7th Infantry Division soldiers kneeling during Catholic mass ceremony using the hood of a jeep as an altar on Enubuj Island, Kwajalein Atoll in February 1944
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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7th Infantry Division soldiers kneeling during Catholic mass ceremony bying the hood of a jeep as an altar. 'W-CPA-44-107-CM 2/6 Weaver. Chaplain Bridenstein conducts Mass services on Sunday, on Enubuj Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshalls Group.' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Weaver. 6 February 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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Kwajalein
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9.250
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167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Jeep automobiles--American--Kwajalein
Religious services--Kwajalein
Soldiers--American--Kwajalein