Parry family photograph collection. 1861-1985.

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Parry family photograph collection. 1861-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48971641

Contains the following type of material: photographs. Covers the following wars: Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII), Korean War, Vietnam War. General description of the collection: The Parry family photograph collection consists of photographic coverage of one American family's contributions to many phases and time periods of United States (U.S.) military history. There are portraits of Parry family members who participated in every war between the Civil War and Vietnam, both men and women, both officers and enlisted. There are some excellent group and scene photos from virtually all these time periods. This family has been involved not only in the wartime service but also was in the National Guard and Naval Reserve as well. The most recent photos are of a Naval Reserve officer in 1985.

1 box (206 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7600974

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Parry family

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United States. Naval Reserve

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On Aug. 19, 1916, with the prospect of World War I looming, the Navy Reserve Force was formally organized. The first official U.S. Navy Reservists hunted enemy U-boats from the cockpits of biplanes. When World War II erupted on September 1, 1939, the Navy Reserve was ready. By the summer of 1941, virtually all of its members were serving on active duty, their numbers destined to swell when Japanese planes roared over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Over the course of the ensuing four years, th...

United States. National Guard

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