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[Casket of LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams' casket surrounded by flowers at his funeral service. On the wall behind the casket, there is a portrait of LeRoi.

GLC09587.415

Correspondence between S.J. Basile to Jennie Mosca [Decimalized .01 -.03]

Collection of three items dated May 14, 1944 belonging to Sergeant S.J. Basile. Items are a love letter from Basile to Mosca sent from New Guinea, a photograph and photo negative portrait.

GLC09604

[Letters belonging to William E. Johnson, 1965-1976] [Decimalized .01-.39]

Collection of personal correspondence belonging to William E. Johnson dated 1965-1976. Consists of 40 letters received primarily by his wife, Roseann Goodford related to the Vietnam War while aboard the USS Rogers. Includes topics related to war...

GLC09606

to Bill

One letter addressed to William E. Johnson from Roseann dated June 10, 1966. Enclosed with a self-portrait photograph. Makes comments on her appearance. She discusses working with prints and the exposure to ammonia at work. Roseann relays that all...

GLC09606.16

[World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.602]

672 items, primarily letters from and to Leonard Eugene Graeff. Many of the letters are between him and his parents Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff. The items date from 1937 to 1963 with the bulk of the material from 1942-1945. The...

GLC09611

Bombs Over Yap

A clipping of a photo of planes flying over an island. The caption reads "Circling for the bomb run of their first attack on Yap Aug. 20, Liberators of the 7th AAF hit the Jap base with 40 tons of bombs. The strike extends the current field of action...

GLC09620.220

[The Chamber Maid's Impossible Landing]

A magazine clipping of the wreck of the plane the Chamber Maid. The captions read, "The Chamber Maid was going into its bombing run over Iwo Jima when the Zeros hit. Eleven men flew 650 impossible miles back to their home base and cheated death with...

GLC09620.224

On the Deck to Chichi

A magazine clipping of a photo of a solider looking out of a hole in a plane. The caption reads "a 1000-pounder from a plane in its own squadron ripped this hole, landed inside the ship. Waist Gunner Cpl Vince Sutter thought suddenly: 'The damn thing...

GLC09620.225

Already Pocked

A clipping from a magazine of a bombing target. The caption reads "already pocked by hundreds of bomb hits, Iwo Jima rocks again under massive Dec. 7 strike, the heaviest of the Pacific war."

GLC09620.227

Waterspouts

A clipping of "Waterspouts from Liberator's 50-cal. guns make a pattern around small boat at right, as low-flying 7th AAF planes strafes shipping in Bonins." Same clipping as GLC09620.229.02.

Continuation of "Pressure Points" article (GLC09620.228)...

GLC09620.229.01

Waterspouts

A clipping of just the photo "Waterspouts from Liberator's 50-cal. guns make a pattern around small boat at right, as low-flying 7th AAF planes strafes shipping in Bonins." that has been cut off. Sama clipping as GLC09620.229.01.

Continuation of...

GLC09620.229.02

Davis Closing Order Leaves Future in Doubt

A clipping of a photo showing the Suribachi volcano, a Japanese stronghold.

GLC09620.230

Davis Closing Order Leaves Future in Doubt

A photo of the Liberator "Lil Audrey" with two heavyweight champions.

Statistics for the 100 missions flown are painted on the plane.

The date of the clipping was found on Newspapers.com.

GLC09620.231

Davis Closing Order Leaves Future in Doubt

A clipping of a photo that shows a plane exploding while another flies.

GLC09620.234

New Job

A page from a magazine with a photo of three planes flying by an island. On the reverse side there are partial interviews with Joel C. Hart Jr. Robert J. Meade and George P. Michaels.

GLC09620.235

Collision

A clipping of a plane that's wing is damaged. Captain reads "Collision over Chichi did this. Pilot Lt Strong still wonders how he got back home."

GLC09620.236

Pressure

A clipping of a plane that is flying along the coastline. The caption reads "On prowl for Jap ships, 7th AAF Liberator boldly skirts Chichi Jima's rugged coastline.

GLC09620.237

Pressure

A clipping of a photo showing a plane flying over a very flat island with palm trees missing their fronds. Log cabins lie along the coastline.

GLC09620.238

Split Wide Open

A clipping of a photo captioned as "split wide open by the force of the crash, the "Chamber Maid's" fuselage gapes wide to reveal oxygen bottles, torn tubing, wires, and scarttered wreckage."

GLC09620.239

Haha Jima Cliffs

A clipping of a photo captioned as "Liberator machinegun fire catches Jap ships fleeing for safety of Haha Jima cliffs."

GLC09620.240

Haha Jima Cliffs

A clipping from a magazine of a plane flying by islands, possibly taken from the window of another plane. Printed in blue.
The reverse side shows a soldier in uniform sitting on a wall of sandbags by a large gun.

GLC09620.241

American Bombs Head for Iwo Jima

A clipping from a magazine showing bombs dropping over Iwo Jima. The caption of the photo reads "American bombs head for Iwo Jima in pre-invasion bombing. This picture shows the crisscross patten of Jap defenses, the series of interlocking defenses...

GLC09620.242

[Photos of islands]

A clipping from a magazine of two photos that show two pictures of islands. The picture on the left shows a smoke cloud from an explosion. The second image shows a volcano.

GLC09620.243

[Planes grounded]

A magazine clipping of a photo of planes on the ground with two soldiers standing on the right. One plane is flying.

GLC09620.244

[Clipping of planes flying over islands]

A clipping from a magazine of two planes flying over islands. Blurred section of the plane where photo was taken makes up top left quarter.

GLC09620.245