Title
  
  
      Domain of the Flying Dragon
Description
  
  
      A certificate of membership in the Domain of the Flying Dragon issued to Machinists Mate 2/c Roger Baker for crossing the both the Equator and the International Date Line (180th meridian) aboard the USS Laffey (DD-724) as part of Task Force 38 on May 7, 1947.
  
    
Context
  
  
      Roger Baker was a Machinist Mate aboard the USS Laffey from 1946-1947. Baker participated in the Atomic Bomb tests at Operation Crossroads and a Pacific cruise to Australia.
  
    
Accession #
  
  
      2001.00032
  
    
