Servicemen discuss mosquito control efforts at a port in New Orleans, Louisiana on 27 October 1944

Gift In Memory Richard V. Powell, Jr.
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Servicemen discuss mosquito control efforts at a port. Official caption: "W.O. #1580, Neg. #1129. 27 October 1944. 1. View showing Lt. [Karl] Snyder, in charge of Port Mosquito Control Activation, showing Sgt. Slumber charts on weekly mosquito prevalence at Port Installations. Detailed records are kept on the kinds and abundance of mosquitoes, the prevalence of malaria in the area, and materials and labor used in mosquito control. 2. Photograph taken at New Orleans Port of Embarkation, La., for historical purposes. Photographer Cpt. Strauss. [Caption taken from 2014.346.087]. Restricted. Official U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo. 1129-8-44. Publication prohibited unless authorized. When published credit line must read: 'Official U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo'." New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Donor: 
Mr. David Powell
Accession Number: 
2014.346.038
Date: 
10/27/1944
1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Officers--American--Louisiana
Soldiers--American--Louisiana
Offices--Louisiana
Charts--Louisiana
Pest control--Louisiana
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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.
Geography: 
New Orleans
Latitude: 
29.950
Longitude: 
-90.067
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Officers--American--Louisiana
Soldiers--American--Louisiana
Offices--Louisiana
Charts--Louisiana
Pest control--Louisiana