Assorted collection of U.S. military memorabilia and ephemera spanning multiple periods. The grouping includes a Department of the Army certificate for the Army Commendation Medal accompanied by a medal with green-and-white ribbon, a USS Forrestal CV-59 embroidered patch, military photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence and documents, a time reference chart, and additional military-related printed material.

Also included is a certificate from the Northern Maine Council of the Boy Scouts of America titled “Certificate of Recognition,” along with a vintage portrait photograph of a uniformed serviceman and a photograph depicting a group of military personnel with an aircraft. The USS Forrestal (CV-59) was the U.S. Navy’s first Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1955 and named for James Forrestal, the first U.S. Secretary of Defense.

Exact dates, individuals, and relationships among the various documents and photographs have not been fully established; the collection is offered as shown.

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