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This folder contains several certificates/citations honoring John F. Dunn from the Military Order of the World Wars. The folder includes several certificates awarded to Dunn for completing the course of training for combat crews at the Army Air Field at Clovis, New Mexico (1945), and the Counterinsurgency Course of Warfare Systems School (1965). The folder includes a letter from Colonel Henry B. McNider, III , May 1, 1979 commending Dunn was for his support of the ROTC contigent at the University of Tampa. A certificate commending Dunn for his service with the Reserve Officers Training School (JROTC) is also in this folder. The folder includes the Dunn family crest and two lithographs depicting the Vickers Submarine Spitfire (MK II) and the North American P-51B Mustang. The folder contains certificates acknowledging Dunn's record of service to the U.S. Air Force, including one for ten years of combat crew duty with the Strategic Air Command.

This folder contains: 1 job letter from the Captain, Corps of Engineers Executive Officer; 1 Panel List of the Program Memorial Day, May 30, 1945; 3 Plans of the Day; 1 Recruiting Notice; 3 Military Orders (1 AKA-90 Order, 1 Order Letter, 1 Order for Transferred Man to Report for Induction); 1 Authorization Letter to wear an Engagement Star; 1 Navy Chow Pass; 1 Discharge letter from the Secretary of the Navy; 1 approvement of the WWII veterans; 7 Certificates (1 certificate for US Servive School; 2 certificates for the completion of the Navy Training Course, 3 certificates for discharge, 1 certificate for Enrollment of the World War II Registry of Remembrances; 1 letter of Notice of Separation from Service).

Included in this folder are a newspaper regarding Ellingwood's service with the USS Forrestal in 1945, a small informational pamphlet and numerous newspaper articles about the Midway Islands, a pamphlet from 1955 about the Comissioning of the USS Forrestol, a list of the Laws of the U.S. Navy, and Ellingwood's Naval ID cards.

This folder mostly contains documents relating to tank units. There is a speech made by General Patton. It appears to be related to the invasion of Italy. There is a packet labeled "SGT. Fayne Haynes, 612 Tank Destroyer Battalion." This unit served in Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Southern Holland. There is also another packet about the 612 Tank Destroyer Battalion, with much the same information as the first. There is a segment of a 1 July 2001 interview with Chester Bailes. The interview is not complete and has been written into third person paragraph form. Finally, there is a WWII Tank Destroyer Force description printed from the Tank Destroyer Society's website.

This folder includes a letter from the National Personnel Records Center, certificate from Camp Lee's Army Service Forces Training Center in troop leadership, a copy of Joseph Hrabovsky's amateur radio license, and a detailed list of his travel overseas.

This folder contains a photograph of Master Sergeant Thornton M. Embrey at his retirement ceremony and a certificate of appreciation for his service issued by the Department of the Army on August 31, 1969. The folder contains a copy of the radio message announcing the surrender of Germany in May 1945 and Japan in August 1945. A photocopy of the "Internal Route Slip" dated May 10, 1945 with a subject heading, "Handling of Radio Traffic for the Germans" provides a log of radio messages related to the unconditional surrender by the German government. An illustrated book, Ecole Professionnelle, Ecole Primaire Superieure, Reims is also in the folder. Another photocopied document lists the shift schedule at the Signal Center, United States Forces, European Theater. The folder has the discharge papers for Thornton M. Embrey issued on January 15, 1946. The folder includes the graduation program of the Basic Engineering Course, Army Specialized Training Program, Baylor University. This collection also contains two newspapers articles from the postwar period dealing with radio messages that announced the surrender of Germany in May 1945.