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This collection relates to U.S. Army Chaplain William Knight Thompson who served in New Guinea at Oro Bay and the Philippine Islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After active duty service, Thompson remained in the U.S. Army Reserves until his retirement with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1958. The collection includes photographs, documents, and ephemera. Many photographs include native peoples of New Guinea. Several unpublished photographs include actor Gary Cooper during his visit to Oro Bay, New Guinea in 1944.

The William L. Barwick Collection contains photographs of Broward County documenting 1926 and 1947 hurricanes. Also, the collection includes portraits and pictures of buildings, streets, and boats in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County locations.

William Leslie Eaton served aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Longshaw (DD-559) until its sinking on May 18, 1945. The collection includes reproductions of official documents surrounding the sinking of the U.S.S. Longshaw, along with several pictures of the sinking. It also contains materials related to the general naval war in the Pacific Theater, including information about the U.S.S. Mississippi's bombardment of Shuri Castle at Okinawa, carrier raids on Japan, and messages from admirals praising the Pacific Fleet.

This collection relates to William Maurice Sproul who served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force with the 18th Photo Intelligence Detachment, 14th Air Force in China during World War II. The collection includes letters written by Sproul, photographs, artifacts, documents, and military ephemera.

This collection relates to Lieutenant William Meriwether Furlow, Jr. who served with the U.S. Navy during World War II on the U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17) aircraft carrier in the Pacific Theater. The collection includes U.S. Navy uniform items which belonged to Furlow, Jr.