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[Photograph of Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport]

Photograph of an aerial view of a large swath of land. It contains a textbox at the bottom of the photograph with four lines of text; from top to bottom, it reads: "U.S. Engineer Office--War Department--Galveston, Texas," "Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport--C.A.A.," "Grading & Paving Operations - Looking S.E.--Feb. 13, 1942," and "Bell & Braden--Contract No. W-359-eng-3545 (CCA-4090)--April 9, 1941--Photo No. 5."
Date: February 13, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clouds]

Photograph of clouds. "6-13-42" is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: June 13, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plane Landing or Taking Off]

Photograph of a plane just off the ground, either landing or taking off.
Date: June 13, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Stephen A. Melisko]

Full length photograph of Stephen A. Melisko standing in front of a barracks at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
Date: March 13, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albert Gaus in Fatigues]

Photograph of Albert Gaus posing in fatigues with a cigarette in his mouth on the porch of a building at Camp Campbell. A face is visible in the window of the door behind Gaus.
Date: December 13, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Woman and Baby]

Photograph of an older woman sitting down in a yard next to a baby in a stroller, with a house in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies it as "Mirtle and Linda, first grandchild."
Date: November 13, 1942
Creator: Caddo Photo Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History