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[Christmas Card from the USS Appalachian, 1944]

Description: Christmas card issued by the USS Appalachian (AGC-1) for those aboard to send to family and friends back home. The front of the card features an illustration of a sailor sitting on a pier near the shore. The shore is covered in palm trees and other flora. Above the sailor is a thought bubble containing images of a fireplace with a wreath and stockings hung above it and a cabin covered in snow with trees and a shining star in the distance behind it. In the upper left corner of the front is text … more
Date: 1944~
Creator: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Photograph of fuel tank lifted into the UH-1A Iroquois helicopter]

Description: Photograph of a large, cylindrical fuel tank being moved into the interior of the UH-1A Iroquois helicopter during its development. The fuel tank is suspended by a cable from a lifting davit. An individual is partially visible standing behind the lifting mechanism. The US Army logo is printed on the tail boom of the helicopter. The helicopter rests on a concrete floor in a large interior space.
Date: [1944,2011]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of two men moving a part into the UH-1A Iroquois helicopter]

Description: Photograph of the UH-1A Iroquois helicopter during its development. Two men ease a large, cylindrical fuel tank into the helicopter that is being suspended by a lifting davit. The man on the left wears a tweed suit jacket with dark pants. The other man wears a patterned sweater and dark slacks. Other machinery is visible in the background.
Date: [1944,2011]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of two men moving a part into the UH-1A Iroquois helicopter, 2]

Description: Photograph of the UH-1A Iroquois helicopter in a large aircraft hangar during its development. Two men ease a large, cylindrical fuel tank into the helicopter that is being suspended by a lifting davit. The man on the left wears a tweed suit jacket with dark pants. He holds on to the end of the tank. The other man wears a patterned sweater and dark slacks. He reaches up for the crank on the lifting mechanism. Other machinery is visible in the background.
Date: [1944,2011]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Five Soldiers on Outpost Duty]

Description: Photograph of five soldiers of the 1st Platoon Mortar Squad on outpost duty in Germany. From left to right and back to front, the last names of these men are: Imbriano, Luedtke, Tuora, Brown, and Pelant.
Date: April 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Souvenir Card from Charles Stasny to his Parents, September 24, 1944]

Description: Souvenir card from Charles Stasny to his parents with a handwritten message discussing Amphibious Group Three's occupation of Northern Japan. The card has a map of Amphibious Group 3's path through Northern Japan beginning in Aomori and travelling to Otaru. Envelope from Charles Stasny to his parents with text celebrating Amphibious Group Three and the USS Appalachian's (AGC-1) occupation of Northern Japan.
Date: 1944-09-24/1944-09-25
Creator: Stasny, Charles, 1921-2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Charles Stasny to his Parents, May 16, 1944]

Description: Handwritten letter from Charles Stasny to his parents discussing life during the war. He mentions leaving the island and returning to living on aboard a ship. He also mentions returning some money his parents had lent him and the possibility that he and three other crewmates may go home. He asks his parents to have the Eagle change his address and discusses the protestant chaplain on board making him unsure when he'll be able to attend catholic mass.
Date: May 16, 1944
Creator: Stasny, Charles, 1921-2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Charles Stasny to his Parents, August 1, 1944]

Description: Letter from Charles Stasny to his parents discussing his participation in the bombardment and landings on Guam. He also discusses several people from back home, the possibility of calling his parents, and the possibility of getting leave, and sends his parents some money orders. This letter is written on United States Navy stationery.
Date: August 1, 1944
Creator: Stasny, Charles, 1921-2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 1, December, 1944

Description: The first issue of "East Sweden Tidings", a monthly church newsletter, explaining the purpose of the Tidings to be communication with the troops of World War II; sending individual holiday greetings from the men of the congregation; and containing a sermon that encourages an "All Out" commitment of both the troops and the congregation to "restore God's peace on earth" and to "win the spiritual conflicts between right and wrong on the battlefields of the soul."
Date: December 1944
Creator: Dewey, Anson T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Newspaper
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission
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