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Snapshot of a young woman named Mary Jo leaning against the metal railing of a bridge over a river at an unidentified location around the time of World War II.Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., knew her, and collected this photograph while in her home town or while she was working as a hostess with the Charlotte Defense Recreation Committee in Charlotte, N.C. Photograph captioned in scrapbook on the page labeled “Memories of a Wonderful Sunday !!” [with a drawing of a bottle labeled “White Lightning Mountain Corn Distilleries”]: “Jo” [Mary Jo] (undated).
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot of German prisoners-of-war (POWs) being loaded into Arthur W. Matthews Jr.’s U.S. Army truck to take them back to the POW camp. Matthews Jr. is pictured wearing dark-colored sunglasses, walking alongside the trucks in the background. Photograph taken in the late afternoon in September 1945, while Matthews Jr. was stationed in in Nuremberg, Germany. He and Company A, 1258th Engineer Combat Battalion, were stationed in Nuremberg to repair buildings and homes for use by officials during the Nuremberg Trials, as well as assisting to transport POWs (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.
Modeling an authentic WWII WAC Uniform. More about my retro/historical photography: vintagereveries.com/series/carondelet-historical-society-...
Small high school portrait of a teenage girl named Marian, who was friends with Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., just before World War II. Caption on back of photograph reads: “To Jack. Love Marian” (undated).
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Modeling an authentic WWII WAC Uniform. More about my retro/historical photography: vintagereveries.com/series/carondelet-historical-society-...
WWII damage 17 months after the Battle for Manila.
Photographer: Robert Larimore Pendleton, 1890-1957
This image is from the original negative held in the collections at the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee USA.
Copyright: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
For reproductions please contact the AGSL: collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/#AGSL
Link to Philippine Island images in the AGSL collections: collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/search/collection/agsphoto/se...
A series of photos during and after WWII from my father in -law's photo albums.
My father in-law's military records after 1947 aren't all complete so I don't know what his actual MOS (Military Occupation Specialties) was.
A photo of my father in-law in a class room setting some where in West Germany. One of his duties was an instructor. Instruction in what? ..... my wife does not know. Again he didn't share a great deal of info.
Photo taken about ‘55.
Snapshot looking down a street of horribly bomb-damaged buildings and piles of rubble in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1945. German civilians are seen walking down the street (1945).
From Arthur W. Matthews Jr. Papers, WWII 78, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot from the top of a building looking out over houses towards a plume of smoke rising from a fire at Fort Bragg, N.C., during World War II. Photograph taken or collected by William L. Flournoy during his U.S. Army service [1942].
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Organised by HAGOK
(Haachtse Geschied - en Oudheidkundige Kring or Historic & Ancient Historical Organisation @ Haacht)
Invasion of German Infantery on anti tank canal during the invasion of Belgium in WWII
Snapshot of an unidentified woman sitting on a blanket on a rock outcrop, appearing to be reading a newspaper, somewhere outside in Burke County, N.C., around 1940. Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., collected this photograph while in her home town or while she was working as a hostess with the Charlotte Defense Recreation Committee in Charlotte, N.C. [circa June 1940] [Photograph printed by: The Photo Shop, Morganton, N.C.].
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
WWII vintage photograph taken from the deck of the USS Cepheus ( AKA-18), one of a handful of US Navy Attack Cargo Ships manned entirely by the United States Coast Guard. Very handsome photograph taken at sunrise in the Mediterranean, another convoy ship and a barrage balloon seen in the background.
Val dive-bomber being dismantled at the location it was abandoned during WWII on a jungle airstrip.
November 1968.
Photo via Diemert to Blake Smith collection.
Please no publication requests or re-posting to websites.
Small photograph of an unidentified young man, wearing a suit and hat, sitting outside in a folding chair on a lawn next to an unidentified house around the time of World War II. Caption written on the photograph reads: “This one is O.K.” Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., knew him, and collected this photograph while in her home town or while she was working as a hostess with the Charlotte Defense Recreation Committee in Charlotte, N.C. Photograph was not captioned in scrapbook (undated).
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
This Type 4 Ho-Ro was captured at Luzon and is the only example that remains in the world.
American Heritage Museum
Snapshot of a man named Stan, wearing a trench coat and hat, standing outside at an unidentified location on a sidewalk around the time of World War II. Photograph taken before he entered military service. Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., knew Burke, and collected this photograph while in her home town or while she was working as a hostess with the Charlotte Defense Recreation Committee in Charlotte, N.C. Photograph captioned in scrapbook: “Before the Army” (undated).
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot of two male and one female teenage Morganton High School band members, wearing their uniforms, posing with their arms around each other’s shoulders while standing outside on a sidewalk in a neighborhood in Morganton, N.C. Photograph taken between 1939 and 1941 just before World War II. Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., was in the band with all three, and took or collected this photograph while she was living in the town. Photograph captioned in scrapbook: “Who Was interested in Dorothy?” [circa 1940] [Photograph printed by: Sebren Photo Co., Morganton, N.C.].
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Contact print of a studio portrait of a young man named Granville Myers, wearing a suit and tie, sitting with a hand-painted backdrop of a log cabin behind him, taken between 1939 and 1941 just before World War II. Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., knew the boy, and collected this photograph while she was living in Morganton. Photograph captioned in scrapbook: “Granville Myers” [circa 1940].
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot looking down an eight-lane highway outside of Siemens House, where German prisoners-of-war (POWs) worked for construction, in Nuremberg, Germany, in September 1945. A group of U.S. Army trucks is seen on the side of the road, including one driven by Arthur W. Matthews Jr. He and Company A, 1258th Engineer Combat Battalion, were stationed in Nuremberg to repair buildings and homes for use by officials during the Nuremberg Trials, as well as assisting to transport POWs (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.
Snapshot of a young man named Granville Myers, sitting in a rocking chair on a porch outside against a brick house or building around the time of World War II. Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., knew him either from her home town or from her working as a hostess with the Charlotte Defense Recreation Committee in Charlotte, N.C. Photograph captioned in scrapbook: “Granville” (undated).
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Small snapshot of two U.S. army soldiers named Clint and “O[?],” posing together outside on a lawn at an unidentified location around the time of World War II. Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., took or collected this photograph while in her home town or while she was working as a hostess with the Charlotte Defense Recreation Committee in Charlotte, N.C. Photograph captioned in scrapbook: “Clint and O[?]” (undated).
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
From the collection of Jessica Hartman Jaeger.
Scan of a 4x5 negative.
Five young ladies stand in front of a USO banner with three sailors looking on (negative 2.) 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
Coffee or alcohol-stained snapshot of U.S. Army soldiers named Clint and Ernie [from Morganton, N.C.] posing outside on a lawn at an unidentified location during World War II. Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C., knew the soldiers, and collected this photograph while she was living in Morganton, or while she was working as a hostess with the Charlotte Defense Recreation Committee in Charlotte, N.C. Photograph captioned in scrapbook: “Clint and Ernie” (undated).
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Modeling an authentic WWII WAC Uniform. More about my retro/historical photography: vintagereveries.com/series/carondelet-historical-society-...
Contact print of a small photo booth portrait of U.S. Army soldier Hurshel E. Ward Jr. of Charlotte, NC, wearing his full uniform with garrison cap, posing with an outdoor villa or estate backdrop behind him. This photograph is believed to have been taken while he was serving in Hawaii in 1941 or 1942 during World War II [circa 1941-1942].
Hurshel E. Ward Jr. Papers, WWII 255, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
The Thunderbolt was the most famous of all the Republic aircraft in WWII. First flown on 6 May 1941, the P-47 was designed as a (then) large, high-performance fighter/bomber, utilizing the large Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine to give it excellent performance and a large load-carrying capability. The first deliveries of the P-47 took place in June 1942, when the US Army Air Corps began flying it in the European Theater.
Though it was an excellent airplane, several improvements were made as production continued, with each improvement adding power, maneuverability and range. As the war progressed, the Thunderbolt, or "Jug," as it was affectionately called, gained a reputation as a reliable and extremely tough airplane, able to take incredible amounts of damage and still return its pilot home safely. P-47s logged almost 2 million flight hours during the war, during which they were responsible for the destruction of over 7,000 enemy aircraft in the air and on the ground in the European Theater alone.
Later in the war, Jugs served as escort fighters for B-29 bombers in the Pacific. Mostly, though, they excelled in the ground-attack role, strafing and bombing their way across the battlefields of Europe. Early versions of the P-47 had "razorback" fuselages, but later models (beginning near the middle of the P-47D production run) featured a bubble canopy which gave the pilot increased rearward visibility.