Photo Number 701

WW2 era photo.

This is “Red” and the photo was developed on August 31, 1945.
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This photo went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015

Photo Number 700

Another WW2 era photo.

This one is marked “Lars” Larson Mpls ( Minneapolis MN)
It was developed on September 5 1945.  The photos could have been taken anytime or anyplace prior to that date.
I have finally decided that the photo processing center was called Illini Quality Service.  The words form a triangle and there is a photo of an Indian Chief in the center.  Chief Illini was the official symbol of the University Of Illinois at Champaign Urbana.  Chanute Base is nearby..I only know it as an Air Force Base..but it could have been Army/Air Corps Base back then.

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These photos went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015

Photo Number 699

WW2 era photo.

“Fergerson”  “Tex”

George C. Fergerson

Looks like a patient in a hospital to me.
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This photo went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015

Photo Number 698

These are WW2 era photos.  Now for a question?  Could these possibly be photos taken at a facility where POW’s went before they came back to the States?   Last night I was searching names and had a hit on this fellow.  There was a Charles Eubanks that was a POW.  His great granddaughter left a message on a POW site in 2002.  I emailed her.. you never can tell.

This is Charles Eubanks from Little Rock Arkansas on the left and “Gene” on the right.   I believe that Gene was from Minneapolis Minnesota.  I also believe that he is a relative of Margaret Lundborg’s..that was the name on the outside of this package of photos.

Another photo of Charles Eubanks  Little Rock Arkansas.
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These photos went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015

Photo Number 697

We continue with the WW2 photos.
Meet “Red”

“Scotty” (The Ward Boy) and  “Red”

Robert Bainesworth St Paul and WAAC “Red”  California
I bet she had red hair..just a guess.
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These photos went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015.

Photo Number 696

We continue the unknown WW2 photos. I am not sure where they were taken..perhaps at a Military Hospital or rehab center. A Ward boy and Nurses..and a few patients that we will see in the next few days make me think it is some kind of military health care facility.
They must have played horseshoes.

Robert Bainsworth  St Paul

This one is marked: Robert Bainsworth St Paul
“Scotty” Schosum  (The Ward Boy from Yesterday)
In this photo we have a different look at buildings with lots of windows.

This photo was developed Aug 31 1945.
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These photos went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015

Photo Number 695

Today I have photos of the ”Ward Boy”.

Scotty Schosum

Both photos are from September 05, 1945 and are marked in the same way “Scotty” Schosum  (ward boy)

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These photos went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015

Photo Number 694

We continue with the military photos.  These are all marked with the same green pen, the same one that marked the soldiers at Leyte photo.
Shorty and Miss Nuss
Nurses Green Bay Wisconsin

Miss Nuss

This one is marked.  Miss Nuss ( second Lt. Nurse) Green Bay Wisconsin.
When I was in touch with Don from the 96th Division his best guess was that these photos were taken someplace in the Philippines. The photos were developed Sept 05, 1945.  The war was over by then.
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These photos went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015.

Photo Number 693

Two more photos of an unknown place..possibly Okinawa, Japan. The Phillipines or some other Pacific Island.

and another..

Perhaps part of a bunker??

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Update:
From Nancy
I'd guess the first photo was taken somewhere besides Japan, perhaps the Philippines. Why? The palm trees.
From Anonymopus:
The second photo is Okinawa or somewhere close. That is a traditional Okinawan tomb. The Japanese used them as bunkers and storage sights during the war, and American Marines and Soldiers had to check each one just in case. And Palm trees are all over in Okinawa. It is more of a northern tropical island.

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Photo Number 692

Today I have two photos.  The first one is marked Okinawa note the caves in the ridge. 


The second one is not marked.  Possibly Okinawa..we have no way of knowing for sure. The Battle of Okinawa was waged from April 01 to June 21 1945.
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These Photos went Full Circle 131 on November 12, 2015.

Photo Number 691

Last spring I happened upon a whole bunch of Military Photographs.  Most are snapshots.  They were in a bag along with other photos in an antique shop in Brainerd Minnesota.  On the outside of the bag was this notation:  Margaret Lundborg My Life 1930. It may or may not be a clue. 

After looking at the photos I “think” that her brother may have been in the service..although it could have been her.
The Battle of Leyte an Island in the Philippines  dates from 20 Oct to 31 December 1944. It was 67 years ago and I am doubtful that we will be able to locate any of the people in these photos..but we may be able to locate family.



96th Division on Leyte  and off to the side Taken on Leyte.
Lent, Hunt, Johnson, Cortez, Athens, Ragland, Thomas, Strom, Hart, Ponds, Meget, Palm, Lilienthal, Ludwick, Casdollar
Monch,Ulisa, Red, Hubble, Tommy, Machinski, Gendon, Sheets, Walls, Conard, Martin, Sorlotta, Atkinson, Barnheart, Justis
Hillard, Elmer, Marby, Wilkins, Schefsick
There are way many more soldiers in the photo than there are names.
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** This collection of Military Photos were taken on Leyte, Okinawa and at a unknown military hospital.  There are 60 snapshots..I will not present all of them..but I will present the ones that are marked with names.   I contacted the 96th Division reunion web site and sent email copies of the photos to them last June..I have not heard anything back from them.

This Photo went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015.