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Soldiers' life / Make the Regular Army your career
Poster of a smiling serviceman in a U.S. Army uniform, circa 1941. Illustration by artist Tom B. Woodburn. Text: "Soldiers' life. Make the Regular Army your career."

[Typed memoir of Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call, circa 2019]
Typed memoir of Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call, circa 2019. Much of the memoir focuses on Call's life during World War II and gives a detailed account of her husband's (Jerry Call) service with the U.S. Army and her own service with the Women Airforce…

[Serviceman Leslie H. "Pottsie" Alber standing on tower overlooking military base]
Photograph of U.S. Army serviceman Leslie H. "Pottsie" Alber standing on a tower overlooking a military base, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, circa 1926-1927.Inscription on album page: "Leslie H. (Pottsie) Alber. Pottsville, Penn."Part of a photograph…

[Honorable Discharge certificate issued to Robert L. Simons, September 28, 1937]
Honorable Discharge certificate issued to Robert L. Simons by the U.S. Army, September 28, 1937. Discharges Simons from the U.S. Army in order to accept a commission with the Air Corps Reserve. Includes enlistment record on verso.

[Aerial refueling of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and views of terrain and other aircraft, circa 1950s-1960s]
Film footage of an aerial refueling of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and views of terrain and other aircraft, circa 1950s-1960s. The footage begins with aerial views filmed from an unidentified aircraft, showing an airfield, Mount Mazama, Crater Lake,…

[Various aircraft, predominantly military, at unidentified airfields, circa 1930s-1940s]
Film footage of various aircraft, predominantly military, at unidentified airfields, circa 1930s-1940s. The footage is comprised of several short scenes showing various aircraft on the flight line, taxiing, taking off, and in flight. The first…

[Images of Ordensburg Vogelsang, Germany]
Composite photograph of five images of Ordensburg Vogelsang, superimposed on a map of Germany, March 1945. The images depict views of buildings, as well as Allied and German servicemen at the estate. One image features Adolf Hitler inspecting…

[Servicemen preparing for deployment to France]
Composite photograph of four images of servicemen preparing for deployment to France, superimposed over a map of Normandy, June to July 1944. The images depict servicemen packing equipment, preparing a row of jeeps, interacting with a child, and…

[Group portrait of U.S. Army engineers]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Army engineers, circa 1944-1945. Caption on accompanying document: "145. Engineering section"

[Servicemen watching as woman christens Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft]
Photograph of U.S. Army servicemen watching as an unidentified woman christens "Miss Fit," a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa 1944-1945. The aircraft's nose art depicts a woman in lingerie.Caption on accompanying document: "81. Christening…
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