Thompson Lawrence photograph collection. 1934-1945.

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Thompson Lawrence photograph collection. 1934-1945.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following time period: 1934-1945. Contains photographs of the following military unit and organization: 19th Infantry Regiment (Barracks only); Infantry Replacement Training Center (IRTC). General description of the collection: Thompson Lawrence photograph collection shows his World War II (WWII) service as commanding general of the IRTC, 1941-1945. There are a few photos of the barracks of the 19th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 1934. The remainder of the photos are of Lawrence as a major general at the IRTC, Camp Fannin, Texas, during WWII. These show visitors and General's conferences there, two notables in particular are General Joseph Stilwell and Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair and two good photos of newspaper correspondent Ernie Pyle.

1 box (31 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7598281

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946

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Joseph Warren Stilwell (March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. His caustic personality was reflected in the nickname "Vinegar Joe". He also had the nickname "Uncle Joe." Distrust of his Allies and a lack of resources meant Stilwell was continually forced to improvise. He famously differed as to strategy, ground troops versus air power, with his subordinate, Claire Chennault, who had the ear of Gen...

Infantry Replacement Training Center (Camp Fannin, Tex.)

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861- )

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Lawrence, Thompson.

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Thompson Lawrence was a graduate of the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York with the class of 1911. He was a commanding general of the Infantry Replacement Training Centers from 1941-1945. Lawrence retired from military service in 1946. From the description of Thompson Lawrence photograph collection. 1934-1945. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48811661 ...

Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945

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Ernest "Ernie" Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize—winning American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Pyle is also notable for the columns he wrote as a roving human-interest reporter from 1935 through 1941 for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate that earned him wide acclaim for his simple accounts of ordinary people across North America. When the United States entered World W...

McNair, Lesley James, 1883-1944

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Brigadier General Lesley James McNair (1883-1944) was born in Verndale, Minnesota. He was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy on Aug. 1, 1900, and upon graduation on June 15, 1904, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery. McNair was promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant on July 1, 1905; to captain on May 29, 1907; to major on May 15, 1917; to lieutenant colonel (temporary) on Aug. 5, 1917; to colonel (temporary) on June 26, 1918; and to brigadier general (temporary) on Oct. 1, 191...