Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Cologne and Essen flattened -- Tiny subs find Sydney ready -- the Japanese "save face" -- Army of 4 1/2 million for '42 -- Mexico welcomed into war -- Rommel's forces turned -- Hitler's hangman dies -- Poison gas used in China -- Armies shift in Russia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Libyan battle, Dutch Harbor, Axis drives and British attacks at Libyan; Unalaska Is.; Unalaska Bay. Includes photographs: Producing the big seacoast rifles; Red gound defense on the Russian front; Nazis' Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; Yanks saw a motor show put on by Aussies; 4-motored Stirling bombers used over Cologne. Back: Enemy Tanks Are Vulnerable. Includes 10 photographs with descriptive text below each.

Photograph of Howard Fay and Raymond Pieterick standing together behind a high wall of a Catholic church in Dischingen, Germany. The two men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps.

Photographs of captured German areas. The top two images concern destroyed railroad assets in Aalen, Germany. The image on the top left is of the ruins of a railroad station. The building has been burned away to reveal brick and metal supports. A locomotive sits to the right. The top right photograph features several locomotives sitting on tracks. The third photo is of a pile of artillery shells stacked in a woodland near Ansbach, Germany. The bottom left photo is a different angle of the same shells with U.S. soldiers posing in front of them. The bottom right photograph is of Howie Philwin, Al Kobelicks, Rhodes, and Nathan Levine wearing U.S. Army uniforms and walking down a road that cuts through a forest.

Photograph of Dan Melli wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing by a sign erected on the side of a road. The sign is printed with "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of the 12th Armd Division." A tree and shrubs are visible behind him. Short rails and posts line the road to the right.

Photograph of Lt. Couvert riding on horseback in Neresheim, Germany.

Photograph of a cement bridge that crosses the Danube at Dillingen, Germany. Trees and shrubs are visible along the distant riverbank.

Photograph of Captain Rudolph Meuser sitting in an armchair and reading a newspaper. His legs are crossed and he is holding a cigarette in his right hand.

Photographs of a swimming pool in Aalen, Germany. The top left photo shows Dan Melli and another man wearing swimtrunks and standing on a lawn around the pool. People can be seen reclining on the ground nearby. The photo in the top right shows Melli standing in front of a pool ladder. Behind him is an occupied swimming pool. The third photograph shows Lieutenant Bison, Allen, Dan Melli, Frank Ross, and Samuel Rascon wearing swim trunks and sitting in a line in front of a pool.

Letter from June Yates to his mother describing his actions and activities in Germany; he says, though, that he will not be home early as he had originally planned. He also goes into detail about the weather in Germany and talks of the letters he has received from other individuals.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Midway, China, India, Libya, RAF, Australia, Madagascar, East Indies, Russia; The second front: Allies, production. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Russian Front; Midway Islands; Battle of Libya. Includes 15 photographs. Back: Color illustration of a German Gruppe. Text and drawings detailing the organization, uniforms, insignia and weapons of the basic German army unit.

Photograph of William Hahn standing arms akimbo beside a jeep on a road. The dark haired man is only wear a pair of shorts and shoes.

Photograph of soldiers from the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion sitting in front of a sign that says "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of the 12th Armd Division." A dirt road passes to the left of the soldiers and a house with a picket fence is located to the right.

Photograph of an L-4A airplane, the Edna IV, lying on the ground after crash landing in Steinheim, Germany.

Photograph of William Hahn standing arms akimbo beside a jeep on a road. The dark haired man is only wear a pair of shorts and shoes.

Photograph of William Hahn standing in the foreground to the left while Thomas Burns and Leroy Jenkins prepare to present him with a Silver Star Medal. Burns holds a piece of paper. Three more soldiers are standing on the background. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and all but Hahn are wearing garrison caps. A two story building with three dormers stands in the background to the right.

Photograph of William Hahn standing arms akimbo beside a jeep on a road. The dark haired man is only wear a pair of shorts and shoes.

Photograph of George Hatt standing behind Tolbert Worley, Guy Hamby, and Roy Herron while they are underneath a wooden overhang. A truck's rear door is open to the left with a hanging canvas bag.

Photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers with an Army truck. Four men stand together in front of the camera. The first man wears a helmet, the second's head is uncovered, and the final two men wear garrison caps. Three men sit on top of the truck's cab behind them. Booted feet can be seen propped up on the truck's side from the left.

Photograph of Charles Dear in civilian clothing leaning against the wall of the Message Center building in Augsburg, Germany.

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes sitting under a street sign, which reads "Heidenheim 6 km", in Herbrechtingen, Germany. A building and shrubs are visible in the background.

Photograph of five uniformed American soldiers standing in front of a jeep and beside a house in Gundelfingen, Germany. Three of the men stand while two kneel.

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes sitting astride a medium tank in Herbrechtingen, Germany. Train cars are visible in the background.

Photograph of a pile of lumber, on the left, at a construction site in Wasseralfingen, Germany. Soldiers stand on an elevated rock, looking at several wooden barricades to the right.

Photograph of four soldiers, including R. M. King on the left, James Tirey in the center, and William Cure on the far right, holding small glasses at the 12th Armored Division Victory Dinner in Heidenheim, Germany.