William S. Rumbough photograph collection. 1942-1945.

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William S. Rumbough photograph collection. 1942-1945.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs in photo albums. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the Signal Corps. General description of the collection: The William S. Rumbough photograph collection deals only with three years of his career, while serving as Chief Signal Officer, European Theater of Operations (ETO) during WWII. These two large albums contain photographs dealing with the Chief Signal Officer in Europe and Signal operations in the ETO. Major General Rumbough, his staff, his office and the other offices of the Chief Signal Officer, enlisted men, their day by day activities, signal equipment, Women's Army Corps (WAC) detachment, their quarters and jobs are all pictured. This collection graphically shows, by way of photographs, the huge operation of the Signal operations in the ETO.

2 boxes (746 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603045

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

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