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White US Navy cotton jumper with 'WC Gauding' stamped in the waistband. A patch with two black bars and eagle and propeller embroidered on left shoulder indicated a Machinist's Mate, second class...
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A wool navy blue peacoat with matching plastic buttons with the fouled anchor motif.
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Wool US Navy dress blue flat cap with "U.S. Navy" embroidered in gold along the brim and a leather lining.
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Wool, US Navy dress blue uniform pants with a 13-button broadfall opening and flared bottoms. Embroidered on broadfall interior with 'WC Gauding.'
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Program for the commissioning service of the USS Laffey (DD-724) at the Boston, Massachusetts Navy Yard on February 8, 1944. Following the loss of the USS Laffey (DD-459) at the battle of Guadalcanal...
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U.S. Navy Recruitment Orders from Cleveland, Ohio and a statement from Dwight D. Eisenhower to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of Allied Expeditionary Force at D-Day.
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Church program entitled "Divine Service" for USS Laffey (DD-724), undated and led by Chaplain A. Boyd Turner.
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Set of Twenty-Two photographs of the USS Laffey (DD-724) showing the damage received off Okinawa while on display in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington as part of the Shipyard Worker Retention effort.
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Newspaper article "9-Star Sailor Recounts How Laffey Fought" by George Scofield, newspaper unknown. Recounts story of Laffey plankowner, David H. Williams, Storekeeper (First Class) and the attack on...
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Newpaper article from the Akron Beacon Journal, "Ship Brushes Off Six Suicide Planes" by John R. Henry, May 25, 1945. This article describes the attack on the USS Laffey (DD-724) that occurred on...
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Article from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "12 Members of Laffey's Crew to be Decorated", October 26, 1945.
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Navy air mail stationery holder with aloha Hawaii Christmas postcard. Marked on the cover as property of Wilbert Gauding.
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Yank magazine, November 23, 1945; article on the USS Laffey on page 10-11 entitled "It was suicide to go on the radar picket lines at Okinawa. But the USS Laffey came back."
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Christmas menu from Camp Andrews on Oahu, Hawaii. The menu is dated December 25, 1945.
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A brass shell casing lamp with a green decorative marble placed at the top of the piece. Created from discarded shell casings, scrap, and materials gathered from around the USS Laffey (DD-724).
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Fifty Centavos note, issued by the Japanese Government and later collected by Wilbert Gauding. This piece of currency was used in the Philippines as part of Japan's occupation during World War Two.
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This card certifies that Wilbert Gauding served in the United States Navy during World War II. The card shows Gauding's period of active duty, his service number, his rank, and it bears his signature.
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Photograph of Gerald Hennesy in his US Navy dress uniform.
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Photograph of Gerald Hennesy at an award ceremony that was held aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) following the end of World War II.
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This pamphlet covers the service history of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II and features some handwritten comments in the margins of the document. Most likely Gerald Hennesy left the...