Seabees Falk and Brown in dress uniforms stand outside. Unknown location. October 1944

Gift of Will Green
Description: 

Photograph. Two US Seabee officers in dress uniforms, including donor. Personal captions on photo front: "The ‘Big Swede" and "Falk and Brown" and on”reverse: "Carpenter Falk; Lt. (jg) Brown. We went through boot training together at dear old Camp Allen, Va. [Virginia]. Oct 13 ’44. 32 Splnce photo lab."” Location unknown. 13 October 1944

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Donor: 
Will Green
Accession Number: 
2010.338.069
Date: 
10/13/1944
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Unit: 
64th Naval Construction Battalion
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Items from the service of Lieutenant Commander William Ross Brown. Brown trained at Camp Peary in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1943-1944 with the 64th Naval Construction Battalion before being shipped to the Pacific Theatre. Brown spent most of his time overseas in the Philippines, though he did visit Okinawa. Collection includes over 100 photographs, personal and military correspondence, newsletters, and insignia.
Geography: 
Virginia
Latitude: 
37.000
Longitude: 
-80.000