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A red, two-seater Vespa scooter with black seats and wheels and white trim. A spare wheel is attached to the back of the steering column. Manufactured by Piaggio in 1961, the VNB Vespa was marketed as...
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This photograph shows members of Air Group Three aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
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Ensign E.J. Hauser (middle) of Air Group Three, Rear Admiral Arthur Radford (left) and another sailor celebrates the 17,000th landing on the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
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Just as the Navy selected Pensacola, Florida, for the site of naval air training due to good weather conditions, Troop 9 out of Worcester, Massachusetts elected to come south to the USS Yorktown for...
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This letter authorized Pierre Grace to travel from Hawaii back to the West Coast of the United States of America. This letter also references the Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet...
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This section of Air Group Three's official history covers their time aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Air Group Three was attached to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) from October 24, 1944, through March 1945
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These items are the air travel related ephemera that Lieutenant Pierre Grace saved as he returned home following his service in World War II.
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Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy's aviator notebook containing settings for flight equipment, navigation, instrument use and emergency landing procedures. Contains handwritten notes about Light Signals. A...
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Aviator's Flight Log book from the collection of Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy. Contains flight log records from May 1942 to October 1944. A selection of pages have been scanned to give an insight into a...
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Aviator's Flight Log book from the collection of Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy. Contains flight log records from November 1944 to June 1950. A selection of pages have been scanned to give an insight into...
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Aviator's Flight Log book from the collection of Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy. Contains flight log records from August 1950 to October 1958, with his last flight taken June 2021. A selection of pages...
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A Blood Chit with instruction translations into French, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Laotian.
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Republic of China blood chit from the collection of Gerald Hennesy.
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Today is a very busy one at Patriots Point with over 1000 school and adult visitors scheduled to arrive for educational programs and tours of our ships and aircraft. The weather is sunny and the...
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This envelope once contained personal correspondence between Gerald Hennesy and his mother. It passed inspection from Naval censors and was delivered to Mrs. Francis Hennesy.
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A letter from Gerald Hennesy to his mother dated December 2, 1944. The letter discusses life aboard an escort carrier and Hennesy's experience enduring rough seas.
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In this letter to his mother, Gerald Hennesy discusses the use of the atomic bomb, the end of World War II, and the Navy's attempts to retain sailors now that the Second World War has ended.
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A letter from Gerald Hennesy to his mother dated May 10. The letter recounts everyday life aboard a late war aircraft carrier and mentions the ongoing bombing campaign against the Japanese home...
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Photograph of Gerald Hennesy at an award ceremony that was held aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) following the end of World War II.