroyed, ships sunk, aircraft lost, and months in combat.Part of a disassembled album containing…

Carrier USS "Essex" / "Fightingest ship in Navy" (Item)

Typed history of the USS Essex (CV-9) covering its service during World War II, circa 1950s-1990s.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

Doug's communique [poem] (Item)

Poem about "Doug's Communique," a military news bulletin on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.Caption on album page: "He (Winston) was transfered [sic] from Essex to the U.S.S. Franklin and was killed with hundreds of others when the Franklin was hit by a Jap kamakazi [sic]."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World…

Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound [clipping] (Item)

Newspaper clipping, "Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound," from The Honolulu Advertiser, December 3, 1944.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.