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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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A hexagonal bronze medal with a spread eagle holding three arrows in its talons and a shielding covering the body. The reverse has a small laurel branch at the bottom and reads "For Military Merit."...
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A round, bronze medal with a wave pattern border around the outside. The central design is of an eagle holding arrows and laurels surrounded by the words "United States of America - Navy" on blue...
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A bronze, compass rose medal featuring a diving eagle with lightning bolts in its talons. The medal has a fleur-de-lis at the top and no markings on the reverse. The medal hangs from a blue ribbon...
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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 bronze, Templar cross medal with laurel and berries interspersed between the arms. The cross has a central design of crossed anchors and the letters 'USN.' The reverse design is a wooden sailing...
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A bronze star medal with a smaller star at the center. The reverse reads "Heroic or Meritorious Achievement." The medal hangs from a red ribbon with three vertical white stripes. The two outer stripes...
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The Legionnaire Degree iteration of the Legit of Merit is a white enameled, five-pointed star with inverse points and red enamel boards. The star resets on green laurel wreath joined by bronze crossed...
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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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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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Article from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "12 Members of Laffey's Crew to be Decorated", October 26, 1945.
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Navy air mail stationery holder with aloha Hawaii Christmas postcard. Marked on the cover as property of Wilbert Gauding.
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Christmas menu from Camp Andrews on Oahu, Hawaii. The menu is dated December 25, 1945.
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Fifty Centavos note, issued by the Japanese Government and later collected by Wilbert Gauding. This piece of currency was used in the Philippines as part of Japan's occupation during World War Two.
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This card certifies that Wilbert Gauding served in the United States Navy during World War II. The card shows Gauding's period of active duty, his service number, his rank, and it bears his signature.
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Photograph of Gerald Hennesy in his US Navy dress uniform.
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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.
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This pamphlet covers the service history of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II and features some handwritten comments in the margins of the document. Most likely Gerald Hennesy left the...
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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.