1. Promotion to corporal Date: 1941-12-06 Description: Certificate detailing Layden's promotion to corporal. Layden comments in the boxed caption that the promotion certificate is signed by a brigadier general, indicating the (small) size of the U.S. army prior to Pearl Harbor.
2. Cover Date: 1941-1945 Description: Cover of Lawrence Layden's self titled album documenting his wartime service
3. Induction papers Date: 1941-06-17 Description: Copy of Lawrence Layden's induction papers ordering him to report for service June 17, 1941. Caption: "The Beginning."