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Raided Tokyo, Escaped Japanese by Hiding in Cave

A black and white photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps men outside a cave in Japan following the Doolittle Raid. Attached to the back of the photograph is a press clipping describing the photograph with the date April 22, 1943. Removed from an unknown...

GLC09553.13

Gen. Doolittle's Men Hide in a Cave

A black and white photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps men outside a cave in Japan following the Doolittle Raid. Attached to the back of the photograph is a press clipping describing the photograph with the date April 22, 1943. This is a close up of...

GLC09553.14

[Navigator's case]

Black snap closure Navy navigators case lined with blue velvet containing two silver compasses and miniture flathead screwdriver.

GLC09555.23

[Knife in leather sheath]

A wooden handled Robeson Shuredge knife with 13 cm. long blade. U.N.S. is engraved on the base of the blade close to the handle. The sheath is in a light brown leather case with a snap closure around the handle. The sheath has a belt loop. Askin, T...

GLC09555.24

The U.S.S. Texas in World War II: A Pictorial Review of the Accomplishments of the Thirty-Ones Year Old Battleship, Published for the Officers and Men Who Served in Her During the Second World War

A cheifly pictoral record of the officers and men who served on the U.S.S. Texas during World War II. On the last page is a hand written note by Thomas Barwiss Hagstoz Askin, Jr. stating that the U.S.S. Texas was towed by the U.S.S. Mosopelea and the...

GLC09555.25

[Map of French coast from Cherbourg to Rouen]

A first edition European road map published by the War Office in 1941, showing the French coast from Cherbourg to Rouen.

GLC09557.01

[Photo-map index]

A two-sided photo-map index of the English Channel. One side of the map shows Cherbourg, France, the English Channel, and Grande Rade. There is a grid over the map labled 1 to 29 on the y-axis and A to O on the x-axis. The reverse side of the map...

GLC09557.02

Defenses Cherbourg

A two-sided map of the defenses of Cherbourg, France. The shows the map itself, while the back has a large legend. There is a tear in the upper left quadrant of the map.

GLC09557.03

Defences Lessay

A two-sided map of the defences of Lessay, France. The front shows the map itself, while the back has a large ledgend.

GLC09557.04

Port en Bessin to Cherbourg [and] Entretat to Port Bessin

A two-sided map of the coastline of France. One side of the map shows the Port en Bessin to Cherbourg and the reverse side shows Entretat to Port Bessin. This map has three hole punches and is labled page 185 and 186, but the rest of the book or...

GLC09557.05

[Allied invasion of Normandy sectors]

A map of the five areas where Allied troops invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944.

GLC09557.06

La Haye du Puits [French]

A map of La Haye-du-Puits, France. There are numbers handwritten in orange on the map, but it is unclear what they represent. The back of the map has "La Haye Du Puits 31/18 S.W.," written in red.

GLC09557.07

The Stars and Stripes. [(June 5, 2000) - (June 18, 2000)]

"D-Day: Success and Challenges on the Beaches of Normandy," written by Chuck Vinch, reflects on the reasons behind the success of the Invasion of Normandy. Vinch attributes a large part of the success of the invasion to decieving the German's into...

GLC09557.08

France - North Coast: Asnelle to Villers Including Caven Roadstead

A greyscale map of the North coast of France. Originally produced by the French government in 1893 with updates made in 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, and 1938.

GLC09557.09

The Homes of the Negroes in the South

Essay written by Rev. B.G. Northrop taken from The Congregationalist of April 12, 1894.

GLC09564

William Crans

GLC06627.01.01

William Crans

GLC06627.01.03

William Crans

GLC06627.01.10

Dear Parents and Sisters

GLC03606.26

Dear Friends

Written at Camp Cash

GLC03606.27

Dear Friends

GLC03606.28

Dear Friends

GLC03606.29

Dear Friends

GLC03606.30

Dear Sister Sylvia

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Dear Brother

GLC03606.32