Photograph of a soldier looking up at a propaganda poster hanging from a cafe building in Manila. The poster depicts two American soldiers standing on an outline of the country of Japan, with the words "Crush Japan! Onward March to Tokyo!" written in English and another language.

Photograph of two unidentified men standing at the top of a slide at a playground in Manila.

Photograph of ruined buildings in Manila. There are large piles of rubble along the streets, and a man is visible at the bottom of the photo.

Photograph of the 44th Tank Battalion on parade in a field in the Philippines. Tents are visible in the background.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Iwo Battle Bitter; Americans Take Cologne - Soviets Reach Baltic. Maps: Pacific spearheads; The Rhine. Back: Text and photographs highlight the bitter battle on the tiny island of Iwo Jima.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Americans Cross Rhine; New Philippine Landings; Allies in Mandalay. Maps: Red Army menaces Oder line, Road to Mandalay, Mindanao P.I. Includes distance scale from Linz east to Berlin and from Zehden west to Berlin. Back: Map of the Pacific and the Far East. Inset maps: Ryukyu Retto, Okinawa, Saipan, Iwo-Jima, Paramushiru, Chisima Retto (Kurile Is.).

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is a tragic chaper in American military history. The army releasing the picture Monday, said that was real surrender of American forces in the Phillippines in 1942. At the microphone is Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commanding officer of U.S. forces there after General MacArthur was sent away."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lt. gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commander of American Forces on Philippines after Gen Douglas MacArthur left in 1942, shceks sript of surrender boradcast at manial, accoridn to army caption of this picture obtained in Manila after Yanks recaptured the city from the Japanese. Left to right, Lt. col. John R. Pugh, Jap official, Gen Wainwright, Col. Nicoll F. Galbraith and col. Nunez C. Pilet."

Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, March 7, 1945, discussing what to do about their taxes and the deed to their house. Powell also writes that he gets depressed when he does not get mail for a week or more.

Photograph of a soldier standing outside a house with a Filipino family. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Verne Mauer."