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Geo. Willeman, a manager for the Library of Congress, gives a tour of the institution’s nitrate film vault in Culpeper. “It had been a dream for many people to get this thing back together,” Willeman said, referring to “On the Firing Line With the Germans.” Must credit: Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu

American’s WW I Documentary Uncovered

by Michael E. Ruane The Washington PostFebruary 11, 2017

When George Washington Pearcy was a POW at a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines, he wrote his diary on the backs of can labels and other discarded paper. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Ricky Carioti

Library of Congress Posts World War II POW Diaries

by Michael E. Ruane The Washington PostJanuary 13, 2017

Paul Gardullo, left, museum curator, and maritime archeologist Jaco Boshoff, right, unpack iron ballast bars recovered from a shipwrecked slave ship and destined for the African American museum. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Bill O'Leary.

Smithsonian Receives Wrecked Maritime Relics

by Michael E. Ruane The Washington PostJuly 16, 2016