Name/Title
Fred Weeks WWII PhotographsEntry/Object ID
2023.644.29Description
4 black and white snapshots, printed on a single sheet, from the photograph collection of Frederick Eugene Weeks. Handwritten on back: "LIBERTY PARTIES GOING ASHORE - TWO PICTURES ON THE LEFT ARE OUR GUYS ON LIBERTY. YOU WILL NOTICE OUR "LIBERTY BOAT" IS AN LCVP (LANDING CRAFT; Vehicle, Personnel) They use those for hitting the beach during invasion-" Weeks was born in Stonington on March 16, 1922 and served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during WWII.