Photograph of Lauingen Bridge on the Danube River, taken by A. J. Wagenknect, a member of Company B, 56th Armored Infantry Batallion, of the 12th Armored Division.

Interview with B. J. Nelson, a staff sergeant in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He answers questions about his life in the military and coming home post-war.

Weekly newspaper issued by the men of Davis Hall at the North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington, Texas. It includes articles written by residents, announcements, gossip, and birthdays.

Letter from Wing Commander George Greaves to Joe B. Plosser requesting a letter of recommendation from Plosser.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flight training, barracks life, students failing for minor medical problems, and a picnic.

Interview with William Havel, an army veteran from Staten Island, New York. This interview recounts his experiences as an adopted child in a farm family and then as a corpsman at Tripler General Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Pat Hannan, a paratrooper in the US Army during WWII. He answers questions about his experience in the military and his time overseas.

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 22, 1944. This letter is marked Letter 2 of 2. He went to a U.S.O. show with Wilbur Crawford and Harmon Gilbreath the other night, and he tells his parents that it's up to them whether or not they sell their house, although if they decide to build a new one he wishes he could be there to help out.

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 22, 1944. This letter is marked Letter 1 of 2. He went to an Texas A&M meeting for Muster Day and saw some men he knew from home. He guesses most of the men from his graduating class are in the Pacific. He briefly mentions seeing Vesuvius erupt, as well as spending time with his friend Harmon Gilbreath and Wilbur Crawford.

Photograph of Arthur J. Wagenknecht near Lauingen Bridge on the Danube River, taken on April 22nd, 1945.

Photograph of a group of veterans with their wives seated in wooden chairs around a table in an unidentified room. Behind them, a pair of double doors (right) has restroom signs above it and a n advertisement for "Tropico" is on the wall (left); empty tables are partially visible in front of the group. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says: "Besançon 4-22-85. Waiting for TGV to Paris."

Photograph of a cookout at the Double Heart Ranch near Sweetwater, Texas. Rodeo arena bleachers are visible in the background.

Photograph of people gathered around bleachers entrance at Double Heart Ranch near Sweetwater, Texas.

Photograph of a soldier in uniform in front of fenced in buffalo. The fence's height is that of the soldier's.

Photograph of a soldier standing beside a roadside sign in Dillingen, Germany that reads, "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of 12th Armored Division -- 119th Armored Engineer." Typed note on the back of the photo reads, "Approach to the Dillingen Bridge."

Photograph of uniformed American soldiers watching the Dillingen Bridge from a tank. One of the soldiers crouches and aims a rifle, while another sits on top of the tank's turret and mans a machine gun. The bridge spans the Danube River.