A Resource from the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

A sample of some of the material submitted by Veterans History Project participants.

USS Cowpens in Typhoon USS Cowpens in Typhoon
Planes on flight deck of USS Cowpens during typhoon of 1944. All planes lost or jettisoned.
VHP/2006/28/P/1
Hitler's Eagle's Nest Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Former Mountain Villa of Hitler, after Liberation, Bertesgarden, Germany
VHP/2006/75/P/4
Airmain Harry Slater Airmain Harry Slater
Harry Slater in Combat Training, Nashville, TN, 1943
VHP/2006/11/P/7
Promotion of Mary Moran Promotion of Mary Moran
US Air Force Nurse Mary Moran's promotion to Captain, October, 1963
VHP/2006/18/P/1
New Year’s Eve in France, 1944 New Year’s Eve in France, 1944
Friends Vince Verlod and Howard Mushaben celebrate New Year’s Eve with a special treat, a loaf of French bread
VHP/2006/15/P/1
Inside Air Force Operational Headquarters Inside Air Force Operational Headquarters
Airmen at work in operational headquarters in Adak Island, Alaska
VHP/2006/53/P/4
William C. Goings William C. Goings
William C. Goings of the 366th Infantry Regiment
VHP/2006/59/P/2
Flight Team in Duxford, England Flight Team in Duxford, England
Members of the 8th Air Force, Guilfoil, DeWitt, Watkins, Boeckman, Smith, Col. Grey, Ben, Wilke, Bosoart, Wolfe, Brown, Bolgert, Dicks, Hosford, Beck, Slater, Capp, Landigan, Yound, Yandk, Morris, and Kinsolving, 1943
VHP/2006/11/P/6
Brothers in Italy Brothers in Italy
Airmen Lt. William C. Goings and Milton E. Goings pose for a photograph in Italy, 1944, for a human-interest story.
VHP/2006/59/P/1
Navy Discharge Paper Navy Discharge Paper
Honorable Discharge of Seaman First Class, William W. Jarrell, December 1945
VHP/2006/28
B-29 Crew B-29 Crew
Air Force Crew of the Amiable Amazon at Adak Island, Alaska
VHP/2006/53/P/3
Leslie Edwards Leslie Edwards
Tuskegee Airman Leslie Edwards, 1943
VHP/2006/20/P/1
Air Force Friends in Jeep Air Force Friends in Jeep
VHP/2006/78
Fred Kellerman Fred Kellerman
Fred J. Kellerman of the 131st AAA Gun Battalion
VHP/2006/63
Pilot Gets Hist Distinguished Flying Cross Pilot Gets Hist Distinguished Flying Cross
General Woodbury Pins Distinguishing Flying Cross on Harry Slater, Duxford, England, July 1944
VHP/2006/11
German POW March German POW March
German POW's marched west as Allied Liberation forces drive east, France
VHP/2006/11
Howard Arthur Howard Arthur
On leave in Dover from Launceston, England, 1944
VHP/2006/14/P/1
POW Telegram POW Telegram
Telegram from Adjutant General to Robert Heekin notifying him that his son, Francis Heekin, is a Prisonar of War, July 1944
VHP/2006/78