AP Historical Hard Drive 2008

After his ship had been sunk in a Japanese bombing of Port Darwin, Australia a survivor aboard a rescue vessel enjoys a cup of coffee and a cigarette,...

Japanese bombers which raided Port Darwin, Australia destroyed the two ships, seen June 13, 1942. The ship blazing at the left is a British freighter...

The crew of a Stirling bomber lines up on an English field for the Australian skipper to emerge after safe return from the 1,000-plane raid on Cologne...

Vice admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, commander of the British seems a wee bit perplexed here as he narrows his eyes and scratches his head during a pr...

The Rudder of a wrecked Japanese bomber shot down by allied fighters in an air battle over Burma, on June 5, 1942. (AP Photo)

Some of Britain's Land Army girls help to fell trees, somewhere in England, June, 1, 1942. (AP Photo)

A. U.S. cameraman with American forces in Australia inspects a deep crater and a shattered house near Port Darwin, May 15, 1942, blasted by the Japane...

This is the damage to a dock shown at Port Darwin in northern Australia, done by a Japanese raid, shown May 13, 1942. (AP Photo)

Mary Hay, one of Britain's Land Army girls, guides her horse team as she harrows a field on a farm in Hertfordshire, England, April 23, 1942. (AP Phot...

Dorothy Holroyd, one of Britain's Land Army girls, helps to peel the bark off trees that have been felled, somewhere in England, April 12, 1942. (AP P...

Kathleen Tryman, left, and her sister Lilian Tryman, two of Britain's Land Army girls, saw logs, somewhere in England, April 12, 1942. (AP Photo)

Here are scenes in Rangoon, Burma, on Feb. 25, 1942, port of entry to the Burma road supply line to China, showing destruction of property and bereave...

Miss Mirta Batista, daughter of Cuba's President Fulgencio Batista, chats with Sumner Welles, U.S. Undersecretary of State, at a dinner tendered Welle...

Burmese natives walk past some of the damage done to buildings in Rangoon, Burma on Feb. 7, 1942 following an air-raid by Japanese bombers. Enemy atta...

The Hon. U Saw, premier of Burma seized by the British on charges of aiding the Japanese, smiling as he left the India office in London, on Jan. 18, 1...

Shah Muhammed Reza Pahlevi, his wife, Queen Fawzia and the little Princess Shahnaz in the Grounds of their Palace near Teheran, Iran, in 1942. (AP Pho...

President Fulgencio Batista signs a declaration of war against Japan that passed the Cuban House and Senate unanimously and thus cast his little natio...

Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, left, is shown with Nelson Rockefeller, 1942, location unknown. (AP Photo)

Ben F. Meyer is shown interviewing Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, 1942. At far left is Jose Arroyo Maldonado. No other info available. (AP Photo...

Xavier Cugat, left, receives a medal from Ruben Batista, 8-year-old son of the president of Cuba, and Dr. Aurelio F. Concheso, Cuban Ambassador to the...

Leiut. Ernest Blake (left), aide to admiral husband Kimmel, commander-in-chief of the United States fleet, greets Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten, comman...

Armed sentries watch these Polish prisoners of war in this barbed-wire fenced camp somewhere in Poland, to prevent any attempt at escape, Sept. 1939....

Some of Britain's Land Army girls, hoe between the rows of onions on a farm, somewhere in England, Sept. 1, 1942. (AP Photo)

Residents of the city of Lwow, Poland, look for valuables among the ruins after Russian evacuation of the section and German entrance, July 26, 1941,...

Some of Britain's Land Army girls, preparing bundles of straw ready for thatching roofs, somewhere in England, July 2, 1941. (AP Photo)

Inhabitants of Lwow on July 2, 1941, Soviet occupied former Poland wave at a passing truckload of German solders as Nazi; troops took over the city....

Inhabitants of Lwow on July 2, 1941, Soviet occupied former Poland wave at a passing truckload of German solders as Nazi; troops took over the city....

This is a general view of the ceremony at Cuban President Fulgencio Batista's office in Havana, June 13, 1941, showing the table where documents were...

One of Britain's Land Army girls, guides her horse team as she harrows a field on a farm, near Hughenden, England, April 30, 1941. (AP Photo)

Image shows the clock tower, one of the buildings and yard of the Ordensburg Sonthofen, south Bavaria, Germany, February 24, 1941. The Ordensburg Sont...

Mirta Batista, left, elder daughter of President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba, watches as a nurse bathes Mirtha's little sister, Elisa, , Feb. 19, 1941....

George Messersmith, American ambassador to Cuba, and Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, shown Feb. 5, 1941, location unknown. (AP Photo)

Jews line up in front of a well in the ghetto at Lublin, where they have drawn their water for decades, shown Feb. 1, 1941. (AP Photo)

A downtown building is decked out in bunting and pictures of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice Pres. Elect Henry A. Wallace in preparation for the...

A street in Lublin, Poland is shown after a bomb attack by the Nazis, Dec. 20, 1940. (AP Photo/Al Steinkopf)

The body of Abe

A detachment of the SS Blackshirts march past the General Governor Dr. Walter Frank and his guests of honor during the review of German troops in Krak...

Fulgencio Batista, third from right, takes the oath as president of Cuba in Havana, Oct. 10, 1940, in front of the envoys of 34 foreign countries incl...

On the Anniversary of the victory parade in Warsaw, on Oct. 6, 1940, German/ infantry units marched pasted field Marshal Wilhelm list (saluting with B...

Bomb-wrecked a Victoria Hotel in Lublin was the last seat of the Polish government before executives fled to Rumania during the German invasion, Dec....

German soldiers march in formation of fours carrying the 430-year-old flags, which the German Order of Knights lost in the battle of Tannenberg July 1...

Col. Fulgencio Batista, right, presidential candidate of Cuba, and former President Mario G. Menocal, left, are shown together in Havana, March 19, 19...

View of the port area at Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 8, 1940. (AP Photo)

George Herman Ruth, better known to the public as Babe, celebrated his 46th birthday on Feb. 7, 1940, and here he is in his New York apartment holding...

From left, Abe

Germany took over polish postal service. A German post office on Feb. 1, 1940 at Hrubieszow on the German-Russian demarcation line. (AP Photo)

German authorities in the German part of former Poland Established Labor Offices in all larger cities of he country. All available hands are wanted to...

Workers are pictured clearing the damage in the Buergerbraeu Cellar, Munich, Germany, November 9, 1939 after a terrorist's bomb attack yesterday eveni...

On the occasion of the reunion of Danzig with the Reich, Grand Admiral Dr. H.C. Erich Raeder, right, made a surprise visit to Danzig, Nov. 9, 1939. Ph...

Photo shows German police detachments standing before the rules of the Warsaw main station, on Oct. 29, 1939, which burned down some months before the...