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   Joseph K. Leary
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Leary in Navy aviation cadet uniform, Baltimore, Maryland [1943]
War: World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
Branch: Navy; Navy
Unit: Photographic Interpretation Squadron II (Interpron II); USS Bryce Canyon (AD 36)
Service Location: Kwajalein Island (Marshall Islands); Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands);Guam (Mariana Islands); Pacific Theater
Rank: Photographer's Mate First Class
Place of Birth: MD
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Interview (Video)
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  Photos
»Photo Album (45 photos)
 Official Documents
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 Personal Correspondence
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 Other Materials
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 Official Documents (3 items)
Card granting entry to the commissioning ceremony for the U.S.S. Bryce Canyon (AD-36) Wallet card proclaiming Leary a member of the Exalted Order of the Golden Dragon Photocopy of Honorable Discharge Certificate
  
 Personal Correspondence (3 items)
Letter to Mother 3/15/1944 Letter to Mother 3/18/1945 Letter to Mother 4/4/1944
  
 Other Materials (4 items)
Fifty Centavos Note, post-war Japanese scrip Military currency, Ten Yen note Five Pesos note, post-war Japanese scrip
Ten Yuan note from China, dated 1942  
  
 
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