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The B.W. Huntington Collection houses material gathered by Basil William Huntington, 1920-2016, during his service in the Navy during WWII. The collection includes charting materials, survival guides, certificates, schedules, newspaper clippings, and a USB flash drive containing an oral history recounting Huntington’s wartime experience.

The Frederick C. Younghans Collection consists of 3 folders of 2D materials, including monographs, a photograph, a flight logbook, an aviation map, and U.S. Navy service records from 1943-1946 relating to the service of Lt. Frederick C. Younghans. The materials primarily cover Lt. Younghans' activity in the United States at a series of Naval Air Stations, but also include information about overseas deployment as a PV-1/PV-2 pilot in the Pacific region.