WW2 Documents and Letters | World War II Database

439 items in this album on 22 pages.


Farewell message of Captain Carl Holden as he stepped down as commander of USS New Jersey, Jan 1945, page 3 of 3	Sketch made by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States showing paths of two Japanese special attack aircraft that made direct hits on USS Ticonderoga off Formosa (Taiwan).

Death certificate of Roza Shanina, addressed to her mother Anna Shanina, 11 Feb 1945	Six gun camera photos of a G4M2e Model 24 Tei bomber carrying MXY7 Model 11 Ohka bombs, 1945

Audie Murphy's Croix de Guerre citation, 16 Apr 1945	Telegram taken from Adolf Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, Germany addressed to Hitler from Göring dated 23 Apr 1945. According to Speer, Bormann used this telegram to finish turning Hitler against Göring.

Citation from the Secretary of the Navy authorizing the Navy Unit Commendation for the USS Tabberer and her entire compliment of men for their heroic and persistent rescue work following Typhoon Cobra.	May 1945 US ration booklet cover

May 1945 US ration booklet page 1	May 1945 US ration booklet page 2

Hitler's death as reported by the 2 May 1945 issue of US Army magazine Stars and Stripes	German instrument of surrender, page 1 of 2

German instrument of surrender, page 2 of 2; note signatures of Jodl, Smith, Sousloparov, and Sevez	United States intelligence schematic of the Japanese MXY7 Ohka “Baka” bomb published 10 May 1945, just five weeks after the weapon’s discovery on Okinawa.

William Donovan's memorandum to Harry Truman regarding Virginia Hall, 12 May 1945, page 1 of 2	William Donovan's memorandum to Harry Truman regarding Virginia Hall, 12 May 1945, page 2 of 2

Soviet Information Bureau newspaper announcing 'the acceptance of captured German soldiers is over at all the fronts', 15 May 1945	Post-liberation identification paper of former Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp prisoner Jacek Jablonski, issued by the US Army on 25 May 1945

Drawing of Japanese battleship Ise as seen in US Office of Naval Intelligence publication ONI-222-J dated Jun 1945	USS Platte war diary page for 5 Jun 1945 that includes her barograph trace showing how quickly and how deeply the barometer plunged as the ship passed through Typhoon Connie, including the eye. USS Platte was a fleet oiler.