Fifteen US servicemen posing against store window of service station, Aberdeen, May 1942
Gift in Memory of Herbert J. Holdridge
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Photograph. Group of about fifteen US servicemen posing against store window where they performed vehicle repair work for training. Personal caption on photo reverse: "This is the 1st section of the 3rd Echlon section stationed in a garage on Heron St. in Aberdeen Washington in May 12, 1942. We turned out 109 compleat overhall jobs in 2 weeks. While it took 52 men a month. I painted and designed the the sign on the window over our heads. I had plenty compliments." 12 May 1942
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05/12/1942
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Items from the service of Herbert J. Holdridge, who was born in Burnside, Louisiana on July 16, 2018. Holdridge entered active service with the US Army on August 14, 1941. He departed for the European Theatre in September of 1944 and served overseas as a Chief Artillery Mechanic and Welder with the 44th Infantry Division, 744th Ordinance Light Maintenance for nine months. He participated in the Northern France, Central Europe, and Rhineland campaigns. Holdridge was Honorably Discharged on October 4, 1945. Collection includes uniform components, ribbons and insignia, and about 140 photographs.
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Aberdeen
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46.967
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-123.800
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Mechanics (Persons)--American