Box 120
Container
Contains 50 Collections and/or Records:
Naval Air Training Command Order No. 2-48; Service Record of Midshipmen, USN (Public Law 729, 79th Congress-Holloway Plan), January 16, 1948
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
January 16, 1948
Citation, The Secretary of the Navy, 1951 - 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 17
Scope and Contents
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the GOLD STAR in lieu of the Third Air Medal to Ensign Neil Alden Armstrong, United States Naval Reserve… during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 11 December 1951 to 25 February 1952."
Dates:
1951 - 1952
Permanent Citation awarding, GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF THE THIRD AIR MEDAL, January 8, 1953
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
January 8, 1953
Citation, The Secretary of the Navy, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 19
Scope and Contents
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the GOLD STAR in lieu of the Second Air Medal to Ensign Neil Alden Armstrong, United States Naval Reserve…during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 11 October to 10 December 1951."”
Dates:
1951
Permanent Citations awarding AIR MEDAL AND GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF THE SECOND AIR MEDAL, December 20, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
December 20, 1952
Citation: The Secretary of the Navy, Washington, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 22
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 21
Scope and Contents
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Air Medal to, Ensign Neil Alden Armstrong, United States Naval Reserve, during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 21 August to 9 October 1951."
Dates:
1951
Report of Separation From The Armed Forces Of The United States, U.S. Navy, Honorable Discharge, August 23, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 22
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
August 23, 1952
Record of Duties Performed, Air Transport Squadron Thirty-two, Ferry Pilot, August 8, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
August 8, 1952
Letter of Congratulations, John W. Bricker, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., to Armstrong "upon selection for the NACP", May 21, 1947
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
May 21, 1947
Navy Department, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington 25, D.C. letter of acceptance for enrollment in the Naval Aviation College Program for the term beginning fall of , 1947
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 26
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1947
Form W-2, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1951
Release from active duty, August 15, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 28
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 27
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
August 15, 1952
Citation: United States Pacific Fleet, Commander Seventh Fleet, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 29
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 28
Scope and Contents
"In the name of the President of the United States the Commander Seventh Fleet, takes pride in presenting The Air Medal to Ensign Neil A. Armstrong, United States Navy, …In attacks on hostile North Korean and Chinese Communist forces…During the period from 21 August 1951 to 9 October 1951…"
Dates:
1951
Correspondence, United States Atlantic Fleet, Fleet Logistic Air Wing Atlantic/Continental Air Transport Squadron Thirty-Two, U.S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, California, Gold Star in lieu of Air Medal, Third Award in the case of Ensign Neil A. Armstrong, USNR, November 24, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 30
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 29
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
November 24, 1952
Citation, United States Pacific Fleet, Commander Seventh Fleet, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 31
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 30
Scope and Contents
"…In the name of the President of the United States the Commander Seventh Fleet, takes pride in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of the Air Medal, Second Award, to Ensign Neil A. Armstrong, United States Navy…in attacks on hostile North Korean and Chinese Communist forces. During the period from 11 October 1951 to 10 December 1951…"
Dates:
1951
Release from active duty, "First Endorsement on CO, VR-32 Ords Ser 620 of August 8", 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 32
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 31
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1952
Department of The Navy, Bureau Of Naval Personnel, Washington 25, D.C., Commission in the Regular Navy, March 20, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 33
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 32
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
March 20, 1951
Commissioning Certificate, "The President Of The United States of America, …Neil A. Armstrong I do appoint him, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Ensign in the United States Navy…", January 16, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 34
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 33
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
January 16, 1951
Notes written on Beverly Hilton paper, undated
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 35
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
undated
[Navy] - [VF-51] , circa 1951 - 2009
File — Box: 120, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 2
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
"Fighting Fifty One" patch, undated
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 2, 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:
undated
"Korean Log, Bob (Bottle) Kaps, VF-51, USS Essex, 28 June 1951 to 25 March 1952, USS Valley Forge (CV-45), 20 November 1952 to 12 April", 1953
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 2, 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:
1953
Correspondence, including e-mails, in regards to squadron reunions and general correspondence from squadron members, circa 1969 - 2009
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 2, 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:
circa 1969 - 2009
Space Shuttle Research, September 1978 with "Skylab 1/2 for the Press", undated
File — Box: 120, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 9, Sub-Series 1, File 165
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains material that was kept by Neil Armstrong for his own reference. Many of these subject file were stored in cardboard magazine holders and given subject headings by Armstrong. As there was no clear order to the way in which these subject files were housed, we have placed them in alphabetical order according to subject heading. A wide variety of miscellaneous material on space exploration and technology is found at the end of the subject files. Also presented...
Dates:
undated
Neil A. Armstrong papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5
Scope and Contents
The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...
Dates:
1671 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2012