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Smokey Stover was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his performance against enemy forces on the 13th and 14th of September in 1942. The medal was awarded with a temporary citation. This...
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Photograph of Lieutenant Elisha 'Smokey' Stover being congratulated with a cake by Captain Joseph "Jocko" Clark for the 7,000th landing on the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
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Copy of the "Flaming Kate" that the USS Yorktown (CV-10) shot down on December 4th, 1943. The Japanese plane is seen engulfed in flames as it crashes into the ocean without delivering its payload. The...
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A signed photograph of Joseph "Jocko" Clark. The photograph was signed "To Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kristufek, with best regards, J.J. Clark."
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Photograph of a flaming Japanese Nakajima B5N (aka Kate to the Allied forces), crashing into the ocean with one of its wings blown off.
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Photograph of Captain Thomas Combs of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) speaking on stage at a showing of the movie "The Fighting Lady".
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An Official Navy Photograph taken on September 8, 1953. The photo shows Vice Admiral Joseph "Jocko" Clark returning to visit the USS Yorktown (CVA-10), the Admiral's first-ever Aircraft Carrier...
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Captain McKechnie can be seen standing with Admiral "Jocko" Clark as they are welcomed by a line of officers. Admiral Clark shakes hands with a grinning officer.
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A decorative, white ceramic mug with gold accents and the image of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) at sea on the front and commemorating the 30th anniversary of the aircraft carrier's commissioning on the...
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Round silver tray presented to Eleanor Roosevelt by the Yorktown Association on May 3, 1958. Above an engraving of USS Yorktown (CV-10) in her World War II configuration is the inscription "TO ELEANOR...
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A brown leather flight jacket with a fur collar worn by Captain Arnold McKechnie on the USS Yorktown (CVA-10). Sewn onto the jacket are several service patches including an aviator's nametag patch on...
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Photograph of the USS Yorktown's Captain John Fifield welcoming the Apollo 8 astronauts: James Lovell Jr., Frank Borman, and William "Bill" Anders.
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Photograph of the three Apollo 8 astronauts walking on the flight deck just after their arrival. From left to right are: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., William Anders, and Captain John Fifield.
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Color slide of Captain John Fifield seated in the Captain's chair on the bridge of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Captain John Fifield introduces the Apollo 8 Astronauts, James Lovell Jr., Frank Borman, and William "Bill" Anders, following the recovery of their capsule by the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 astronauts addressing the crew and the media following the recovery of the Apollo 8 capsule. Captain John Fifield holds the microphone for Frank Borman.