Front: At bottom left: Halsey's ships rake Japan. At upper right: The Queen Mary brings home a boatload of Yanks. At lower right: Soldiers marching in formation behind a listing of "Divisions tenatively scheduled to return to United States during remainder of 1945. At lower center: Ft. Jackson, S.C. - training in jungle fighting before leaving for the Pacific. In center: Training posts for divisions returned and due to return for redeployment. Map showing Asia and northern Australia ; outline map of the U.S. showing locations of various military camps Includes 3 photographs. Back: The battle line. Text describes the role of the Army Engineer. Includes photographs: Road making materials ground out by an Engineer rock crusher -- Bulldozer carving a road out of a hillside -- Dependable water supplies for troops -- Engineers working in deep snow as they unreel and adjust barbed wire -- Engineer divers are decompressed -- Bridges are arrested so that tank-dozers may clear the path -- Storms only make the "snapper's" job tougher as he seeks out mine fields -- Engineer corps cranes operate in the surf.

Front: Text describes war action at 7 points in Japan and is keyed to map. Map: U.S. and British fleet fight along the coasts of Japan. Includes photograph: Swarms of carrier aircraft and guns of the combined U.S. and British fleet rocked Japan. Back: 1907. Text describes the creation of a division of aeronautics in 1907. Includes 9 photographs of various types of Allied aircraft.

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, on July 9, 1945. He is sending them a copy of a letter from a friend.

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 18, 1945. He explains how he and some friends have taken over two empty rooms in the shop they run for the military, and how because of this they live like officers. He tells about going on a picnic with a German secretary and her family, and an American-born Italian girl he met there. He also tells an anecdote about going to a co-worker's house to have dinner. He explains how the military weeded out Nazis from German POWs.

Letter to Cecile from her father mentioning her mother's health, international relations, Winston Churchill, and the war.

Letter to Cecile from her father about the war.

Letter to Cecile from her father about personal matters and the war.

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing on the back of a train and waving toward the camera.

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing his job, military personnel, issues he had in the Army, his search for jobs, and her job.

Copy of a letter from Charlie Kilpatrick (?) to Mrs. Willie D. Stallings, signed by "Charles", that discusses the writer's injured hand and his plans for when he receives inactive duty status. On the back of the page, the name, "Willie Westmoreland Stallings 1902-1993" is written in pencil.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a recent letter, pictures of her Red Cross living quarters, getting a subscription to the New Yorker, using a Clubmobile, meeting someone from Jacksonville, clothes, the rain, attending a dance and her friend Phyllis climbing on a roof to take pictures, and advice on whether a friend (family member?) should join the Red Cross. Typed on Hotel Belleville stationary.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing moving to new accommodations on Hawaii, gifts from Marines, Keehi Beach, Bill Cox and a book he wrote, getting sick, censorship, and her friend Whit. Typed on Sheraton Hotel (High Point, NC) stationary.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying and recent events. Written on stationary from The Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing going to a square dance, living accommodations, a B-25 pilot who survived ditching in the ocean, seeing performances of the "Marine show," the postal service, a pineapple festival, magazines, and dances. Typed on Burlington Hotel (Washington) stationary.

Newspaper clipping of the article, "American Red Cross Receives Letters from Overseas Workers," and three photos of Cornelia Yerkes, Hope Mills-Price, and Florence Goldrick. The article briefly profiles each pictured woman and provides information on how to work with the Red Cross.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing preparations for her shipment from Hawaii to a location in the Pacific (Guam), visiting an officers club, visiting Ford Island, recent letters, money, and news from home. Typed on Hotel Annapolis (Washington) stationary.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, a bracelet from her friend Phyllis made from aircraft steel, meeting her friend Marion's brother, working with a Red Cross Clubmobile, preparing to leave Hawaii for a location in the South Pacific (Guam), and some photos.

Letter from the manager of the Industrial Relations Department at Weirton Steel Company to Pfc. Harry Gaby describing an enclosed bound volume of photos documenting a visit by Gaby and other World War II soldiers to Weirton facilities to see factories producing ammunition.