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Table of contents

Box 1 of 5

Series I: Photographs

Folder 1 – Family Pre-Naval Academy

Physical Description: This folder contains two Photographs – one of Mitscher in uniform, another picture of brother and sister.

Folder 2 – Naval Academy

Physical Description: This folder contains six photographs of training evaluations, Mitscher in uniform, and Mitscher's class photograph.

Folder 3 – NAS Pensacola Flight Training 1915 – January, 1916 00009-00028

Physical Description: This folder contains pictures of a modified Curtis model D or E (?), training photographs and miscellaneous photographs of trainer planes.

Folder 4 – USS Huntington, 1917

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of catapult launch, recovery, catapult, crew, and aircraft.

Folder 5 – NAS Montak Long Island, 1917-1918

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of Base and Curtiss NC flying boat.

Folder 6 – NAS Miami, March, 1918-1919

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of ships, flying boats, and aerial view of a base and planes.

Folder 7 – NC-4 Transatlantic Flight, NC-1 Mitscher Flight

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the NC-4's successful transatlantic flight and of the failed NC-1 Mitscher flight.

Folder 8 – CO Fleet Air Squad San Diego, 1922 I

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of Jennies and RV-4's, inspections of flight line, crashes, camps, and an aerial photograph of North Island.

Folder 9 – CO Fleet Air Squad San Diego, 1922 II

Physical Description: This folder contains additional photographs of Pacific Air Force Base, Doughty Field #2, Long Beach, CA.

Folder 10 – Air Races 1922-1925

Physical Description: This folder contains various photographs of planes, officials, and pilots.

Folder 11 – NAS Anacostia, 1922-1926

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the EM-2 Seaplane, Naval Aircraft factory TR-3, and target practice attacks on the USS Arkansas.

Folder 12 – USS Wright Chief of Staff, VP-10, Mexico Flight, 1933

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the flight to Acapulco, the return flight, and various aerial and ground photographs, as well as pilot and crew pictures.

Folder 13 – USS Saratoga c. 1926, Air Officer, 1934

Physical Description: This folder contains various photographs of the USS Saratoga receiving Air Officer, underway, and ceremony.

Folder 14 – USS Wright VP-10 SD-SF Hilo, Hawaii

Physical Description: This folder contains documents of formation flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, Hilo Bay, San Diego, and a variety of photographs of ceremonies, officers, and aerial photographs

Box 2 of 5

Series 1: Photographs

Folder 1 – USS Wright Alaska

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the USS Wright in Alaska and of her Squadrons, various landscape photographs including bays and glaciers.

Folder 2 – Commissioning USS Hornet CV-8, 1941

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of a commissioning ceremony and a photograph of a Helldiver(?) on its final approach.

Folder 3 – USS Hornet in Pacific, 1941-1942

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of Vice Admiral Mitscher arriving to present medals, and a letter from Mitscher when he was relieved in 1944.

Folder 4 – Doolittle Raid from USS Hornet, 1942

Physical Description: This folder contains several photographs of the USS Hornet, the L-8 Blimp, and dozens of aircraft on the Hornet's runway.

Folder 5 – Sec Navy Artemus Gates USS Hornet, 1942

Physical Description: This folder contains several photographs of Admiral Mitscher giving the U.S. Secretary of Navy Artemus Gates a tour of the USS Hornet.

Folder 6 – Guadalcanal Command, 1943

Physical Description: This folder contains various photographs of Admiral Mitscher, the Guadalcanal base, and group pictures.

Folder 7 – Pacific, 1944

Physical Description: This folder contains miscellaneous photographs of officers, ceremonies, and group photographs.

Folder 8 – Pacific, 1945

Physical Description: This folder contains additional photographs of officers and group photographs.

Folder 9 – USS Lexington CV16, 1944

Physical Description: This folder contains various photographs aboard the USS Lexington, as well as Admiral Mitscher receiving an award from Admiral Nimitz.

Folder 10 – Hillsborough, Wisconsin, 1945

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of Admiral Mitscher's reception and parade in Hillsborough.

Folder 11 – Japanese Surrender

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the Japanese delegation aboard the USS Portland at Trux Atoll.

Box 3 of 5

Series I: Photographs

Folder 1 – U.S. Tours/Speeches

Physical Description: This folder contains various photographs of Admiral Mitscher in Postwar receptions giving speeches, as well as posing for publicity.

Folder 2 – Postwar Jacksonville, Florida

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the parade in Jacksonville, as well as Admiral Mitscher signing autographs, and Mitscher's arrival, reception, and ceremony at NAS Pensacola.

Folder 3 – Truman/Forrest Visit USS Roosevelt, 1946

Physical Description: This folder contains forty photographs of President Harry S. Truman touring the USS Roosevelt with Admiral Mitscher.

Folder 4 – Commander 8th Fleet, 1946-1947

Physical Description: This folder contains a variety of photographs of Admiral Mitscher in command of the 8th Fleet, as well as a fishing trip in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Folder 6 – Portraits

Physical Description: This folder contains several portrait photographs of Admiral Mitscher.

Series II – Assorted Materials

Folder 5 – Death, February, 1947

Physical Description: This folder contains several eulogies and excerpts regarding Admiral Mitscher's life and death. There is one photograph of a squadron flying in the formation of an "M."

Box 4 of 5

Series I - Photographs

Folder 1 – Task Force 58, June 11, 1944 – August 7, 1944

Physical Description: This folder contains several photographs of operations carried out by Task Force 58. The pictures are aerial photographs of targets being destroyed.

Folder 2 – Hollandia, April, 1944

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the American operation in Hollandia, New Guinea. The pictures are aerial photographs of targets being destroyed, as well as air reconnaissance.

Folder 3 – Wakde, April, 1944

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of the American operation in Wakde, New Guinea. The pictures are aerial photographs of targets being destroyed, as well as air reconnaissance.

Series III - Biographical Documents

Folder 4 – Biographical Documents

Physical Description: This folder contains several papers praising Mitscher's military service and career, as well as newspaper articles of former carrier servicemen visiting the USS Lexington to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Series IV – Oversized Photographs

Folder 5 – Oversized Photographs

Physical Description: There are two sets of oversized photographs. One set could not fit in Box 4, and is placed in the Oversized Materials Special Collection (OMSC_00001). The following pictures are in this box: 00358, 00739, 00836, 00837, 00838. The other set of oversized photographs are in Box 4. These include pictures of Admiral Mitscher conversing with associates, portraits of Admiral Mitscher, a crew photograph, Admiral Mitscher preparing to give a speech in front of television cameras, and a page of the New York Times, May 18, 1919. Five of these photographs are on cardboard, with approximate dimensions 10 ½ x 10 ½ inches. The other photographs are approximately 14 x 11 inches.

Series V –Book

Item 1 – Book

Physical Description: "Flying Officers of the US Navy" by Marc A. Mitscher (1919).

Collection Contents

Box 1 of 5

Series I: Photographs

Box 2 of 5

Series 1: Photographs

Box 3 of 5

Series I: Photographs

Series II – Assorted Materials

Box 4 of 5

Series I - Photographs

Series III - Biographical Documents

Series IV – Oversized Photographs

Series V –Book