The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Correspondence, censored envelopes, and press clippings document S/Sgt. John J. Margaroli Jr. of Auburn, California, a B-24 Liberator ball turret gunner who flew with the Fifteenth Air Force from Italy. Accounts of combat missions, rest leave at Capri, bomb fuse pins sent home as souvenirs, and a uniformed 1944 portrait give a crewman's own voice to the strategic air war.
Handwritten Letter from 'Johnny' Discussing Pay and a Craps Game, 1944 (Margaroli Belly Gunner Collection)
Censored WWII Mail Envelope – S/Sgt. John J. Margaroli, 778th Bomb Sqd., 464th Bomb Group, February 1945
Handwritten Letter Home, February 17, 1944
Handwritten WWII Letter from B-24 Liberator Crewman Describing Combat Missions and Rest Leave, 1944 (Margaroli Correspondence)
Handwritten Letter Describing B-24 Combat Mission Photography and Oil Refinery Raid, 1944 Margaroli Correspondence
Handwritten WWII Letter, B-24 Belly Gunner Margaroli Collection, 1944
Handwritten Wartime Letter Describing Air Medal Ceremony, 1944 (Page 3)
WWII Censored Mail Envelope, Cpl. John J. Margaroli, 778th Squadron, 464th Bombardment Group
Handwritten WWII Letter from 15th Air Force Airman in Italy, Dated Friday, October 20, 1944
Handwritten Letter Page from a WWII B-24 Belly Gunner, 1944
Handwritten Wartime Letter, WWII Airman (Margaroli) to Family, December 1944
Handwritten Letter Closing with APO Address, ASN 39119645, 778th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bombardment Group (H), 1944
Blank Verso/Reverse Sheet, Margaroli Belly Gunner Collection, 1944
Newspaper Clipping, 'Missing' List of Servicemen, European Theater, World War II
Newspaper Clipping: 'Promoted' - S/Sgt. John J. Margaroli Jr., B-24 Ball Turret Gunner, 15th Air Force, Italy
Newspaper Clipping: '15th AAF Follows Assault On Berlin With Prague Raid,' March 1945
Stars and Stripes Newspaper Clipping: '15th Gives Strong Aid To Soviets' (March 1945)
Newspaper Clipping: "15th AAF Supports Soviets In Hungary" (1944)
Portrait of Airman Margaroli, B-24 Belly Gunner, 1944
Handwritten Wartime Letter from Italy, Attributed to B-24 Belly Gunner Margaroli, 1944
Handwritten WWII Airmail Letter Referencing Italy, Easter, and Home (Margaroli Collection)
Handwritten Letter Page Referencing Hometown Newspaper Clippings - WWII Margaroli Correspondence
Handwritten Wartime Letter from "Johnny" Referencing Bari, Italy and Bombing Raids, WWII Era
WWII Newspaper Clipping: 15th Air Force Downs 13 German Jet Fighters Over Czechoslovakia (Margaroli Scrapbook Collection)
WWII Airmail Envelope from a Staff Sergeant, 778th Bombardment Squadron, 464th Bombardment Group, to the Margeaux Family, Sacramento, California
B-24 Liberator Bomber Crew Group Portrait, 1944, WWII Army Air Forces
USAAF General Presenting Award to B-24 Belly Gunner Sergeant, 1944
V-E Day Letter Home from B-24 Belly Gunner Margaroli, Italy, 5/8/45
Handwritten Personal Letter, WWII Airman (Margaroli Correspondence), 1944
Handwritten Letter Home from WWII Serviceman, 1944 (Margaroli Correspondence)
Handwritten WWII Letter, Page 2, Discussing D.F.C. Medal Award and Homefront News (Margaroli Collection, 1944)
Handwritten Letter, Page 3, Describing a Medal Ceremony — 1944 Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection
Handwritten WWII Letter Discussing Loss and Return Home — 1944 Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection
Two Airmen with Military Trucks, 1944, WWII B-24 Bomb Group Collection
Handwritten WWII-Era Letter Home Discussing Hospitalization and Recovery
Handwritten Wartime Letter, 1944 - Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection
Handwritten Wartime Letter Home, Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection, 1944
Handwritten Letter Page, Cpl. John J. Margaroli, 464th Bomb Group, WWII
Handwritten Letter, Page 3 - WWII Airman 'Johnny' Describing Bomb Fuse Safety Pins Sent Home (Margaroli Collection, 1944)
WWII Envelope, Cpl. John J. Margaroli, Chatham Field, Georgia, Postmarked June 16, 1944
Handwritten Letter Home from Chatham Field, Georgia -- B-24 Aircrew Trainee, 1944
Handwritten Wartime Letter Describing B-24 Belly Gunner Training, 1944
Handwritten Letter, Page 2 -- WWII Airman Describes High-Altitude Training, Margaroli Belly Gunner Collection, 1944
Handwritten Letter from WWII Airman (Margaroli Collection), Describing Plane Crash and Barracks Life, 1944
Handwritten Letter Home, Page 3, 1944 Margaroli Belly Gunner Correspondence
Handwritten WWII Personal Letter Discussing B-29 Superfortress Bombing Campaign
Handwritten Letter, Page 2 -- Wartime Correspondence Referencing Savannah, Georgia and California Shipyards
Torn Wartime Envelope Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Margaroli, Auburn, California, 1944
Handwritten Letter Home from Army Technical School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 27 May 1943
