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Here is the class picture of this year's YLCers, a good looking group of America's young men and women, future leaders of our country. This morning TV weatherman and Air Force reservist Bill Walsh...
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A brass shell casing lamp with a green decorative marble placed at the top of the piece. Created from discarded shell casings, scrap, and materials gathered from around the USS Laffey (DD-724).
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U.S. Navy Recruitment Orders from Cleveland, Ohio and a statement from Dwight D. Eisenhower to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of Allied Expeditionary Force at D-Day.
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Program for the commissioning service of the USS Laffey (DD-724) at the Boston, Massachusetts Navy Yard on February 8, 1944. Following the loss of the USS Laffey (DD-459) at the battle of Guadalcanal...
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Wool, US Navy dress blue uniform pants with a 13-button broadfall opening and flared bottoms. Embroidered on broadfall interior with 'WC Gauding.'
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White US Navy cotton jumper with 'WC Gauding' stamped in the waistband. A patch with two black bars and eagle and propeller embroidered on left shoulder indicated a Machinist's Mate, second class...
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Wool US Navy dress blue flat cap with "U.S. Navy" embroidered in gold along the brim and a leather lining.
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A wool navy blue peacoat with matching plastic buttons with the fouled anchor motif.
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Photograph of Wilbert Gauding and his shipmates relaxing at Angle Lake in Seattle, Washington. Left to right: Sam Wingrove, Raymond Brennan, Werner Hoopman, Wilbert Gauding, Danny Rusk, Charles Regin.
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Yank magazine, November 23, 1945; article on the USS Laffey on page 10-11 entitled "It was suicide to go on the radar picket lines at Okinawa. But the USS Laffey came back."
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At 3 PM this afternoon four members of the Army Special Operations Command parachute team made perfect landings on the windy flight deck of Yorktown. See pictures below. The team will be conducting...
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Experience radio transmissions that recreate one of the many tense moments aboard a ship, and understand how the USS Laffey served the US Navy during the Cold War.
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Take a step back to April 16, 1945 during an historic kamikaze attack on the USS Laffey and witness what it was like for the brave men serving in the gun mount.
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Photograph of a TBF Avenger on the flightdeck while officers talk under the plane's wing. The officer on the lefthand side has his head in his hands while the others listen in.
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Copy of a handwritten battle report by Joseph Kristufek dated August 31, 1943. The report discusses how Torpedo Squadron Five (VT-5) took part in bombing raids on the Marcus islands. The report also...
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Photograph of the Christmas Midnight Mass Communion by Father Raphael Farrell on the USS Yorktown's (CV-10) hanger deck.
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A yellow, World War II inflatable Type B-4 life preserver with 'Joe Kristufek' stenciled across the front in black block lettering. The vest's inflatable chest piece is secured to the pilot with two...
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Photograph of Joe Kristufek of Torpedo Squadron 5 flying his Avenger past Wake Island after a raid in October of 1943.
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Photograph of Joseph Kristufek in a TBF Avenger flying over Wake Island after a raid in October of 1943.
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Photograph of Joseph Kristufek dropping a torpedo from his TBF Avenger torpedo plane.