WW2 Documents and Letters | World War II Database

440 items in this album on 22 pages.


Philippine Japanese Occupation Five Centavos note, front and back	Specification sheet for the Dodge WC54 field ambulance, 1942

War time poster created by US Office of War Information and printed by US Government Printing Office in 1942	Letter from Roosevelt to Landis regarding professional baseball in the United States during WW2, 15 Jan 1942

List of Jewish populations by country used at the Wannsee Conference, 20 Jan 1942	British Columbia Security Commission posting of evacuation of ethnic Japanese from designated areas, early 1942

United States Navy training poster depicting the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, Feb 1942. Note that the poster describes the Allied code name “Zeke” as the “MacArthur Name.”	Commandant's Order No. 9-42 for the launching of submarine Whale, 14 Mar 1942

Front page of the Tribune newspaper of Manila, Philippines with headline of the fall of Bataan, 24 Apr 1942	Emmon's Memorandum to McCloy Regarding Japanese-Hawaiians, 29 Apr 1942, page 1 of 2

Emmon's Memorandum to McCloy Regarding Japanese-Hawaiians, 29 Apr 1942, page 2 of 2	List of men lost aboard HMS Hermes, printed by J. Abrams and Sons of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, circa 1942

US Office of War Information newsprint regarding the homecoming of USS Marblehead, mid-1942	Detailed Operating Schedule for Launching of the Tunny, 30 Jun 1942, page 1 of 2

Detailed Operating Schedule for Launching of the Tunny, 30 Jun 1942, page 2 of 2	American poster for emergency clothing relief for European war refugees published by the Office of Emergency Management. Henry Kaiser was National Chairman for the clothing relief drives.

Recognition drawing for German light cruiser Leipzig, published by US Division of Naval Intelligence, Aug 1942	Track of the cruiser night action of 9 Aug 1942 off Savo Island, Solomon Islands where three United States cruisers and one Australian cruiser were lost. Track is taken from the USS Astoria damage report.

American propaganda poster noting the typical look of a friendly British soldier, 10 Aug 1942; note Boys anti-tank rifle	Identification drawing of Japanese Mogami-class heavy cruiser as published in A503 FM30-50 booklet for identification of ships of the US Division of Naval Intelligence, Oct 1942