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[Portrait of Petty Officer James F. Leach]

Description: Portrait of Petty Officer James F. Leach in his uniform. The text on the bottom of the picture contains information about his rank, and a description of how he was killed and where: "P/O James F. Leach born March 30th, 1914 Co. Pilot C 47 Died in airplane crash on Isle of Corsica Jan. 23rd, 1945, Flying from Algiers to his home base in Florence, Italy."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Postcard with Charles Hawkes]

Description: Postcard with a copy of a photograph showing Charles Hawkes in Paris, France with the Eiffel Tower in the background. Hawkes is standing in his military uniform. A handwritten note on the back says "Charles Hawkes, 1944 or 5 - just after the war - my dad in Paris." The postcard is an advertisement for the book "To Talk of Many Things" by George Hawkes, from Charla Hawkes Price for Ebby Halliday Realtors. It also has a note saying "Honor our Veterans this Month, Take one to lunch!" and includes … more
Date: 2003~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Two Photographs]

Description: Two photographs taken in 1944. In the first photo, an M7 105mm Howitzer drives through a field at Camp Barkeley. In the bottom photo, a soldier stands outside Chateau Auffay in France, which was the first command post of the Division Artillery.
Date: 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Texas Grapes to the Rescue

Description: Cartoon discussing how T. V. Munson sent Texas grape vines roots to France to combat the root disease, phylloxera, and was awarded a "Legion of Honor" by the French government. The illustrations depict two people grafting grape roots and T. V. Munson accepting the Legion of Honor in a crowd of people.
Date: unknown
Creator: Reynolds, Patrick M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Postcard of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, November 15, 1946]

Description: Postcard of a photo of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris in France. The basilica is in Romanesque and Byzantine architectural styles and has a large central dome with a tower jutting out of it flanked by two smaller domes and towers. There are two central walkways leading up to the basilica, which appear to then join into one at a courtyard and a staircase leads to the entrance of the basilica. The walkways and staircases are surrounded by trees. A Parisian building can be seen in the d… more
Date: November 15, 1946
Creator: Kohn, Armand
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postal Card from Gabriel Verley to H. Kempner Cotton Company, September 24, 1944]

Description: Postal card from Gabriel Verley to his friends at H. Kempner Cotton Company expressing his happiness that Paris has been liberated from the Germans by American forces and thanking them for the help they have given them, especially to his son Marc Verley, who is a prisoner in Germany, and hoping that they may resume business soon.
Date: September 24, 1944
Creator: Verley, Gabriel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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