AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

Capt. Jim Braddock (third from left), former world?s heavyweight boxing champion, congratulates the crew of the Liberator somber ?Lil Adry? after the...

Frank Costello, left, and his attorney, George Wolf, wait to appear before the Dewey ordered grand Jury investigation of the state legislature at Alba...

Russian and Polish troops march through the streets of Warsaw, Jan. 29, 1945 after Germans were driven from Polish capital. (AP Photo)

Stan Musial (right), slugging outfielder for the Cardinals, has his heart examined by Dieut. Com. J.A. Baute during his pre-induction physical in Pitt...

Photo shows Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Jan. 1, 1945. (AP Photo)

Actress Angela Lansbury in 1945. (AP Photo)

Soviet tommy gunners use their weapons somewhere on the second White Russian army front as a building burns in the background, Jan. 1945. (AP Photo)

The Polish resistance in Warsaw is broken, Dec. 26, 1944. In the midst of danger and destruction, the chiefs of the Polish resistance decided to capi...

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (at the right) sings with children in a program of Christmas carols before an outdoor Christmas tree, in Washington, D.C.,...

A group of Polish orphans sleeps in the bunkroom of a coast guard-manned transport, Dec. 6, 1944. The children were taken aboard the coast guard ship...

A rocket fired from the German tank in a devastated area of Warsaw during fighting that quelled the Polish uprising, 1944. (AP Photo)

For a short time, Soviet units succeed in occupying various districts in eastern Slovakian border areas, seen Nov. 9, 1944. German and Hungarian troo...

This is a view of a completely wrecked square in Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 9, 1944, after bitter street fighting. (AP Photo)

Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, left, new president of Cuba, receives a friendly handshake from retiring President Fulgencio Batista before 35,000 persons...

Polish Red Cross members distribute bread to Warsaw civilians after capitulation, Oct. 7, 1944. (AP Photo)

Half-starved Polish civilians appear out of their hiding places after the surrender following the Warsaw uprising. This man is seen carrying his sick...

Members of the Polish Red Cross distribute meals to the hungry Warsaw population, Oct. 5, 1944. (AP Photo)

A Polish interpreter translates the demands of General Tadeusz Bor Komorwski to German officers in charge of the capitulation for the negotiations in...

The end of the revolt in Warsaw, Oct. 5, 1944 after capitulation of Polish rebels. The Polish delegation is brought back to the Polish-occupied distr...

In face of starvation and a myriad of dangers to Warsaw civilians, the chiefs of the Polish resistance decided to capitulate, Oct. 5, 1944. Here, Poli...

Half-starved Polish citizens come out of their hiding places following the end of the Warsaw uprising Oct. 5, 1944. (AP Photo)

A Polish mother looks over notes on a bulletin board for news of the whereabouts of their missing children, Sept. 15, 1944. The family was separated d...

Polish civilians emerge from hiding places tired and hungry following the Nazi invasion in Warsaw, Sept. 15, 1944. (AP Photo)

Long columns of Polish men and women moving through the streets of Warsaw en route to less destroyed areas, Sept. 15, 1944. They are being given refr...

A nine-year-old Polish dispatch messenger who was wounded is carried away to safety, Sept. 15, 1944, right after the collapse of the Polish revolt. (A...

This picture, smuggled out of Poland, is the first to show the Red Army and Polish underground army collaboration in Poland, Aug. 24, 1944. Colonel Fe...

The early stages of rehabilitation of the Dust Bowl is evident through the shelter belt project which has restored fertility to vast areas ruined by s...

Wounded Soviet prisoners captured in the fighting southwest of Kovel on their way to internment camp, June 1, 1944. They carry their wounded on self-m...

Photo shows operation of a combustion aircraft engine starter, which gets its power from a 12 gauge shotgun shell, is simulated here on this special t...

A 337mm cannon being fitted into a JU 87, one of Germany?s newest war lanes, May 19, 1944. The Germans say one of their airmen has destroyed 200 tanks...

Conn McCreary sits astride Pensive in the winner's circle in Louisville, May 6, 1945 after riding Owner Warren Wright?s Derby to victory in the riches...

Pensive, owned by Warren Wright of Chicago, crosses the finish line to win the richest Kentucky Derby in history at Louisville, Kentucky, May 6, 1944....

Actress Ingrid Bergman and David Selznick look as if they're enjoying themselves at the Mocambo in Hollywood, California, on March 29, 1944. (AP Photo...

Staff Sgt. Max Baer and his six year old son Max Junior, March 11, 1944, get a peek at Tiny Maudie Marion Baer born, March 8, 1944 at Sacramento, Cali...

A group of six Pestkas, Polish army women auxiliaries, call on first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House for tea, Feb. 24, 1944 in Washington an...

The wreckage of a cathedral fills the street in the center of the city of San Juan, Argentina, Jan. 15, 1944, following four earthquakes which devasta...

Poles celebrate Mass near Arlus, Poland, Jan. 1944. (AP Photo)

Captain Annie Fox, Army nurse since 1918 on Dec. 17, 1943 is the first woman to receive Purple Heart. (AP Photo)

Ed Koch in France in the Army, 1944. (AP Photo)

U.S. Marine Corps captain Jack Chevigny , former football coach at Notre Dame and the University of Texas was reported to have been killed on Februar...

It was the pinup in reverse at the Hollywood canteen when the glamour girls lined up to view pictures of service men plastered on the wall on Nov. 20,...

The corner of Jasna Street and Swietokrzyska Street where the American Consulate in Warsaw is located is shown, Sept. 9, 1943, during the siege of th...

Photo shows ??sI Can Manage..??? Winston Churchill junior is three years old; fiercely independent: likes talking to strangers, and has no shyness at...

Five thousand volunteer workers, including many film players, who have given their time providing entertainment for a million service men, during the...

Photo shows detailed map of Berlin, on August 23, 1943, pounded during the night of in a RAF Saturation raid in which 58 bombers were reported missing...

Girls of the Pestki--Polish Women?s Army--being interviewed by Ruth Cowan of the Associated Press, at their training center in Scotland on June 19, 19...

Count fleet with Jockey Johnny Longden up wears the wreath PF roses after winning the 69th running of the Kentucky Derby at Louisville, May 1, 1943. (...

Fireman Russell Bamkin and driver Ralph Walker are seen in the primitive driving cab of the 20002 in London, April 16, 1943. Note the spring balance...

Britain's oldest locomotive in regular service in London, the 20002, seen April 16, 1943, has played an important role through three wars. Built in 18...

Britain's oldest locomotive in active service, the 20002, is shown, April 15, 1943. Built in 1866, she is doing her bit in World War II hauling muniti...