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John, with Mom and Dad in soldier uniform. |
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Richard in soldier uniform. Oct 9, 1943, Camp McCain,
Mississippi. |
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John Crabbs. Dad attended Manchester College with him.
Crabbs was from Richland Center. After the war, he moved to
Arizona. |
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Dr. Charles Herrick, from Akron. He was in the same high
school class with Francis Knarr, Richard's brother. |
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Richard, on leave from the military, in Ohio. |
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Richard, with John, at the Mississippi River. |
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Irene with John, on the Mississippi. |
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Mississippi plantation. |
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Mother, with Fred Gagliano's wife. |
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Richard with John, 2 yrs old. Oct 1944, Spring Mill
Park, Youngstown, Ohio.
Richard's last furlough before going overseas (Europe). |
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Jack Messing. Was Jewish and from New York City. Musician;
played with New York Philharmonic. Mom, Dad and I went on a
picnic with them. Mom relates anecdote that in going
together on a "picnic", they had not brought any
picnic food with them to eat. Photo was taken in a park in
Winona, MS, west of Grenada. |
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Pfc. Dick Chatterton, walking by the Niessen Huts that
housed Richard's unit while in Macclesfield, England,
November 1944. |
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T/4 Coughenour from North Carolina; T/5 Hatch from New
York; Pvt. Legg from Michigan; T/5 Davis from Iowa. |
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Regan-Knarr-Jones-Hatch. Jacketa, Germany, April 1945. |
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S/Sgt Howard Jones from Youngstown, Ohio. Motor
Sergeant, 87 Div Artillery. Richard: "When the going was
rough, he was at his best." |
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Richard and his "buggy". Photograph taken by Howard
Jones, June 15, 1945. In Germany, on their way home. |
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The Motor Park Gang, July 1944, Fort Jackson, South
Carolina.
From left to right:
S/Sgt. Howard Jones, Youngstown, Ohio
T/4 Charles Coughenour, Laurenburg, N. Carolina
T/5 Charles Hatch, Syracuse, New York
Pfc. Bradley Hathaway, Akron, Ohio
Pvt Gene Legg, Michigan
T/5 James Davis, Waterloo, Iowa |
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Richard, truck "The Shop", Saalfeld, Germany, 1945. |
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Richard in Falkenstein, Germany, near Czech border, on
V-Day, May 8, 1945. |
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Hotel Anker, Germany, where Dad stayed, 1945. Arrow
points to Richard's room. |
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Hotel Anker, Saalfeld, Germany, 1945. Richard and
Charlie Coughenour looking out from their hotel room window. |
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Dad's military pass into Paris. |
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Howard and Elsa Jones. Howard was Dad's staff-sergeant
in World War II. John's parents went to Youngstown, Ohio, to
their 50th wedding anniversary. |
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