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41. Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald concentration camp
Date:
1945-04-17
Description:
Two photographs of "street scenes" in Buchenwald and a photograph of a Hitler effigy hung outside a camp building.

42. Letter of recommendation

Letter of recommendation
Date:
1943-04-06
Description:
Letter of recommendation for Lawrence Layden to attend Officer Candidate School from 2nd Lieutenant Richard M. Colegrove.

43. Letter of recommendation

Letter of recommendation
Date:
1943-04-06
Description:
Letter of recommendation for Lawrence Layden to attend Officer Candidate School from Major Marvin L. McAllister.

44. Letter of recommendation

Letter of recommendation
Date:
1943-04-06
Description:
Letter of recommendation for Lawrence Layden to attend Officer Candidate School from Captain Carl A. Peterson.

45. Versailles, France

Versailles, France
Date:
1944-09
Description:
Aerial photographs of the palace at Versailles. According to the caption, one of the pilots returning from a reconnaissance mission had some leftover film and took these images of the palace.

46. Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo

Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo
Date:
1944-05-19
Description:
Low altitude reconnaissance photograph taken by a P-38 Lightning of a Normandy beach on May 19, 1944. Photograph shows obstacles erected by the Germans.

47. Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo

Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo
Date:
1944
Description:
Low altitude reconnaissance photograph of a Normandy beach. Photograph shows German soldiers erecting obstacles and looking up towards the aircraft.

48. Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo

Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo
Date:
1944-04-25
Description:
Reconnaissance photograph of a Normandy beach showing a line of obstacles on the beach in the foreground with a Normandy landscape in the background.

49. Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo

Normandy, pre D-day reconnaissance photo
Date:
1944
Description:
Low altitude reconnaissance photograph of a Normandy beach. "Note the mines and other explosives strapped to some of the obstacles."

50. Reconnaissance based artillery adjustments, article

Reconnaissance based artillery adjustments, article
Date:
1944
Description:
Article from the Star-Telegram touting the success of air reconnaissance based artillery adjustments, "Arty/R". The 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group took part in this technique.

53. Concentration camps, map and table

Concentration camps, map and table
Date:
1995-04-03
Description:
Map of Nazi concentration camps and a graph listing the numbers who perished, taken from "U.S. News and World Report" April 3, 1995.

54. Cover

Cover
Date:
1941-1945
Description:
Cover of Lawrence Layden's self titled album documenting his wartime service

55. Leave, Salisbury, England

Leave, Salisbury, England
Date:
1943
Description:
Seven photographs depicting a day of leave in Salisbury, England, an overnight training bivouac and the cake at the "last" Officer's club party.

56. V-mail concerning graduation

V-mail concerning graduation
Date:
1943-10
Description:
V-mail letter and newspaper clipping (Louisville, Ky. "Courier-Journal") announcing the graduation of Lawrence Layden from officer candidate school.

59. Presentation of Awards, Membury

Presentation of Awards, Membury
Date:
1943
Description:
Photograph of Layden's squadron during a "Presentation of Awards" ceremony at Membury Air Base. Layden also describes in captions the unit's move to Middle Wallop Air Base in November and includes a map of southern England.

60. Personnel specialists, post V-E day

Personnel specialists, post V-E day
Date:
1945-05
Description:
Photograph of Lawrence Layden and his "personnel specialists." After V-E day, Layden transferred out of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group and was assigned to the IX Tactical Air Command and tasked with auditing and inspecting service records for the unit to facilitate troop transfers home and to the Pacific theater.