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Herman C. Gauch Collection
Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, Herman Gauch was drafted and elected to serve in the Navy. This collection contains a 54 page text that narrates in detail his experiences from boot camp to his term as petty officer in charge of the main engine room aboard LST 506 to his separation from service in 1946.
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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: 159 SC
Date: 1943 - 1946
Collection Size: 1 ff
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