Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Photographs of World War II Activities, Domestic and Foreign

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Photographs of World War II Activities, Domestic and Foreign

1923-1945

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535522

The photographs in this series form a companion collection to the larger subject files compiled by the OWI, notably Series AA, LU, and MO. This series consists of a wide variety of photographic coverage, including training of U.S. forces, combat footage from the major war theaters, and home front activities. Of interest in this series are ground-level views of bomb damage in Berlin, Germany (folder 6); the members of the Army Air Forces' first class at the Tuskegee Institute, including Capt. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (folder 24); copies of sketches by the Russian war artist Dementi Shmarinov (folder 46); and views of censors at work at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) (folder 9). Also of interest are several "panoramic" views of Soviet troops and captured German equipment on the Russian front (208-A-46-1 to -4, located at J/5/5/5). These consist of several 4" x 5" prints taped together to form the panoramic image. These photos were collected from the armed services and commercial news organizations; most photographs contain captions.

1 linear feet,6 linear inches

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Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr., 1912-2002

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Benjamin Oliver Davis (1912-2002) was born in Washington, DC, the son of Sadie (Overton) and Benjamin Oliver Davis. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1936, he requested an assignment in the Air Corps, which did not accept African Americans at the time. Instead he commissioned with the 24th Infantry in Georgia. In 1938 he taught at Tuskegee as professor of military science and tactics. The Army promoted him to the rank of captain in 1940 and a year later assigned him as an aide to...