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Snapshot of German prisoners-of-war (POWs) at Siemens House in Nuremberg, Germany, at 4 P.M. on September 1945. Several U.S. Army soldiers are pictured as guards. Photograph taken while Arthur W. Matthews Jr. and Company A, 1258th Engineer Combat Battalion, were stationed in Nuremberg to repair buildings and homes for use by officials during the Nuremberg Trials (September 1945) [German spelling of city “Nürnberg” on back of photograph].
From Arthur W. Matthews Jr. Papers, WWII 78, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Photograph of the side panel honoring the 38th Engineer Regiment on the 1st Engineer Special Brigade, U.S. Army,
monument at Utah Beach in Normandy, France, marking the unit’s
sacrifices during the D-Day invasion of Europe in June 1944 (undated).
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
From William C. Cutts Papers, WWII 112, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
From William C. Cutts Papers, WWII 112, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Official U.S. Navy glass recognition training slide of a U.S. Army Air Forces Republic P-47N Thunderbolt fighter airplane, taken on November 20, 1944 (Slide No. M 4075) [Slide produced by: Three Dimension Company, Chicago, Illinois].
From U.S. Navy Recognition Training Slides, WWII 143, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
This foliated chappie was playing a WWII german in the grand finale of English Heritages "Festival of History"
Ron Paul supporter at a Filipino American Fairness Day rally in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
From the collection of Jessica Hartman Jaeger.
Scan of a 4x5 negative.
Five young ladies stand in front of a USO banner with two sailors looking on (negative 1.) The names written around the outside edge of the negative are: Betty Ferguson, Bernice Eastman, Elaine Tate, Marjorie Black, Lucille Bandarrae. Unidentified location, un-dated. This could be a Junior Hostess group rehearsing an act for a variety show in a USO Club (individual USO Clubs often had such in-house programming) or it could also possibly be a USO Camp Shows, Inc. unit on a Stateside tour. However, the type of USO banner seen in the background seems to have been used most often in the setting of the USO Club.
During the Second World War USO Clubs and services could be found in more than 3,000 communities in the Western Hemisphere, including: the 48 states of the continental U.S., the Hawaiian Islands, certain parts of Alaska, certain places in Canada, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, The Panama Canal Zone, various Caribbean Islands, and places on the Northeastern coast of South America, as well as the Guianas, and Brazil. The Hawaiian Islands had the greatest concentration of USO Clubs and services during WWII. Clubs not in the continental United States were under the jurisdiction of the USO Overseas Division. This specific Division of the USO operated only in those overseas territories that were assigned to it by the U.S. War Department. Prominent among these territories were the war bases leased from Great Britain, which extended from Newfoundland to the Atlantic coast of South America. All other territories were assigned to the Red Cross by the U.S. Military with the exception that USO Camp Shows, Inc. could operate anywhere throughout the world when requested by the U.S. War Department. The USO Overseas Division mirrored the same programs, standards, and organizational structure of its stateside counterpart.
Learn more:
www.ww2uso.org
From William C. Cutts Papers, WWII 112, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
men and women re-enact scenes and battles from the Second World War in full period costumes at Hop Farm in Paddock Wood Kent as part of the 29th War and Peace Show.
The event attracts military enthusiast from around the world along with Military vehicals, tanks, jeeps and an array of memorabilia from the period and is oneof the largest shows of its kind in the world.
Scans graciously provided by the PO of a large collection of color slides we obtained. Mr. Brishton was his father in law. These were reported to be taken in Italy during WWII.
Interesting to compare these men with the induction images at the start of the war - guessing that Army food has "stuck" and all of those skinny kids grew up in many emotional and physical ways during the war
Snapshot of Arthur W. Matthews Jr., wearing his U.S. Army uniform, standing on the dock next to a Liberty ship in the harbor of Antwerp, Belgium, about 1 P.M. on July 3, 1945. The ship was being prepared either to return American troops to the United States, or to shuttle supplies to the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) following the end of the war in Europe (July 3, 1945).
From Arthur W. Matthews Jr. Papers, WWII 78, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Official U.S. Navy glass recognition training slide of a British Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter airplane, taken on June 30, 1943 (Slide No. M 429) [Slide produced by: Three Dimension Company, Chicago, Illinois].
From U.S. Navy Recognition Training Slides, WWII 143, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
From William C. Cutts Papers, WWII 112, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
From William C. Cutts Papers, WWII 112, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
From William C. Cutts Papers, WWII 112, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot of an unidentified U.S. Army soldier sitting outside on a crate, peeling potatoes into a large pot for the mess hall staff at an unidentified Army camp in the United States around 1943 during World War II. Photograph taken while Everette H. Jones of Raleigh, NC, was stationed there [circa 1943].
From Everette H. Jones Papers, WWII 259, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.