Charles Paul Amerman Papers
Historic Owner
Charles Paul Amerman
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1943–1956
PeriodWorld War II
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the family of Charles Paul Amerman. A2021.27
Object numberA2021.27
DescriptionExtent: 7 folders, 1 oversize folder, 1 flat file folderThe Charles Paul Amerman Papers contain items from Amerman's service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. The papers include his time in Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) and Fighting Squadron 151 (VF-151) as well as his time on board USS Intrepid. Materials such as correspondence, flight log book, military service records, newspaper clippings, and annotated maps of Amerman's movements during the war.
Service Records
- Report; Naval Aviators Monthly Achievement Report, Charles P. Amerman, October 9, 1944
- Report; Naval Aviators Monthly Achievement Report, C. P. Amerman, October 31, 1944
- Memorandum; Temporary Additional Duty, Lieutenant (jg) Charles Paul Amerman (A1), USNR, July 5, 1945
- Form; Endorsement, Lt (jg) Charles Paul Amerman (A1), October 3, 1945 (2)
- Form; Notice of Separation from U.S. Naval Service, Lt (jg) Charles Paul Amerman (A1), November 18, 1945 (2)
- Envelope; to Lt (jg) Charles P. Amerman from Navy Department, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, postmarked April 23, 1946
- Form; Voucher Per Diem and/or Reimbursement of Expenses Incidental to Official Travel, Lt (jg) Charles P. Amerman, October 1-8, 1945 (2 pages)
- Form; Mileage Voucher, Lt (jg) Charles P. Amerman, October 4, 1945
- Form; Claim for Payment of Dependent's Transportation submitted by Lt (jg) Charles P. Amerman, USNR, December 20, 1945
- Memorandum; Change of Duty, Lt (jg) Charles P. Amerman, September 30, 1945
- Memorandum; Temporary Additional Duty, Lieutenant (jg) Charles Paul Amerman, July 5, 1945 (2 pages)
- Certificate; Airman Certificate, Charles Paul Amerman, January 4, 1946
- Record; Airman Rating Record, Charles Paul Amerman, Commercial Pilot - Airplane Single Engine Land, January 4, 1946
- Certificate; Medical Certificate, Charles Paul Amerman, January 3, 1946
- Receipt; Navy Department, Office of War Savings Bond, Charles P. Amerman
- Form; Personnel Claim (Property), Charles Paul Amerman, November 13, 1946
- Memorandum; U.S. Naval Reserve Officer Inactive-Status List; transfer to, LT Charles P. Amerman, February 7, 1952
- Certificate; Honorable Discharge, Lieutenant Charles P. Amerman, January 3, 1956
- Awards/Citations
-- Memorandum; Participation in combat missions in which this vessel took part during the period 5 September 1944 to 24 September 1944, commendation for, September 25, 1944, LT(jg) C.P. Amerman, A-V (N) (2 pages)
-- Memorandum; to Lieut. (jg) C.P. Amerman, A-V(N), Subject: Participation in Combat Missions in Which this Vessel Took part During the Period 10 October 1944 to 6 November 1944, Commendation for, November 8, 1944
-- Memorandum; to Lt (jg) C.P. Amerman (A1), Subject: Participation in Combat Missions in Which this Vessel Took Part During the Period 14 November to 24 November 1944 - Commendation for, November 28, 1944
-- Memorandum; to: All Personnel Fighting Squadron Eighteen, Subject: Combat Against the Enemy, December 24, 1944
-- List; September 6 – November 25, 1944. Locations and movements of Intrepid
-- Letter; to Mr. Amerman from James Forrestal, October 20, 1945
-- Certificate; Certificate of Satisfactory Service, to Lieutenant Junior Grade Charles Paul Amerman, November 18, 1945
-- Citation; to Lieutenant (jg) Charles P. Amerman, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal, November 1, 1946
-- Citation; Lieutenant Charles Paul Amerman, Air Medal
-- Citation; Distinguished Flying Cross, Lieutenant Charles Paul Amerman
-- Citation; Air Medal, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles Paul Amerman
-- Citation; Distinguished Flying Cross, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles Paul Amerman
- Membership Cards
-- Card; US Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, Charles P. Amerman, April 6, 1943
-- Card, Membership; Naval Aviator, Charles Paul Amerman, April 16, 1943
-- Card. Membership; United States Atlantic Fleet Sir Force, C.F. Amerman, February 15, 1945
-- Card, Membership; Domain of Neptunus Rex (blank)
- Officer's Qualification Records Jacket, Charles Paul Amerman
-- Report; Officer's Qualification Report (Jacket Copy), Lt (jg) Charles Paul Amerman A-1, September 24, 1945
-- Form; U.S.N.R. Permanent Appointment Acknowledgement, Charles P. Amerman. January 27, 1950 (2 pages)
-- Memorandum; Permanent Appointment of Naval Reserve Officers, Lt. Charles P. Amerman, A-1, January 27, 1950
-- Report; Physical Examination for Flying, Charles Paul Amerman, November 9, 1945 (2 pages)
-- Memorandum; Promotions, October 17, 1945 (handwritten note)
-- Memorandum; to Lt (jg) C.P. Amerman, Subject: Qualification for promotion, September 27, 1945
-- Memorandum; to Lt (jg) Charles P. Amerman, Subject: Change of duty, September 30, 1945
-- Memorandum; Temporary Appointment and Promotion Physical Examination, May 1, 1944
-- Memorandum; from Lieutenant (jg) C.P. Amerman, Subject: Acknowledgement of Notice of Temporary Appointment, May 7, 1944
-- Memorandum; to Ensign C.P. Amerman, A-V (N), Subject: Physical Examination for Promotion, May 7, 1944
-- Affidavit; Charles P. Amerman, September 15, 1945
-- Form; Officer Qualifications Questionnaire, Charles Paul Amerman, May 16, 1944 (2 pages)
- U.S. Navy Officer Service Record, Charles P. Amerman
-- Memorandum; from Lt. Charles P. Amerman, Subject: Status in the Naval Reserve, September 16, 1955
-- Report; Quadrennial Physical Examination, Lt. Charles Paul Amerman, January 28, 1955 (2 pages)
-- Memorandum; to Lt. Charles P. Amerman, Subject: Transmittal of Records in case of, June 26, 1953
-- Letter; Change of Address, C. Paul Amerman, June 23, 1953
-- Letter; U.S. Naval Reserve Officer Inactive-Status List; transfer to, Lt. Charles P. Amerman, February 7, 1952
-- Card; Address card for Charles P. Amerman, May 10, 1951
-- Note; handwritten note to "Gentlemen" from CP Amerman, May 28, 1951
-- Letter; Quadrennial Physical Examination, Lt. Charles P. Amerman, May 10, 1951
-- Report; USNR Permanent Appointment Acknowledgement, Charles P. Amerman, January 27, 1950
-- Form; Permanent Appointment of Naval Reserve Officers, Lt. Charles P. Amerman, January 27, 1950
-- Letter; from Ltjg. Charles Paul Amerman, Promotion to the rank of LT, January 5, 1950
-- Form; Naval Reserve Officer Status, C.P. Amerman, October 25, 1949
-- Form; Transmittal of Records in the case of, Lt. Charles Paul Amerman, May 3, 1949
-- Memorandum; from Lt. C.P. Amerman, A.I., Subject: Change in Present Address, April 27, 1949 (2)
-- Endorsement; Lt (jg) Charles Paul Amerman, October 5, 1945
-- Card; Muster/Dead File, Charles Paul Amerman, February 15, 1951
-- Certificate; Honorable Discharge, Lieutenant Charles P. Amerman, January 3, 1956 (1 original, 4 copies)
-- Memorandum; First Endorsement on SECAV, to Lt. Charles P. Amerman, January 3, 1956
-- Memorandum; to Lt. Charles P. Amerman, Subject: Acceptance of resignation from the U.S. Naval Reserve, January 3, 1956 (3)
-- Form; Acceptance of Resignation from the U.S. Naval Reserve (blank)
-- Form; Annual Qualifications Questionnaire - Inactive Reserve, Lt. Charles Paul Amerman, January 28, 1954
-- Form; Annual Qualifications Questionnaire - Inactive Reserve, Lt. Charles Paul Amerman, June 16, 1952 (2)
-- Form; Annual Qualifications Questionnaire - Inactive Reserve, Lt. Charles Paul Amerman, November 1, 1952 (2 pages)
- Envelope; to Chas P. Amerman from Navy Department, November 18, 1945
Air Group Eighteen and Intrepid Papers
- Memorandum; to All Hands, Air Group Eighteen, from Commander, Air Group Eighteen, November 3, 1944
- Schedule; Plans of the Day
-- Fighting Squadron Eighteen, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, April 10, 1944
-- USS Intrepid, September 7–24, 1944 (3)
- Program; Herb's Hep Cats of S-2 Division, no date; most musicians were stewards
- Rosters, December 1, 1944 – July 1, 1945
-- Roster of Officers, Fighting Squadron Eighteen, December 1, 1944
-- Directory of Officers, Fighting Squadron One Hundred Fifty One, March 8, 1945
-- Roster of Officers, Fighting Squadron One Hundred Fifty One, July 1, 1945 (2 pages)
- Log Book; Aviator's Log Book, July 1943–September 25, 1945
- Newsletter; Prop Wash, Aviation Cadet Regiment, Vol. VI, No. 2, January 28, 1943
- Yearbook; Fighting Squadron 151, no date
Ship Histories
- History; History of USS Intrepid (CV11), Ships Data Section, no date (16 pages)
- History; History of USS Bunker Hill (CV17), Ships Data Section, no date (10 pages)
- History; History of USS Hancock (CV-19), Office of Naval Records and History, Ships' Histories Branch, December 14, 1949 (17 pages)
Training Materials
- Chart; Student Navigational Computer, C.P. Amerman, Class 9A (with envelope), no date
- List; Fighter Directory Vocabulary
- List; Japanese Merchant Shipping Tonnage, January 1944
- Chart; International Flags and Codes, December 1, 1943
- Chart; Panel Emergency Signals (on fabric)
- Instructions; Radio Silence Able/Radio Silence Baker
- Instructions; Aircraft Approach Fleet Units
- Instructions; Carrier Signals
- Instructions; Visual Carrier Signals
- Instructions; Letter Signals
- Manual; There's No Substitute for Marksmanship, 1942 (featuring Dilbert)
- Manual; Pilot's Manual, Curtiss Electric Propeller, 1943
- Manual; A Pocket Reference Guide Army Navy Marine Corps Insignia, March 1943
- Manual So YOU Are Going to the South Pacific? , August 1943
- Manual Flight Quarters, Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy, 1943
Cartoons and Squadron Insignia
- Cartoons; Ed Ritter Intrepid cartoons (12 pages)
- Insignia; Fighting Squadron 151 (2)
- Insignia; Fighting Squadron 151, The Green Knights, US Navy Insignia
Correspondence
- Letter & envelope; to Miss Jamie Cook from Ens. C.P. Amerman, May 4, 1944
- Letter & envelope; to Miss James Book from Lt (jg) C.P. Amerman, May 9, 1944 (1 pages)
- Letter & envelope; to Cook Mansion from Lt (jg) C.P. Amerman, August 29, 1945
- Notes; "Paul's Secret Codes," Handwritten notes with code used when Amerman wrote home to reveal his locations during the war (3)
- Card, Prayer; Prayers cards in envelope titled "For Paul // from Roy." Four prayer cards: Courage, Needful Things, The Ninety-first Psalm, and "Divine Intelligence Directs"
- Book, Address; Paul Amerman (spiral book, missing front cover)
- Tickets; Ulithi Lagoon Fleet Officer's Club (found in Address Book)
- Card, Calling; William Lloyd Smith, M.D. (found in Address Book)
- Coupons; Blank coupons with handwritten notes, 1944 (found in Address Book)
Publications
- Newspaper; Poop Deck News, December 12–22, 1944 (3: Vol. 14, No 1; Vol. 14, No. 2; Vol. 14, No.11)
- Newspaper; The Wildcat, U.S. Naval Air Station, St. Simons Island, Georgia, Volume 1, Number 4, May 11, 1943 (oversize)
- Magazine; Naval Aviation News, September 15, 1943–October 1, 1945 (3)
- Clipping, Newspaper; "Amerman Finally Gets Air Medal, DFC"
- Clipping, Newspaper; "Heading for Wings"
- Clipping, Newspaper; "Navy Hunter of U-Boats Packs // Carries Depth Charges and Torpedoes"
- Clipping, Newspaper; "Intrepid Made Japs Pay," Des Moines Tribune, Volume 34, Number 294, July 30, 1945
- Clipping, Magazine; cartoon of Donald Duck and Goofy
- Clipping, Magazine; "Flatbush"
- Clipping, Magazine; "Grid Maneuvers"
- Clipping, Magazine; "Forward Pass"
Maps
- Map; Yap (Ulithi to Palau), N.A.C.I. - Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., March 1944 (annotated)
- Map; Ulithi (to Faraulep), N.A.C.I. - Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., March 1944
- Samar 1 (to Mindoro), N.A.C.I. - Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., May 1944
- Map; Mindoro (to Palawan) and Samar 1 (to Mindoro), N.A.C.I. - Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., May 1944 (2 maps taped together, annotated)
- Map; Tacloban, Leyte PI, N.A.C.I. - Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., June 1944
- Map; Airfields Masbate, Samar and Leyte Islands, page 22, July 1, 1944 (annotated)
- Map; Leyte Area Map, page 24, July 1, 1944 (annotated)
- Map; Lingayen Gulf, Air/Sea Rescue Chart, September 25, 1944
- Map; Lagonoy Gulf, Air/Sea Rescue Chart, September 25, 1944 (annotated)
- Map; Northern Mindoro 1, Air/Sea Rescue Chart, September 25, 1944 (annotated)
- Map; Baler (Luzon), Air/Sea Rescue Chart, September 25, 1944 (annotated)
- Map; San Francisco Coast, "Danger Zone," no dated (partial map)
- Map; North Pacific Ocean, no date (partial map)
- Map; The Pacific Front, no date (partially torn, oversize)
- Map; Airfield and Target Charts, Manila and Suburbs, July 25, 1944 (annotated, oversize)
- Map; Air Force, Pacific Fleet, 1945. Heavily annotated with Intrepid's movements (oversize, flat file)
- Map; Sea Island, Saint Simons Island, Georgia, May 10–May 23, 1943 (oversize, flat file)
- Map; Esso World Map, The Pacific Theater, no date (oversize, flat file)
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