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."
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.
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, 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, 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.
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.
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.