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Report v1 no1 5 April 1944.pdf
"Camp Blanding Report" published for the Station Complement During the Latter Years of World War II.

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

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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,…

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

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

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Ship's bulletin providing short snippets of news about the outside world to sailors onboard the U.S.S. La Porte in the Pacific Theatre.

Overlord.pdf
This is a book about the history of, the creation of, and the displaying of (at that time) the oversized panels that reproduced photographs onto fabric and in thread that document the D-Day invasion. Not all the illustrations are in color.

Griffith.pdf
This book by Aline Griffith, who went on to write several additional sensational books, that are considered to stretch the truth of her contributions to the U.S. intelligence community during World War II in Spain touches on her time as a spy. The…

Voluntary Hostages.pdf
This book documents the efforts of the Swiss International Red Cross to assist POWs in German internment camps. Photographs and maps are included.

Yank Magazine.pdf
Weekly magazine produced with the soldier in mind full of contemporary articles of Army life at home and abroad between 1942 and 1945. There are also cartoons and a "Mail Call" section where soldiers have written into the magazine with comments.…
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