Informal group portrait of U. S. servicemen within a U.S. military camp in 1945 in Burma
Gift of Hiram Vance Boone, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Informal group portrait of U. S. servicemen within U. S. military camp. "Seated left to right, 1st row 1. 1st Sgt. Cox 2. (FNU (MNU) Green 3. Unknown 4. Hiram Boone 5 (FNU) Chambers. 2nd Row 1. Sgt. Baxter Mason 2. Dave Womack 3. Unknown 4. Unknown 5. Unknown. 3rd Row 1. Unknown 2. Unknown 3. Robert Synan 4. Harold Hight 5. (FNU) Carpenter. Burma. 1945." 1945
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Hiram Vance Boone was born 26 February 1921 in Marion, Virginia. He was inducted into the Army on 23 September 1943 and was posted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma for artillery training where he underwent basic training, working specifically with the 75mm pack howitzer and mules. He would receive additional training at Camp Gruber in Oklahoma and mountain training at Camp Carson, Colorado before shipping out to the CBI Theater.
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Myanma
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22.000
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98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military camps--American--Burma
Soldiers--American--Burma