William T. Hornaday photograph collection. 1944 July 29-Sept. 13.

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William T. Hornaday photograph collection. 1944 July 29-Sept. 13.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the following military unit: Special Forces Detachment #12, Office of Strategic Services. General description of the collection: William T. Hornaday photograph collection consists of photographs that were taken by William T. Hornaday, then major of infantry, while assigned to Special Forces Detachment #12 (an OSS unit) attached to G3 Section, 12th Army Group Headquarters, European Theater of Operations (ETO). The photos were all taken between 29 July 1944 and 13 September 1944. They show the detachment in England, then moved to a staging area and embarkation, the cross channel voyage, their command post (CP) in France and associates of the French Resistance.

1 box (86 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7597362

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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United States. Office of Strategic Services. Detachment 101

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The Office of Strategic Services, Detachment 101 was the first organization of its kind in U.S. military history. It was created to conduct espionage, guerrilla warfare, propaganda and escape and evasion in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. From the description of Office of Strategic Services, Detachment 101 collection, 1943-1988. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 23991523 ...

Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

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Wild animal collector, conservationist, and taxidermist; curator of living animals for the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park (1882-1890), and director of the New York Zoological Park (1896-1926). From the description of Notes and correspondence of William Temple Hornaday, 1878-1934. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51557581 First Director of the New York Zoological Park. From the description of Photographic collection, [ca...