Rare 1945 NY Sunday News WWII Photo Lot 11pc Eisenhower Patton Doolittle (RT1018 For Sale

The New York Sunday Newsserved as the popular Sunday edition of the New York Daily News and was famously known for decades as "New York's Picture Newspaper". Below are dates of the pages that are included along with the pictures of the very famous leaders that led the war. These are not complete newspapers, but all of the pictures are intact as 4 page sheets, some have some extra advertisements and stories included.

June 3 & June 10, 1945: Post-VE Day homecomings and the initial troop pivot to the Pacific. McCampbell & Patton

June 24, 1945: Transition issue following the end of the Battle of Okinawa, charting the final theater strategies. Hodges

July 1 & July 8, 1945: Highly sought-after issues printed during the historic 17-day New York newspaper delivery strike. Old Glory & D.D.E.

July 22, 1945: Coverage during the critical Potsdam Conference. Bradley

August 5, 1945: The highly unique "Eve of the Atomic Age" issue. Printed the literal day before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Clark

August 19, 1945: PREMIUM POST-SURRENDER ISSUE. Features the iconic headline tracking the Japanese peace envoys traveling to Manila to meet General MacArthur. Doolittle

September 16, 1945: Detailed coverage tracking the formal surrender ceremonies. The Surrender

September 23, 1945: Early postwar occupation coverage, chronicling the first waves of demobilization and the rebuilding of a peaceful Pacific. Eisenhower

October 7, 1945: Celebrating the early waves of American GIs returning home. Spaatz

Bonus: Also included in the August 19th, 1945 paper were 4 pictures of Major General, Williams, Kepner, McAuliffe and Quesada. Their picturs were a quarter page size.