Earl O. Veach

Photograph

Oklahoma National Guard Museum

Name/Title

Earl O. Veach

Entry/Object ID

1979.081.565.9

Description

Negative of Earl O. Veach

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Context

Photograph published in the 45th Division News, 15 April 1944, Vol. IV, No. 35, Caption "When talk veers around to the 'shell with your name on it.' It's right up the alley of 1st Lt. Earl Veach, Oklahoma City,. Some time ago the Lt., who is an artillery observer, move his BC scope from the spot where he had originally placed it to a point about 15 yards away. Two-minutes afterward, a shell plowed into the exact spot where the scope had been. When the Lt. searched the spot for shell fragments, he found one piece with some curious markings. He looked closer and discovered the marks to be EOV - his own initials."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George F. Tapscott

Role

Photographer

Date made

Apr 15, 1944

Time Period

20th Century, World War Two

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Negative, Sheet Film

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Soldiers, Portrait photographs