480 items in this album on 24 pages.
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Audie Murphy's Croix de Guerre citation, 16 Apr 1945 | Telegram taken from Adolf Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, Germany addressed to Hitler from Göring dated 23 Apr 1945. According to Speer, Bormann used this telegram to finish turning Hitler against Göring. | Citation from the Secretary of the Navy authorizing the Navy Unit Commendation for the USS Tabberer and her entire compliment of men for their heroic and persistent rescue work following Typhoon Cobra. | May 1945 US ration booklet cover |
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May 1945 US ration booklet page 1 | May 1945 US ration booklet page 2 | Hitler's death as reported by the 2 May 1945 issue of US Army magazine Stars and Stripes | German instrument of surrender, page 1 of 2 |
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German instrument of surrender, page 2 of 2; note signatures of Jodl, Smith, Sousloparov, and Sevez | United States intelligence schematic of the Japanese MXY7 Ohka “Baka” bomb published 10 May 1945, just five weeks after the weapon’s discovery on Okinawa. | William Donovan's memorandum to Harry Truman regarding Virginia Hall, 12 May 1945, page 1 of 2 | William Donovan's memorandum to Harry Truman regarding Virginia Hall, 12 May 1945, page 2 of 2 |
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Soviet Information Bureau newspaper announcing 'the acceptance of captured German soldiers is over at all the fronts', 15 May 1945 | Post-liberation identification paper of former Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp prisoner Jacek Jablonski, issued by the US Army on 25 May 1945 | Drawing of Japanese battleship Ise as seen in US Office of Naval Intelligence publication ONI-222-J dated Jun 1945 | USS Platte war diary page for 5 Jun 1945 that includes her barograph trace showing how quickly and how deeply the barometer plunged as the ship passed through Typhoon Connie, including the eye. USS Platte was a fleet oiler. |
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USS Luce final muster list dated June 19, 1945 after the ship was sunk May 4, 1945. Page 01 of 25. | USS Luce final muster list dated June 19, 1945 after the ship was sunk May 4, 1945. Page 02 of 25. | USS Luce final muster list dated June 19, 1945 after the ship was sunk May 4, 1945. Page 03 of 25. | USS Luce final muster list dated June 19, 1945 after the ship was sunk May 4, 1945. Page 04 of 25. |
480 items in this album on 24 pages.