Outdoor altar at Naples orphanage which is designated as the 5th Army’s, 3005th Quartermaster bakery company’s headquarters in 1940s

Gift of Beth and Robert Millett, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
Description: 

Slide. Small, outdoor altar with stained glass at Naples orphanage; designated as the 5th Army’s, 3005th Quartermaster bakery company’s headquarters. “Orphanage, children’s altar at our school location which was assigned as our company headquarters.” From box originally labeled “"Italy. Verona-Switz-Venice-Naples-–Home."” Naples, Italy. Late 1944 to early 1945

Image Information

Donor: 
Mr. Robert Millett
Accession Number: 
2010.324.306
Date: 
1944
1945
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
Unit: 
248th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Altars--Italy
Collection Level: 
Items relating to the service of, or collected by, William J. Boylhart Jr., predominantly color Kodachrome slides of his service and occupation duty in the MTO and ETO along with images from his leave time spent in the United States. Many images feature his girlfriend Lyn.
Geography: 
Napoli
Latitude: 
40.833
Longitude: 
14.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Altars--Italy