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Japanese Naval Headband
Cloth banner with anchor flanked by Japanese flags and characters. The left kanji 勇 means "Brave" and the right kanji 忠 means "to serve a master faithfully (from bottom of your heart)."
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."
Letter from Tillman J. Gressitt
Letter from Tillman J. Gressitt to his parents detailing his deployment from Topeka.
Letter: Frank J. Wilson to Irving Rosenberg, Washington, D.C., December 3, 1945.
This is a letter sent by the chief of the Secret Service, Frank J. Wilson, to Irving Rosenberg, a yeoman for the navy. The letter is thanking Rosenberg for submitting his picture to be used on the cover of a publication called, "The Record."
Letter: Tillman Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Ellington Field, Texas, November 2nd 1943.
Letter from Tillman J. Gressitt to Mr. & Mrs J. Walter Gressitt while stationed in Ellington Field, Texas. In this letter, Gressitt describes some of the educational activities and tests that cadets undertook before they started serving in the war.…
Letter: Tillman Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Location Unknown, December 21st, 1944.
Letter from Tillman Gressitt to Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Gressitt while stationed in Italy.
Letter: Tillman J. Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Isle of Capri, Italy, April 17, 1945.
This was a letter mailed on April 17, 1945 from Tillman J. Gressitt to his parents, Walter and Maud Gressitt. In the letter, Gressitt explains that his plane had been badly damaged while traveling to Hungary and that he had to make an emergency…
Letter: Tillman J. Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Location Unknown, Date Unknown.
This letter from Tillman Gressitt describes some of the hardships that soldiers encountered while stationed. Gressitt states that a severe windstorm knocked down several soldiers’ houses, movie houses, and windows. Many soldiers relied on the mail…