Martin Digital History

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  • Yearbook style publication of Camp Murphy, includes photos and biographical information on officers Colonels William H. Murphy, Hugh Mitchell, Lucien S. S. Berry, and James W. Green Jr.; a history of Camp Murphy; photos of staff, faculty, officers, and students; candid photos of buildings, activities, and the station hospital.

    "Published 1943 by and for the Officer and Enlisted Personnel of Southern Signal Corps School, Camp Murphy, Fla. Sale of this review is restricted to officers, enlisted personnel and their families. Gathering of material, taking of photographs and other details incidental to printing by Army and Navy Publishing Company, Inc., Army and Navy Publishing Company Building, Box 950, Baton Rouge, LA."
  • Handwritten on back: "Stuart Fla. Dec 1943. Mrs. Gloria Lumpp (Kingsley-Chicago, Ill) 12/27/43"
  • Line of tents. Handwritten on back: "Tent City 8/29/43"
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  • Pass allowing Ione Jensch, fiancée of Pfc Robert J. Maertz.
  • Partial copy of Stuart News edition focusing on the Stuart Service Club, Camp Murphy, the Red Cross, Coast Guard, local beach patrols. Includes ads from local businesses.

    The Service Club was built in 1943 by the Army Corp of Engineers to serve as the Martin County Service Club. After the war, the building was purchased by the City of Stuart and served as a community recreation hall and civic center. In 2024, it is the Flagler Center of Stuart, 246 SW Flagler Avenue, Stuart.
  • View of the river. Handwritten on back: "St. Lucie River 12/26/43"
  • Handwritten on back: "St. Lucie Hotel Stuart Fla. 12/27/43"
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  • Group of uniformed young men, each with a bundle, standing on road lined with hotels, including the Royal Palm. Handwritten on back: 8/29/43 1 Geiger, 2 Major, 3 Mandarich, [unnumbered] Dunn, 4 Cook 5 Sgt. Schefts, 6 Ney, 7 Rynders, 8 Lee, 9 Edklund, 10 Hangland, 11 [blank], 12 Kurtz, 13 [blank], 14 Owen, 15 Krasin, 16 Maertz, 17 [blank], 18 Malek, 19 Blumquist, 20 Cohen, 21 Kerry, 22 Polkowski."
  • Group of uniformed young men, each with a bundle, standing on road lined with hotels, including the Royal Palm. Handwritten on back: 8/29/43" Published in the Palm Beach Post (12 July 2017)
  • Group of uniformed young men, each with a bundle, standing on streetcorner alongside road lined with hotels, including The Poinciana and the Royal Palm. Handwritten on back: 8/29/43"
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