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[Sheperd Air Force Base]

One black-and-white photograph of two Air Force members looking at a plane on a tarmac. Taken at Sheperd Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.

GLC10004.04.23

O'er the ramparts we watch/United States Army Air Force

Image by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer (1897-1982) depicting a young man with dark hair stands in the clouds, holding a large rocket-shaped bomb. He wears a brown leather bomber jacket and a silver I.D. bracelet. Small images of military airplanes fly in...

GLC09520.11

[Collection belonging to Carl Ratsch, 1945-1969][Decimalized .01-.04]

Collection of items belonging to Carl Ratsch dated 1945-1969. Consists of letters and an issue of National Geographic. Three letters are sent to Helena pertaining to training, USO shows and the ending of World War II. He signs his letters as "Unk."...

GLC09689

to "Helena"

One letter written from Okinawa, Ryuku Islands, June 10, 1945, to "Helena," regarding arrving to camp to rest after a muddy trek. Describes malnourished condition of civilians that he and his troop found hiding in a cave and the aid the soldiers...

GLC09689.01

to "Helena" from "Unk"

One letter dated Visayas, P.I., August 7, 1945, to his sister, Helena. Signed by "Unk." Describes going to see the USO stage show of "Oklahoma" as delightful. Mentions that there is an atomic bomb being used on Japan that will have "such good results...

GLC09689.02