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[General George S. Patton on the Rhine]

Photograph of United States Army General George S. Patton standing on the edge of a pontoon bridge that spans the Rhine. Several soldiers are standing alongside a truck to the right, with the foremost man bearing a triangular patch over the side of his chest and holding a camera. All are wearing helmets and uniforms. Two houses are visible on the bank in the background. The reverse side bears the caption, "Patton on the Rhine."
Date: March 24, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Soldiers in Germany]

Photograph of Private Smykowski, a Russian displaced woman, T/5 Ketterer, and P.F.C. Stires standing in a doorway at Neresheim, Germany.
Date: July 24, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlie Kilpatrick to Mrs. Willie D. Stallings, July 24, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Charlie Kilpatrick to Mrs. Willie D. Stallings, July 24, 1945]

Copy of a letter from Charlie Kilpatrick (?) to Mrs. Willie D. Stallings, signed by "Charles", that discusses the writer's injured hand and his plans for when he receives inactive duty status. On the back of the page, the name, "Willie Westmoreland Stallings 1902-1993" is written in pencil.
Date: July 24, 1945
Creator: Kilpatrick, Charlie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Troop deployment

Front: Chart of U.S. troop deployment is keyed to world maps. 3 maps include Asiatic-Pacific, European, American areas of deployment. Back: V-E, V-J, VD : there is an enemy still to be defeated. Text warns of venereal diseases.
Date: December 24, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization Program.

Front: Maps: Silhouette maps of Japan and Korea, U.S., and Germany and Austria help illustrate the distribution of men in the Army as of 1 July 1946. Back: Text and color illustrations show various shoulder insignia of United States Army combat divisions with a partial list of their combat locations (World War II).
Date: September 24, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 24, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 24, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, going swimming with friends, sharing his support for Catherine's Monday night bridge parties, and encouraging her not to tolerate rudeness from her boss.
Date: February 24, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, August 24, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, August 24, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on August 24, 1945, informing them of his living arrangements in China, and his lack of mail in the past few weeks.
Date: August 24, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[With the Crew of St. Louis Blues]

Photograph of Doug Berlin with the crew of the tank St. Louis Blues. Several of them sit on the tank.
Date: March 24, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Johnny Bone On Stage]

Photograph of Johnny Bone standing on a stage at Camp Amirabad in Tehran, Iran.
Date: June 24, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 24, 1945?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 24, 1945?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing packages, working at the American Red Cross canteen at Logan Field, being called to work in Washington, living arrangements, and expressing her appreciation for her time as a WASP and how it prepared her for work after leaving the service. Written on Hotel Annapolis (Washington) stationary.
Date: 1945-04-24?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History