Browse Items (26 total)
-
Robert Maertz washing dish, 1943
Soldier, Robert Maertz, washing a dish. Handwritten on back: "8/30/43 'Tent City' Polishing the 'silver'" -
Soldiers sitting on a bed, 1943
Four young men in uniform, seated on one of several beds. Handwritten on back: "Left ot right: Hanson, Mainwaring, Cook, Robert J. Maertz. That's my 'beauty rest' we're sitting on" -
Robert Maertz, Sunday in the Army, 1943
Young man, Robert J. Maertz, wearing dog tags, hand washing at sink. Handwritten on back: "Sunday in the army 8/8/43" -
Yearbook of Camp Murphy, the Southern Signal Corps School, 1943
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."Tags Camp Murphy (Fla.) -
Harry Frazier Dyer WWII documents, 1940, 1942
Harry Frazier Dyer (1910-1984) selective service registration certificate (16 October 1940), temporary pass for Camp Murphy (18 June 1942), and notice to appear for physical examination (29 July 1942). -
Camp Murphy Post Engineers, May 1944
Published in the Stuart News, 9 Jan 1964, with the caption "The engineer group at Camp Murphy, Army Signal Corps installation at Hobe Sound during World War II, included a great many local workers. We'll name just a few: Vi Chambers, second from left, front row, with the late Charles Greenlees directly behind, and to his right Elmer DeWitt. Second row, straight back from center, is Ben Hodapp. Over toward right end of the picture in second and third rows you'll spot Jim Pomeroy Jr., Chet Homa, Andy Pittman, and Henry Hanson. Photo also includes Sam Matthews, Charles Rue, Mark Witham, Vance Howard Sr., A.O. Pittman Sr.