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A black and white photograph of the badly listing USS Franklin (CV-13). A moderately sized group of crewmen has assembled at the top and multiple lines drape down from the carrier. Another ship...
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A Japanese 10 yen Bank of Japan note printed in green, red, brown, and black ink. The bill is numbered "320853" and "628". The edges of the yen note are frayed and worn.
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A burnt and soiled U.S. one-dollar silver certificate note found on the deck of the USS Franklin after the bombing attack on March 19, 1945. Someone has written "USS Franklin March 1945" on the front...
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A yellow and blue USS Franklin (CV-13) plankowner certificate for William Babbitt dated January 31, 1944. Various nautical images such as mermaids, fish, and seahorses are printed in blue ink along...
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Explosions rock the USS Franklin (CV-13) after being hit by bombs from a Japanese Dive Bomber off Honshu, Okinawa during operations on March 19, 1945.
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Five Army and Red Cross nurses sitting and talking with Admiral Radford (right) in the Admiral's Cabin of the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Left to right the nurses are Martha Pabst, Maxine Hamilton, Okie...
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Five Army and Red Cross nurses stand in front of the aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and pose for a picture. Left to right the nurses are Martha Pabst, Maxine Hamilton, Ruth...
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Five Army and Red Cross nurses sit in the pilots' chairs in a ready room aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and talk with a pilot, Lt. jg Arthur Larson, and Public Relations Officer, Lt. Thomas Smith...
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This bright yellow leaflet tells North Vietnamese combatants that they can surrender to any member of the allied forces without fear of reprisal. The leaflet also shows the flags of the Republic of...
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Written as a poem, this propaganda leaflet shows a North Vietnamese soldier thinking of his home and his family. In contrast, the reverse side of the leaflet shows the devastation and destruction...
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This South Vietnamese propaganda leaflet roughly translates to "The only thing the Viet Cong does is make promises they don’t keep." The front side shows that the Veit Cong cannot provide supplies to...
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This American propaganda leaflet explains how the Air Force's high-altitude bomber is a weapon that cannot be stopped by weather, it can strike at any time, and that no enemy combatants will hear it...
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This notice explains that James Pueschel's mailing address had changed after being transferred out of a United States Naval Hospital located in San Francisco, California. The "FPO" acronym designates...
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This leaflet explains that the Viet Cong do not have the supplies to care for their own soldiers.
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These two leaflets call on American servicemembers to call out the American government and to abandon the war effort in Vietnam.
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This propaganda leaflet depicts a Vietnamese civilian informing an allied solider on the operations of the Viet Cong. The reverse side of the leaflet calls on all Vietnamese civilians to help allied...
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This South Vietnamese propaganda leaflet calls on North Vietnamese soldiers and fighters to return to North Vietnam. The leaflet claims that North Vietnam is being used by communist China to spread...
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This American propaganda leaflet warns that the B-52 bomber is an unstoppable weapon that can strike at any time and without warning. The only way to avoid the destruction caused by a B-52 is to...
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This American propaganda leaflet calls upon North Vietnamese fighters to surrender before it is too late. Once again, the US stresses the quiet lethality of its high-altitude bombers. The leaflet...
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This American propaganda leaflet is a response to North Vietnamese claims that they had won the battle of Dak To. This leaflet attempts to counter that narrative by asserting that the Viet Cong were...