The Museum of Florida History, located in Tallahassee, Florida, has an exhibit on Polkinghorne that has several items donated by his family, including his Purple Heart and enclosure card, his military cap, pilot headset, cadet yearbook, and a letter from the War Department notifying his family of his continued missing in action status.
Read 1st Lt James R. Polkinghorne, Jr.’s story in Tuskegee Airmen Profiles!