Two Army officers of the 7th Infantry Division discuss plans of the Marshall Islands aboard the USS Zeilin in January 1944
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Two Army officers of the 7th Infantry Division discuss plans of the Marshall Islands on a raised-relief map/terrain model aboard the USS Zeilin (APA-3). Photographs of islands and maps of Carlos Island and Carlson Island in the Carillon Atoll tacked to the wall behind them. 'W-CPA-44-120-AH 1/44 Gurtcheff. Lt. Col. [illegible]ard P. Smith and Col. Wayne C. [illegible]mmerman, officers of the 7th Div., US Army. On board Zeilin enroute to the Marshalls.' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Gurtcheff. January 1944
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Collection of photographs from the service of Brigadier General LeRoy J. Stewart, 7th Infantry Division, Commander of the 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and Chief of Staff who participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Kwajalein invasion. Stewart was on the US Equestrian Team and participated in the 1932 Olympics. Graduated from the Citadel and West Point. Assumed command of the Field Artillery Battalion in the Aleutians. He later served as Commanding General and Artillery Officer on Kwajelein, Phillipines and Okinawa. He retired in 1951. Deceased January 1983.
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Marshall Islands
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11.000
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168.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Officers--American--Marshall Islands
Ships--American--Marshall Islands