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Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. Collection
Edwin L. Dooley, Sr. served in the 726th Military Police (MP) Battalion and in Puerto Rico during World War II. The collection includes documents on Military Police history, newsletters from the 726th MP Battalion, memoirs by veterans of the 726th, an audio interview with a veteran, letters from veterans who served in Puerto Rico during World War II, copied documents from the internet and other publications on Puerto Rico, copies of 432 photographs of various subjects in Puerto Rico, field manuals, and books on Military Police and land warfare.
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Sometime in 1968, C. W. Bowman took care of a young Vietnamese boy. He picked him up off the streets in Saigon during the Tet offensive (January-September of 1968). The boy’s family had been killed and he was living on the street. Charles Bowman bought him a uniform and fed him at the Company area.
Scene along country road in northern France.
Factory under construction in northern France.
Wheat field in northern France. In the background, coal mine and huge slag heap.
Full coal cars in northern French coal mine.
Construction of exhibit barges and trailers for the mobile caravan exhibit prepared by the Visual Information Unit of the Information Division, ECA/OSR, Paris.
Scene along the road in northern France.
Construction of exhibit barges and trailers for the mobile caravan exhibit prepared by the Visual Information Unit of the Information Division, ECA/OSR, Paris.
Collection Number: 275 LL
Date: 1942 - 1945
Collection Size: 3.5 lf
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