United States. Army Air Force; Fighter pilots; Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal); Veterans -- Connecticut
Formal portrait of 1st Lieutenant James Hurst, who served as a member of the 782nd Bomb Squadron and the 465th Bomb Group earning four Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Hospitals, Naval and marine -- Solomon Island;
Photograph of hospital tents and bunker. In the lower right corner of the photograph is the bunker (hole in the ground covered by logs) where patients were relocated during Japanese shelling.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, United States. Navy; Martin PBM-5 Mariner (Seaplane);
The inscription on the upper left of this photograph reads, "Diamond coming aboard the Norton Sound in early 1946". The U.S.S. Norton Sound was a seaplane carrier named after the Norton Sound in Alaska.
World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Cemeteries -- Guadalcanal
The grave in the forefront (24-10) of the photograph belongs to D.A. Joy, the son of Nicholas Lavnikevich's nursing school instructor. D.A. Joy was a member of the Marine 1st Division.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps;
This is one of the many barracks and other buildings destroyed when "Freedom Hill" (Hill 327), the base for Headquarters Company, Headquarters Battalion in Da Nang, Vietnam, was bombed.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps;
This is one of the many barracks destroyed when "Freedom Hill" (Hill 327), the base for Headquarters Company, Headquarters Battalion in Da Nang, Vietnam, was bombed.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; Bronze Star Medal (U.S.); United States. Army -- Officers;
Photograph of Perrault recieving the Bronze Star on September 25, 1969 in Vietnam. Also pictured are Brigadier General B.E. Huffman, Jr. and Sergeant Major Cecil.
