Officers of the 7th Infantry Division sitting under a large throne in the 1940s
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Officers of the 7th Infantry Division sitting under large throne. "The Throne Room (at Governor General's Palace). Ready, Arnold, Stewart, Booth." Location unknown. 194-
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Collection of photographs from the service of Brigadier General LeRoy J. Stewart, 7th Infantry Division, Commander of the 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and Chief of Staff who participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Kwajalein invasion. Stewart was on the US Equestrian Team and participated in the 1932 Olympics. Graduated from the Citadel and West Point. Assumed command of the Field Artillery Battalion in the Aleutians. He later served as Commanding General and Artillery Officer on Kwajelein, Phillipines and Okinawa. He retired in 1951. Deceased January 1983.
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