Man in headscarf operates underground well, Palestine
Gift In Memory of Joseph B. Johnson
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Photograph. Posed photo of a man in Biblical-era garb getting water from a well in a stone grotto. Official caption: "1. Jacob's well [from envelope]. Copyright. The Motson Photo Service. Jerusalem, Palestine." Galilee, Israel. No date
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1945,1945
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Items from the service of Joseph B. Johnson, who was born in Slidell, Louisiana on July 29, 1910. He enlisted in the United States Army as a private in the Air Corps on October 10, 1942 and served in the Middle East as part of the U.S. Army Forces, Africa-Middle East Theater (AMET) with the 1264th AAF Base Unit, 63rd Air Depot Group. The collection contains a scrapbook, ephemera, and over 300 souvenir photographs from Johnson's service in the Middle East.
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HaGalil
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32.900
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35.333
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