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Online tutorial explaining how to find St. Johns County World War II resources housed in Tallahassee that have been digitized and made available for free online. Information is also shared on how to gain access to non-digitized documents.

USO Show members with soldiers and/or Army airmen in Mannheim, Germany with newspapers that have the headline "Peace." Some people are holding wine/beer bottles or glasses, and cigarettes.USO members are in the second/third row, L-R: Jack Pepper,…

Bob Hope performing on a lawn at Fleet Hospital #110 for the patients.

Bob Hope dancing on a stage in front of a live military orchestra as part of USO show with a truck outfitted with loudspeakers. Audience crowded around the truck.

Overhead shot of audience and Bob Hope on a make-shift stage.

Bob Hope on stage with soldiers crowded around the make-shift stage and even sitting up in a tree to his right.

P-38 fighter base near Bizerte
L-R: Tony Romano, Bob Hope, Frances Langford, and Jack Pepper on a makeshift stage

In the late 1980s, Florida National Guard historian Robert Hawk created a series of Special Archives Publications for distribution to public and college libraries. These publications were later digitized and made available online at the University of…

This is an excerpt from the annual report of the Adjutant General of Florida. Members of the Florida National Guard who died while on active federal service during World War II are identified.

This is an excerpt from a scanned copy of the History of the 31st Infantry Division to identify the units of the 31st Division which received battle honors.