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This letter is a call to action for the U.S.V.L.S.C. to become better organized and make more rescue calls.
The letter is dated December 21, 1959.

This resolution is an acknowledgement of the heroic effort by the USVLSC of saving the Bennett family who sinking on a boat in the Hudson River. The resolution was crafted by Councilman Moczydlowski. It was signed by Mayor Kristen Kristensen. …

The Yonkers city council wrote a resolution for James J. MacIntyre, a member of the U.S.V.L.S.C., for saving someone who fell into the Hudson River and rescuing two other people.
The resolution was written on August 6, 1969.

The city council of Yonkers passed a resolution praising the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps for saving the Bennett family on August 11, 1960.

This letter is in regards to a contribution to the U.S.V.L.S.C. fundraising campaign to build a new headquarters.
The letter is dated May 16, 1968.

Document from Fred Danback, Vice Admiral and co-founder of the Yonkers Chapter of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps, officially transferring Kendrick's boat to the YFD.

Letter commending Kendrick for his service in the U.S.V.L.S.C. The letter is dated July 16, 1991.

This letter is informing Held that his interest in purchasing surplus Federal property has been forwarded to the General Services Administration.
The letter is dated March 21, 1972.

John Spencer was a Yonkers councilman at the time of the letter. He became Mayor of Yonkers in 1996.

This letter informed Kopper and Held that the Corps were ineligible for receiving Federal surplus property.
An attached letter from M. Richard Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, explained why.
The letter is dated September 26, 1972.