Charles B. Gwynn photograph collection. 1923-1945, 1989.

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Charles B. Gwynn photograph collection. 1923-1945, 1989.

Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the following military units: 576th Field Artillery Regiment, 655th Field Artillery Battalion; 757th Field Artillery Battalion; 760th Field Artillery Battalion; Citizens' Military Training Camp (Madison Barracks, N.Y.). General description of the collection: The Charles B. Gwynn photograph collection consists of all small snapshot type photos that follow the United States (U.S.) Army career of Charles B. Gwynn from his Citizens' Military Training Camp training at Madison Barracks through his service in WWII in the Philippine Islands. There are some very good images of field artillery training during the 1920s and 1930s at various military posts: Pine Camp, New York; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In the Philippines - Leyte and Mindanao - there are photos both of natives, scenery, towns and villages, military installations, units and activities of U.S. soldiers stationed in the Philippines, mostly in 1945. A few photos are of a reunion of men of the X Corps Artillery in 1989 at Jacksonville, Florida.

1 box (175 photographs)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7595795

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

Related Entities

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Gwynn, Charles W. (Charles William), 1870-1963

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Charles B. Gwynn served in the United States Army before and during World War II. From the description of The Charles B. Gwynn papers, 1922-1956. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47116880 ...

United States. Army. Corps, X. Artillery

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