Book excerpt: Description: This series consists of 29 pieces of military correspondence or documents from the service of Private First Class Ernest Parker. Items include: Registration cards; soldierâ€TMs individual pay records; application for life insurance; authorization for allotment of pay; certificate of training at Mac Dill Field, Florida; certificates of completion of training courses at Amarillo Air Field; certificates of completion of training courses at 3716th AAF base at North American Aviation in Inglewood, California; outgoing processing report after leaving Inglewood, California; orders to leave Inglewood; AAF Personal Affairs Statement; Separation Qualification Record; Honorable Discharge papers; special orders for processing the discharges of enlisted men including Parker (6 copies); certificate of appreciation for war service from the Army Air Forces; and a form letter certificate of thanks from nation from Harry Truman.;Military correspondence and documents from the service of Private First Class Ernest Parker, who served as airplane and engine mechanic at the 120th Army Air Forces Base Unit at Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia. The collection is divided into two series: I. Military correspondence and documents, July 1941-December 1945 and II. Post-service documents, 1946-Circa 1990.