Photo of Macon County, IL. Draftees Standing on Courthouse Steps.

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Title

Subject

WWII
World War II
Draftees
Decatur, IL.

Description

Herald and Review Library: Photo of Macon County, IL. Draftees; Article on back of photo: "These men have been sent to an induction center by Decatur draft board No. 1 for final physical examination and possible acceptance into the armed forces. Left to right they are: First Row: Jesse Maynard Tucker, Merle Varvil, Ray O. Wood, Robert L. Jennings, W. F. Jeschawitz, Jr. Jerry Alexander, Edward F. Burchard, Elda Johnson, Ralph Kochendorfer, Johny Born, Raymond Sam Fair; Second Row: Stanford S. McMillan, Harry Berle Barger, George Etchison, E. E. Ailts, Eddie Anderson, Billy M. Miller, Melvin Mize, Arthur Rou Hunter, Lloyd B. Jones, Jack A. Luster; Third Row: Rex Shirley, Orville Hendrickson, Franklin Wait, Paul 'Woodie' Wood, Leo Hoover, Orville D. Butt, Lynn Harper, Stan Beall, Elza Butler, Clifford W. Snelson, LeRoy P. Conn; Fourth Row: Russell Jiles, Cecil Wilson, Harold W. Rentfro, Melvin W. Parr, Charles A. Richards, William A. Gillen, Bert Swafford, Jr., Hugh Cochran, Louis D. Bailey, Harold W. Munson; Fifth Row: Charles E. Pryor, Leonard D. Screeton, John Rewerts, Raymond D. Foster, Roger H. Utley, Harry C. Cahall, Herman L. Goldberg, Harold R. Blackford, Arthur P. Costell, Wilbur Kenneth Rau; Sixth Row: Maury White, H. C. Ellis, Vernon Leroy Greer, Jay Howard, Clark E. Blair, Samuel Burdine, Jr., Morris E. Wicoff, Jack Howell, Otto John Schollenbruch, Guy L. Ames; Seventh Row: Robert W. Spera, Ivan W. Mulvey, Kenneth S. Pace, Robert W. Jordan, John B. Pritchett, Robert C. Bradley, Donald Storm, Harry Hazelrigg, William F. Sommer; Eighth Row: Lowell Adkins, Wilson Wayne Rucker, Robert V. Talley, Jack Gerald Brown, Roy Howard, Henry L. Eifert."

Creator

Herald and Review

Source

Decatur, IL.

Publisher

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

Date

6/10/1943

Contributor

Decatur Herald and Review

Rights

The Decatur Public Library owns and maintains all copyright on materials featured on omeka.decaturlibrary.org. These materials cannot be used without prior consent. Please contact the Local History Room at the Decatur Public Library for more information.

Relation

unknown

Format

.jpg
600 dpi

Language

English

Type

photograph

Identifier

AF934

Coverage

World War II

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

photograph

Physical Dimensions

8 x 12"

Files

Tags

A, A. Hunter, B. Miller, B. Swafford Jr., C. Pryor, C. Richards, C. Snelson, Costelli, D. Storm, Decatur IL., Draftees, E. Ailts, E. Anderson, E. Blair, E. Burchard, E. Butler, E. Johnson, F. Wait, G. Ames, G. Etchison, H. Barger, H. Blackford, H. Cahall, H. Cochran, H. Eifert, H. Ellis, H. Goldberg, H. Hazelrigg, H. Munson, H. Rentfro, I. Mulvey, J. Alexander, J. Born, J. Brown, J. Clark, J. Howell, J. Luster, J. Pritchett, J. Rewerts, J. Tucker, K. Pace, L. Adkins, L. Bailey, L. Conn, L. Harper, L. Hoover, L. Jones, L. Screeton, M. Mize, M. Parr, M. Varvil, M. White, M. Wicoff, Macon County IL., O. Butt, O. Hendrickson, O. Schollenbruch, P. Wood, R. Bradley, R. Fair, R. Foster, R. Howard, R. Jennings, R. Jiles C. Wilson, R. Jordan, R. Kochendorfer, R. Shirey, R. Spera, R. Talley, R. Utley, R. Wood, S. Beall, S. Burdine Jr., S. McMillan, V. Greer, W. Gillen, W. Jeschawitz Jr., W. Rau, W. Rucker, W. Sommer, World War II, WWII

Collection

Decatur During World War II

Citation

Herald and Review, “Photo of Macon County, IL. Draftees Standing on Courthouse Steps.,” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed December 21, 2024, http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/1913.