FEB 1, 1941 PROMOTION DOC OF WW ELDER TO FIRST CHAPLIN USS TEXAS SIGNED NIMITZ

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FEB 1, 1941 TYPED PROMOTION DOC OF WW ELDER TO FIRST CHAPLIN USS TEXAS SIGNED C.W. NIMITZ
GREAT EXAMPLE OF TEXAS WW2 HISTORY - DOCUMENT PROMOTING WILLIAM W. ELDER CHAPLIN OF THE USS TEXAS TO FIRST CHAPLIN.  WITH 2 ENDORSEMENTS.
10 1/2 MONTHS BEFORE PEARL HARBOR.
AUTHORIZED AND SIGNED BY CW NIMITZ SIGNATURE. LOOKS LIKE RUBBER STAMP SIGNATURE INITIALED BY SOMEONE.
1ST ENDORSEMENT SIGNED ON USS TEXAS IN PEURTO RICO BY G. C BADGER CHIEF OF STAFF WITH 2nd  ENDORSEMENT SIGNED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICE OF THE USS TEXAS -  C N HINKAPE
DATED FEB 1, 1941, PRIOR TO  OUR ENTRY INTO WW2
WOW, WHAT A GREAT PIECE OF TEXAS HISTORY
FOLDED AND WITH NEAT SCOTCH TAPE ON BACK TOP WHICH HELD IT IN A FRAME BEHIND GLASS FOR MANY MANY YEARS. IN EXCELLENT SHAPE WITH WHAT APPEAR TO BE 2 ENLONGATED PIN HOLES AT TOP.
ON NAVY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF NAVIGATION WASHINGTON D.C. LETTERHEAD.
3 SMALL PENCIL NOTATION ON FRONT.  THE SCAN SHOWS ALL OF THIS. NO REAL DAMAGE, JUST THE NORMAL MARKS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A DOCUMENT THIS OLD THAT SPENT A MONTH IN TRANSIT WANDERING AROUND NAVY BUREAUCACY PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 2.