Photograph of Lt. Merchant William Colgin Jr. of Waco posing for a portrait in uniform. His torso faces the left side of the frame and his head is turned toward the photographer.

Photograph of the 54th Basic Flying Training Group at Waco Army Air Field. Adjutant 1st Lt. Byrens, Commanding Officer Major Bair, and P. T. Instructor Mickey Manojack stand on the left side of the front row. The photographer stands "somewhere in left rear."

Photograph of Dave Koenig, identified as "Dave Koenig (Pin Up Boy)," posing outside of barracks at the Waco Army Air Field. He poses shirtless on a sidewalk that runs along rows of identical, light-colored buildings.

Photograph of a large group of men posing together outside of a Red Cross blood donation site at the Waco Army Airfield. Handwriting on the back of the photograph notes that only 30 of the men pictured could give blood. Mr. V. J. Jacox, Red Cross Field Director, poses in the center.

Photograph of Adjutant Lieutenant Byrens and Commanding Officer Major Baird posing together in uniform. Both men stand with their hands behind their backs and look toward the photographer.

Photograph of Dave Koenig standing in front of a star-shaped flower garden taken from the back door of the barracks in the Waco Army Air Field.

Photograph of Commanding Officer Major Baird and Adjutant 1st Lieutenant Byrens posing in the Waco Army Airfield. Both men are in uniform, including hats. A two-story building is visible in the background.

Photograph of James Arch Coleman posing for a portrait in a military uniform. He later became a doctor in Waco.

Photograph of airmen in the Waco Army Air Field relaxing on the grass near several buildings. Most lay on towels together, wearing trousers. A note is written on the back of the photograph.

Photograph of the 339th Army Air Force Band. The band is from Blackland Field Army Flying School in Waco, Texas. The young men are lined up with their instruments in hand and in uniform.

Photograph of an unidentified soldier in uniform holding a rifle in front of a wooden structure at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas. .

Photograph of two soldiers in uniform standing arm in arm in front of a building with a sign that reads "Day Room."

Photograph of two soldiers in uniform holding rifles on their shoulders standing in front of a wooden structure at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of two soldiers in uniform holding rifles standing in front of a wooden structure at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of an unidentified soldier in uniform posing in front of an army truck with a house in the background at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of a soldier in uniform holding a rifle in front of a wooden structure at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of (left to right) Ed Cole, Don Hale, Pete Conley, John Joyce, Joe Orhaman, unidentified soldier, and 'Hanson' in front of a wooden structure at Camp Barkeley.

Portrait of Lieutenant John Kubitza Jr. of Waco, Texas wearing a white Navy dress uniform and hat. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo say "Was an Ensign at time of this picture," and "Now serving as meteorologist at Navy Weather Central, Washington D.C."

Photograph of a group of soldiers posing together outside of McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas. The soldiers are identified as (left to right): sitting: Cpl. Kenneth V. Bottolf of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 2/5 Arthur A. Reichel of Chicago, Illinois, Pfc. Mitchell W. Butler of Iron City, Tennessee, 2/5 Norman H. Kauffman of Texarkana, Texas, Pfc. Anthony J. Nadalin of Columbus, Ohio, Cpl. Reginald F. Rounsfull of Golf, Illinois, Cpl. Rohl A Couran of Texarkana, Texas, and 2/5 Carlos S. Olson of Hollywood, California; kneeling: 2/4 Joseph Bellay of Warren, Ohio, Sgt. Melvin W. Kelly of Phillipsburg, Michigan, Sgt. John Fabian of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Sgt. Choy Y. Wong of San Francisco, California, Cpl. Herman Freedman of Brooklyn, New York, and 2/5 Harry G. Gozer of Indianapolis, Indiana; and standing: Pfc. Stanley E. Penk of Youngstown, Ohio, S/Sgt. Paul C. Van Greuningen of Norton, Kansas, Sgt. John Steinmetz of Poughkeepsie, New York, 2/5 John B. Henisk of Malden, Massachusetts, Cpl. Charles E. Vest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Pvt. John A Holland of Philadelphia, Mississippi

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. standing in the snow at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in his army uniform. Trees and houses are visible behind him.

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. in his army uniform.