Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on March 3, 1946, rejoicing in his upcoming return to the States after three and half years in the army.

Front: Text describes Generals Marshall, Eisenhower, and McNarney, as well as Admirals King, Nimitz, and Spruance. Includes 6 photographs. Back: Where will the best jobs be? Illustration and text.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing typewriter ribbon, her friend Phyllis, dinner, chores, and a dance.

Front: Text describes American occupation of Japan beginning 28 August, 1945 and is keyed to map. Map shows eastern central coast of Japan. Inset shows map of Japan. Back: Armed forces radio. Text describes stations and programs. World maps shows locations of AFRS stations, AFRS hospital systems in the U.S., commercial and government stations airing AFRS programs.

Photographs of soldiers preparing to be discharged and leave Germany. The first photo involves a First Sergeant calling out while holding a paper. Soldiers mill about to the right, with Ferdinand Caravelli looking towards the camera. The middle-left photo shows Joe Hurt carrying a full sack over his back and standing in a street. The middle-right photo shows Nathan Levine standing in front of a German theater. The bottom photo is a close up of Dan Melli and a man named John. They are smiling, standing in front of a wall, and wearing shirts and ties.

Photograph of Angelo and Margaret Vassallo on their wedding day. A house is visible in the background.

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon about a past experience in the military with Vina Fanuldo and present life in the military.

Extract from an official military document containing the names and ranks of men in the 8th Armored Division and their new assignments to different battalions. Captain Charles R. Griggs was assigned to the 49th Armored Infantry Battalion, and the list continues on the back side and the page attached; the subheading shows which battalion, company, platoon, etc. the men underneath will belong too.

Photograph of Charles Dear in civilian clothing leaning against the wall of the Message Center building in Augsburg, Germany.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, traveling around Guam, mangoes, her friend Marion, living arrangements, mail, and flowers. Written on USMC stationary.

Letter to Cecile from her father about work and remaining issues in Syria, Lebanon, Persia, Egypt, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.

War Department-issued identification card for Cornelia Yerkes as a civilian noncombatant.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her parents) written on Burlington Hotel (Washington, D. C.) stationary, discussing travelling, a visit to Chicago, war bonds, and letters.

Photograph of Donald Hoppe standing against a truck in Germany.

Envelope from a letter sent to Captain Charles R. Griggs of the 49th Armored Infantry Division in the 8th Armored Division. This letter was sent to the postmaster in New York City, New York.

Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, April 3, 1945, discussing the mail he had received in the last few weeks and that he is keeping a lookout for his friends Bob and Raymond, who are in different stations. Powell writes that he thinks the war will be over soon.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a visit to Washington, D.C., people she met there, food, needing a duffle bag, and Red Cross training. Written and typed on Hotel Annapolis stationary.

Photograph of Fred Lefavour standing next to a hole in the ground. There is a truck parked in front of a building in the background.

Photograph of Guy Arcaris standing next to a truck. There is a building in the background.

Photograph of Jerry Duhan standing in front of a truck.

Photograph of John Crowley standing in the rubble of a house. He holds a kitchen pot in one hand.

Photograph of William Carmody leaning against the side of a truck in Giebelstadt, Germany.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Catherine's feeling ill, Mother breaking a few ribs, and Baker borrowing the car.

Photograph of four soldiers, including Herman Gerhard and Charles Allan Dear, standing in a field between two trucks.