Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel confidential memorandum issued in 1942 reports on the fate of Jewish residents of Poland who fled into the Soviet Union following the German invasion of Poland in 1939. The document records the displacement of Polish Jews during the early years of the Holocaust and provides.....
Unknown photographer, U.S. Navy sailors in Singapore photo archive, 1941, documents American naval presence in colonial Singapore during the opening phase of the Pacific War and supports research into shore leave, Allied mobility, Southeast Asian urban life, and cross-cultural military encounters. The attack on Pearl Harbor took place on December.....
[African American Military][WWI] African American soldiers photo archive spanning World War I through World War II, showcasing Black military service during the era of segregated United States armed forces and the expanding technical roles assigned to Black servicemen during the global conflicts of the twentieth century. The images show African.....
Japanese Aircraft and Ships: Self-Instruction Recognition Cards – Restricted, a wartime U.S. military intelligence training archive produced during World War II to instruct American personnel in the rapid visual identification of Imperial Japanese aircraft and naval vessels in the Pacific Theater. Issued as “Number 2” in a classified instructional series.....
Japanese American soldiers associated with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team appear in these World War II panoramic photographs documenting Nisei military units training in Hawaii during the early stages of the regiment’s formation. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was composed primarily of second generation Japanese Americans who volunteered for military.....
African American soldiers served in large numbers during World War II despite the persistence of segregation within the United States armed forces. Black troops were typically assigned to segregated units and often relegated to logistical, engineering, or artillery roles, yet their contributions proved essential to Allied victory across multiple theaters.....
[African American] [Military History] [Photography] African American soldiers in U.S. military service, 1940s to 1950s document Black enlistment, daily life, and interracial interaction across the transition from segregated units to early integration following Executive Order 9981. The images place African American servicemen within both wartime and postwar contexts, including overseas.....
Photographs of a Chinese American family in Hawaii dating primarily to the early 1940s document transpacific mobility, family structure, and cultural adaptation during World War II, when Hawaii served as a critical military and social hub in the Pacific. The images capture multiple generations of a Chinese diaspora family in.....
Photographer unknown. World War II photo album (1943–1944). This album documents the daily lives of American service members and their families across multiple locations, with a significant concentration of images in Hawaii shortly after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The photographs record military personnel in uniform alongside wives, girlfriends, and.....
Unidentified U.S. Army soldier, photo album and associated documents, 1945, records American military life in Honolulu during the closing phase of World War II, including the public celebration of Victory over Japan Day and the continued enforcement of wartime controls over civilian movement. Hawaii functioned as a central command base.....
African American Army Transportation Corps photo archive depicting Black enlisted men and noncommissioned officers in wartime transport service, occupation duty, and domestic training between 1941 and 1952. The strongest identified material centers on the 3528th Transportation Corps Truck Company, active from 1943 to 1946, and its successor, the 551st Transportation.....
United States War Department. military intelligence reports and manuals, 1942 to 1944, document American analysis of Japanese military strategy and provide direct evidence of how U.S. forces studied, interpreted, and countered enemy tactics in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Issued for restricted or internal military use, these publications.....
Olson, Laverne Edwin, vernacular photo album (circa 1944–1946) documents U.S. Navy enlisted service across the Philippines and Hawaii during the final phase of World War II and the immediate postwar occupation period, providing direct visual and documentary evidence of military presence, local communities, and wartime social life in the Pacific.....
Women’s Army Corps service photographs dated 1943 to 1944 document the participation of enlisted women in U.S. Army support operations during World War II, with particular attention to transportation, training environments, and stateside military life. The images identify individual service members including Hilda Goble, described in captions as an “ambulance.....
United States Department of Labor Women’s Bureau publication on equal pay for women during World War II documents federal efforts to address wage disparities as women entered wartime industry in large numbers. Equal Pay for Women in War Industries (1942), issued by the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of.....
[Women’s History] [Military History] [Photography] Unidentified photographer, Women’s Army Corps photographs, mid 1940s document female military service during World War II and provide direct visual evidence of women’s roles within the U.S. Army following the formal incorporation of the Women's Army Corps in 1943. The images record administrative work, training.....
