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Post World War II rodeo, the first held in the far east. The photograph shows a white horse with "cowboy" rider. The horse is identified on the back as "Togo's horse". It could possibly be Hideki Tojo's horse, the Japanese Minister of War, who owned and rode a beautiful white horse.

38881. International Allied Armistice Day Rodeo, Meiji Staduim, Tokyo, Occupied Japan

Postcard photograph of the Hotel Howard half submerged in flood waters and several rowboats being used to navigate through town during a major flood in St. Marys, West Virginia. See the original for the correspondence written on the back.

38882. Hotel Howard Under Water in Flooded St. Marys, W. Va.

Postcard photograph of West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, Randolph County, West Virginia.

38883. West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Ernie Pyle was an "embedded" reporter who wrote from the trenches, during world War II. His columns were popular because he focused on the GIs fighting the war. He was killed by Japanese machine gun fire on the island of Ie Shima, Okinawa.  The inscription on the memorial reads, " At This Spot The 77th Division Lost A Buddy, Ernie Pyle, 18 April 1945".

38884. Memorial for World War II Correspondent Ernie Pyle, Ie Shima Island, Okinawa, Japan

Cecil Teets' outfit, U. S. Army Air Force. Men in the photograph are not identified.

38885. 443rd Fighter Squadron in Pacific Theater During World War II

The unidentified men shown here relaxing, were part of Cecil Teets' outfit which served in the Pacific Theater.

38886. Men in 443rd Fighter Squadron, United States Army Air Force During World War II

Unidentified members of Cecil Teets' outfit which served in the Pacific Theater.

38887. Men of 443rd Fighter Squadron, United States Army Air Force During World War II

A C-46 Transport Aircraft sits on a runway somewhere in the Pacific during World War II.

38888. C - 46 Transport Aircraft of United States Army Air Force During World War II

This photograph was taken from another aircraft flying in the same formation, note the open window/vent on the right.

38889. C-46 Transport Aircrafts in Flight During World War II

A-26 Invader Attack Bombers flying in a tight formation somewhere in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

38890. Douglas A-26 Invader Attack Bombers in Flight During World War II

Postcard photograph of an elevated view of New Martinsville, West Virginia from over the Ohio River, in the Ohio hills.

38891. View of New Martinsville, Wetzel County, W. Va.

A. B. Fleming served as governor of West Virginia from 1890 to 1893.

38892. Governor and Mrs. Aretas Brooks Fleming of West Virginia