Box 120
Container
Contains 49 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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