AP Historical Hard Drive 2008

This is part of F Company, 145 reg. of the 37th (Ohio) Division, which fought their way into the walled city of Manila in Philippines on March 4, 1945...

American infantrymen of the 145th regiment of the 37th division advance through the wreckage strewn courtyard of the demolished Manila City hall in Ph...

U.S. Anti Tank Troops firing 37mm shells against a Japanese machine gun emplacement in the tower of the church at the end of the street in Manila, Ph...

Billy Rose, left, points out to customers of his New York City night club Diamond Horseshoe, that it is nearly time for closing, under the new early c...

General Manager Jack Entratter, right, of the Copacabana Night Club reads announcement of the dismissal of 200 employees of the club, including Tony a...

Jake LaMotta, left, of the Bronx borough of New York, and Ray Robinson of the Harlem section of New York, battle it out in Madison Square Garden, N.Y....

Two Yank Infantrymen of the hard fighting 37th American division, climb through some Japanese barbed wire during street fighting in Manila in Philippi...

Crouching as they move out into the open, Yank troops cross the bridge leading into Olongapo, Luzon at Philippines on Feb. 10, 1945, former US Navy st...

Cargo ships of all sizes are tied up at north dock, unloading supplies at the war-scarred capital, Feb 3, 1945, Manila, Philippines. A year before, Am...

Director Vincente Minnelli, left, who is engaged to wed Actress Judy Garland, right, arrives late with Judy for the performance of Esquires 1945 All-A...

Marta Tonga, poses with a White Frizzled Sultan Chicken, one of only two in the world, at a poultry show at Madison Square Garden, New York, Dec. 28,...

An interior view of the Leyte cathedral in Philippines, on Dec. 17, 1944, shows rows of cots on which wounded American soldiers and natives, ie. Mass...

American soldiers pull a mortar along the beach, South of Ormoc, Leyte Island in Philippines on Dec. 7, 1944, as they made the surprise landing to bis...

Dr. Edward A. Doisy Biochemistry Professor at St. Louis University School of medicine (left) prepare an extract of Alfalfa meal in a laboratory extrac...

Passing sandbags hand-to-hand, American troops build ramps to the open bow doors of a line of coast guard manned LST???s at the beach of Leyte Island...

Squatting behind his heavy machine gun in the Leyte Island jungle at Philippines on Nov. 13, 1944, this yank covers the advance of American Infantryme...

A water filled tank trap one of the many futile attempts made by retreating Japanese on Leyte Island to retard the onslaught of the American Invasion,...

Only fifty minutes after they landed the shores of Leyte, US assault troops had shoved inland and reached an abandoned village. Here, gun crouch behin...

Dr. A.J. Olmstead of the Smithsonian Institution, adjusts the only known example of a

Miss Margaret Moran, teacher of an BA class, guides the students in the use of maps and the making of an outline of news topics, while listening to a...

Sitting in the front row, Cmdr. Gene Tunney, USN, former world heavyweight champion, and his family, attend a double-header between New York and Washi...

Actor Chester Morris, right, dances with his wife when they celebrate her birthday at the Mocambo, Hollywood night spot, Aug. 18, 1944.(AP Photo)

American Infantrymen, with full battle pack and equipment, trudge along a dirt road through the farmlands of Southern France, as they advance inland f...

Cadet John Eisenhower is shown with his mother, Mamie Eisenhower following his graduation from West Point Military Academy, in West Point, N.Y., June...

View of Urrumea river which bisects San Sebastian, popular Summer resort and site for Summer foreign ministry of Spanish government. Santa Catalina br...

Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell, right, commander of the U.S. Armies in China, India and Burma,confers with Gen. Liao Yao- Hsiang, commanding officer of...

Here are two rare medieval swords. The Persian Scmitar, left, has a perfumed meteorite steel blade. It is

MGM actress Laraine Day is seen, March 1944. (AP Photo)

Gen. Dwight Eisenhower places his hand on a European wall map during a press conference in London, Jan. 17, 1944. (AP Photo)

Kenny Baker, left, plays character Rodney Hatch as he reads a paper in scene with Mary Martin, sitting at right, playing the part of Venus in the Broa...

Lemuel G. Boulware, above, of Syracuse, N.Y., new vice chairman in charge of operations of the (WPB), War Production Board sits at his desk in Washing...

Rabbi Stephen Wise, left, ponders a question from Rep. Sol Bloom of New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, right, during a hearing...

Rabbi Stephen Wise, left, ponders a question from Rep. Sol Bloom of New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, right, during a hearing...

This 1944 image shows Mount Washington Hotel and the surrounding countryside at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA. The United Nations Monetary and Fin...

Bill Tilden, who used to shoot smoking aces at Tennis opponents throughout the world, shows his pupils how to serve in Hollywood, California, on Nov....

Bill Tilden?s pupils learn , primarily, how to hold a racquet and if Bill doesn?t know how, who does ? in Hollywood on Nov. 26, 1943. Left to right: F...

Miss America of 1943 Jean Bartel, of Los Angeles, poses, Sept. 11, 1943. She was Miss California. (AP Photo)

Miss America of 1943 Jean Bartel, of Los Angeles, poses, Sept. 11, 1943. She was Miss California. (AP Photo)

Miss America of 1943 Jean Bartel, of Los Angeles, poses, Sept. 11, 1943. She was Miss California. (AP Photo)

Miss America of 1943 Jean Bartel, of Los Angeles, poses, Sept. 11, 1943. She was Miss California. (AP Photo)

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated centre, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, right and Candian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, left...

Mary Martin, left, in a romantic scene with Kenny Baker as they rehearse a scene for a romantic musical,

Some of Britain's Land Army girls help to bring in the harvest at a farm near Bury St. Edmunds, England, Aug. 20, 1943. (AP Photo)

Mrs. Charmain London assisted in directing a film scene showing London's offer of marriage to her. The sequence was for a motion picture based on the...

Women enjoy their training work, July 11, 1943 in Lake Sebago, N.Y. Here Stephanie Letitia of Terryville, Conn., slides home. The catcher is Lucille B...

The traffic situation in the Broadway sector wasnt difficult enough for New Yorks finest without Billy Rose, left in suit and hat, had to and hold a t...

Israel's Premier Golda Meir holds her hand to her face during her address before several thousand at a Holocaust day ceremony in Jerusalem April 17, 1...

Here, in the cashier's cage, the securities are sorted to be delivered to customers against purchases on April 6, 1943 in New York. (AP Photo/KL)

After a sale is made, the order is sent to the wire room of the investment house, shown here on April 6, 1943 in New York. Orders are received in the...

Back from 11 1/2 months of campaigning on Cruisers and destroyers in the Pacific, Lt. Comdr. Robert Montgomery , former movie star, praised the Americ...