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A group of soldiers are trained in mountain climbing at Seneca Rocks during WWII.The back of the photo reads:"Some of Uncle Sam's soldiers will be able to vie with the best of the Swiss mountain climbers. A new phase of strenuous ground training for combat units really gives our fighting men something to sweat about. High up in West Virginia's mountains, men of the U.S. Army get a short tough course on how to overcome obstacles no matter how high. When the men complete the short period of training they're tops in their field. Under the best tutors and instructors in the art of scaling walls of sheer rock, they learn all there is to know about cliffs and mountains- except yodeling.PHOTO SHOWS: The going gets tougher and tougher the higher they get. Here a group of soldiers leave the thicket to begin the hard climb over sheer rock to reach the peak of Seneca Rock."

1. U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.

IDNO:
053541
Title:
U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.
Date:
1943/08/23
Description:
A group of soldiers are trained in mountain climbing at Seneca Rocks during WWII.The back of the photo reads:"Some of Uncle Sam's soldiers will be able to vie with the best of the Swiss mountain climbers. A new phase of strenuous ground training for combat units really gives our fighting men something to sweat about. High up in West Virginia's mountains, men of the U.S. Army get a short tough course on how to overcome obstacles no matter how high. When the men complete the short period of training they're tops in their field. Under the best tutors and instructors in the art of scaling walls of sheer rock, they learn all there is to know about cliffs and mountains- except yodeling.PHOTO SHOWS: The going gets tougher and tougher the higher they get. Here a group of soldiers leave the thicket to begin the hard climb over sheer rock to reach the peak of Seneca Rock."
Sparks and an associate are dressed in military uniforms.

2. Dayton Sparks and Associate in Uniform

IDNO:
052513
Title:
Dayton Sparks and Associate in Uniform
Date:
undated
Description:
Sparks and an associate are dressed in military uniforms.
Portrait of an unidentified man in a military uniform.

3. Unidentified Military Man

IDNO:
052440
Title:
Unidentified Military Man
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Portrait of an unidentified man in a military uniform.
Portrait of an unidentified male in a military uniform in what appears to be a photo studio.

4. Unidentified Male in Military Uniform

IDNO:
052439
Title:
Unidentified Male in Military Uniform
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Portrait of an unidentified male in a military uniform in what appears to be a photo studio.
Zinn is pictured a soldier's uniform beside an American flag. Zinn is from North Central West Virginia, which includes Monongalia, Taylor and Barbour counties.

5. Earl Ray Zinn during World War I, North Central, W. Va.

IDNO:
052022
Title:
Earl Ray Zinn during World War I, North Central, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Zinn is pictured a soldier's uniform beside an American flag. Zinn is from North Central West Virginia, which includes Monongalia, Taylor and Barbour counties.
Sgt. David West was basketball star Jerry West's older brother. He was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service after dragging a fellow soldier from a rice paddy after he was hit. David died in the Korean War at age 22 when Jerry was 12.

6. Portrait of Sergeant David L. West of Chelyan, W. Va.

IDNO:
050536
Title:
Portrait of Sergeant David L. West of Chelyan, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1951
Description:
Sgt. David West was basketball star Jerry West's older brother. He was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service after dragging a fellow soldier from a rice paddy after he was hit. David died in the Korean War at age 22 when Jerry was 12.
Marshall L. Williamson, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, assigned to the 57th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), stands in his naval uniform in a field at his home in West Virginia.

7. Marshall L. Williamson, Medic, U.S. Navy at Home in West Virginia

IDNO:
050405
Title:
Marshall L. Williamson, Medic, U.S. Navy at Home in West Virginia
Date:
ca.1943-1944
Description:
Marshall L. Williamson, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, assigned to the 57th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), stands in his naval uniform in a field at his home in West Virginia.
Marshall L. Williamson, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, assigned to the 57th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), stands in his naval uniform at his home in West Virginia.

8. Marshall L. Williamson, Medic in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, at Home in West Virginia

IDNO:
050404
Title:
Marshall L. Williamson, Medic in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, at Home in West Virginia
Date:
ca.1943-1944
Description:
Marshall L. Williamson, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, assigned to the 57th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), stands in his naval uniform at his home in West Virginia.
Children walk beside the troop as they pass Rose's Drug Store and the National Bank of Summers on Temple Street. Subjects unidentified.

9. Group of Soldiers Participating in WWI Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049693
Title:
Group of Soldiers Participating in WWI Parade, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1919
Description:
Children walk beside the troop as they pass Rose's Drug Store and the National Bank of Summers on Temple Street. Subjects unidentified.
Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.

10. Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049668
Title:
Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.
Portrait of John Conrad Ball's brother and Joseph Pemberton Ball's uncle. Thomas was born February 7, 1840 and died July 31, 1905. He was enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862.

11. Thomas Ball Esquire of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049657
Title:
Thomas Ball Esquire of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Portrait of John Conrad Ball's brother and Joseph Pemberton Ball's uncle. Thomas was born February 7, 1840 and died July 31, 1905. He was enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862.
Lemon, a World War I soldier, is pictured in front of a photo studio background.

12. John Tallon Lemon of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049604
Title:
John Tallon Lemon of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1919
Description:
Lemon, a World War I soldier, is pictured in front of a photo studio background.