Search Results
- IDNO:
- 039897
- Title:
- Senator Kilgore Visits Air Force Base During World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1943
- Description:
- Senator H. W. Kilgore (center)of West Virginia, visits an Air Force base during the Second World War. All other persons in the photograph are unidentified. Inscribed on the back of the phtograph,' HQ. Base Air Depot Area ATS_(?) USSTAF Public Relations Office".
- IDNO:
- 039946
- Title:
- Launching 30th Victory Ship, 'S.S. Morgantown Victory', Fairfield, MD
- Date:
- 1945/02/05
- Description:
- Victory ships were cargo vessels used to transport supplies during World War II.
- IDNO:
- 039947
- Title:
- Louis Dellacroce of Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1942
- Description:
- Dellacroce is wearing a military uniform, possibly US Navy.
- IDNO:
- 047906
- Title:
- Portrait of William "Bill" Garten of Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1941-1945
- Description:
- Garten pictured in his military uniform, probably belong to the United States Army.
- IDNO:
- 048209
- Title:
- Portrait of WWII Soldier Ralph Jones of Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1942
- Description:
- Jones pictured in uniform.
- IDNO:
- 048379
- Title:
- Portrait of Granville Martin of Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1943
- Description:
- Martin pictured in military uniform.
- IDNO:
- 048701
- Title:
- World War II Troop at Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1943
- Description:
- A group of unidentified soldiers stand in formation at the station.
- IDNO:
- 049100
- Title:
- Paper Drive by Central Grade School Students, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- School children gather paper to recycle during World War II. Behind them is the school, which is located on Fourth Avenue.Pictured in the front row, from left to right, is Doug Richmond; Dick Hackney; "Dink" Montgomery; and Wilbur "Buster" Halstead.In the back row, from left to right, is Bill Nichols; Lee Patton; Jimmy Harvey; Ronnie Keaton; Glen Patrick McCormick; Tommy Payne; and Garland Graham.
- IDNO:
- 049225
- Title:
- Donnie Adkins of Summers County, W. Va. during Time as Soldier in World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Adkins in uniform within a military base.
- IDNO:
- 049376
- Title:
- Hume K. Nowlan of Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1965
- Description:
- Portrait of the prominent citizen who lived in the city of Hinton. Nowlan served as a master electrician in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. By 1927, Nowlan was the city manager of Hinton all the way through 1935. In World War II, he managed overseas and continental district organizations in the Office of Censorship. In 1945, he developed a 200-acre wildlife sanctuary at "Split Rock" overlooking Greenbrier River near Alderson, W. Va. During the Korean War, he served as the budget administrator for the United States Air Force. Finally, in 1960, Nowlan became the financial secretary for the Summers County Board of Education.
- IDNO:
- 049521
- Title:
- Bernard Alma Willey of Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Willey, a World War II soldier, was killed during pilot training in southwest United States.
- IDNO:
- 049561
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Near Coast of Unidentified Location
- Date:
- ca. 1945
- Description:
- A swarm of sailors are pictured on the ship deck.
