John Smith's army trunk contained many old photographs of his army life during
World War II. We would occasionally to into this trunk, look at the
pictures, and play around with his collection of wartime artifacts. Many
pictures were taken in 1945.
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John Smith on KP duty...news article showing that an Indian by the name of "Shot to Pieces" was wounded in Europe |
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There are a bunch of interesting things on this page...take a look |
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Letter of acceptance into OCS. Not shown is another letter where John Smith turned down OCS training earlier. |
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Graduation Program from OCS |
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Some archives found in the army scrapbook |
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Message sent in one of the "Care Packages" from home. |
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Captain John Smith with another Officer |
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Training Exercise using live ammo |
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Dining after a hard days work |
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Greetings Mr. Smith from Uncle Sam |
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This woman appears quite often in these scrapbooks...hmmm |
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Dad saved over $1500 while serving Uncle Sam |
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Checking on the foxhole position |
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Dad played on the army basketball team |
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Captain John Smith providing a few instructions |
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The commissioned and non-commissioned officers. Smith is in back (center) |
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