Carmine A. Balascio Papers
Object NameReport
Historic Owner
Carmine A. Balascio
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
DateMay 21, 1943–January 21, 1946
PeriodWorld War II
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the family of Carmine A. Balascio. A2024.19
Object numberA2024.19
DescriptionExtent: 2 foldersLogbook; Aviator's Flight Log Book, Carmine A. Balascio, May 21, 1943–November 25, 1944
Logbook; Aviator's Flight Log Book, Carmine A. Balascio, February 2, 1945–November 20, 1945
Card, Holiday; Season's Greetings, Air Group Eighteen, December 1944
Citation; Air Medal, Carmine Albert Balascio, October 25, 1944. Awarded for his meritorious service as an aviation radioman during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Certificate; Imperium Neptuni Regis, Carmine A. Balascio, September 1, 1944 (oversize)
Form; Notice of Separation from US Naval Service, Carmine Albert Balascio, January 26, 1946
Certificate; Honorable Discharge, Carmine Albert Balascio, January 21, 1946
Report; Torpedo Squadron Eighteen (VT-18) History (12 pages)
Clipping, Newspaper; “Carmine A. Balascio,” no date, with a photo of him.
Clipping, Newspaper; “Veterans of ‘Carrier Clown’ Squadron Return to Duty,” no date. Includes a photo of Balascio and James Finerty.
Clipping, Newspaper; “Suicide Plane Attacking the Intrepid, Navy’s ‘Most Hit’ Carrier,” no date
Clipping, Newspaper; “Gasoline flames and molten metal flying thru air at instant Jap suicide plane struck the Intrepid’s flight deck,” no date
Clipping, Newspaper; “Another of the four Jap attacks Intrepid survived,” no date
Clipping, Newspaper; “’Most Hit’ U.S. Carrier Sinks 80 Jap Ships,” no date
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