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[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention]

Description: Card with printed text "Bawl hell out of Dan Moody and Clint Small" attached to two newspaper clippings related to Texas delegates opposing support for the New Deal and F. D. Roosevelt being elected for a fourth presidential term. Names are underlined in red pencil on the card and in the clippings, and "Write Clint Small" is typewritten at the top of the text in the first clipping. Partial articles on the backs of the clipping describe news about World War II, in Guam and Hungary.
Date: 1944-07~
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Photograph of Soldiers Toasting]

Description: Photograph of three soldiers sitting with their feet propped up on a table and lifting cups in their hands. The photo is cut from an issue of "Hellcat News" and has a caption: "GERMANY, 1944 - On the left is Capt. Clyde Maddox, then we have Capt. Dale Reid and Mr. Unknown." The third soldier is identified with a handwritten note as "Capt. Dave Fairbairn."
Date: 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Clipping: Franco's Friendship]

Description: Newspaper clipping criticizing General Franco's expression of friendship with the Allied Powers and aid to the German and Italian war efforts as "the most brazen attempt at double-dealing in the whole history of international politics."
Date: November 12, 1944
Creator: Washington Post Company
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Letters From the People]

Description: Newspaper clipping states that the end of the war can't be dated, prosperity has returned to farms, the United States is a united nation, and stamping out fascism is not simple. The article "Washington Calling" addresses doubts about the ability of Americans to come together for a common goal. Initially, Americans thought that, when faced with war, the country would stand divided, but during WWII the country united and became a powerhouse of production. The article "Letters From the People" sym… more
Date: November 8, 1944
Creator: Mattfeld, C. W.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 9, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 9, 1944. Beaches are off limits to soldiers, and his battalion is trying to get an EM Club for the soldiers. The Waco newspapers Willis receives from his parents are passed around the troops and eventually make their way to the Red Cross.
Date: June 9, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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