Box 1

Subject Files on USS Hornet (CV-8) in which Veltman served as a Pharmacist’s Mate, including a ship’s history, list of ship’s company and Air Group 8, Commander’s report on October 26, 1942, during the battle of Santa Cruz; Citations; Photograph of General James Doolittle, USS Midway, and USNTS, 1940, and newspaper clippings of April 22 & 23, 1943; Tape recording done by Veltman; History of USS Hornet and “ The Ship that Held the Line: USS Hornet “and “The First Year of the Pacific War.”