Photograph of a dilapdated church building in Dulag, Philippines. A row of cars are lined up in front of the building. A few trees are visible in the distance.

Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses his first time on shore in the Philippines in order to get some film from aircraft guns developed and the things he saw along the way.

Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses meeting an Army sergeant who was a Japanese prisoner of war and escaped duringthe invasion of Leyte, taking refuge with Filipino guerrilla forces.

Photograph of Edgar Guffey Jones standing amongst a group of young Filipinos at a cemetery in Buraeun, Phillipines. Jones is in the center of the group in photograph, with a young girl and boy standing in front of him. Eight young men make up the rest of the group. A cross-shaped grave marker is visible in the foreground of the photo. Tall palm trees and other foliage are visible in the distance.

Photograph of the interior of a chapel in Buruaen, Philippines. A statue of Christ's crucifixion is at the center of the photograph, above an ornately carved altar. Three rows of skulls rest on the altar in front of the statue.

Photograph of a military Jeep driving on a railroad track. Several soldiers look over their shoulders at the camera.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: German offensive gains momentum, "Greatest Japanese Defeat," Soviet forces in action, Fighting bitter on Italian front. Maps: [German offensive] -- Mindoro -- Philippine Islands -- Leyte, Samar battle area -- Czechoslovakia, Hungary border -- Northern Italy near Bologna. Back: 1945 calendar with advice: "Every day be careful what you say or write!"

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Jap-Held Island Hammered from Air, Philippines take Allied Aerial Blows, Allies Blunt German Western Front Drive, Battle Rages Inside Budapest. Maps: Burma, India, China -- Iwo-Jima -- Distance from Japan to Saipan -- Philippine targets -- Belgium region -- Central Europe -- Eastern front. Back: Map of Germany and its approaches.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allies score multiple gains in Burma; Luzon hammered from air-superforts active; German bulge compressed; new Philippine landings. Maps: Pacific action; [Burma]; steps to Luzon; Luzon invasion; Counter-offensives. Back: Two black and white aerial photographs of Duren, Germany: before and after.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: U.S. aircrafts invade enemy waters, American troops penetrate Luzon, Allies Strike German Perimeter, Red Army on the Move. Maps: U.S. aircrafts invade enemy waters -- Western front salient -- Burma -- American troops penetrate Luzon -- Road to Manila -- Soviet offensive. Back: Color map of Sumatra and Malay states

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: German Salient Compressed, Red Army in Full Scale Offensive, Tarlac Falls - Pacific Air Action Continues. Maps: European fronts -- South from Lingayen -- Formosa -- South China Sea. Back: Color poster highlights the importance of saving.

Photograph of a grave site in a cemetery in Burauen, Philippines. There is an inscribed cross with three skulls placed on top in the center of the photo. Behind the cross are several other marked grave sites among overgrown grass. There is a church in the background with mountains in the distance.

Photograph of Filipino children standing in a canal surrounded with water.

Photograph of the Philippines shore seen from the ocean.

Photograph of a ship in the ocean near the Philippines. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Landing in the Philippines."

Photograph of a soldier sitting in a folding chair near a tent with cots. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "A day or so after the second Philippine beach head."

Photograph of soldiers walking in a field in the Philippines, with palm trees around them. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Lunch the day we landed in the Philippines."

Pencil drawing made of the interior of a room on the USS Monitor by Edgar Jones. On the left side of the room is a wall mounted sink with a mirror and shelves above it. Next to it is a rack of hanging clothes. A bunk bed is in the back middle of the room, with chains supporting the top bunk and lights and a vent on the ceiling above it. On the right side of the room is a chair at a folding desk, with upper shelves containing what appear to be hard hats. Toward the back right of the room, next to the bed, is a doorway with a curtain in it. On the bottom left of the drawing are the words "Room 0202 USS Monitor (Lsv-5)" followed by the date "1-21-45."

Photograph of a woman riding a water buffalo carrying a large sack on its back, taken in Buruaen, Philippines. The woman and buffalo are at the center of the photograph traveling on a dirt path. A tent is behind them alongside some sparse foliage. More tents and trailers are visible in the background, and eventually buildings and power lines in the distance.

Photograph of a dilapidated church in Dulag, Philippines. A row of cars, one with a visible medical cross on the side, are parked in a row in front of the church. At the center of the photograph are a group of women nurses, partially blocked by a barrel and a large sign that reads "Stay the hell out of the ditches".