AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appearing briefly on the South Portico of the White House on April 10, 1939 cheering children holding their annual...

Boarding the president's special train as it arrived in Washington on April 10, 1939 from Warm Springs, Ga., Secretary of State Cordell Hull conferred...

The Polish post office at Danzig is shown, April 9, 1939. The building had been the last stronghold of the Poles at Danzig after the occupation by Ger...

This is a view of the huge parade on the Wenzels Square in Praha, April 5, 1939 which was the climax of ceremonies when the Reich's protector of Bohem...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated next to Harry Hopkins, recently appointed Secretary of Commerce, is shown in Warm Springs, Ga., on April. 4, 1...

Peasants from Ruthenia, Carpatho-Ukraine, arrived in Ungvar, capital of Carpatho-Ukraine, where they had fled from the irregular bands which were infe...

Hungarian officers at the Polish border in the Carpathians during a snowstorm, give three cheers for Poland, March 17, 1939. (AP Photo)

President Franklin D.Roosevelt is shown at the wheel of his automobile before the new medical center which he dedicated at Warm Springs, Ga., April 1...

Leaving his special train at Chehaw, Ala., President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a three-hour motor tour of east Alabama education centers before cont...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was in high spirits during his visit to Tuskegee Institute, famous Black College at Tuskegee, Ala., on March 30, 1939...

Sitch guardsmen lie dead near a cornfield near Chust, Carpatho-Ukraine, March 16, 1939, after they died in a snipe attack with Hungarian troops. (AP P...

Disarmed Czech officers and men walk through the Romanian frontier town of Sightet to the quarters provided by the Romanian government. The officers...

German infantry march during a big parade which took place on the Wenzels Square in Praha, Czech Republic, March 19, 1939 on the day of Germany's arme...

Right-hand driving in German was placarded over the Czech signs in the town of Iglau - the so called

A field kitchen of the national socialistic welfare organization NSV, distributing food to the population in Iglau, Czechoslovakia, March 19, 1939. (A...

Restaurant operator Fred Horak of Somerville, Mass. put this sign on the window of his lunch room, shown March 18, 1939. Horak is a native of Prague,...

This Prague newspaper, A-Zet, had its publication suspended for three days, March 17, 1939 because Chancellor Hitler didn't like this picture the phot...

German tanks are seen passing the former border point Pohrlitz, with a national socialists' fag on a pole, Czech Republic, March 17, 1939. German nati...

Hungarian soldiers plant their nation's flag on their new frontier which they established with Poland by the occupation of Carpatho-Ukraine, March 17,...

Hungarian officers on reaching the Polish frontier in the Carpathians during a snowstorm, give three cheers for Poland, March 17, 1939. (AP Photo)

Bodies of Sitch guards who died in a fierce, brief battle with Hungarian troops in a field outside Chust, the capital of what was formerly Carpatho-Uk...

Dealers had a thriving business with the swastika flag in Bruenn Moravia, Czechoslovakia, March 16, 1939, when German troops entered the town and Hitl...

After a cool reception in Prague, German troops sent into Czechoslovakia to occupy the territory over which the Reich had spread its protectorate, wer...

A column of German motorized infantry enter the city of Praha, March 16, 1939. (AP Photo)

German troops were jubilantly greeted when they marched into the Slovakian town of Brno, March 16, 1939. (AP Photo)

A Hungarian soldier wipes blood from his bayonet after fighting Sitch guards, after the invaders had slain 180 of them in a field outside Chust, March...

These are typical Sitch guardsmen, some of a ragged army which put up a bitter but vain battle against Hungarian invaders,March 16, 1939. At left is...

There were jubilant scenes at the Polish Ruthenian frontier station of Klimeo when the first detachment of Hungarian troops arrived after their advanc...

Some of the 180 dead Karpatho-Ukraine free corps troopers of the organization Sitch, killed by artillery, machine guns and bayonets during the battle...

Advancing by trucks and motorcycles, the German army moved rapidly across Czechoslovakia to occupy the strategic industrial town of Bruenn, Moravia, M...

Germans living in Prague, Czech Republic, cheer and greet with a Nazi salute, March 15, 1939, the rolling forces after they started occupying Czechosl...

Two German soldiers on a motorcycle with a sidecar, stop to ask two Czech police officers for directions, in Prague, Czech Republic, March 15, 1939 as...

Swastika flags welcoming Hitler's German national socialists hang from balcony reiling in Pressburg (Bratislava), Czech Republic, March 15, 1939, afte...

Germans living in Prague, Czech Republic, cheer and greet, March 15, 1939, the incoming German national socialits' forces after they started occupying...

Germans living in Prague, Czech Republic, cheer and greet, March 15, 1939, welcoming the incoming German national socialits' forces with a huge banner...

As the government of the new state of Slovakia took form in Bratislava under Dr. Joseph Tiso, the new Slovak premier, Hlinka guards (Slovak storm troo...

John F. Kennedy, son of Joseph P. Kennedy, the United States Ambassador to Great Britain, is shown making a phone call from his office in the American...

Two camp fire girls were present at the White House, Washington, D.C., on March 6, 1939 to give President Franklin D. Roosevelt a hand when he presse...

This was the scene in President Roosevelt's office, in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 1939 as Gen. Hugh Johnson (right) presented him with the American...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses Congress with the Supreme Court in front row, March 4, 1939. (AP Photo)

Accompanied by members of his family, President Franklin D. Roosevelt worshipped briefly at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. on March...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown addressing a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1939, on the 150th anniversary of that b...

President Franklin D.Roosevelt's emphasis on reaffirmation of the principles of liberty under democracy in his address to Congress brought expression...

General view taken from rear of Congress as President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint season on March 4, 1939 in Washington. (AP Photo)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown addressing a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1939, on the 150th anniversary of that b...

Congress, on its 150th birthday on March 4, 1939 in Washington sat in joint session to hear an address by President Franklin D.Roosevelt. The pr...

Polish and Romanian diplomats are shown in Warsaw, Poland, March 4, 1939 in animated discussion over the proposed taking over of Carpatho-Ukraine by H...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown addressing a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1939, on the 150th anniversary of that b...

As President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress in Washington on March 4, 1939 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of t...

Tanned after two weeks at sea, viewing the naval war games, President Franklin D. Roosevelt seemed happy and looked healthy as he returned to the main...