Papers of Marc Andrew Mitscher, 1910-1952.

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Papers of Marc Andrew Mitscher, 1910-1952.

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Approximately 250 personal and semiofficial letters, 100 sets of duty orders (1919-1945), 50 certificates of awards, decorations, and honors, and 50 maps and charts of World War II Pacific theater naval operations (including many with Mitscher's annotations and markings); 6 aviator's flight logs (1915-1938), a personal sea-duty log (1910-1919), a folder of printed matter relating to Mitscher's career; and approximately 75 personal papers of his wife, Frances S. Mitscher, and 150 letters and telegrams of condolence on Mitscher's death. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1940-1945 and includes letters relating to Mitscher's command of the U.S.S. Hornet during the Tokyo raid and the Battle of Midway. A few letters concern his role as pilot during the first naval overseas flight (1919).

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