[Letter from Margaret L. Chamberlain to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Margaret L. Chamberlain to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 8, 1945]

Letter from Margaret L. Chamberlain to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing her recent travels for aviation training.
Date: October 8, 1945
Creator: Chamberlain, Margaret L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street in Manila]

Photograph of a busy street in Manila. People are visible walking down the road, and a church is visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sandbag Barricades]

Photograph of sandbags used as a barricade piled up under a building in Manila.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of Philippines]

Flip album containing eleven photographs of Manila and Luzon Island in the Philippines, taken near the end of World War II. Most of the images show street scenes, buildings, and people. There are also images related to the war, including a propaganda poster, ruins, barricades, and U.S. soldiers stationed on the islands.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Propaganda Poster]

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.
Date: March 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men on Slide]

Photograph of two unidentified men standing at the top of a slide at a playground in Manila.
Date: March 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruins of Manila]

Photograph of the ruins of buildings in Manila, as seen from a bridge over the Pasig River.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Convoy]

Photograph of Warren, Major Meredith, and Bud Asthalter standing up in a truck in a convoy. Other trucks are visible in the background, traveling through the Quezon National Park.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge in Manila]

Photograph of a mother and child crossing a bridge in Manila. Rubble is piled up directly in front of them, and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruined Buildings 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.
Date: March 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gutted Buildings]

Photograph of buildings in Manila partially destroyed and gutted during World War II. The Pasig River is visible in the foreground, and there's half of a bridge at each bank.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Robert Peters Holding Racket]

Photograph of Robert Peters, wearing only shorts, a hat, and shoes. He holds a tennis racket in front of him, and stands next to a tennis net. Trees and a building are visible in the background.
Date: July 15, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Road Through Quezon National Park]

Photograph of several Army vehicles belonging to the 44th Tank Battalion driving along roads through the Quezon National Park in the Philippines.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers and Manilan Women]

Photograph of two soldiers, identified as Sgt. Paulson and Sgt. Scobie, speaking with women looking out from a barred window above them. One of them reaches up towards the window. Another solider speaks to a woman to the left, and two young boys watch Paulson and Scobie in the center of the photo.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vehicles In Quezon National Park]

Photograph of several Army vehicles belonging to the 44th Tank Battalion taking a horseshoe turn in the Quezon National Park in the Philippines.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Sitting at Table]

Photograph of Asthalter, Kramer, and Schaeffer eating at a table near Pagsanjan in South Luzon during a D Company operation.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wagon and Cow]

Photograph of two soldiers looking at a wicker wagon drawn by a cow. A wall and trees are visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Walking the Rosales Airstrip]

Photograph of soldiers and native Filipinos walking along the Rosales Airstrip. One Filipino man pulls a wagon behind him.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers and Filipinos]

Photograph of soldiers and native Filipinos gathered together in a circle at the Rosales airstrip.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Mt. Banahaw]

Photograph of Mt. Banahaw as seen from Lucena in the Philippines. Buildings and men are visible in the foreground.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad Tracks]

Photograph of railroad tracks in Rosales in the Philippines. Several people walk away from the camera in the background, and a building is visible to the right.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Buildings]

Photograph of damaged buildings in the Philippines. Palm trees are visible on the left side of the photo.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street in San Fernando]

Photograph of a street in San Fernando in the Philippines. Houses on stilts are visible on the far right, and a soldier walks down the road past them. To the left, two men drive a truck.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Jenkins with Jeep]

Photograph of William Jenkins standing next to a 44th Tank Battalion Jeep parked on a dirt road in the Philippines.
Date: July 15, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History