American serviceman Arnold A. Willis giving a sermon, Hawaii, 1946

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Photograph. American serviceman Arnold A. Willis -- a minister -- giving a sermon indoors in front of a makeshift altar. Date Stamp: "Feb 23 1946." Personal Caption: "Willis the 'Deacon' --- (Arnold A. Willis -- Huntington, Va) (Minister)." Hawaii. 1946

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1946
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Items from the service of Mr. Rogers Lional Hogan, who was born in Gretna, Louisiana, on July 18, 1917. Hogan worked for the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans before he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February of 1941. Hogan served in the Pacific Theatre. He was in Saipan and Guam in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in Hawaii at the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) base through the summer of 1946. The collection includes 473 photographs depicting Hogan's time in the Pacific Theatre.
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Hawaiian Islands
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-23.500
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-165.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Military personnel--American--Hawaii
Religious services--Hawaii
Altars--Hawaii