The Light
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Record 2744/5355
Copyright Marblehead Historical Commission
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Collection USS Marblehead (several) Collection
Date August 10, 1940
Abstract The newspaper of the USS Marblehead.
Dated August 10, 1940, Tsingtao, China

The Cover has a cartoon of a man hanging between the hook on a hoist and an airplane being lifted aboard the ship. This is the National Aviation Day issue of the "LIGHT."

Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) it also contains a note In Memoriam that Lt (jg) Alexander Groves a former shipmate and editor of this paper died at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida where he had been transfered in 1939 for aviation training. The remaining part of this page and pages 2 through page 7 are devoted to articles on the history and theory of military aviation.
Home Location FV Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#4
Object ID 2004-027-0233
Object Name Newspaper
People Robinson, A. G., CDR (USN)
Shelley, Tully, CDR (USN)
Stever, E. M., LT(jg) (USN)
Anglin, J. M.
Pugh, W. W. F2c
Groves, Alexander Lt (jg) (USN)
Search Terms USS Marblehead
Tsingtao, China
Title The Light
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Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013