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Imperium Neptuni Regis Certificate
A certificate commemorating "Crossing the Line" (the "Line" being the Equator) issued to Clinton O'Connell during World War II. The rite commemorated by the certificate usually involved several "initiation" exercises. O'Connell served in the Pacific…
Marines of Air Warning Squadron-1 on an F4U Corsair fighter aircraft in World War II
Marines of Air Warning Squadron-1 on an F4U Corsair fighter aircraft in World War II
Michael (Mihael) Gantman at Vladivostok
Photograph of four Officers and a soldier. The photograph was taken after the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Michael Gantman stands 5th from the left. He was a Senior Lieutenant in the Artillery Unit, who joined the army at 14 in 1931 by lying about…
Navy Fire Controlman First Class (FC-1) Theodore Boyce
FC-1 Boyce served in the US Navy aboard the USS Savannah during World War II. The ship was struck by a German Fritz-X radio controlled bomb off the coast of Algiers on September 11, 1943
Army Service Forces Patch
This is an Army Service Forces patch that army men would wear on their uniforms to show that they belonged to the Army Service Force division. This patch belonged to army veteran Lonnie Garrison.
9th Air Force Patch
This patch signifies a membership to the 9th Air Force division in the United States Air Forces.
Military Uniform of Robert Ranger
This was Robert Ranger's uniform. It is decorated with various ribbons and medals showing where Ranger had served. The bottom row of ribbons on the left side of uniform represent an American Defense medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal, and a…
Piece of Parachute
This was a piece of parachute preserved by WWII veteran Robert Ranger. There is a small hole in the parachute that is believed by the family to be a bullet hole caused by a tracer bullet when Ranger was parachuting in Normandy.
Kamikaze Headband or Body Scarf
Cloth banner with the flag of Japan (red sun) flanked by two Japanese characters. The kanji 海 means "ocean" (sea) and the kanji 軍 means "a force," hence "Navy."