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Guest ticket to the commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, which took place on 23 May 1943	Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 1 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below.	Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 2 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below.	Cartoon by Sixta depicting events and activities in the first year following the 30 Jul 1942 authorization of the US Navy WAVES program

Specification sheet for the Dodge WC54 field ambulance from US Army publication TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles, 1 Sep 1943	Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 1 of 3.	Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 2 of 3.	Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 3 of 3.

Written orders to the crew of USS Essex from Captain Donald B Duncan alerting crewmembers to the upcoming Line Crossing Ceremony, 22 Oct 1943	A summons issued by Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, to LtCdr Francis Gilreath aboard USS Essex calling him to appear at the Line Crossing ceremony, 26 Oct 1943	Crossing the Line certificate issued to LtCdr Francis N Gilreath, Trusty Shellback, who crossed the line aboard USS Essex 26 Oct 1943 while en route from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides	Blood Chit issued by the United States with six southeast Asian languages, circa 1943.

Text of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the ships and men of USS Card, Barry, Borie, Goff, and air units Composite Squadrons One and Nine for actions against German submarines in 1943.	Thanksgiving holiday dinner menu aboard USS Wake Island, 25 Nov 1943	US government war bond poster featuring USS Helena, 1 Dec 1943	1944 chart created by Marinship Shipbuilding illustrating the flow of materials and labor in the building of the Type T2 tankers.

1944 plan for camouflage Measure 32, Design 17a on Essex-class fleet carriers. Of the 17 Essex-class carriers to see service during 1944-45, 4 were painted according to this plan.	A cutaway showing the internal arrangement of an M4A4 Sherman, seen in US Army publication Standard Ordnance Items Catalog, 1944, Vol 1	American greeting card, printed during war time, 1 of 2	American greeting card, printed during war time, 2 of 2