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John F. Lawrence Collection
John F. Lawrence enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was stationed in Hawaii from 1944-45. In 1944 Lawrence was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal and the Marksman Medal. The collection contains correspondence, General Orders, maps, brochures, photographs, and newspapers.
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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.
Full coal cars in northern French coal mine.
Wheat field in northern France. In the background, coal mine and huge slag heap.
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: 298
Date: 1943-1945
Collection Size: 0.25 lf
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