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[Composite Squadron Sixty-Six Staff List]

Staff list of Composite Squadron Sixty-Six (VC-66), a naval air squadron commissioned in 1943.

Date: 1945~

Creator: Composite Squadron Sixty Six (VC-66)

Item Type: Text

Parachutes: A Pilot Saved Is a Pilot Made

Guidebook on the use and maintenance of parachutes and various scenarios they may be needed in intended for United States military pilots. The book discusses types of parachutes, handling parachutes, parachute inspection, potential hazards when exiting a ship in an emergency, and landing instructions.

Date: April 1944

Creator: Pickering, George M. & Bowman, R. L.

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Program for Smoker at Sea, August 11,1945]

Program for the "Smoker at Sea" boxing event held on August 11, 1945 aboard the USS Altamaha (CVE-18). The program lists the sponsors, master-of-ceremonies, fight promoter, fighters, referees, judges, and timekeepers, and musicians for the event and has song lyrics on the back. The front of the program features an illustration of a muscular sailor with the event details in stylized text.

Date: August 11, 1945

Creator: USS Altamaha (CVE-18)

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Squadron 17 Cadet Employment Schedules, 1942]

Employment schedules for aviation cadets in Squadron 17 at the United States Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. The schedules contain instructions from Lieutenant junior grade H. E. Robinson and handwritten and hand-drawn work done by B. W. Huntington.

Date: 1942~

Creator: Squadron 17