1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U. S. Army 2nd Service Command Patch]

U.S. Army issue 2nd Service Command patch. Represented the second branch of the Army during World War II.

GLC09620.412.02

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U. S. Army 2nd Service Command Patch]

U.S. Army issue 2nd Service Command patch. Represented the second branch of the Army during World War II.

GLC09620.413.01

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U. S. Army 2nd Service Command Patch]

U.S. Army issue 2nd Service Command patch. Represented the second branch of the Army during World War II.

GLC09620.413.02

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U. S. Army 2nd Service Command Patch]

U.S. Army issue 2nd Service Command patch. Represented the second branch of the Army during World War II.

GLC09620.413.03

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U. S. Army 2nd Service Command Patch]

U.S. Army issue 2nd Service Command patch. Represented the second branch of the Army during World War II.

GLC09620.413.04

1942-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Asiatic Pacific Ribbon]

Asiatic Pacific ribbon for soliders who served in combat in the Pacific theater for thirty days. Instituted in 1942.

GLC09620.414.01

1942-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Asiatic Pacific Ribbon]

Asiatic Pacific ribbon for soliders who served in combat in the Pacific theater for thirty days. Instituted in 1942.

GLC09620.414.02

1942-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [American Campaign Ribbon]

World War II American Campaign Ribbon. Qualifying Dates: 11/6/1942 - 3/15/1946. Criteria: Service outside the U.S. in the American Theater for thirty days or within the continental U.S. for one year.

GLC09620.415.01

1942-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [American Campaign Ribbon]

World War II American Campaign Ribbon. Qualifying Dates: 11/6/1942 - 3/15/1946. Criteria: Service outside the U.S. in the American Theater for thirty days or within the continental U.S. for one year.

GLC09620.415.02

1942-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Air Medal Ribbon]

World War II Air Medal Ribbon. Began in 1942 to be awarded to those for meritorious achievement in aerial flight.

GLC09620.416.01

1942-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Air Medal Ribbon]

World War II Air Medal Ribbon. Began in 1942 to be awarded to those for meritorious achievement in aerial flight.

GLC09620.416.02

1941-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [World War II Victory Ribbon]

World War II Victory Medal Ribbon. Awarded for service in the Armed Forces of the United States between 1941-1946.

GLC09620.417.01

1941-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [World War II Victory Ribbon]

World War II Victory Medal Ribbon. Awarded for service in the Armed Forces of the United States between 1941-1946.

GLC09620.417.02

1945

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Distinguished Flying Cross Ribbon]

Distinguished Flying Cross Medal Ribbon. Awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement while flying for the armed services. Robert L. Stone was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1945 for a mission where all of the bombs dropped hit the target area.

GLC09620.418.01

1945

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Distinguished Flying Cross Ribbon]

Distinguished Flying Cross Medal Ribbon. Awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement while flying for the armed services. Robert L. Stone was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1945 for a mission where all of the bombs dropped hit the target area.

GLC09620.418.02

1942-1945

Japanese Military

Object

Title: [FR-666 WW II Japanese Artillery Powder Charge Silk Bags]

A number of FR-666 Japanese artillery powder charge silk bags sewn together. Japanese characters and symbols of cross cannons are printed on the silk bags. There is a trace of black residue along the bottom half from gunpowder.

GLC09620.419

1942-1945

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Records Jacket]

A records jacket with Robert L. Stone's name written in the top right corner. This folder contained collateral documents when the collection was donated. It originally was meant for service record and allied papers. It can also be used as a "Temporary 201 File."

GLC09620.420

15 August 1945

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

Typed document

Title: [Naval Dispatch Announcing Victory in Japan]

Typed Naval dispatch concerning the end of World War II. This message was received in the radio room of the USS Vella Gulf CVE-111, an escort carrier, at sea in the Northwest Pacific with 26th carrier division of the 7th fleet (just days before she had been anchored at Okinawa). The message reads "All hands of the United States Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard may take satisfaction in the conclusion of the war against Japan and pride in the part played by them in accomplishing that result. The demobilization of the Armed Forces of the United States and the return to conditions of peace will…

GLC09649.01

12 May 2017

Jones, Ralph N. Jr., fl. 1944-2017

Typed document

Title: [Affidavit of Ralph N. Jones Jr.]

Typed affidavit of Ralph N. Jones Jr. with a copy of his Navy ID and discharge cards. According to the discharge card he served from September 25, 1944 to June 25, 1946. According to the affidavit, Jones was serving on the USS Vella Gulf CVE III as a radio man and on duty when the ALNAV message came over the wire. This affidavit is signed and notarized.

GLC09649.02

1943

United States Government Printing Office

Poster

Title: Keep us flying! Buy War Bonds

This poster features a member of the Tuskegee Airmen wearing flight gear. Above him is written "Keep us Flying!" and across the bottom of the poster it reads "Buy War Bonds." There is a number O-560778 on the bottom left hand corner. This poster is backed; the actual dimensions of the poster are 71 x 51 cm.

GLC09656

June 1940

National Woman's Relief Corps

Pamphlet

Title: Origin and Author of "The Pledge of Allegiance"

Booklet about the history of the pledge of allegiance. This booklet includes printings of letters that detail the history of the pledge. It also contains a section on the modifications that have been made to the pledge. The booklet has been written in, mostly shopping lists and notes. There is also the name Mary Scrull, and Mary Flippine written on the inside front cover.

GLC09658

1941-1945

Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992

Header Record

Title: [Letters belonging to Warren Schwartz, 1941-1945][Decimalized .001-.712]

Collection of letters belonging to Warren Harold Schwartz dated 1941-1945. Consists of 712 letters, a pamphlet, diplomas and photo album. Addressed to primarily Naomi Horowitz, his girlfriend at the time whom he would marry. Other letters are also addressed to family members: Eva Schwartz, his mother; Morris Schwartz, his father; Sarah Friedman, his grandmother and his younger sister. Covers basic training, his tour of duty in North Carolina, Morocco, Germany, Italy, Tunisia, France and England. Describes daily life, finding solace with the local Jewish community in North Carolina, and…

GLC09662

1943

Office of War Information, Division of Public Inquiries

Poster

Title: [Franklin D. Roosevelt on Citizenship]

This poster features a quote of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from February 3rd 1943. He discusses citizenship, in red it reads, "Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry." The poster also has an image of an eagle holding the flag on the top, and the presidential seal on the bottom. This poster is OWI poster no. 75 and has the number O-533582 on the bottom corner.

GLC09653.03.01

1943

Air Lines War Training Institute

Book signed

Title: Survival

A manual for aircraft crews that are forced down during the war. Prepared and Published by Air Lines War Training Institute in Washington D.C. Describes what soldiers should do to survive in the artic, jungle, desert, and ocean. Inscribed "to Brigadier General W.E. Hall from G.T. McHugh H. Col. AC." A note from Sheila Stone's daughter states "In Nov. 2016 Ali discovered this book in a crawl space in an attic of a new home she was renovating. We thought it interesting so have included it. It may be moldy after 74 years so BEWARE! Dedicated on inside front cover."

GLC09620.349

28 December 1943

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Robert L. Stone in Uniform]

A full body photograph of Robert L. Stone in his Army Air Forces officer uniform standing in front of trees with his hands behind his back. A post-it note included with the collection notes these "snaps" were sent with GLC09620.071 when he was in March Field, California.

GLC09620.259