American serviceman with sign for the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) base in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1945
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Photograph. Two uniformed American servicemen giving "the finger" to sign for the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC). Date Stamp: "Dec 21 1945. Personal Caption: "Don --- Bill and 'Semper Fidelis'." Honolulu, Hawaii. 1945
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1945
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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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Honolulu
Latitude:
21.300
Longitude:
-157.850
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Group portraits--Hawaii
Military personnel--American--Hawaii
Signs (Notices)--Hawaii