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United States. Army Air Forces U.S. Army Air Forces Diploma

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.214 Author/Creator: United States. Army Air Forces Place Written: Oahu, Hawaii Type: Printed document signed Date: 27 August 1944 Pagination: 1p. : Height: 28.7 cm, Width: 32.6 cm Order a Copy

Robert L. Stone's diploma from the Seventh Air Force Gunnery School given at Hickem Field in Hawaii. Has official gold seal with a faded yellow and purple ribbon.

Signed by Harold E. Kratzer, Captain and Air Corps Executive and Louis E. Boutwell, Colonel and Air Corps Commandant.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
World War II
Military Service
Air Force
Aviation
Military Education
World War II

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