1940s photo of Ann Miller with an M1919 Browning .30 caliber MG
Category: WWII
Somewhere in Britain, 1943
Christmas V-Mail card from Britain. V-Mail (short for Victory Mail, was a primary and secure form of communication during WWII for soldiers stationed overseas. The original message would be censored, photographed, and then printed on paper when it arrived at its destination.
Only One Way Out
Siren. Beware, young man! The lady will get you if yo don’t watch out. You’ll never see those green hills again once her clutches tighten on you …….. and she’s got a fairly good grip right now …….. There is only one way out ……
Japanese Anti-American propaganda leaflet
Cossacks and Gas Masks
Russian Cossack of the Red Army in a gas mask, USSR, November, 1938
A Pocket Guide to Czechoslovakia
Cover to the US Army’s Pocket Guide to Czechoslovakia, 1945
Attention, Spies…
…be careful with conversations.
German Propaganda piece warning that allies spies may be listening on on their conversations.
Memorial Day Heartbreak
Thou’rt gone, the abyss of heaven hath swallowed up thy form, yet, on my heart deeply hath sunk the dark night of grief and shall not soon depart.
World At War, 1942
May is for Malaria
Cartoons and calendars prepared for the troops in the Asian theater during WWII to remind them about to protect themselves against malaria.
So Typical of our Officers
Personnel of the 667th Bombardment Squadron, training at Gainesville, Fla., have adopted this scene from the MGM cartoon, “Red Hot Riding Hood,” as their squadron insignia, The “Wolfe” – in his white tie and tails – appears on all their planes. In writing Fred Quimby, in charge of cartoon production at the MGM studios, the commandant stated they wanted the drawings because “the modernized wolf is so typical of many of our officers here….”