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McGaughy, Bill and Robin Collection, Circa 1940s-1960s

Donated by Bill and Robin McGaughy in 2010, the collection contains 3 processed 8mm film reels (unfortunately, MB_03 was damaged). The films were created by McGaughy's father during his service as a merchant marine either during or post-Second World War. The content includes travels to San Diego, Honolulu, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and New York City, family interactions and visitations to the "Berry Schools" as well as boarding the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor, and SS Robert E. Clarkson transporting cargo in the Atlantic (notably a variant of the M4 Sherman tank).

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McGill Family Papers, 1836-1962, Date acquired: 10/29/1982 145.00 items

McGill Family

Papers of the McGill and Suarez families of Penscola, Florida, 1836-1962, including letters, land deeds, promissory notes, indentures, tax receipts and other materials dealing with Joseph Suarez and his heirs, 1836-1905, and Gerald Byrne McGill and his family, 1905-1962. Subjects and writers include Isasc Hulse, Stephen T. Mallory II, the Navy Yard at Pensacola; St. John's Cemetery; Camp Ward No. 10 of United Confederate Veterans; Spanish Fort, Alabama and Josiah Blakely; the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Nixson family. [145 pieces]

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McMurray's Service Center, Location Map, 1950 Box 1, Folder 12

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Means Family Films, 1941-1965

Eight-millimeter films documenting the travels of the Means family through North America and Europe.

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Medals and Insignia, 1943-1967 11.0090 - Box 1, Folder 17

This folder contains a Distinguished Flying Cross, Good Conduct Medal, Victory in World War II Medal, American Defense Service Medal, United Nations Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Combat Readiness for Air Force Medal, Military Merit Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and Bar Pin, Military Order of World Wars, Award of Merit, Air Medal, Military Order of World Wars Award of Merit, and Korea Service Medal. This folder also contains several patches that include the Buccaneers (Sixth Bomb Group Buccaneer) and 310th Air Commando Squadron. A St. Christopher Medal (religious) can also be found in this folder. A key chain depicting the role of the 310th Air Commando Squadron is part of the folder. There are also epaulets and objects for the ranks Dunn held in this folder The folder also contains several buttons depicting civilian travels undertaken by Dunn, including one to the Canadian National Square and Round Dance Competition (1988). This folder also contains two Vulcan lighters that were a gift to Dunn from the 310th Air Refueling Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas; GHQ-AAF.

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