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[Soldiers Standing Around Buildings at Camp Campbell]

Description: Photograph of several uniformed U.S. Army standing outside of a building at Camp Campbell. Three soldiers stand in front of a wooden building that has a sign labeled "Orderly Room." A building in the background to the right has two stories, a chimney, and a balcony. Further to a right is a shadowy one story building.
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Entering New York Harbor]

Description: Photograph of three ships entering New York Harbor. The ship in the foreground is decked out with streamers and banners, one of which reads: "Welcome Home - Well Done", and a band is visible on the ship's deck.
Date: October 10, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers On a Bridge]

Description: Photograph of a group of U.S. Army soldiers standing on and around a wooden plank bridge. Two of the men are standing on the bridge, two more are sitting on a metal railing. Low shrubs and trees grow in the background.
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Three Soldiers with Beer]

Description: Photograph of a group of three U.S. Army soldiers standing together in front of a clapboard building's windowed wall. The men are carrying bottles of beer in each hand. The man in the middle is identified as Leopold A. Kusnierczak.
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from Emma Vaughan to Marine Corps Headquarters, March 1945]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Emma Vaughan to Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., in March of 1945. She explains that she did not sign papers for an allowance from her son Jack, and that she has learned that the amount originally allotted for her has been withheld from his pay for several months. She asks that the money be restored to him.
Date: March 1945
Creator: Vaughan, Emma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Arlington Public Library

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, September 28, 1945]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., on September 28, 1945, telling them that he'll be on a ship to come home in a couple of days. He details how the camp he's stationed at is set up, including German prisoners of war who do K. P. He sets the goal of starting his life over again, and bemoans his loss of a Sergeant rating due to his absence from his original camp, but decides he doesn't care since he'll be a civilian again soon. He is excited to be home… more
Date: September 28, 1945
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 5, 1945]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., on February 5, 1945. He sends well wishes to a friend who has the chicken pox, and says he hasn't heard from his cousin Jimmie Kendrick since he went to Australia. He tells his parents about the food he ate the night before, and mentions that eggs are cheaper in Italy than they are in the U.S.
Date: February 5, 1945
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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