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Photo of 2nd Lt. Roland Short in flight uniform with name and serial number
Herald and Review Library: Short, 2nd Lt. Roland; Article on back of photo; "Roland Short, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland H. Short, 2752 East Wallace street, has been awarded sliver bombardier wings and commissioned a second lieutenant at Deming army air…
Tags: AAF, Army Air Corps, Bombardier, Decatur IL., World War II, WWII
Photo of Pvt. Dick Shelley in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Shelley, Pvt. Dick; Article on back of photo; "Shelley in Marines, Pvt. Dick Shelley, son of Mrs. Ethel L. Shelley of 906 West Kin street, spent a 48-hour leave here last weekend from the marine college training detachment…
Tags: Decatur IL., Marine Corps, World War II, WWII
Photo of Sgt. John Shaw in uniform, arm on stair railing, building in background
Herald and Review Library: Shaw, John; Article on back of photo; "John Shaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lauren Shaw, 155 Glencoe avenue, is Macon's county's only representative at the Citizens Military Training camp at Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis.…
Photo of Major Dale Shaffer in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Shaffer, Major Dale L.; Article on back of photo; "Dale L. Shaffer, 23-year old Eighth Army pilot who has made 23 bombing raids over Europe, was recently promoted to the rank of major and is now base operations officer at…
Tags: AAF, Air Medal, Army Air Corps, Decatur IL., Silver Star, World War II, WWII
Photo of Pvt. Dale E. Shafer in uniform standing in front of a tree
Herald and Review Library: Shafer, Pvt. Dale E., Article on back of photo; "Shafer on Furlough; Pvt. Dale E. Shafer, son of Mrs. Charles Shafer, rural route 6, is home on a 10-day furlough from Indianatown Gap, Pa., visiting his mother and wife the…
Tags: Army, Decatur IL., World War II, WWII
Photo of John P. Senkint in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Senkint, John P., Article on back of photo; "John P. Senkint, motor machinist's mate first class of the U. S. Navy, has just returned from the African battle front where he participated as a member of the troop ship crew in…
Tags: Decatur IL., Fedala French Morocco, Navy, World War II, WWII
Photo of Lt. W. W. Sellers in uniform standing in front of a tree
Herald and Review Library: Seller, Lt. W. W.; Article on back of photo; "Lt. W. W. Sellers, whose wife, the former Doris Gandy, son and mother live at 1499 West forest avenue, has served as assistant gunnery officer on the U.S.S. Breese, a…
Photo of Lt. (J.G.) William T. Schwenk in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Schwenk, Lt. J.G. William T.; Article on back of photo; "Schwenk in Navy, Lieut. (J.G.) William T. Schwenk, formerly of 1080 West Marietta street, has been commissioned a lieutenant in the navy and is stationed at the…
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."
Tags: Army, Decatur IL., World War II, WWII
Photo of Tech. Sgt. Eugene Schwartz in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Schwartz, Tech. Sgt. Eugene; Article on back of photo; "By James R. Scott of the Herald-Review Staff; Veteran of 25 bombing raids over t he North European theater, Tech. Sgt. Eugene Schwartz of Bethany believes that only an…