Scope and arrangement

Items in this collection include fourteen issues (1943-1945) of Recognition Journal containing photos and articles on the latest weaponry, enemy tactics, recognition tips and quizzes, rescue operations, and rating information for all air and surface craft, and a recognition manual (1946) and sheet (1945) issued to servicemen for spotting operations during World War II.

Also included in the collection are a pamphlet on the N3N-3 biplane, UNC-Chapel Hill Navy flight school yearbooks (1942-1943), church bulletins (1946) from Oahu, Christmas Day menu and staff flyers from Kaneohe (1944-1945), and an article on the demise of the Japanese battleships MUSHASI and YAMATO (1945).

Administrative information

Custodial History

November 17, 1994, 24 items; Copies of the Recognition Journal, menus, flight school yearbooks, manuals, and programs. Gift of Mr. Robert R. Perry, Atlanta, Georgia.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mr. Robert R. Perry

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms

Personal Names

Perry, Robert R.

Corporate Names

United States. Navy--Military life
United States. Navy. Pre-Flight School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Yamato (Battleship)

Topical

Airplanes--Recognition--Periodicals
Armored vehicles, Military--Markings--Periodicals
Biplanes--United States
Christmas--Hawaii
Menus--Hawaii
Warships--Recognition--Periodicals
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese

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