Title
Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his Mother Dated September 6, 1945
Description
Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy, dated September 6, 1945. Letter details Hennesy's flights over Tokyo, dropping supplies to POW camps in Japan, a pilot's return from a Japanese held airbase, and other information about the ship including revealing the name, USS Yorktown. Letter includes three photos of Hennesy on shore leave.
Collection
Gerald Hennesy Collection
Context
As a F4U Corsair fighter-bomber pilot in the Pacific, Gerald Hennesy flew almost 100 missions off the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10). He received the Air Medal for downing an enemy aircraft during a rescue mission for one of his fellow pilots.
Accession #
2022.0014
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Secondary Object Name
Letter
Primary Object Name
Correspondence
Sub-Class Name
Other Documents
Class Name
Documentary Objects
Category Name
Category 08: Communication Objects
