Awards and Citations
name: label: Collection Collector
content: McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)
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content: Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera
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content: Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 2: Ephemera
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944 - 1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0635, Subseries 2.7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Subseries 2.7 documents various honors McKinley received throughout his career and after his death. Included in this is a letter vividly describing the ceremony at which McKinley and the living members of the Glenn Miller AAF Orchestra received the Air Force Medal of Commendation. This letter also describes many of the orchestra members' experiences during the war.