Cecile Cowdery drew on the envelopes of letters to her husband during WW2: "After my first colorful envelope arrived, Ray let me know it had drawn a lot of attention from the other soldiers. From then on, I dared not let up! I drew those scenes to help him feel special. While other soldiers got “Dear John” letters, my man was assured daily by my sharing of remembered things from back home."
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Cecile Cowdery drew on the envelopes

Member of the W.A.A.F (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) shown with make up as an experiment by Reveille newspaper to see whether women in the forces should wear make up following criticism of a Red Cross nurse by a retired Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Fraser Home." 1941 - Gala Archive, LCF
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Member of the W.A.A.F

Part of the parade on D-Day ,Madison Square. 6 June 1944/Howard Hollem

Some of the signs read: “Hail D-day! V-Day!” “Hail! to our Army of Liberation!” “Back the invasion!”