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Pearl Harbor Story: Authentic Information and Pictures of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decdember 7, 1941. By Captain William T. Rice, USNR (Ret). 10th printing, 1971. Published by Swak, Inc. in Honolulu Hawaii, copyright Swat Inc. 1965, 1970.

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War Department Military Dictionary. Part 1 is English to Spanish and Part 2 is Spanish to English. Published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1941.

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Book with a collection of US Navy War Photographs: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Harbor. A collection of Offical U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Photographs. Compiled by Captain Edward Steichen, U.S.N.R. Published by U.S. Camera, New York. Unknown publication date.

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"Dear Sir" compiled by Juliet Lowell. Published by Duell, Sloan, and Pearce publishers, New York. Copyright 1944 by Juliet Lowell. Printed in the U.S.A. 75 pages long.

Scope and Contents The Charles Albert Converse Papers include personal letters Charles wrote to his family while in Great Britain, reports on the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy during the London Blitz, Western Union telegraphs, miscellaneous correspondence, a memorial book from Charles’s funeral, and newspaper and magazine clippings.Digitized in 2018. 415 Files, 141 Folders. 11.0 GB (11,848,695,033 bytes).Subject Headings:Converse, Charles Albert (1904-1940); Diplomatic and...

Scope and Contents The Charles Albert Converse Papers include personal letters Charles wrote to his family while in Great Britain, reports on the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy during the London Blitz, Western Union telegraphs, miscellaneous correspondence, a memorial book from Charles's funeral, and newspaper and magazine clippings.Harmful Content Policy: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that...

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Six WW2 postcards edited by Carol Belanger Grafton, published in 1993 as reprints, originally printed between 1941 and 1945.

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Vintage card presumably sent to solider in training. Features cartoon soliders with the caption "Now that you're in training - How d'ya like the drillin' " Copyright Rust Craft Boston, USA.

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Invitation to the 50th anniversary of the first flag raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima on Feburary 23, 1945. The invitation is from The Jefferson County Veterans Boots Thomas Memorial Dinner on March 3rd, 1995. Invitation was sent to Ed Willis.

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Frank Reade's 'book' "Ride Boldly, Ride" on his grandfather Frank Smith Robertson CSA Wonderful family history.

Reade, Frank R. "Ride Boldly, Ride," 1956. Manuscript. Frank R. Reade Papers (UA-2-1-3), Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10428/1167

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Mission Accomplished, booklet of the story of the campaigns of the VII corps United States Army in the war against Germany. Compiled from the official history of the VII corps and faithfully summarizes the events that occured during its participation in the defeat of Germany. All pictures are offical signal corps photographs. Printed in Germany.

Scope and Contents 7 Department of The Army pamphlets from 1951 to 1952. Historical Study - Combat in Russian Forests and Swamps, July 1951 Historical Study - Military Improvisations During the Russian Campaign, August 1951 Historical Study - Airborne Operations: A German Appraisal, October 1951 Historical Study - German Defense Tactics against Russian Break-Throughs,...

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Valdosta Daily Times war advertisement- "Today - Invasion, Tomorrow - Peace!" by Mather Bros Furniture (Valdosta, Ga.)

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U.S. Army Aircraft (Heavier than air) 1908-1946 booklet. By James C. Fahey. First edition. Published by Ships and Aircraft in New York, N.Y. 1946.

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Guide to the Western Pacific booklet for the use of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States of America. Published by CinCPOA Bulletin, No. 126-44 in August 1944.

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Wartime Ration recipes for delicious meals (for 2 and 4 and 6). Published by Pet Milk Company, St Louis, Mo. Form no. 3899, copyright 1943.

Scope and Contents Reade's papers invite leisurely perusal to appreciate his humor and erudition.  His papers are expansive, covering topics from his family and genealogy to administrative correspondence to correspondence with and photographs of the famous men and women of his day.  The collection includes books, journals, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, drawings, photographs, and realia.  The correspondence ranges from a manuscript of a Civil War era diary by Frank Smith Robertson (1841-1926), Reade's...

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Family photos and genealogical assets for the family of Joyce and George Aigen. Includes interviews with George Aigen. George Aigen served in World War II between 1944-1946. (Company B, 1269th Combat Engineer Battalion, 6th Army Group; 44th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade) He participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945. The personal narratives of George Aigen are part of the Veteran's History Project (AFCX/2001/001/95454) at the Library of Congress.

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3-Minute VSU History Research Videos created by 1102 Honors English, Spring 2018. 10 video files. Downloaded from YouTube.

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Black plaster plaque featuring a sculpture of the "Ruptured Duck" medal that was issued to each honorably discharged World War II veteran. On the side of the plaque is a small button on a ribbon. The button also features the "Ruptured Duck" motif. The button was presented to Lieutenant Colonel Pleasant Eugene Irby, USMC, of Ponca City, Oklahoma. It was donated by his family.