Lt. Elgin S. Scobell outside his tent in December 1944 in Saint Quentin, France
Gift in memory of Polly Mertzweiller
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Lt. Elgin S. Scobell outside his tent in December 1944 in Saint Quentin, France. "Scobell, Dec. 1944, France." Scobell was shot down in 1944 and held in a German prison camp.
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Items from the service of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, US Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force, 387th Bombardment Group, 559th Bombardment Squadron, European Theatre of Operations. Mertzweiller flew 34 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations.
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Saint Quentin
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49.850
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3.283
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Fighter pilots--American--France
Tents--France
Military camps--American--France