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Scrapbook from the service of George Henry Norman : Scrapbook 1943-1944
- Published
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators
- Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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- Language Note
- Text in English, Spanish.
- Summary
- Description: Blue covers with gold, embossed eagle and lettering "His Service Record." Contains a "Happy New Year" letter from 1944; a map of Northern Venezuela in Spanish; enlistment form; short personal history and service record; Photographs of Norman; record of leave; 1948 newspaper clipping about Curacao; Photographs of friends; map of travels in United States; Photographs of brothers and sisters; "El Captain" a pet ocelot/mascot; certificates; Cloud Buster, newsletter of the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Photographs from Pre-Flight School; inspection Photograph; Photograph of a group of servicemen and servicewomen enjoying drinks; newspaper clipping of Navy fire fighters in asbestos suits; Photographs of Curacao graveyard gate, home, native women and children, and cliffs; Photographs taken over Venezuela, and in Columbia, interiors of PBYs, Curacao cathedral; Photographs of Caracas, Venezuela including Mt. Catia, the country club, downtown and outdoor scenes; Photographs of Barranquilla, Colombia including the Hotel Del Prado and the cathedral; postcards from the Caribbean and South America; remainder of scrapbook is blank except for pocket inside back cover containing more Photographs and postcards.
- Other Subject(s)
- Barranquilla
- Caracas
- Curacao
- Del Prado
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Boston, MA
- Stamford, CT
- San Juan
- Rio de Janeiro
- Venezuela
- Colombia
- United States
- Netherlands Antilles
- Puerto Rico
- Brazil
- Air Warfare
- Entertainment and Leisure
- Atlantic Theater of Operations (ATO)
- industry, military service, family, universities and colleges, military training, leave, air warfare, aircraft, cities and towns, vehicles, animals, women, nurses, children, alcoholic beverages, hotels, accommodation, shopping
- United States Navy (USN)
- Patrol Bombing Squadron 92 (VPB-92), Fleet Air Wing 11
- Original Version
- Reproduction of: Scrapbook from the service of George Henry Norman 1943-1944.
- Location of Originals
- The National WWII Museum
- Copyright Note
- Material sourced from The National WWII Museum
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