[Soldiers Playing Live Music]

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Photograph of Leathernecks of Headquarters Squadron 24, Marine Aircraft Group 24 listen to music courtesy of Stephen Koenig, III (violin) and others while aboard ship somewhere in the South Pacific during 1943. Cpl. Koenig from Alvin, Texas was a field music stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara, California, with MAG-24 before deployment to the island of Bougainville. Three soldiers in the center of the frame hold an archtop acoustic guitar, a violin, and a mandolin. The soldier playing the violin is smoking a cigarette. The rest of the soldiers look toward the musicians.

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Creator: Unknown. 1943.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2019 and was provided by the Private Collection of the Koenig Family to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 14 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of Leathernecks of Headquarters Squadron 24, Marine Aircraft Group 24 listen to music courtesy of Stephen Koenig, III (violin) and others while aboard ship somewhere in the South Pacific during 1943. Cpl. Koenig from Alvin, Texas was a field music stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara, California, with MAG-24 before deployment to the island of Bougainville. Three soldiers in the center of the frame hold an archtop acoustic guitar, a violin, and a mandolin. The soldier playing the violin is smoking a cigarette. The rest of the soldiers look toward the musicians.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2019

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  • 1943

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[Soldiers Playing Live Music], photograph, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1352792/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of the Koenig Family.

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