U.S. soldier Rigoberto M. Herrera in postwar Seoul, South Korea

Gift In Memory of David Hagen
Description: 

U.S. soldier with two crossed rifles with attached bayonets in postwar Seoul, South Korea. "Always R.M. Herrera, 1805 E. 3rd St, Austin 22, Texas, Co. C. 52. Sig Bn, Seoul Korea."

Image Information

Donor: 
Mr. Howard Hagen
Accession Number: 
2012.102.145
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
European Theater of Operations (ETO)
Unit: 
52nd Signal Battalion
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Rifles--American--South Korea
Soldiers--American--South Korea
Collection Level: 
David Hagen served in the U.S. Army and was originally from Hoffman, Minnesota. The 202 photographs in this collection suggest that he was stationed in Germany after the German surrender in May of 1945 and was likely a member of the United States Forces, European Theater (USFET). Photographs depict soldiers serving in the Military Railway Service, the U.S. Army Transportation Corps, and the 388th Military Police Service Battalion, Company B. The subject matter of the photographs in this collection is primarily soldiers, civilians, railroads, and buildings in German cities, (Berlin in particular) taken between July 1945 and March 1947.
Geography: 
Sŏul
Latitude: 
37.533
Longitude: 
127.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Rifles--American--South Korea
Soldiers--American--South Korea