Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...

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Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

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The Howard J. Boydstun Naval Aviation Collection contains both visual materials and textual documents that bring to light the military career of naval aviator Howard J. Boydstun. Boydstun served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. While the collection dates from 1940 to 1995, the bulk of the materials document the years of Boydstun’s service from 1942 until his retirement in 1972.

Contents of the Collection The Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection is comprised of materials relating to Poindexter's model-building of World War II Japanese and American ships during and after his World War II United States Army service. It includes three original drawings of World War II ships, an identification manual, and a post-war hand-made display sign about the models.Poindexter drew all three drawings in pencil on oddly-shaped pieces of paper; one is of a submarine and the other two are ships....

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William Dummer Powell was born in about 1906 in Canada, became a United States citizen in 1935 and served in the Army Air Force 449th Bomb Group as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. The collection consists of a small amount of military documents, personal documents, and twenty-five (25) photographs primarily related to Powell's World War II service in the Army Air Force.

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The collection consists of materials related to the World War I career of John "Jack" Sylvester Wheelwright (1885-1962), who was a textile designer, engineer and naval commander and served on airships in the Royal Naval Air Service.

Interview Summary Submariner and author Donald M. “Don” Ulmer is interviewed about his life and military service. He discusses his 32-year career with the United State Navy and describes his experiences aboard various submarines, including the USS Clamagore (SS-343), Halfbeak (SS-353), Barracuda (SSK-1), Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), and Corporal (SS-346). He also shares aviation-themed stories from his childhood, such as his first airplane flight in a Stinson SR Reliant and witnessing the Hindenburg crash in New...