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[66th AIB Mortar Crews]

Description: Copy photograph of 66th Armored Infantry Battalion mortar crews set up in the middle of a field outside the German town of Nassig. There is a description of the scene on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 2, 1945
Location: None
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Dan Melli Slicing an Onion]

Description: Photograph of Dan Melli standing inside of a shadowy building over a pot filled with water. Another soldier stands nearby, but both he and Melli have their torsos outside of the camera's view.
Date: May 2, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Everett Roeder Behind Dan Melli]

Description: Photograph of Dan Melli standing inside of a shadowy building while Everett Roeder looks in from the bright outdoors. Both are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, though Roeder also wears sunglasses and a soft cap. The caption on the reverse side declares that Melli was cooking steaks on a portable grill.
Date: May 2, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing moving to new accommodations on Hawaii, gifts from Marines, Keehi Beach, Bill Cox and a book he wrote, getting sick, censorship, and her friend Whit. Typed on Sheraton Hotel (High Point, NC) stationary.
Date: July 2, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her friends Phyl and Buzz leaving Guam for Saipan, two Red Cross girls getting into a road accident in a Jeep, delivering food, washing clothes, and being invited to an indigenous person's wedding.
Date: October 2, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 2, 1945?]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing letters, ferrying a P-51, catching up with a fellow WASP from Brownsville, being the first WASP to deliver a P-51 to Kansas City, a check she mailed, and other work and family related items. Written on Braniff Airways stationary.
Date: 1945-06-02?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Don King to Captain Charles R. Griggs, May 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from a soldier named Don King to Captain Charles R. Griggs concerning his status in his current company as first sergeant but will probably be moved back once a new man is assigned. King tells Griggs that he wants him to spend time with him and his wife after the war is over and that he really would like to see him and talk to him in person.
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: King, Don
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the events of his leave, including staying at Dr. and Mrs. Bergin's home with Holquin, where they were treated like family, going to church on Christmas, and calling Walter to invite him over but not hearing back.
Date: January 2, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Weirton Steel Company to Harry Gaby - July 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from the manager of the Industrial Relations Department at Weirton Steel Company to Pfc. Harry Gaby describing an enclosed bound volume of photos documenting a visit by Gaby and other World War II soldiers to Weirton facilities to see factories producing ammunition.
Date: July 2, 1945
Creator: Weirton Steel Company. Industrial Relations Department.
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Lowell Flamm and Carl Zutz by a Wall]

Description: Photograph of Staff Sergeant Lowell Flamm standing beside Carl Zutz in front of a stone wall. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps. A pennant bearing the words "Combat Infantry Company" is being carried by Zutz.
Date: July 2, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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