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1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A small five-pointed star device to be added to ribbon bars. Two prongs are straight.

GLC09620.397.03

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A small five-pointed star device to be added to ribbon bars. Two prongs are slightly flared out.

GLC09620.397.04

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A small five-pointed star device to be added to ribbon bars. Two prongs are straight.

GLC09620.398.01

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A small five-pointed star device to be added to ribbon bars. Two prongs are bent like a bobby pin.

GLC09620.398.02

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A small five-pointed star device to be added to ribbon bars. Two prongs are slightly flared.

GLC09620.398.03

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A small five-pointed star device to be added to ribbon bars. Two prongs are very flared out.

GLC09620.398.04

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A small five-pointed star device to be added to ribbon bars. Two prongs are slightly flared.

GLC09620.398.05

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly bent.

GLC09620.399.01

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly bent.

GLC09620.399.02

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly bent.

GLC09620.399.03

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly twisted.

GLC09620.399.04

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly twisted.

GLC09620.399.05

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly twisted.

GLC09620.399.06

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly twisted.

GLC09620.399.07

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bronze Star Device]

A bronze oak leaf cluster with two prongs slightly twisted.

GLC09620.399.08

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Bomb Pin]

Pin from a bomb "fuze" with an instructional tag that reads "Pin not to be removed until fuze is about to be placed in bomb. If fuze is removed from bomb replace pin at once."

GLC09620.400

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Cotter Pin]

Pin from a bomb with an instructional tag that reads "M.K. 19-2 If bomb is not dropped, replace safety cotter pin before removing bomb from dropping gear. See other side. Remove safety cotter pin after bomb is place in dropping gear and prior to assembling arming wire. See other side."

GLC09620.401

6 November 1944

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [Kwaj Lodge Membership Rock]

Card with a small rock glued near the top. A membership rock for the Kwaj Lodge. The card certifies that Lt. Robert L. Stone "is a member of the Fraternal Order of Rock-happy Residents of Kwajalein." Signed by Rock Happy Rodger "maitre d'hotel Kwaj Lodge."

GLC09620.402

9 November 1943

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Object

Title: to Jacob Stone

A postcard to Jacob Stone from Salt Lake City, Utah with a packet of salt attached to it from the Great Salt Lake. He writes that all is well and he will write later. The photo on the postcard is "John Cobb beats the Eyston record for speed on the Salt Flats of Great Salt Lake."

GLC09620.403

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [4th Air Force Badge]

A military patch from the Army Air Forces in World War II. The four orange lines leading up to a white star with a red circle in the middle of white wings represents the 4th Air Force.

GLC09620.404

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U.S. Army Air Force Blue Cadet Patch]

A military patch from the Army Air Forces in World War II. It signifies that the person with the badge is an U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

GLC09620.405.01

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U.S. Army Air Force Blue Cadet Patch]

A military patch from the Army Air Forces in World War II. It signifies that the person with the badge is an U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

GLC09620.405.02

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U.S. Army Air Force Blue Cadet Patch]

A military patch from the Army Air Forces in World War II. It signifies that the person with the badge is an U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

GLC09620.405.03

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U.S. Army Air Force Blue Cadet Patch]

A military patch from the Army Air Forces in World War II. It signifies that the person with the badge is an U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

GLC09620.405.04

1943-1946

United States. Army Air Forces

Object

Title: [U.S. Army Air Force Blue Cadet Patch]

A military patch from the Army Air Forces in World War II. It signifies that the person with the badge is an U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

GLC09620.405.05

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