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Photo of Seaman Vern Spaulding in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Spaulding, Seaman Vern; Article on back of photo; "Seaman Vern Spaulding; Mrs. Vern Spauding, 985 North College street, has received word that her husband, a seaman second class, is in the South Pacific. He was a salesman…
Tags: Decatur IL., Navy, South Pacific, World War II, WWII
Photo of Seaman 2nd Class Richard E. Foltz in Navy uniform
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Foltz, Richard E., 5/25/1943. Article on back of photo: "Foltz Returns: Richard E. Foltz, seaman second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Foltz, 1237 East Decatur street, has returned to Great Lakes Naval Training…
Tags: Decatur IL., Navy, World War II, WWII
Photo of Seaman 2nd Class Lawrence Lee in Navy Uniform.
Herald and Review Library: Photo of Seaman 2nd Class Lawrence Lee; Article on back of photo: "Lawrence Lee, seaman, second class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Lee, 1823 N. 35th St., Decatur, IL., is serving aboard the U.S. Fulton, a submarine…
Photo of Seaman 2nd Class Kenneth C. Ferguson in Navy uniform
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Ferguson, Kenneth C. , 11/30/1943. Article on back of photo: "At San Diego: Kenneth C. Ferguson, seaman 2nd class, who recently spent his furlough with his wife, Betty and daughter, Sharon Sue, of 643 E. Clay St., is…
Tags: Boilermaker, Decatur IL., Navy, World War II, WWII
Photo of Seaman 1st Class Wayne H. Easterling in Navy uniform
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Easterling, Wayne, 11/8/1943. Son of Mrs. Robert (Clara) Easterling, Brush College Rd. Article on back of photo: "With the colors: Rowan Survivor Back to Service: Seaman first class Wayne H. Easterling, survivor of…
Tags: Decatur IL, Destroyer Sunk, Navy, U.S.S. Rowan, World War II, WWII
Photo of Seaman 1st Class Esther Maude DeLong sitting with war loan poster in uniform
WWII - Herald and Review Library; DeLong, Esther Maude, 6/21/1945 unused. "Public Relations Office, U.s. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn 29, New York, Dewey 2-1012. Date: 18 June 1945. For immediate release. Esther Maude…
Tags: Decatur IL, SPAR, U. S. Coast Guard, World War II, WWII
Photo of Seaman 1st class Donald Knuth in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Knuth, Seaman 1st class Donald; Article on back of photo; "Donald Knuth, Home on furlough from the active duty on a U. S. destroyer in the Atlantic ocean. Donald Knuth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Knuth of 1352 East Olive…
Tags: Decatur IL., Destroyer, Navy, World War II, WWII
Photo of Seaman Elizabeth Freeman Drexler in uniform discussing her shoes with a U. S. Naval cobbler
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Drexler, Elizabeth Freeman/ 2/22/1944. Article on back of photo: Seaman Elizabeth Freeman Drexler, former auditor's clerk at the Caterpillar Military Engine Co., finds that she wears out shoes 'faster than I ever…
Tags: Decatur IL, Navy, WAVES, Women in Military, World War II, WWII
Photo of Schiff's Shoe Store
Photograph of the interior of Schiff's Shoe Store, clerks and customers preparing for the grand opening.
Photo of Sattley Malleable Iron Works Building
Photograph of Sattley Malleable Iron Works Building located at 665 N. Lowber St., Decatur, IL.