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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…
Letter: Wednesday 18 Apr.
letter
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
The Sun, Baltimore Sunday Newspaper
Newspaper
Mount Sirubachi on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan
Picture taken by Albert Buff of US Marine Air Warning Squadron-1 in 1945.
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.
Sergeant John Atwood, Battle of Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands, 1944.
Photo taken by a member of US Marine Corps Air Warning Squadron 1, from Miramar, CA. AWS-1 was an aviation command and control squadron tasked to provide aerial surveillance and early warning during amphibious assaults.
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.
Gasoline Purchase Permit, 1944
Gasoline Purchase Permit of three gallons of gasoline.