Preview
Date
1942-1943
Creation Date
2008-06-13
Description
Black & White photograph montage of various shots of the United States Army Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group, 409th Bomb Squadron, circa 1942-1943. The first five images reveal life for the 93rd Bomb Group on their base, including cooking breakfast, going to the privy, getting a haircut, soldiers with their mess kits, and eating SPAM. The last image (bottom right) shows several North African children standing on a sidewalk and an older boy asking two servicemen if they would like to have their shoes shined.
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
Africa--Libya;
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; Military bases, American--Photographs; Children--Africa, North--Photographs; World War, 1939-1945--Africa, North--Photographs; Africa, North--History--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 7, 12. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.