A photograph of Robert C Giffen, 1886-1962, with message to Harold Stark:
Transcription:
To Comman’er [Commander]
A “Grand Boss”
From
His Task Force Comdr. [Commander]
Rbe [Robert] Giffen
T. F. 99
Scapa Flow
June 7/42
Robert Carlisle Giffen…
The photograph depicts the Navy Navy Distinguished Service Medal that Stark was awarded. It is a gold and blue medallion, with an eagle at the center, and attached to a gold and blue ribbon by an anchor affixed within a five pointed star.
This photograph was in the E. S. Farley Library Archives Digitized Files, Dollhouse Pictures [1954]. The date for the photograph has been identified as 1954 by a comparison with another newspaper clipping, “Her Hobby Helps Handicapped,” in Mrs.…
A photograph of an assortment of Admiral Stark’s awards, medals, and military decorations. This photograph shows that, even despite the controversy surrounding Stark’s actions at Pearl Harbor, he remained valiant and honorable. Admiral Stark was…
This item is John Stark’s Ivory Cane, with an Inscribed Metal Band Underneath the Rounded Top that Says “Presented to Gen. John Stark for his Defence of Fort William Henry.”