Selections from "Selected Chaff: The wartime columns of Al McIntosh."

Al McIntosh column on a local boy who is missing in action. June 10, 1943.

Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota

Rock County Star Herald, September 10, 1942. Headline reads: "Palace-Pix In Theatre Bond Drive"? "Free Ticket to Movie On Sept. 24 Given With Bond Purchases"?

Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota

Bill Mauldin worked for Stars and Stripes during the war. His cartoons were viewed by GIs serving in Europe.

Source: Copyright 1945 by Bill Mauldin. Displayed courtesy of the William Mauldin Estate.

Mobile Register headline: "American Fighters Re-Invade Philippines as MacArthur Makes Good Vow to Return," October 20, 1944. "Promise to return is kept" General Douglas MacArthur, "Invasion Armada Is Greatest in History."

Source: Mobile Press-Register

The Rock County Star Herald reports on the death of Pfc. Herman Smook in Normandy, August 10, 1944

Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota

Front page of the Mobile Register, January 15, 1942: "U-Boat Torpedoes Tanker Off Long Island. 22 survivors of sea attack accounted for."? Headline of Sid Phillips' father as well, "Phillips named principal of mobile's murphy high; assure term to mid-april."?

Source: Mobile Press-Register

An Al McIntosh column in Luverne's Rock County Star Herald begins: "A lad who was one of the 'living dead' has returned to his home--very much alive and bubbling over with high spirits. To look at Sgt. Frank Lane. . . "Headline of nearby article reads, "Sgt. Frank Lane Made . . .

Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota

The Rock County Star Herald reports on the success of a local milkweed floss drive. November 2, 1944.

Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota

The Rock County Star Herald Extra on May 7, 1945, reads, "Nazis Quit."? "Germany surrenders to the allies Unconditionally."? This is the VE Day announcement.

Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota

Listing of casualties printed in The Sacramento Bee on December 13, 1944.

Source: The Sacramento Bee

News of the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima as reported by The Sacramento Bee on August 8, 1945. The headline reads: "Russians Declare War against Japanese; Atomic Bomb destorys most of Hiroshima."?

Source: The Sacramento Bee

The front page of the Sacramento Bee on May 7, 1942 reads: "All Japanese must get out of Sacramento, 4th Army Issues evacuation orders for 8,600 persons in this district."?

Source: The Sacramento Bee

A December 19, 1944 Sacramento Bee headline reads: "Germans Slash 20 Miles Into Belgium; Yanks Cross Roer."

Source: The Sacramento Bee

A Sacramento Bee headline announces German surrender, May 7, 1945.

Source: The Sacramento Bee

A Sacramento Bee headline on August 15, 1945 reads: "Japanese War Ends."? "M'Arthur is to rule, accept capitulation."?

Source: The Sacramento Bee

Samples from the columns of journalist Ernie Pyle

Source: National Archives

The headlines for May 9, 1945 in the Mobile Register: "Guns silenced as surrender is confirmed; Lights go on as climax to city's V-Day."

Source: Mobile Press-Register

An extra from the Waterbury American reports the news that the war has ended. August 14, 1945.

Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut

The Waterbury Republican reports that ships have been sunk off the East Coast, January 20, 1942.

Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut