"Camp Blanding Report" newspaper
News for the Station Complement
"Camp Blanding Report" published for the Station Complement During the Latter Years of World War II.
Camp Blanding Public Relations Office
Camp Blanding Station Complement
Camp Blanding Public Relations Office
Vol. 1, no. 1, 5 April 1944
<p><a href="https://campblandingmuseum.org/">Camp Blanding Museum</a> Archives and Reference Resource Room</p>
4 pgs. PDF
English
Newspaper
[Bob Hope at Fleet Hospital #110]
Bob Hope performing on a lawn at Fleet Hospital #110 for the patients.
<a href="https://bobhope.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation (bobhope.org)</a>
Unknown Date
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English
Photograph
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[Bob Hope in Mannheim, Germany]
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.<br />USO members are in the second/third row, L-R: Jack Pepper, Jerry Colonna, Gale Robbins, Bob Hope, Patty Thomas, and June Brunner
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[1945]
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English
Photograph
[USO Show in Bizerte, Tunisia]
P-38 fighter base near Bizerte
L-R: Tony Romano, Bob Hope, Frances Langford, and Jack Pepper on a makeshift stage
<a href="https://bobhope.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation (bobhope.org)</a>
Unknown Date
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English
Photograph
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[USO Show in Bizerte, Tunisia]
Overhead shot of audience and Bob Hope on a make-shift stage.
<a href="https://bobhope.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation (bobhope.org)</a>
[1943]
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English
Photograph
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<em>A.P.A. News</em>
Vol. 1, no. 50/51
News, Contemporary (1939-1945)
Ship's bulletin providing short snippets of news about the outside world to sailors onboard the <em>U.S.S. La Porte</em> in the Pacific Theatre.
Daily news briefs taken and typed up on a ship's mimeograph machine from various and not always identified sources.
<em>U.S.S. La Porte</em>
May 30, 1945
Mr. Doug Hart's grandfather was involved in the creation of the ship's bulletins.
DIGITAL DOCUMENT: 1 JPEG
PHYSICAL DOCUMENT: 3 leaves of paper, 13x8 inches
English
Ship's bulletin
SPECIAL D731 .A63 1945
<em>From Here to Eternity</em>
Novel, American
Considered a classic, this book is about two romances set against the backdrop of the before, during, and after of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
James Jones
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
1951
1st edition, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th printing
DIGITAL DOCUMENT: 6 pgs. PDF; dust jacket, front & back covers, title page, publishers page, dedication page
PHYSICAL DOCUMENT: Hardcover book, 8.5x6 inches; 861 pages
English
Monograph
SPECIAL PS3560 .O49 F7 1951
<em>Operation Overlord: The History of D-Day and the Overlord Embroidery</em>
Decorative Arts
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.
Stephen Brooks and Eve Eckstein
Southampton [England]: Ashford
1989
<a href="https://theddaystory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The D-Day Story: Portsmouth</a>
DIGITAL DOCUMENT: 6 pgs. PDF; dust jacket, front & back covers, title page, publishers page
PHYSICAL DOCUMENT: Hardcover book, 8.5x10.5 inches; vi, 154 pages, illustrations, maps
English
Monograph
SPECIAL D756.5 .N6 B76 1989
<em>Ostram's Self Pronouncing Global Vocabulary: Contains Words and Phrases and How to Pronounce Them Correctly In: Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic</em>
Dictionary
This is a pocket-book to help soldiers/sailors quickly reference common words in the languages of countries they were likely to be deployed to, to assist with communication with local peoples.
F. Edison Ostrom
Los Angeles: Institute Press
1943
DIGITAL DOCUMENT: 7 pgs. PDF; front & back covers, title page, publishers page, table of contents, foreward
PHYSICAL DOCUMENT: Paperback book, 5.25x4 inches; 95 pages, illustrations, charts
English, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Arabic
Monograph
SPECIAL P361 .O8 1943
<em>The Earth Rests Lightly</em>
Memoir
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 donor of the book knew the author from her own time during WWII in Spain in the diplomatic corps, and her note about the author is included in the scan attached to this record.
Aline Griffith, The Countess of Quintanilla
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
1963
DIGITAL DOCUMENT: 8 pgs. PDF; dust jacket, front & back covers, half title page, frontispiece, title page, publishers page, back endpapers
PHYSICAL DOCUMENT: Hardcover book, 8.5x5.75 inches; 213 pages, 13 plates, maps
English
Monograph
SPECIAL DP302. E83 Q5 1963