Box 120
Container
Contains 50 Collections and/or Records:
Military Records, 1946 - 2009
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4
Scope and Contents
This series contains Neil Armstrong's United States Navy Officer Service Record, and includes everything from his "Orders; chargeable against appropriation 'Officer Candidate Training', April 18, 1949" through "Certificate, Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America, United States Navy, October 21, 1960." Located in folder 5 are photocopies of Armstrong’s [CNATRA] (Chief of Naval Air Training) - Aviation Training Summaries and Evaluations, 1949-1950....
Dates:
1946 - 2009
Various Navy papers, Certificates, Citations, and Correspondence; [Navy] - [VF-51] , 1947 - 2009
Sub-Series — Box: 120
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1947 - 2009
Several black and white and color photographs of squadron members or spouses, circa 1951 - 2009
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
circa 1951 - 2009
Obituaries of squadron members, circa 1990s - 2002
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
circa 1990s - 2002
Miscellaneous material, circa 1990s - 2000s
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
circa 1990s - 2000s
[Navy] Correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and miscellaneous material, 1948 - 1998
File — Box: 120, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents
Includes a black and white photograph of "Thirsty Flight" crew - Opa-Lacka, Florida, a color photograph of Armstrong, reunion information and flights poems and Navy reminiscences written by colleagues.
Dates:
1948 - 1998
[Navy] Correspondence from Armstrong’s former Navy colleagues and miscellaneous material, circa 1999 - 2002
File — Box: 120, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 4
Scope and Contents
Includes some color photographs of Armstrong with colleagues, reunion information, information on Goodell "Goody" Parker Warren and "The Brown Shoes History Project" information.
Dates:
circa 1999 - 2002
Fighter Squadron 51 - foul weather procedures, general information of interest to carrier air group anticipating duty in the orient, "dope sheets - For Liberty," strike photographs, and packet marked, "Restricted, U.S.S. Valley Forge, Dottie Flak Study 8 Touraid", 1951 - 1952
File — Box: 120, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1951 - 1952
Compiled book, "The United States Ship Essex: Cruise book, 1950-1951, with note "From Kayla," and copies of related news stories, circa 2002
File — Box: 120, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
circa 2002
Various Navy Papers, Certificates, Citations, Correspondence, 1947 - 1955
File — Box: 120, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1947 - 1955
Appointment, by The President of the United States of America; Neil Alden Armstrong to a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) , October 4, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
October 4, 1954
Memo, To: Personnel Officer VF 724, September 28, 1955
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
September 28, 1955
Duty For Training Order Involving Flying, February 1, 1955
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 1, 1955
First Endorsement, VF-724, November 20, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
November 20, 1954
Third Endorsement on LTJG Neil A. Armstrong, USNR-R, 505129/1315 letter of, December 29, 1953
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
December 29, 1953
Bureau of Naval Personnel, Inactive Duty Training; Attachment to Pay Unit of the Naval Reserve, February 17, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 17, 1954
Headquarters Ninth Naval District, Great Lakes, Illinois; Transfer of records of officers assigned to, or associated with drilling units of the aviation component, October 15, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
October 15, 1954
Correspondence in regards to officer's service record jacket and officer's qualification card, February 19, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 19, 1954
Appointment in Naval Reserve, January 25, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
January 25, 1952
Waiver of Premiums for Term Insurance, Fighter Squadron Fifty One, ℅ Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, August 1, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
August 1, 1951
VF-51 Personnel History form, February 19, 1950
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 19, 1950
Department of the Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington 25, D.C., Applications For Retention as Permanent Officers, October 12, 1949
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
October 12, 1949
Application for National Service Life Insurance, February 24, 1949
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 24, 1949
Report of Pilot Time (two) , 1951 - 1952
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1951 - 1952
Student Training Record, February 27, 1949 - August 14, 1950
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 27, 1949 - August 14, 1950