Photograph of a jazz ensemble playing onstage on the Queen Mary, showing two saxophone players with a drummer and keyboard player in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of two young jugglers in suspenders tossing juggling pins over the head of a small child wearing an army helmet. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of a man smiling from behind a dais with a plaque in his hand. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of two men wearing suits posed standing side by side at a reunion event. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of the "entertainment," showing a woman wearing a black ballgown strutting down an elevated runway. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of a woman strutting down a runway with her arms in the air while wearing a sparkling black ballgown at a reunion event. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of a woman wearing a black ballgown strutting down an elevated runway. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of silver decorations depicting women and birds on the wall of the Queen Mary. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach CA. Queen Mary -- Decorations, Ger. silver."

Photograph of a man speaking into a microphone from behind a table to an audience in the foreground. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of a man speaking from behind a lectern to an audience in the foreground. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "40th Annual Reunion - Aug. 26-30, '86 -- Long Beach, CA. Queen Mary."

Photograph of the interior of a cathedral in Fulda, Germany. A long shot of the hall, the ornate alter and pews are shown.

Photograph of ornately carved organ over the archway of a cathedral in Fulda, Germany.

Photograph of the interior of a church in Fulda, Germany, showing the elaborate alter and pews.

Photograph of Louis Britton and DiAmico, who holds a rifle, standing in front of canvas tents in the military encampment at Fulda, Germany. Note on the back of the photo describes this place as "tent city."

Photograph of a pair of German soldiers standing arm-in-arm in front of a row of tents that line a dirt road.

Photograph of Lieutenant Novak, Albert Iggi, Katz, and Winstad standing in a row outside between bare trees. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and jackets.

Photograph of Martin Bockwinkel seated in a chair and wearing a dress uniform.

Postcard featuring a large group of people gathered on the beach promenade of Nice, France. The other side of the postcard features a note sent from Ernest Stanczyk to his wife regarding his deployment.

Photographs of Dan Melli outside of a U.S. Army dispensary. The top photo shows Melli leaning on a brick post. The building behind him has a sign noting the dispensary. The bottom photo has Melli kneeling beside a young German girl and hugging her.

Portrait of John Lester, visible from the shoulders up, wearing a Navy uniform. Pencil has been used to create curly hair around the crown of his head.

Photographs of a track event between forces from the Eastern Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The first photograph shows hundreds of uniformed soldiers gathered in a stadium. The photo on the upper right has a distant shot of an event's winners standing on a platform beside a foot track. The middle photo shows uniformed soldiers named Jani, Kaufman, Hopper, Lebow, Walsh, and Hurt. The bottom photo shows athletes in dark clothing moving down a foot track while soldiers look on from the stands.

Photograph of mountains surrounding a valley with a river in Austria. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from atop mtn overlooking valley and lake with its summer resorts and swimming facilities. June 26, 1945, Kitzbuhel, Austria."

Photograph of a town in a valley in Austria, taken from a mountain overlooking it. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from inside of cable car as we are coming down mountain. Black line is the cable. Note size of buildings below."

Photograph of a group of soldiers running in a snowy street, with a destroyed building in the background, and several other damaged buildings in the vicinity. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Schillerdorf, France, the 7th Army drove the Germans SS Troops out of this town in a vigorous counter attack."