Original U.S. Navy 1920s USS Arizona Sailor’s Flat Cap with Tally and Correspondence Archive Grouping One-of-a-Kind WWII Army Nurse Corps uniform

WWII Army Nurse Corps uniform grouping with mannequin ready for display

The data plate reads:TYPE CRI-4304433

though it was definitely sharpened at some point

not young enough

Original U.S. Navy 1920s USS Arizona Sailor’s Flat Cap with Tally and Correspondence Archive Grouping One-of-a-Kind WWII Army Nurse Corps uniformOriginal Items: One of a Kind. Grouping attributed to Kern Merrill, a sailor who served aboard the U. S. S. Arizona in the mid 1920s. The grouping includes a thirty six pieces of correspondence (thirty five letters and one Western Union Telegram), along with a WWI 1920s era U. S. Navy Issue Sailors Flat Cap with an original U. S. S. ARIZONA tally originally fitted. The correspondence consists mostly of letters penned by Merrill sent to his mother.