Name/Title
Album, PhotographEntry/Object ID
2021.099.0015.03Description
This is a scrapbook/photo album of World War II news wire photos and news text of the war in the Pacific. It features some graphic photos of prisoners of war and soldiers wounded or killed in action. None of the photos will be uploaded to our online archive and will only be available on the Museum's computers.
The photos will be accessioned individually along with the original text supplied with the photo where it is still intact.
The fourth page shows a U.S. soldier getting blood plasma on the battlefield. The soldiers are:
PM2 Pete San Miquel
PM2 Don Lancaster
PM2 Sidney Jeffcoat
Lt. Joseph C. Humbert
CPM Claude Creech
The other photo is U.S. soldiers using a Japanese field gun to shell a Japanese held position. The soldiers are:
Lt Charles Gerard
Sgt Marshall Epling
Sgt Harold Harper
PFC Robert J Hasman
Sgt Raymond MieureCollection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
