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Altoon, John, 1925-
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circa 1940-1969
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2.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.altojohn
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Archives of American Art
Over 300 pencil and pencil and ink drawings, circa 1950s-1960s, mostly contained in sketchbooks and tablets, as well as numerous loose sketches and several mixed-media works on board. Also found are Altoon's letters and a ship's log dating from his years of WWII Navy service in the Pacific.
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Leslie, Maxwell Franklin, 1902-1984
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1922-1977
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3.27 Cubic feet ((3 records center boxes) (1 20x24x3 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0131
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains information about Admiral Leslie from the years 1922-1977, covering his Navy career and including the World War II years and his part in the Battle of Midway. The collection contains the following types of material: official Navy documents, letters from researchers who sought information on the Battle of Midway, personal pa...
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Brown, Leon D. "Bink"
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1944-1945
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0.55 Cubic feet ((1 folder, 1 VHS tape))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2002.0029
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 79 color slides taken during Leon Brown's time in the Pacific Theater in World War II. In addition to the slides there are also four color prints and a videotape. The videotape is a home recording of the slides being projected, with Brown narrating in the background. After the slide portion of videotape is a recording of...
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Allied Air Forces. Directorate of Intelligence
- Dates:
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1942-1945
- Size:
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10.9 Cubic feet ((10 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0183
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of intelligence summaries from the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. These reports, issued weekly, contained pertinent information for pilots about the progress of the war including information on Allied attacks and their effects, enemy strengths and movements, new armaments and tactics...
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Wood, George W., Jr.
- Dates:
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1942-1945
- Size:
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0.1 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0118
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The material contained in this accession is on the 475th Fighter Group 'Satan's Angels,' a World War II fighter unit of the Fifth Air Force, Pacific Theater of Operations. George W. Wood Jr. was a radio technician assigned to the group's 433rd Fighter Squadron. Wood documents his war experiences in two personal diaries and a photograph album.
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- Dates:
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bulk 1942
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0755
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of eight 120 mm negatives that feature Edward V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker on the final leg of his South Pacific inspection tour of 1942, resumed only days after his rescue at sea after a previous transport plane, a Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress, s/n 40-3089, went down in the Pacific. Also pictured are Major Charles E. Shelton an...
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National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Division of Aeronautics
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[ca. 1940s, 1980s]
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2.93 Cubic feet ((6 legal document boxes) (1 slim document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0040
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Series I of this collection consists of the following: seven folders containing almost 200 photographs and negatives on display in the exhibit, four series of slides (two detailing the U.S.S. Midway used for background research, one detailing documents and photos of the Philippine Sea battle, and of the finished museum exhibit) and the exhibit scri...
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Neely, Marvin Y.
- Dates:
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1944-1945
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0049
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a oversized scrapbook with a wooden cover which contains photographs of the construction of the bases on Tinian. The following Tinian construction sites/projects are covered: general aerial and ground images of Tinian; the waterfront; tank farms; water supply; army camps; bomb dumps; airfields; road construction; and hos...
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Toll, Chesley A.
- Dates:
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1940-1945
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1990.0030
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook and history on the USS Enterprise, and a few miscellaneous items on Chesley Toll.
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Tinian Island, Marianas, Photograph Collection
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Ryan, John
- Dates:
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1945
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((3 fplders))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0037
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following material: 54 b&w photographs of Tinian, Marianas, including images of the Boeing B-29 Enola Gay, aerial views of the Island, aircraft, hangers and many shots of the Engine Service Group mounting or tearing down engines; 93 b&w snapshots of nose art; and articles and booklets on Tinian, the Marianas, and Boe...