Box AR00032

Contains two photos of Philip Crosland. The first is a headshot of him as an older gentleman, and the second is of a service card created with a headshot of him while he was in the Navy during World War II.

Contains a Chaplin’s page, a copy of The Mighty Ninety, a USS Astoria Daily Schedule, a news update program from the USS Astoria, and a State Department Bulletin

Contains five photographs from Crosland’s time in the Navy. These include a headshot, two group photographs, and two photos of Crosland and friends in Navy uniforms.

Contains four menus from Thanksgiving and Christmas and a Christmas card. This includes Christmas menus for the years 1942-1944, a Thanksgiving menu from 1943, and a Christmas card from 1944 on the USS Wyoming.

Contains a life insurance certificate, a US Navy separation letter, a copy of the separation letter, an Honorable Discharge certificate, a letter from an officer on the ship with orders to see him, a Navy training certificate, and a letter from the Secretary of the Navy thanking him for his service and wishing him luck as he returns to civilian life.

Contains two letters from Philip Crosland to his mother about his time on a short liberty while his ship was in the States.

Contains a Navy ID Card, a drawing of the USS Astoria, a photo of the Iwo Jima Memorial, a Service Men’s World War Map, a USS Astoria ship log, a USO Club map of Trinidad, a commissioning program for the USS Astoria, a USO Port of Spain map, a Club Astoria program, a Radio Materiel School photograph, two copies of the Mighty Ninety, a copy of the Wyoming Wrangler, and a copy of Navy Songs.

Contains a newspaper clipping of the USS Astoria coming home from war, a note card authorizing Philip to be able to wear ribbons related to Asiatic- Pacific theater and the Philippines Liberation ribbon, a USS Astoria 1944 Thanksgiving menu, a special order paper, an honorable discharge certificate,and a booklet about Navy jobs and their pay rates.

Contains a photograph of Crosland and a friend on the dock in Chicago, a Navy headshot, two photos of the USS Astoria, and a photo of Crosland as an older gentleman in his Navy Uniform.

Contains a wooden postcard from the World’s Fair in 1904.