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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.