Title
Preview
Date
1942
Creation Date
2008-06-13
Description
Black & White photograph montage of various shots of the United States Eighth Army Air Force, circa 1942. Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890–October 29, 1963) poses with servicemen and an American Red Cross volunteer at a social activity in the top left image. Several of the images show USAAF and Royal Air Force servicemen relaxing at a Red Cross club and canteen. In the mddle right image, servicemen are lined up at an American Red Cross Clubmobile to get coffee and donuts.
Digital Collection
Arnold Clayton Watkins World War II Photograph Collection, 1942-1945
Collection Number
SpC MS 0006
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/3/
Object Type
Photograph
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Europe;
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Photographs; United States. Army Air Forces--History--Photographs; Soldiers--United States--Photographs; Soldiers--Great Britain--Photographs; Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Photographs; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Red Cross--Photographs; American National Red Cross--Photographs; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Photographs; Canteens (Establishments)--Photographs; Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963--Photographs; Soldiers--Recreation--United States--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 7, 08. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.