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Documents and photographs relating to the Second World War and immediate post-war service of Lieutenant Commander Henry Lewis Oakes Jr of the United States Naval Reserve, comprising: Two small bound volumes titled 'Net and Boom Defenses Notes' by Captain Stuart S Brown of the US Naval Net Depot, Melville, RI, October 1942; official documents relating to promotion to rank of Lieutenant; official orders concerning posting to net and boom detail in Arzew, Algeria, April - May 1943; large anti-submarine net diagram; Bronze Star citation for work on anti-submarine defences in North Africa; German documents and pamphlets captured in Cherbourg in June 1944; letters from friends in North Africa, June to July 1944; news clippings relating to Oakes's role on D-Day; letter from Clarence Birdseye, June 1945; 'Gloucester Daily Times' newspaper with article relating to service in the Aleutians, 19 September 1945; official orders relating to role as commanding officer of USS Avocet (AVP 4) and USS Nueces (APB-40), 1945 to 1946; official documents relating to retirement from the Navy, 1947; copies of separation papers (service record); obituary notice, November 1973; photograph of son and friend wearing Oakes's D-Day helmet and equipment; three portrait photographs of Oakes in uniform, one framed.
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Documents and photographs relating to the Second World War and immediate post-war service of Lieutenant Commander Henry Lewis Oakes Jr of the United States Naval Reserve, comprising: Two small bound volumes titled 'Net and Boom Defenses Notes' by Captain Stuart S Brown of the US Naval Net Depot, Melville, RI, October 1942; official documents relating to promotion to rank of Lieutenant; official orders concerning posting to net and boom detail in Arzew, Algeria, April - May 1943; large anti-submarine net diagram; Bronze Star citation for work on anti-submarine defences in North Africa; German documents and pamphlets captured in Cherbourg in June 1944; letters from friends in North Africa, June to July 1944; news clippings relating to Oakes's role on D-Day; letter from Clarence Birdseye, June 1945; 'Gloucester Daily Times' newspaper with article relating to service in the Aleutians, 19 September 1945; official orders relating to role as commanding officer of USS Avocet (AVP 4) and USS Nueces (APB-40), 1945 to 1946; official documents relating to retirement from the Navy, 1947; copies of separation papers (service record); obituary notice, November 1973; photograph of son and friend wearing Oakes's D-Day helmet and equipment; three portrait photographs of Oakes in uniform, one framed.