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Art Treasures Returned

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Photograph of Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, and James Byrnes

Collection HST-PHC: Photograph CollectionSeries: Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman

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Photograph of a Desk Used by President Harry S. Truman at the Potsdam Conference

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Salvaging Parts of Damaged Vought “Corsair” F4Us Aboard the USS Bennington (CV-20)

Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the NavySeries: Color Photographs of U.S. Navy Activities

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President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman

Collection HST-PHC: Photograph CollectionSeries: Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman

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Photograph of a Wounded Soldier Being Carried from the Front Lines by Members of the Medical Corps in Okinawa

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Newsmap - Volume 4, Number 7

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast GuardSeries: Issues of the World War II Era “Newsmap” Publication

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Photograph of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in France

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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U1228 at Sea

Record Group 181: Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore EstablishmentsSeries: Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

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Starving inmate of Camp Gusen, Austria.

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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USS BUNKER HILL hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds on 11 May 1945 off Kyushu. Dead-372. Wounded-264.

Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the NavySeries: General Photographic Files

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La Spezia, Italy After Liberation

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Letter Relating to Vigilance after the Victory in Europe

Record Group 181: Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore EstablishmentsSeries: Security-Classified General Correspondence

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“The `Top-Kick’ looks them over at Camp Shanks, New York, Transportation Corps staging area of the New York Port of Embarkation. Tech. Sgt. Tommye Berry…”

Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War InformationSeries: Photographs of Notable Personalities

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Statement by Truman Gibson, Jr.

Collection HST-PN: Philleo Nash PapersSeries: White House FilesFile Unit: Minorities-Negro-General-Negro Troops in Italy-Statement by Truman Gibson, Jr., April 1945.

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