Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig discussing Mary Jean's new job as well as Jeane Bertig Kempner future travel.

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris K. Weston discussing the family, news on the war, and the U.S. economy.

A confidential letter addressed to Major Olinto M. Barsanti, from Leslie V. Dix, Major, A. G. D., Asst. Adj. General. The letter is in regards to the Silver Star being awarded to Olinto M. Barsanti, for gallantry in action during a counter-attack of the enemy in the vicinity of le Soulaire, France.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts : Eastern front, France, Italy, Southwest Pacific, Marianas, Far East. Maps: North Sea, English Channel, and Bay of Biscay with surrounding countries as viewed from England. Japanese targets hit by B-20s 15 June, 7 July, and 29 July. Current battle line between Poland and the U.S.S.R. Distance map between Stalingrad and Warsaw. Photographs: U.S. soldiers move warily toward hedgerows in the fields of Normandy; View of Florence, Italy from the Piazzole Michaelango showing the Arno River, Palazzo Vecchio and the cathedral; Underbelly view of the B-29 Superfortress. Back: Text and illustrations highlight the responsibilities of the Navy's Amphibious Forces. Includes insignia and list of battles.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts : France, eastern front, Marianas, Bonins, Southeast Asia, Southwest Pacific, Italy Maps: Southwest Pacific; France. Insets: Far east; France. Photographs: [Soldier voting policy]; Burma road in China. Back: Silence means security.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts : France, Eastern front, Japan, Marianas, Southwest Pacific, China, Southeast Asia, Italy. Maps: France, Europe, Southwest Japan. Back: One way to "blow your top"--but for good--is to be booby-trapped. Text and illustration urge soldiers to avoid booby-traps by exercising care and remaining suspicious.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Scene on deck of a coast guard-manned LCI boat, before she rolled her shell-torn hull and sank off the coast of France, between the furled stretchers and the barrels which shows bullet bashes lies the body of a dead American soldier, while the wounded x can be seen in the companionway."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The crew of this fatally hit coast guard LCI craft has just vacuated troops and wounded to an assault transport and pulled away from the coast."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "With a heavy list to a port, this coast guard LCI craft pulls alongside a transport to evacuate her troops and wounded, just before she capsized and x sank during first invasion day."

Photograph of a small boat full of soldiers and vehicles approach a distant shoreline. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "7th Army, near STE Maxime, Southern France. Landing craft loaded with vehicles and troops approaching 45th Div. beaches north of STE. Maxime, on D-Day,"

Photograph of Marseille, France, seen from a hill facing across the city and towards the sea. A typed note on the back of the photo says "Seventh Army, Marseille, France. Panoramic of Marseille, port, and islands."

Photograph of several soldiers and unidentified women around a table in Bourg de Peage, France in August 1944. The soldiers are members of the 36th Infantry Division.