444 items in this album on 23 pages.
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1943 Wellesley College poster for Song Meiling speech | Curtiss SB2C Helldiver recognition page from a joint Army-Navy recognition manual, Apr 1943. | Diagram of torpedo damage to USS New Orleans sustained in the Battle of Tassafaronga that resulted in 150 feet of her bow being blown off. | Italian BR.20 bomber recognition guide as seen in US War Department 'Recognition Pictorial Manual' publication FM 30-30, circa Apr 1943 |
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Schematic drawing of the Mark XVIII torpedo from the US Navy’s Ordnance Manual, Apr 1943. | Yasuyo Yamazaki's last letter to his wife, May 1943 | Mother's Day card made for mothers to send to their sons in uniform, 9 May 1943 | Message from George Marshall and Ernest King to US military personnel returning from war zones, 15 May 1943, page 1 of 2 |
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Message from George Marshall and Ernest King to US military personnel returning from war zones, 15 May 1943, page 2 of 2 | Guest ticket to the commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, which took place on 23 May 1943 | Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 1 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below. | Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 2 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below. |
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Cartoon by Sixta depicting events and activities in the first year following the 30 Jul 1942 authorization of the US Navy WAVES program | Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 1 of 3. | Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 2 of 3. | Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 3 of 3. |
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Postcard commemorating the commissioning of USS Tang, 15 Oct 1943 | Written orders to the crew of USS Essex from Captain Donald B Duncan alerting crewmembers to the upcoming Line Crossing Ceremony, 22 Oct 1943 | A summons issued by Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, to LtCdr Francis Gilreath aboard USS Essex calling him to appear at the Line Crossing ceremony, 26 Oct 1943 | Crossing the Line certificate issued to LtCdr Francis N Gilreath, Trusty Shellback, who crossed the line aboard USS Essex 26 Oct 1943 while en route from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides |
444 items in this album on 23 pages.