Officer candidates pose for a portrait near a rail car unloading war materiel in New Orleans, Louisiana on or around 29 September 1944.
Gift In Memory Richard V. Powell, Jr.
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Officer candidates pose for a portrait near a rail car unloading war materiel. Official caption: "The unloading of railroad cars at the Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command Intransit Depot #7 is of great interest to the Transportation Corps School officer candidates of Class 23 who are profiting by a bit of practical experience. Official photograph Air Corps--U.S. Army. AAF ASC AOASC Instransit Depot #7. New Orleans, La. Publication prohibited unless authorized. Read--Photograph by U.S. Army Air Corps." New Orleans, Louisiana.
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09/29/1944
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Richard Vernon Powell Jr. was born 14 July 1920 in Beebe, Arkansas and served in the United States Army duing World War II. Powell had been attending Harvard Business School when he registered for service. He would later serve as a captain in the U.S. Army at the New Orleans Port of Embarkation (NOPE). Powell passed away on 17 August 1999 in Norman, Oklahoma.
The collection consists of 200 black and white photographs, most created by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, that Powell collected during his service in Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas. Subjects include: The New Orleans Port of Embarkation (NOPE), the Army Service Forces Unit Training Center (ASFUTC), Services of Supply Unit Training Center (Camp Plauche/Camp Harahan), British Lend-Lease, Jackson Barracks, mosquito control, 814th Signal Port Company, 493rd Port Battalion, Sanitary Corps, Army Nurse Corps, 720th Railway Operating Battalion Transportation Corps Officer Candidate School, and the 400th and 393rd Stevedore Battalion.
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New Orleans
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29.950
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-90.067
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Cadets--Louisiana
Railroad cars--American--Louisiana
Equipment & supplies--Louisiana