Interview with John J. Clemens. The interview includes Clemens' personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas, World War II-era service in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard USS Wren in the Pacific Theater, and piloting a ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender. Clemens speaks about convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean, the January 4, 1944 sinking of the USS Turner while moored in New York Harbor and the court of inquiry regarding the sinking, actions in the Aleutian Islands, Attu, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns and anti-kamikaze warfare while aboard the USS Wren, and the effects that Allied bombing had on Tokyo.

Interview with Navy veteran Frank H. Bigelow, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bigelow's personal experiences about being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boyhood in North Dakota, various jobs during the Great Depression, and enlisting in the Navy. Additionally, Bigelow speaks about volunteering for duty in the Philippines and his assignment to the submarine tender USS Canopus, pre-war military life in the Philippines, the Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Yard and the destruction of the Canopus, retreating to Bataan and to Corregidor, the fall of Corregidor, his confinement in the 92nd Garage area, the forced march down Dewey Boulevard in Manila and confinement at Cabanatuan, hell ship to Japan, coal mining for Mitsui Heavy Industries, the amputation of his leg by fellow prisoners after a mining accident, liberation, and the destruction in Nagasaki due to the atomic bomb. The interview includes an appendix with an article titled "A Soldier's Story."

Interview with Fred Vogel, a Army WWII veteran from Austin, Minnesota. Vogel discusses his family and upbringing, football and college, working as a lawyer, joining the Army and basic training, attending Officer Candidate School, infantry training, deployment to New Guinea with the 33rd Infantry Division, the invasion of Morotai, combat around Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines, and occupation duty in Japan.

Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, Army veteran, special agent, and member of the White House Security Detail for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The interview includes Crumbling's personal experiences about education and employment before entering the military, basic training, various assignments, and being appointed to the White House Security Detail at President Lyndon B. Johnson's LBJ Ranch. Additionally, Crumbling talks about relations between the military and civilian law enforcement authorities in San Antonio during World War II, his marriage, his fourth enlistment and assignment to Kobe, Japan, various stateside assignments, his retirement from the Army, President and Mrs. Johnson, and his retirement from the Secret Service.

Transcript of an interview with Captain Victor Delano, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Delano discusses his first assignment to the battleship USS West Virginia and his experiences during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to the antiaircraft cruiser USS San Juan, 1942; naval battles around Guadalcanal; Battle of Savo Island; assignment to the destroyer USS Wedderburn, 1944; Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944; Pacific typhoons; Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations, 1945.

Interview with Rufus Smith, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Hughes Springs, Texas, who survived the Palawan Massacre. Smith discusses joining the Marines, the bombing of Cavite Naval Yard, his capture at Corregidor and internment at Cabanatuan, transfer to Palawan and experiences in captivity there, the massacre and escaping, rescue by Filipinos and traveling with them, evacuation, returning to the United States, and life after the war.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the three U.S. Navy officers who were shot and killed while they were inspecting a security road at the Subic Bas Naval Base in the Philippines.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Lt. Hiro Onoda who got a warm reception when he returned to Japan after hiding out for 29 years in the Philippine jungles.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Drive to Free Port, Russian Soil Cleared, B-29s Bomb Singapore, Leyte Action, Eleventh Army Group, Maps: [Eastern Europe], Road to Cologne [Germany], Philippines (Northern Half), Netherlands Battle Front. Back: Post-war plans: a series of four cartoons emphasize the importance of a soldier using money wisely if he wants to achieve post-war goals. Options listed are soldiers' deposits, personal transfer account, class E allotments of pay, war bonds, and national service life insurance.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. B. D. Beverson', of Los Angeles, California, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Agnes J. Axe'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to mother from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Eleanor Bowker regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Isla Corfield, recorded in the letter as 'Isla Coffield (Cortier) (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to Eleanor from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Grace Cooper' of Sidney, New York, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Price Cooper'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. J. G. Callaway' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Steve (Clive) Callaway'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to father from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. F. M. Cochran, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. R. M. Cadwallader', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Betty Cadwallader, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. F. M. Cochrane'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to parents from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Sam (?) Legg', of Providence, Rhode Island, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'John Alex Jackson Legg (Lane) (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. W. R. Cottrell (?)', of 'Dillard, (Dillon,) (Villa,) Missouri (?)', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Geraldine Miller (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to mother from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. William J. Howes' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Alfred C. Davis'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to 'Grace' from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Stella Lauriat, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Frederick U. Lauriat', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Frederick U. Lauriat'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to wife from internee on Radio Tokyo.

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his brother Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing current events, including England's Jamaican colony and their dealings with the Philippines, and his plans for the rest of his trip. The bottom half of the letter is torn off.