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Paul M. Jones Collection
Jones was a Photographer’s Mate 2nd class (PhoM2/c) on the aircraft carrierUSS Intrepid during World War II. The Intrepid was commissioned in August 1943 and served in the South Pacific during the war. The collection contains photographs and negatives of the Intrepid and the Pacific Theater, photos of the photography shop and other scenes aboard ship, publications about theIntrepid, correspondence, Japanese currency, and newspaper articles.
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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: 283 LL
Date: 1943 - 1945
Collection Size: 1 lf
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