A heavily bomb damaged church in London's East End in 1944
Gift of Barbara J. Showers Clay, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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A heavily bomb damaged church in London's East End in 1944. '"This is a blitzed church in the much beaten east end. A closer view would have shown the choir loft and organ still standing. The loft is next to the steeple whose top is gone. Three streets joint here and there was a bomb shelter on the left corner. A hole blown into it when the church was hit was ignored until 4 p.m. the following day when it was blown to pieces by a delayed action bomb. Originally there were buildings on all the open spaces. Little three room buildings on all the open spaces. Little three room homes with no bathroom."
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Kenneth W. Showers was born on 26 March 1912 in Chicago, Illinois and at age 30 enlisted in the United States Army on 12 September 1942 in Chicago. Showers arrived in Europe in August of 1944 and was assigned to the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division until his return to the United States in July of 1945. During his time in service he received a Purple Heart. He was honorably discharged at Camp Butner, North Carolina on 2 November 1945 having attained the rank of Technician Fifth Grade. Mr. Showers passed away on 30 November 1990. The collection contains nearly 150 photographs and over 400 archival items relevant to Showers' service.
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London
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51.500
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-0.167
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
War damage--England
Churches--England