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Tan hardcover USS Intrepid cruise book for 1943 with a raised image of Intrepid and aircraft on…
Lyle E. Ball Papers
Tan hardcover USS Intrepid cruise book for 1943 with a raised image of Intrepid and aircraft on…
Tan hardcover USS Intrepid cruise book for 1943 with a raised image of Intrepid and aircraft on the flight deck

Lyle E. Ball Papers

Historic Owner
DateJuly 6, 1944—1945
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the family of Lyle E. Ball. A2023.03
Object numberA2023.03
DescriptionExtent: 2 folders, 1 Cruise Book

Yearbook; Intrepid cruise book, 1943-1945, 1946. U.S.S. Intrepid cruise book from 1943-1945. Beige cover with a raised image of Intrepid with four planes on the flight deck and in raised letters "THE INTREPID". Dedication from the Commander inside the book is dated 30 July 1946. Book has 168 pages and is published by the Metropolitan Engravers.

Yearbook; Carrier Air Group Ten, September 15, 1944–November 14, 1945

Certificate; Aircrewman Course of Operational Training, Torpedo Planes certificate from United States Naval Air Station, Miami, Florida for Lyle Edwin Ball ARM3c, July 6, 1944. Authorizes Ball to wear the aircrew wings.

Citation; Lyle Edwin Ball, from Harry Truman, The White House, no date

Card, Membership; Imperial Domain of the Golden Dragon, Lyle Edwin Ball, March 7, 1945

Booklet; Chinese Pointie Talkie, no date

Directory; Directory, Carrier Air Group Ten, October 1, 1945

Booklet; Navy Log, ARM (aviation radioman), no date

Envelope; Torpedo Squadron Ten (empty, blank)

Clipping, Newspaper; "Intrepid, Often Hit, Has Knocked Out 300 Ships," no date

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