Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated July 4, 1944. The envelope is sent from Det. of Patients, 4187 U.S. Hospital Plant, A.P.O.-152, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated July 13, 1944.…

Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated July 19, 1943. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry A.P.O.-1, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated July 30, 1943. In the V-Mail letter,…

Photograph of a group of young women standing on a bed with their arms around each other and smiling at the camera. They are wearing floral dresses and their suitcases and other belongings are propped among them. The handwriting on the photograph…

Photograph of a group of young women standing on a bed and smiling at the camera. They are wearing floral dresses and giving each other bunny ears. Their suitcases and other belongings are propped among them. The handwriting on the photograph…

Photograph of a young man among sunbathers at Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan. He is wearing large black sunglasses and bright yellow swimming trunks while crouching down and looking up at the camera. There are people around him laying down on…

Photograph of three young men at Oval Beach who appear very blurry due to the picture being out of focus. A lifeguard tower is in the background and the man in the middle is holding a camera. The handwriting on the back of the photograph reads:…

Photograph of a large crowd standing on the beach and gathering in anticipation. On the reverse, an inscription reads "Saugatuck, 4th of July Weekend '66, circled is Terry Darling's friend Dick Criuse."