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Color slide of the Boilerplate practice capsule being lifted by crane onto the aft elevator of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Color slide of the Boilerplate practice capsule floating in the water next to a life raft during recovery exercises.
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A brown, leather right hand boxing glove used during smokers aboard the USS Franklin (CV-13) during World War II.
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The medal bar ribbon is navy blue with three vertical white stripes and a single vertical red stripe running up the central white stripe. The medal (2025.4.23) and ribbon bar came in the original blue...
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A bronze, Templar cross medal with a four-bladed propeller overtop and sitting on a square made of rays. The reverse is blank, and the medal hangs from a bronze bar. The Ribbon is navy blue with three...
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A purple and gold heart-shaped medal with the likeness of George Washington on the front. The back of the Purple Heart reads "For Military Merit Ensign Charles J. Bonness, S1c USN," and the medal...
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Bronze medal depicting a Navy cruiser and a B-24 Liberator bomber flying overhead. In the foreground is a sinking enemy submarine, and in the background is the skyline of a city that reads 'American...
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Bronze medal depicting a tropical landing with a battleship, aircraft carrier, submarine and aircraft in the background with landing troops and palm trees in the foreground. The medal reads 'Asiatic...
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Bronze medal depicts Lady Liberation standing full length with head turned looking to the dawn of a new day, right foot resting on a war god's helmet with the hilt of a broken sword in the right hand...
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Round, bronze medal depicting the USS Constitution sailing at the center of a knotted rope circle. Through the middle of the medal and behind the USS Constitution is an anchor. Along the outside of...
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A lacework, white handkerchief with a few holes and stains.
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Newspaper article about Charles Bonness receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. The medal (2025.4.23) and ribbon bar (2025.4.24) came in the original blue, leather box with cream velvet lining. Also...
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A letter from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sister, Catherine Bonness, September 6, 1941.
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A letter from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sister, Catherine Bonness, on March 10, 1938.
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The last letter from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sister, Catherine Bonness, April, 1942.
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A letter from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sister, Catherine Bonness, September 25, 1941.
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A letter from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sister, Catherine Bonness, September 16, 1941.
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Poems from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sisters.
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A letter and envelope from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sister, Catherine Bonness, on December 14, 1937.
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A postcard from Charles "Chuck" Bonness to his sister, Catherine Bonness, on February 16, 1940.