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- Collection: Decatur During World War II
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Photo of Vernon Stogsdill in uniform holding camera aboard ship
Herald and Review Library: Stogsdill, Vernon; Article on back of photo; "Vernon Stogsdill, photographer's mate third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Stogsdill, Argenta, prepares to take a picture from the bridge of the support carrier, U. S.S. Savo…
Photo of Victor Lee Childers in Navy uniform
WWII - Herald and Review Library, Childers, Victor Lee, 10/5/1943. Received 7/18/1996.
Photo of Virgil Schwartz in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Schwartz, Virgil; Article on back of photo; "Virgil Schwartz, son of Mrs. Rhoda Schwartz of 408 East King Street, is home on a short furlough. He is stationed with the army at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo."
Photo of Virginia Caudill in U. S. Coast Guard uniform
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Caudill, Virginia, 12/19/1943. Article on the back of the photo: "An eyewitness account of the tragic wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in North Carolina early Thursday morning, was given here last night by…
Photo of Volunteers in Draft Army Leave Today For Year's Training
Photo of Volunteers in draft army leave today for year's training. Eight of these nine young men left for Peoria this morning for induction into the America's first peacemaker draft army. The ninth was an alternate selectee, who will be among the…
Photo of W. J. Chum in flight suit
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Chum, w. J. 5/20/1941. Received
Photo of Walter Clarke in aircraft
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Clarke, Lt. Walter, 10/9/1945. 1938 Millikin graduate. See clipping envelope.
Photo of Walter O. Gross in civilian clothes
Herald and Review Library: Gross, Walter O. Article on back of photo; "Sgt. Walter O. Gross, Walter O. Gross, 1061 North Jordan street, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant, according to word received from his base in the Southwest Pacific.…