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[Clipping: Ethiopia's Plea for Liberation]

Newspaper clipping discusses British occupation of Ethiopia three years after the end of WWII. Originally the British agreed to restore the Ethiopian monarch in exchange for an occupation of two years which was ultimately extended.

Date: November 23, 1944

Creator: Pearson, Drew

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford Sr. to Gabriel Heatter - December 13, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford Sr. to Gabriel Heatter discussing Great Britain and Winston Churchill's aggression in Greece and Ethiopia. Additionally, Mr. Bradford voices his concerns of American lives being used to advance the alleged British agenda of controlling Ethiopia and Greece.

Date: December 13, 1944

Creator: Bradford, Alex

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Photograph of Four Sailors on the U.S.S. Texas]

Photograph of four sailors standing on board the U.S.S. Texas. This photo was taken in Algiers in Africa during 1944. The other sailors behind these four are performing exercises.

Date: 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 10, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 10, 1944. He asks for more short bread, and tells his mother he will buy her a cameo from the market. The shops are required to lower their prices or the US army will make them off limits to their soldiers. Included in the envelope is a pass that gives permission for Todd Willis to be absent from his post from 1:00 to 4:30 to visit Casablanca.

Date: March 10, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.