The Stars and Stripes declares the death of Hitler on May 2, 1945 and heralds the capture of Munich by the U.S. Seventh Army.


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US wartime public information poster encouraging soldiers to the patriotic duty of using condoms to avoid acquiring sexually transmitted diseases that would, shall we say, impair their fighting qualities.  The consideration of avoiding babies does not appear to have been high in the order of priority ... Best regards, JR.

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Aircraft Fiat for all uses civil and military.  Slogan of an advertising Fiat to promote the CR 42. Note below the name S.A. FIAT the caption Aeronautica d'Italia, at that time the name of aeronautical branch of Fiat Group. Circa 1939